Hidden in the squatter communities of Mumbai: workshops that depend on the slave labor of thousands of children. The Indian newsweekly Frontline reports.
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- I spent most of the past four years hanging out with street hawkers, smugglers, and sub-rosa import/export firms to write Stealth of Nations, a book that chronicles the global growth of System D--the parallel economic arena that today accounts for half the jobs on the planet. Prior to that, I lived in squatter communities across four continents to write Shadow Cities, a book that attempts to humanize these vibrant, energetic, and horribly misunderstood communities. My articles on cities, politics, and economic issues have appeared in many publications, including Harper's, Scientific American, Forbes, Fortune, The Nation, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Metropolis, and City Limits. Before becoming a reporter, I worked as a community organizer and studied philosophy. I live in New York City and do most of my writing on manual typewriters.
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Hello,
You writed a comment on worldchanging.com that interested me, and i would like to know if zizek talk about "hacking the built city" or why you make this parallel,
thanks,
Marc
Hi Marc. For those that didn't see it, I commented on a post on 'worldchanging.com' about a group providing free wifi in Montreal -- no passwords, no barriers to getting online. They claimed to be 'hacking the built city' and I responded by saying the phrase sounded like it could have come from social critic Slavoj Zizek.
So, to clarify: No, Zizek did not use the phrase, so far as I know. I was (unsuccessfully) trying to be tongue in cheek, suggesting that guys like Zizek are great at coming up with great phrases that give great impact to ideas that are perhaps not so big.
I support free wifi. But I don't think it needs to be written up as revolutionary to be a good thing.
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