Thoughts after hearing from Amnesty International

On July 16, WSIC welcomed guest-speakers Freddy Osorio and Shanaaz Gokool from Amnesty International.

As we all know, A.I. deals with human rights issues of many types, affecting people all over the world. This night, our subject was the impact of First World corporations on people in Third World countries. While the problems may be happening far away, these corporations are right next-door.

Victims of the Bhopal disaster at the Union Carbide plant in India are still awaiting their promised compensation while Canadian owned Barrick Gold is …

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