Discombobulated reader gains ground

One aspect about news and commentary that is frustrating is that, on the whole, the business often overlooks updates and revisits of previously discussed issues.

While many reporters, editors and publishers would profess that this is niether intentional nor a problem, it has always been my belief that our inability to follow up on all but the most sensational stories leaves our informed lifes very discombobulated. We obtain pieces of a story but the pieces are just that: pieces. Snippets of an overall issue. Problems of an overall circumstance. As a result we feel overwhelmed and burdened by the responsibility of all the angst, pain, misery and work that is required (if one were to really try and make a difference).

Hence, as writers, reporters, informers and gate-keepers (bearing in mind that the Internet has now democratized this role) it is our responsibility to continually go back, to revisit, to update and, where possible, to celebrate.

As a result I've compiled a list of updates -- stories (by other sources) that either update, provide insight, or further explain the small cache of issues that have been presented in this blog.

Peruse at your leisure:

Coca-Cola boycott -- how a small non-profit by an ex-pat Indian started a global wave:
http://www.grist.org/comments/soapbox/2006/09/05/hoffman/
http://www.newstarget.com/020065.html
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=45378&cat=Business+News&more=%2Fnews%2Fmore-business-news.asp
http://www.countercurrents.org/gl-mesbahi130105.htm

Monsanto march into gene domination (or how the corporation is fairing with their introduction of genetically modified organisms):
http://www.foodconsumer.org/
http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_41591.shtml
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=64178

Child labour news updates:
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=25762&n
_tit=Mangalore%3A+Union+Government+Amends+Child+Labour+Act
http://allafrica.com/stories/200609020111.html
http://www.7days.ae/2006/09/01/asian-child-labour-is-still-too-high.html
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1779857,0006.htm
http://in.today.reuters.com/ (search India)

Forbes boycott (sexist verbage used regarding women):
no update

Bottling water: the commodification of a natural resource:
http://winnipegsun.com/ (look at columnist: Lydia Lovric)
http://www.lefthook.org/Reviews/Yu012404.html (older source, but it provides insight into a book on this very topic BY Canadians)
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/2006/s1734323.htm
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fe20060823sh.html

Living wage campaigns:
http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=5363685
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/41192/

Gays and Wal-not-so-s-Mart:
http://www.businessweek.com (search Walmart)
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/17630.html (view from the other side)

Greening the airways (sustainable travel):
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=33877
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/travel/story/0,,1863666,00.html
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=9528_0_1_0_M
http://www.gotravelinsurance.co.uk/public/news.asp?id=17594159

Art as activism:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20351851-16947,00.html
http://www.frieze.com/column_single.asp?c=338
http://www.sltrib.com/westvalley/ci_4267596
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-cause1sep01,0,2265260.story?track=mostviewed-homepage
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20060904/NEWS/109040023


(NOTE: sorry for the lateness of my post -- it appears technology took over. Blogger was experiencing...problems).