Shipwrecked
Shipwrecked The world is on the move On board are more shipwrecked souls than successful seafarers Thousands of desperate people die en route, before they can complete the crossing to the promised land, where even the poor are rich and everyone lives in Hollywood. The illusions of any who manage to arrive do not last long. Eduardo Galeano World Refugee Day, June 20, 2019: An unprecedented 70.8 million people have been forcibly displaced worldwide, and 37,000 people are forced to flee their homes every day due to conflict or persecution. ... Or because climate change has meant that they have no food where they live. Or maybe there is no drinkable water because it's been fouled by mining companies, or just dried up. Maybe they lost their land because they've been pushed out by the voracious grab of capitalists and corrupt governments and banks who want to take down the trees or put in plantations of cash crops, or have a carbon tax credit. Or maybe, in the midst of ...