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At War with the Utopia of Modernity

Shiraz Janjua, Associate Producer

Former SOF guest Pankaj Mishra has written a very interesting analysis about the current situation in Tibet:

“Tibetans’ rage is directed not at communist rule, but the consumerist threat to their traditions and sacred lands.”
    • #tibet
    • #communism
    • #china
    • #freedom
    • #imperialism
    • #buddhism
  • 4 years ago [Wed, Mar 26th, 2008 at 9:12am]
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