Americas

Contribution by sefat

Although they are not mutually exclusive, international crime and terrorism comprise the darker sides of globalization. They use technologies, networks, and connections similarly to the way legal enterprises do, but also endeavor to subvert the work and connections that have made by the forces of the lighter side of globalization.

Network (1976) is a film about the corporatization of the media. The story follows the members of a major network as it is bought out by a large conglomerate and is forced to sensationalize its news department in order to draw ratings. The movie itself is prophetic because it very nearly predicts the rise of reality television and a state of things where former notions of "authenticity" or "objectivity" in news reporting are irrelevant, taken over by editorialization.

Felipe Coronel, aka Immortal Technique, is an Afro-Peruvian rapper based in Harlem. He also considers himself an activist, and claims that he looks “at things much more in perspective as to how they relate to history”. As a descendant of indigenous Peruvians, one of his more common themes is injustice in South America. He sees globalization as a negative force, one that tends to weaken the power of the economically disadvantaged. In fact, his views are quite socialistic.