Comments on: Oxfam and the Beatles; crowdmapping corruption; no more pity; rise of the megacities; telenovelas v babies; big in Bangkok; land grabs on camera: links I liked http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11994 duncan green poverty to power oxfam development Sat, 25 May 2013 11:54:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Robert Cornford http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11994&cpage=1#comment-271883 Robert Cornford Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:50:47 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11994#comment-271883 There is quite a lot about the background to the photo and the Hunger £Million campaign in <i>A cause for our times : Oxfam, the first 50 years</i> in Chapter 4 - A Crusade for our times. It's available as a pdf at http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/a-cause-for-our-times-oxfam-the-first-50-years-123014 Almost as odd as the involvement of the 'Oxford student' (not at the University but at another institution in the city) was the role of the <i>Daily Mail</i> as the main sponsor and cheerleader for the campaign. There is quite a lot about the background to the photo and the Hunger £Million campaign in A cause for our times : Oxfam, the first 50 years in Chapter 4 – A Crusade for our times. It’s available as a pdf at http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/a-cause-for-our-times-oxfam-the-first-50-years-123014

Almost as odd as the involvement of the ‘Oxford student’ (not at the University but at another institution in the city) was the role of the Daily Mail as the main sponsor and cheerleader for the campaign.

]]> By: John Sayer http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11994&cpage=1#comment-271353 John Sayer Thu, 01 Nov 2012 03:47:57 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11994#comment-271353 Hi Duncan, Did anyone ever reveal the full picture of the Beatles helping Oxfam? If you search 'Beatles Oxfam' in Google images, and you will find an interesting young gentleman standing next to the Beatles who was destined to go places, (including prison). Hi Duncan,

Did anyone ever reveal the full picture of the Beatles helping Oxfam? If you search ‘Beatles Oxfam’ in Google images, and you will find an interesting young gentleman standing next to the Beatles who was destined to go places, (including prison).

]]> By: Caroline http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11994&cpage=1#comment-253336 Caroline Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:01:31 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11994#comment-253336 Here's an opportunity to plug Naila Kabeer's wonderful paper, Money Can't Buy Me Love? Re-evaluating gender, credit and empowerment in rural Bangladesh' - an IDS Discussion Paper from 1997, but at fifteen years old, it's young stuff compared to the Fab Four, and I know you'll vouch for it still being a really important read, Duncan - about choices, aspirations and what really counts to people in their lives - and how they need MONEY and RESOURCES to put their dreams into action - a radical vision for us all today, which I need, having visited my local supermarket on Saturday and been asked to donate to a food bank for all those people who are denied living wages, etc etc... and I was shocked the other day to see on children's TV that police in London routinely get called out to shops where child shoplifters are now stealing bread and other staples to stave off hunger at school - as they don't have any food to eat for breakfast at home. The police tell them there's no shame in not having anything to eat and send them in the direction of the food banks. Glad Oxfam is working in this area in the UK - and disgusted that 70 years after we were founded, we don't need to go as far as Greece right now to find hungry people in need of justice... Here’s an opportunity to plug Naila Kabeer’s wonderful paper, Money Can’t Buy Me Love? Re-evaluating gender, credit and empowerment in rural Bangladesh’ – an IDS Discussion Paper from 1997, but at fifteen years old, it’s young stuff compared to the Fab Four, and I know you’ll vouch for it still being a really important read, Duncan – about choices, aspirations and what really counts to people in their lives – and how they need MONEY and RESOURCES to put their dreams into action – a radical vision for us all today, which I need, having visited my local supermarket on Saturday and been asked to donate to a food bank for all those people who are denied living wages, etc etc… and I was shocked the other day to see on children’s TV that police in London routinely get called out to shops where child shoplifters are now stealing bread and other staples to stave off hunger at school – as they don’t have any food to eat for breakfast at home. The police tell them there’s no shame in not having anything to eat and send them in the direction of the food banks. Glad Oxfam is working in this area in the UK – and disgusted that 70 years after we were founded, we don’t need to go as far as Greece right now to find hungry people in need of justice…

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