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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; background:white"><span style="font-size:22.0pt; font-family:"Garamond","serif"; color:#454545">Corruption and Capitalism in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Bangladesh<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Pakistan</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; background:white"><span style="font-size:24.0pt; font-family:"Garamond","serif"; color:#454545">Saturday 2pm - Oct 6<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>2012</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Garamond","serif"; color:#454545">The fire that claimed the lives of 300 garment workers in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Karachi,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Pakistan<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>this
September is not an anomaly but the inevitable consequence faced by workers with near non-existent negotiation powers in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Professors Muhammad and Saleem will discuss the corruption in the nexus of state and global capital - from garments
industry to open-pit coal mining and offshore oil exploration.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Garamond","serif"; color:#454545"> Professor Anu Muhammad is a professor of economics in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Dhaka,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Bangladesh<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and
is one of the leading activists to expose and organize against the machinations of predatory capitalism in Bangladesh, including against open pit coal mining on rich agricultural land. Professor Rakhshanda Saleem, a neuro-psychologist and professor at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Lesley<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>University<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has
been a long standing member of The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Cambridge,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>MA.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Garamond","serif"; color:#454545"><a href="http://www.southasiaalliance.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#234786">www.southasiaalliance.org</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Garamond","serif"; color:#454545"></span></p>
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