laborart http://laborart.pbwiki.com/ RecentChanges for laborart http://laborart.pbwiki.com/feedlogo.gif PBwiki http://pbwiki.com/ PBwiki 1.3.8 support@pbwiki.com Powerless as a Hero http://laborart.pbwiki.com/Powerless+as+a+Hero no.email.given@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous commented on Powerless as a Hero This is such a great line. Nicely done!

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About these heroes life on the roller coaster
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We sit on chair below the tall tree and feel the fresh air

While those people sit on the ground,

Lie on the sand,

Without a bed or a chair

 

We are proud when we look at the tall buildings,

We feel like we live in a modern environment

But these people are sad when they look at the tall buildings,

Because they can’t enter the buildings

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Only a low number of construction companies keep track of death
6. Compose a poem using information from the resources
Millions oflaborers in the Arabian Gulf
Mainly South Asianmen
Left their countries, to helptheir families
Never to see them again
Millions of laborers in the Arabian Gulf
With huge regretsday afterday
Cameon a jet, sucked into debt
That they cannot afford to pay
Millions of laborers in the Arabian Gulf
Cramming twelve or more men to a room
Sleeping in massive labor camps
With barely enough to consume
Millions of laborers in the Arabian Gulf
Without clean water to drink
Lack adequate living facilities
With hundreds of men to a sink
Millions of laborers in the Arabian Gulf
Long to make this fair
"No unions" rule makes it difficult
And the employers don't seem]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:34:34 +0000 mod FrontPage http://laborart.pbwiki.com/FrontPage email.hidden@example.com (Randa) Randa edited FrontPage Shadi
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Poem Ttile Title
Ali
Azelee
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Leila
Unfortunate
Michael
Niddal
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There too busy making money
the dayTry day
Try the same at night
My labor camp is a murderer
As the blood runs down the walls
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Or just help me!
teBy Leila
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I am a labor worker
Brought to the Persian Gulf
Sad is my story
However I am willing to tell

I came here
A short time ago
It seems like centuries
Ages ago

Life at home had turned into hell
It just wasn’t easy
My problems just grew like weeds
I just couldn’t go on

I was told I could find
Better circumstances
I had heard that
Life was easier in the persian gulf

I left home
My wive and children
I gave up everything
For a new hope

I gave my fragile life
For my enduring promising dreams
But I ended up
Giving it all up for you

Fifteen hours a day
I sweat my way
Building you a huge golden empire
Just to amuse you



Every intense, hard day
I risk my thread like life
Making malls and movie theaters
Trying to keep my job

While you live in
A high class, air-conditioned house
While you drive your
Brand new Land Cruisers

My skinny, weak bones suffer
I nearly die
But who would care?
No one cares

I do your everyday work
But you tell me to]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:21:41 +0000 add FrontPage http://laborart.pbwiki.com/FrontPage no.email.given@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited FrontPage The Labor Art project was created after reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The purpose was to use art, in this case poetry and songwriting to raise awareness, inform the public, and inspire action on social issues.
Below you will find research on global and local labor laws, rights and conditions. In the next column, you will find a link to a song or a poem addressing the research. For complete detail please click here.
Note to students: Please create a new page for your poem. Feel free to change the colors, add photos, bring it to life and add a link to it under the
column for poems.
Research
Poem Title
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Below you will find research on global and local labor laws, rights and conditions. In the next column, you will find a link to a song or a poem addressing the research. For complete detail please click here.
Note to students: Please create a new page for your poem. Feel free to change the colors, add photos, bring it to life and add a link to it under the
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