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-Title: Guerres de Plàstic
-Author: Jordi Raich -Publisher: Cossetània 2008 -Language: Catalan -Pages: 168 -ISBN: 978-84-9791-327-0 The chaos is sustainable, a lesson I learnt during decades of work in wars all over the world. And when chaos becomes part of the daily life, the future ceases to exist, happiness and sadness are measured in seconds, and life adapts itself to destiny. |
Palestinians and Israelis are the paradigm of sustainable chaos. At war for 60 years
in a land of miracles, zeal and violence. A place you love in
the morning and hate in the evening. To realize that Palestinians and Israelis
will carry on fighting for another 60 years while the world seeks
a non-existent solution, frees the spirit. Then we discover
the people, the land and the sentiments that the mass media’s overreporting
ignores.
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-Title: El espejismo humanitario
-Author: Jordi Raich -Publisher: Debate 2004 -Language: Spanish -Pages: 388 -ISBN: 84-8306-590-8 Narrated in first person, this book collects the author's experiences and concerns during 20 years of working for humanitarian organizations in a score of wars, famines and epidemics throughout the planet. Humour, sadness, sociological |
essay and anecdote combine to explore the limits of political and moral boundaries,
and the difficult relationships between the humanitarian worker and those around him:
selfish victims, crooked politicians, touchy journalists, fanatic soldiers...
Writing in a provocative and revealing style, the author divests humanitarian aid of its
underserved aura of sanctity in order to humanize it and make it more understandable.
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-Title: Afganistán también existe
-Author: Jordi Raich -Publisher: RBA 2002 -Language: Spanish -Pages: 286 -ISBN: 84-7901-892-5
Between the years 1994 and 2002, the author lived and worked three years in Afghanistan.
During that period of time he was a privileged witness of the birth, rise and fall of the
Taliban movement, and met with many of its shadowy leaders and eccentric commanders.
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foremost, in Afganistán también existe Jordi Raich takes the reader through the passions,
worries, contradictions and fears of ordinary Afghans. Its pages depict an array of disparate
characters and weird situations, and tell us how Afghan men and women survive
armed conflict, abuse, poverty and despotism with a mixture of astuteness, humour and
hospitality. A book full of life, love, irony, wisdom and laughter
amid a population and a country in turmoil.
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-Title: Humanitarismo militar, militaris- mo humanitario
-Co-author: Jordi Raich -Publisher: Centre Delàs 2007 -Language: Spanish / Catalan -Pages: 144 -ISBN: 84-611-9498-8 -Other Co-authors: Carlos Taibo, Itziar Ruiz-Giménez, Francisco Rey, Pablo Muelas, Xabier Aguirre, Alejandro Pozo and Antonio Martínez y de los Reyes -Edited by: Alejando Pozo and Sabina Puig |
Is it true that military operations provide a safer environment to humanitarian action and better access to
populations in need? Humanitarianism is characterized by its independence, impartiality and
neutrality. However, military operations always respond to political interests. Two
opposed and yet interconnected realities. A situation that creates tensions and worries many humanitarian agencies
and aid workers. A challenge that deserves further analysis and debate.
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-Title: No a la guerra
-Co-author: Jordi Raich -Publisher: RBA 2003 -Language: Spanish -Pages: 156 -ISBN: 84-7901-992-1
-Other Co-authors: Alfonso Armada, Bru Rovira, Magda Bandera, Vicente Partal, Antonio Lafuente,
Manuel Leguineche, Rafael Ramos, Ferran Sales and Suso de Toro
-Preface: Maruja Torres -Edited by: Dolors González |
The advent of the so-called Global War on Terror, and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan
and Iraq, caused widespread concern and protests all over the world. In the confused political
and social context of the early XXI century, this book is an attempt to denounce double standards
and to reveal the reality and the inconsistencies behind the lies. War correspondents, writers,
essayists and political analysts put forward their arguments to say No to war.
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-Title: No a la guerra. Les raons contra l'atac a l'Iraq
-Co-author: Jordi Raich -Publisher: Ara Llibres 2003 -Language: Catalan -Pages: 168 -ISBN: 84-932886-6-7
-Other Co-authors: Alfonso Armada, Bru Rovira, Magda Bandera, Vicente Partal, Antonio Lafuente,
Manuel Leguineche, Rafael Ramos and Ferran Sales
-Preface: Maruja Torres and Suso de Toro -Edited by: Dolors González |
From the preface by Maruja Torres:
"A book written with urgency, but with no haste. With a sense of opportunity, but without opportunism. A book full of reasons, written by experienced reporters. Vital words to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to the Truth, the first victim of conflict. Each chapter shows one face of this troubling prism. And, once finished reading it, we realize that we have received an honest and passionate lesson against war." |
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-Title: Before Emergency. Conflict Prevention and the Media
-Co-author: Jordi Raich -Publisher: University of Deusto 2003 -Language: English -Pages: 200 -ISBN: 84-7485-906-9
-Other Co-authors: J. Marthoz, G. Aybet, PP. Caldeira, M. Siemens,
H. Heintze, J.M. Pureza, J. Cravinho, C. Bruhn, V. Firmo, R. Hudson,
M. Salamanca and T. Cunha
-Edited by: Mariano Aguirre, Francisco Ferrrándiz and Jose Manuel Pureza |
Conflict prevention is a challenging concept for the media because journalists work most of the time
on current affairs, reporting what is going on now, not trying to change the course of events
in the medium or long term. Yet, the media can also play a determinant role in conflict
prevention by providing swift and reliable information about emerging or potential conflicts
to local and external actors. This knowledge is vital to understand the feasibility of
conflict prevention.
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-Title: Fogo sobre os media: Informaçao e crítica em conflitos armados
-Co-author: Jordi Raich -Publisher: Quarteto 2003 -Language: Portuguese -Pages: 181 -ISBN: 989-558-019-3 -Other Co-authors: M. Aguirre, S. Ryan, M. Sollenberg, M. Öberg, E. Markiewicz, L. Bizimana, J. Steele, P. Caldeira, R. Hudson and M. Salamanca -Edited by: Jose Manuel Pureza and Francisco Ferrándiz |
This book explores the extremely complex relationship between the media and armed conflicts.
It turns around three fundamental debates: knowledge and information; right to information
and news manipulation; and war and peace journalism. Fogo sobre os media puts around the table
academics, activists, decision-makers and journalists and invites them to engage in an in-depth
discussion, share their experiences and face their ambiguities and contradictions.
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-Title: Guerra y olvido. Los conflictos armados y los Estados frágiles en África subsahariana
-Contributor: Jordi Raich -Publisher: Intermón 2002 -Language: Spanish -Pages: 149 -ISBN: 84-8452-116-8 -Other Contributors: M. Aguirre, J. Vera, C. Bruhn, R. Meneses, M. González, C. Gourlay, F. Almansa, P. Escudero, J. Ocharán, I. Tamarit and D. Sogge -Edited by: M. Aguirre and C. Bruhn |
Armed conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa have a catastrophic human, political and economic impact.
Their consequences affect the lives of millions of persons, the natural resources and
infrastructures. African wars are rooted in the distortions created by the colonial system,
social inequalities, injustice, lack of democratic institutions and foreign interventions.
The African continent is being forced into the global world in an unfair and dependent way.
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-Title: El laberinto humanitario
-Edited by: Jordi Raich -Publisher: Acento-MSF 1999 -Language: Spanish -Pages: 217 -ISBN: 84-483-0421-7 -Authors: Pedro Arcos, Aurelio Arteta, Serge Malé, Mbyi Kabunda, A. Navarro, M. Bayón, Trudy Harpham, A. Torres, Juan M. Muñoz, S. Oberreit, Vicenç Fisas, Virgilio Sañudo, Mariano Aguirre, David Bassiouni and Rony Brauman -Edited by: Jordi Raich and Rafael Vila-San Juan |
This book aims at enriching the quality and diversity of the humanitarian debate while exploring
the challenges, dilemmas and contradictions of humanitarianism and its actors.
Amongst other topics, El laberinto humanitario explores the moral values that guide us,
the finances of aid, the healths crisis and the prevention of conflicts. A very comprehensive and
provocative volume written by relief workers, politicians, donors, journalists, philosophers,
CEOs, anthropologists and military officers.
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