565. PATHOLOGIES OF POWER: HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE NEW WAR ON THE POOR.*
*: In an unusual format, this Reader focuses on my book review of the book by Paul Farmer, with a foreword by Amartya Sen. .
564. NOTHING BLURS ETHICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS LINES FASTER THAN HUMAN GREED. (Dan Brown)
. It is laws that actually create wealth and inequality (Katharina Pistor, Jomo Sundaram) 1. When plunder becomes
563. THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS NOT ABOUT JUST KNOCKING AT OPEN DOORS, BUT RATHER ABOUT GETTING THE CONVERSATION TO WHERE IT HURTS. (G2H2)
. -We cannot fulfill the human rights (HR) mandate if ‘we’ does not democratically represent most people that social
562. OUR HISTORY HAS DEVOTED GRANDIOSE MONUMENTS AND NARRATIVES TO CELEBRATE OFTEN SINISTER AND SOMETIMES SHAMEFUL EVENTS OF THE PAST. (Francisco Louca)
. -As Stephen, in James Joyce’s novel Ulysses, lamented, “history is a nightmare
561. THE OLD ART OF THE POLITICAL LIE IS STILL WITH US TODAY. HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS CAN ONLY BE GUESSED.
. 1. Let me start with a few shocker questions all related to what happens when we
560. IN A COUNTRY WELL GOVERNED, POVERTY IS SOMETHING TO BE ASHAMED OF; IN A COUNTRY BADLY GOVERNED, WEALTH IS SOMETHING TO BE ASHAMED OF. (Confucius)
. -As civil governments have for an objective securing property,
559b. THE MASK OF DEMOCRACY. (part 2 of 2)
. The media and ‘democracy’ promotion 19. The media
559a. THE MASK OF DEMOCRACY. (part 1 of 2)
Kristian Laubjerg* https://www.other-news.info/2020/12/the-mask-of-democracy/ . -Many a government, in alliance with big corporations and banks,
559. IN A SOCIETY GOVERNED BY ‘FREE’ MARKETS AND BY ‘FREE’ ELECTIONS, ORGANIZED GREED ALWAYS DEFEATS DISORGANIZED DEMOCRACY. (Matt Taibbi)
. -In a country, we can either have democracy or we can
558. INEQUALITY IS PART OF AN IDEOLOGY. IT IS NOT A NATURAL PROCESS; IT IS BASED ON POLITICAL DECISIONS. (Thomas Piketty)
-Just so that you do not forget: Inequality is a much more serious problem than poverty. . 1. Key to this Reader