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…
564. NOTHING BLURS ETHICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS LINES FASTER THAN HUMAN GREED. (Dan Brown)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about rich people who never forget they are rich and control things…
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)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader discusses redistributive and restorative justice and asks whether it is too late for…
562. OUR HISTORY HAS DEVOTED GRANDIOSE MONUMENTS AND NARRATIVES TO CELEBRATE OFTEN SINISTER AND SOMETIMES SHAMEFUL EVENTS OF THE PAST. (Francisco Louca)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about how bad history generates bad analyses when not interpreted for what…
561. THE OLD ART OF THE POLITICAL LIE IS STILL WITH US TODAY. HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS CAN ONLY BE GUESSED.
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about how our representatives manipulate politics, engage in unholy alliances, try to…
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)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the fake promises of the war on poverty in the face…
559b. THE MASK OF DEMOCRACY. (part 2 of 2)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the role of media-induced fear, of foundations spreading their view of…
559a. THE MASK OF DEMOCRACY. (part 1 of 2)
Kristian Laubjerg* https://www.other-news.info/2020/12/the-mask-of-democracy/ [TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the UN’s collusion with the corporate sector, about…
559. IN A SOCIETY GOVERNED BY ‘FREE’ MARKETS AND BY ‘FREE’ ELECTIONS, ORGANIZED GREED ALWAYS DEFEATS DISORGANIZED DEMOCRACY. (Matt Taibbi)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the flaws of electoral democracy and the challenge this poses to…
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. [TLDR (too long didn’t…