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…
557. HAS HUMAN RIGHT LEARNING GONE FROM IRRELEVANCE TO INSIGNIFICANCE?
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about how to refocus life-long human rights learning along the principles of…
556. THERE ARE TOO MANY PROFESSIONALS WITH GOOD INTENTIONS IN THE NUTRITION FIELD, BUT NOT FIGHTING FOR THE CAUSE OF THE RIGHT TO NUTRITION.
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about how to actually realize the right to food and about the…
555. DO NOT SWEEP THIS UNDER THE CARPET: HEALTH ENTITLEMENTS ARE CLAIMABLE HUMAN RIGHTS.
-From anti-retrovirals to vaccines, to emergency obstetric care, to family planning, to access to abortion…: all are inalienable human rights…
554. WORK IN HUMAN RIGHTS: AS THE LATE US REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS USED TO SAY: “MAKE GOOD TROUBLE”!
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the practices HR activists and public interest civil society organizations are…
553. THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS CAN INDEED BE MADE THE BASIS FOR COMMONSENSE SOLUTIONS TO HUMANITY’S PROBLEMS. (Branko Marcetic)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about what is today needed for claim holders to counter the overt…
552. IF YOU ARE NEUTRAL IN TIMES OF INJUSTICE, YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR. (Desmond Tutu)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about much of what you want to reflect on about class, oligarchy,…
551. WE LIVE IN A SECULAR SOCIETY THAT COVETS AND STRIVES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: IS SECULARISM CONSIDERED A PROGRESS?
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the outlook for religions in the 21st century. It touches upon…