607. I PARTICIPATE. YOU PARTICIPATE. HE/SHE PARTICIPATES. WE PARTICIPATE. BUT… THEY DECIDE. (chalkboard in Bolivia)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the idea of participation being used manipulatively and how this affects…
605. THE CULTIVATION OF IGNORANCE TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE ELITES (WHOSE ORDAINED RIGHT IS TO GOVERN WITHOUT POPULAR KNOWLEDGE OR INTERFERENCE) IS A RUNNING THEME THE WORLD OVER. (Walter Lippmann)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This time, the Reader assembles a list of ‘iron questions’ I have found here and…
604. ECONOMIC THEORIES NEVER HAD ANY PRACTICAL UTILITY (Karl Popper) –LESS SO FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the rhetoric spread about a benign neoliberalism that, in reality, only…
603. PLEADING FOR THE RIGHTS OF MOTHER EARTH IS PLEADING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE; BOTH GO HAND IN HAND.
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the undeniable relationship between the rights of nature and social justice.…
602. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: GOALS WITHOUT POLICIES ARE OF NO INTEREST TO ME –AND TO HUMAN RIGHTS.
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the not-by-chance shortcomings of the SDGs and PPPs and the implications…
601. WITH OR WITHOUT THE STATE, THERE IS A HUMAN DEMAND FOR PROTECTION. (Ruti Teitel)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about how and why seeking justice is a key, tough human rights…
601. WITH OR WITHOUT THE STATE, THERE IS A HUMAN DEMAND FOR PROTECTION. (Ruti Teitel)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about how and why seeking justice is a key, tough human rights…
600. WHAT DO I WANT MY LIFE TO BE APPRECIATED FOR? HOW ABOUT MOVING THINGS CLOSER TO THE FULFILLMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS?
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the art of writing, my motivations and tribulations when I write…
599. IN HUMAN RIGHTS, WE CANNOT EXPECT ANYTHING FROM CAPITALISM –AND FROM SOCIALISM? LET US HOPE… (Marcelo Colussi)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about how human rights get schortschrift from both sides of the aisle.…
598. RESCUING TRUE FACTS IS HOW WE SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFY HOW THE ‘OFFICIAL HISTORY’ HAS BEEN RECORDED. (Tucydides, c. 460 – c. 400 BC)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader focuses on how there is a lesson to be followed to arrive at…