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…
550. YES, I WRITE THE READERS WITH A LOT OF ANGER (CREATIVE ANGER) AND I DO NOT HIDE IT. I SAY THIS NOT WITH RESENTMENT, BUT WITH DETERMINATION.
[Every 50 Readers I write one that pertains to the process and thoughts that lead to each Reader coming to…
549. FEWER THAN 10% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION PARTICIPATES FULLY IN POLITICAL LIFE; LESS STILL ON HUMAN RIGHTS. DO YOU GET INVOLVED IN LONG STRUGGLES?
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about engaging in a more inclusive interpretation of HR actions beyond neoliberalism,…
548. THE BASIC CONFLICT OF OUR TIMES IS TO DECIDE WHEN TO CLING TO THE PRESCRIPTIONS OF A FAILING PARADIGM AND WHEN TO SEE THROUGH IT AND LET IT GO. (P. Brook)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the perverse effect of considering development a primarily technological challenge and…
547. AS POLITICAL ACTIVISTS, WE ACT IN THE SHADOWS –AND IN DARKNESS, THERE IS LITTLE ROOM TO MANEUVER POLITICALLY. (Boaventura de Sousa Santos)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about the consequences of political polarization and of populism, about political will…