536. IN POLITICS, EVERYTHING BOILS DOWN TO KNOWING WHO WIELDS POWER WITH WHAT PURPOSE AND IN THE BENEFIT OF WHOM. (Louis Casado)
In the class from which most of us come from, overriding emphasis is placed on preserving the status-quo -If you…
535. FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, IMPROVED TERMS OF TRADE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN FOREIGN AID.
Never forget: Much of external funding (deceptively called ‘foreign aid’) is spent on goods and expertise imported from the North…
534. THERE IS NO PURSUIT OF A COMMON GOOD IN CURRENT DEVELOPMENT TRENDS.
1. Government and corporate policies (that all to often are indistinguishable) are important factors in determining development and indeed human…
533. IT SEEMS THE TIME IS OVERDUE FOR THE NUTRITION PROFESSION TO STAND BACK AND EXAMINE ITS WORLDWIDE WORK DISPASSIONATELY. (part 2 of 2)
As used today, the Food Systems concept is a non-political attempt to make issues technical -The UN and external funders…
532. IT SEEMS THE TIME IS OVERDUE FOR THE NUTRITION PROFESSION TO STAND BACK AND EXAMINE ITS WORLDWIDE WORK DISPASSIONATELY. (part 1 of 2)
It is not enough to react to hunger; we need to prevent it (Nothing new here) -The generation of those…
531. POLITICAL FORCES CANNOT BE FOUGHT WITH MORALS AND TECHNICAL FIXES. ACTING POLITICALLY IS THE WAY TO REACH GROUND ZERO IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORK.
One cannot carry out work in the name of ethical principles without a critique of politics (J. B. Foster, Monthly…
530. WHAT DO PARTICIPATION-IN AND REPRESENTATION-OF LOOK LIKE WHEN OF A BINDING CHARACTER?
Participation and representation-with-a-binding-character are part of a human right encompassing the right to voice and influence -Participation has been called…
529. LET US, ONCE AND FOR ALL, TALK TOUGH ABOUT DEVELOPMENT: DEVELOPMENT WILL NEVER BE ACHIEVED FROM THE IMPULSE OF THE ‘FREE’ MARKET! (#) (Daniel Pizarro)
#: The only ‘free’ cheese is in the mousetrap. -In many ways, the problems we see around us today are…
528. THINGS CHANGE WHEN A CRITICAL NUMBER OF PERSONS IS REACHED WHO THINK AND ACT IN A CERTAIN WAY.
-The abolitionist movement in the US started with some Quakers saying that slavery was immoral. The movement then grew, and…
527. THE RIGHT TO NUTRITION IS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT, AS WITHOUT FOOD THERE IS NO RIGHT TO LIFE. (Flavio Valente)
-Human rights start rather than end with the fulfillment of the right to eat… Undernourished people cannot wait around for…