573. THE TOUGHEST TRANSITION HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HAVE TO BRING ABOUT IS: BRING THE EVERYDAY APATHY OF PEOPLE TO EVERYDAY ACTIVISM. (United Edge)
. -As D‘Artagnan of the Three Musketeers said: When the sword is short, to hit, one has to move one
572. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT AND CRITICIZE WHAT CONTRADICTS OUR INDIVIDUAL CONSCIENCE.
. 1. People are born into specific families or classes, and this largely
571. TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS THE HOLDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS TO BE PROPERLY PROUD OF HAVING THE SELF-RESPECT THAT IS NECESSARY TO BE WORTHY. (Joel Feinberg).
. -Having the right to place enforceable claims
570. IN HUMAN RIGHTS, THE ISSUE OF POWER IS, FOR SURE, THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE. WHAT SOCIAL CLASS EXERTS THAT POWER? THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE QUESTION. (Lenin)
-Apres moi le deluge! is the famous Louis XV quote every capitalist and every capitalist nation seems to be following. Hence the capitalist class is reckless of the health or…
569. THE DOMINANT POLICY APPROACH TO THE RIGHT TO FOOD HAS BEEN IMPROPERLY UNDERPINNED BY A FOOD SECURITY PARADIGM.
. 1. Under the food security paradigm, the question of power in the food
568. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MYTH THAT THE ‘LIBERAL WORLD ORDER’ ABIDES BY ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS PRINCIPLES. (Michael Goodhart)
. Fukuyama’s credo -A historic characteristic of the liberal world order is that it abides much more by its association with the right to own
566. SO CLOSE TO MARKETS…SO FAR FROM HUMAN RIGHTS. (Riccardo Petrella)
. -Was Montesquieu, the father of classical liberalism (1689-1755), right when he proclaimed: “There,
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 foreword by Amartya Sen. .
564. NOTHING BLURS ETHICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS LINES FASTER THAN HUMAN GREED. (Dan Brown)
. It is laws that actually create wealth and inequality (Katharina Pistor, Jomo Sundaram) 1. When plunder becomes