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…
606. TRUSTING IN GOD, YES; BUT ALSO RISING TO FIGHT EVIL. (cardinal Raúl Silva H. referring to the human rights struggles against the Pinochet dictatorship)
[TLDR (too long didn’t read): This Reader is about proponents and detractors of the role of religion in the fight…
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…
131. NURSES, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND HUMAN RIGHTS: THEIR ROLE AS CLAIM HOLDERS, DUTY BEARERS, AND PROMOTERS OF SOCIAL CHANGE.
Claudio Schuftan, MD Creative Nursing Vol 27 #3, August 2021 As Duty Bearers, nurses are prime guardians, not only of…
130. THE UNRELENTING PROGRESSIVE CORPORATE CAPTURE OF FOOD AND NUTRITION GOVERNANCE SPACES: A REASSESSMENT OF THE CHALLENGES.
Radha Holla Claudio Schuftan In the current decade, nutrition faces two renewed challenges: corporate control over food and nutrition, and…
129. SPONTANEOUS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ARE INCREASINGLY AND FREELY MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
Claudio Schuftan, Ho Chi Minh City schuftan@gmail.com -The role of human rights activists today is to accelerate this rapidly spreading…