618. TO GOVERN HAS NEVER BEEN EASY ANYWHERE, BUT HAS BECOME LESS EASY IN PURPORTEDLY ‘OPEN SOCIETIES’ THAT STILL VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS.
. 1. A good part of this difficulty to
616. PUBLIC-PUBLIC OR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS? THAT IS THE QUESTION –A tour de force in 27 paragraphs: what you need to know.
. Public-private partnerships contravene the human rights-based understanding of people as claim
615.IT HAS BEEN SO LONG SINCE LIBERAL DEMOCRACY HAS CEASED TO BE OBJECTIVELY FAIR.
. 1. Those of us who give our very best for the
614. MAKING HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE IS NOT THE SAME AS MAKING IT UNIVERSAL AND FREE. (Luke Savage)
. –What the hell is the point of running an
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)
. A. Arguments on the trusting side –If God
613. HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE CROSSROAD: HISTORY IS THE POLITICS OF YESTERDAY AND POLITICS IS THE HISTORY OF TODAY. (Jose Steinsleger)
. 1. Much of what has been called
612. IT MUST BE CLEAR TO US THAT WITHOUT HUMAN RIGHTS LEARNING THERE IS NO ORGANIZATION AND THERE IS NO MOBILIZATION TO STRUGGLE FOR WHAT IS IMPORTANT. (Manuel Ahumada)
. The challenge for academia: out-of-date curricula 1. For decades, scientific methods,
611. DESPITE THEIR BOLD VOICES AND COURAGEOUS EFFORTS, YOUNG ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET WHAT THEY WANT, NAMELY A FAR-SIGHTED, HISTORICAL DEAL.
. –Young activists play the indispensable role of setting the path forward, making
610. IT IS A FAIRYTALE THAT WORLD GOVERNMENTS WILL FIX OUR CLIMATE CRISIS. IT IS UP TO US. (Bill Mc Kibben)
-PLANet B does not exist. (Louis Casado) . Can the mainstream climate movement ready itself