560. IN A COUNTRY WELL GOVERNED, POVERTY IS SOMETHING TO BE ASHAMED OF; IN A COUNTRY BADLY GOVERNED, WEALTH IS SOMETHING TO BE ASHAMED OF. (Confucius)
. -As civil governments have for an objective securing property,
559b. THE MASK OF DEMOCRACY. (part 2 of 2)
. The media and ‘democracy’ promotion 19. The media
559a. THE MASK OF DEMOCRACY. (part 1 of 2)
Kristian Laubjerg* https://www.other-news.info/2020/12/the-mask-of-democracy/ . -Many a government, in alliance with big corporations and banks,
559. IN A SOCIETY GOVERNED BY ‘FREE’ MARKETS AND BY ‘FREE’ ELECTIONS, ORGANIZED GREED ALWAYS DEFEATS DISORGANIZED DEMOCRACY. (Matt Taibbi)
. -In a country, we can either have democracy or we can
558. INEQUALITY IS PART OF AN IDEOLOGY. IT IS NOT A NATURAL PROCESS; IT IS BASED ON POLITICAL DECISIONS. (Thomas Piketty)
-Just so that you do not forget: Inequality is a much more serious problem than poverty. . 1. Key to this Reader
557. HAS HUMAN RIGHT LEARNING GONE FROM IRRELEVANCE TO INSIGNIFICANCE?
. -Human rights learning’s aim ought to radically transform learning, i.e., making contents relevant and empowering so that action processes to
556. THERE ARE TOO MANY PROFESSIONALS WITH GOOD INTENTIONS IN THE NUTRITION FIELD, BUT NOT FIGHTING FOR THE CAUSE OF THE RIGHT TO NUTRITION.
. 1. In an uncharacteristic way, let me this time, start off with some of
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 (HR).
554. WORK IN HUMAN RIGHTS: AS THE LATE US REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS USED TO SAY: “MAKE GOOD TROUBLE”!
. -Activists must transform every ‘it was’ into an ‘I willed it thus’!
553. THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS CAN INDEED BE MADE THE BASIS FOR COMMONSENSE SOLUTIONS TO HUMANITY’S PROBLEMS. (Branko Marcetic)
. -Human rights principles (participation, accountability, non-discrimination, transparency, human dignity, empowerment and