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842. PUBLIC HEALTH HAS LOST POLITICAL INFLUENCE, BECAUSE OF A MISMATCH BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE, MORAL AUTHORITY AND THE FORMS OF POWER THAT CURRENTLY SHAPE SOCIETY. (Jonathan Heller) 841. FOR ME, SPIRITUALITY IS CLOSER TO PHILOSOPHY THAN TO RELIGION. THIS, SINCE IT IS A QUESTION OF ETHICS, NOT OF DOGMA. (Isabel Allende, Daughter of Fortune) 840. THE CASE OF ‘CHOICE-LESS DEMOCRACIES’ (Saeed Husaini) 839. THE CHALLENGE OF THE DAY IS NOT ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED IN MORE MODELS FOR THE WORLD; THE NEED IS FOR A NEW MODEL ALTOGETHER. (Kofi Annan) 838. THE HYPOCRITICAL NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION. (cooperation…?)
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563. THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS NOT ABOUT JUST KNOCKING AT OPEN DOORS, BUT RATHER ABOUT GETTING THE CONVERSATION TO WHERE IT HURTS. (G2H2)

October 3, 2021 admin

. -We cannot fulfill the human rights (HR) mandate if ‘we’ does not democratically represent most people that social

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562. OUR HISTORY HAS DEVOTED GRANDIOSE MONUMENTS AND NARRATIVES TO CELEBRATE OFTEN SINISTER AND SOMETIMES SHAMEFUL EVENTS OF THE PAST. (Francisco Louca)

October 3, 2021 admin

. -As Stephen, in James Joyce’s novel Ulysses, lamented, “history is a nightmare

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561. THE OLD ART OF THE POLITICAL LIE IS STILL WITH US TODAY. HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS CAN ONLY BE GUESSED.

October 3, 2021 admin

. 1. Let me start with a few shocker questions all related to what happens when we

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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)

October 3, 2021 admin

. -As civil governments have for an objective securing property,

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559b. THE MASK OF DEMOCRACY. (part 2 of 2)

October 3, 2021 admin

. The media and ‘democracy’ promotion 19. The media

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559a. THE MASK OF DEMOCRACY. (part 1 of 2)

October 3, 2021 admin

Kristian Laubjerg* https://www.other-news.info/2020/12/the-mask-of-democracy/ . -Many a government, in alliance with big corporations and banks,

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559. IN A SOCIETY GOVERNED BY ‘FREE’ MARKETS AND BY ‘FREE’ ELECTIONS, ORGANIZED GREED ALWAYS DEFEATS DISORGANIZED DEMOCRACY. (Matt Taibbi)

October 3, 2021 admin

. -In a country, we can either have democracy or we can

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558. INEQUALITY IS PART OF AN IDEOLOGY. IT IS NOT A NATURAL PROCESS; IT IS BASED ON POLITICAL DECISIONS. (Thomas Piketty)

October 3, 2021 admin

-Just so that you do not forget: Inequality is a much more serious problem than poverty. . 1. Key to this Reader

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557. HAS HUMAN RIGHT LEARNING GONE FROM IRRELEVANCE TO INSIGNIFICANCE?

November 30, 2020 admin

. -Human rights learning’s aim ought to radically transform learning, i.e., making contents relevant and empowering so that action processes to

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556. THERE ARE TOO MANY PROFESSIONALS WITH GOOD INTENTIONS IN THE NUTRITION FIELD, BUT NOT FIGHTING FOR THE CAUSE OF THE RIGHT TO NUTRITION.

November 30, 2020 admin

. 1. In an uncharacteristic way, let me this time, start off with some of

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842. PUBLIC HEALTH HAS LOST POLITICAL INFLUENCE, BECAUSE OF A MISMATCH BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE, MORAL AUTHORITY AND THE FORMS OF POWER THAT CURRENTLY SHAPE SOCIETY. (Jonathan Heller)

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841. FOR ME, SPIRITUALITY IS CLOSER TO PHILOSOPHY THAN TO RELIGION. THIS, SINCE IT IS A QUESTION OF ETHICS, NOT OF DOGMA. (Isabel Allende, Daughter of Fortune)

November 1, 2026 admin
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840. THE CASE OF ‘CHOICE-LESS DEMOCRACIES’ (Saeed Husaini)

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839. THE CHALLENGE OF THE DAY IS NOT ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED IN MORE MODELS FOR THE WORLD; THE NEED IS FOR A NEW MODEL ALTOGETHER. (Kofi Annan)

October 18, 2026 admin
CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN MD
Saigon, Vietnam
Email: cschuftan@phmovement.org
Claudio Schuftan is a freelance public health consultant in Ho Chi Minh City and an ex-adjunct associate professor in the Department of International Health of the Tulane School of Public Health, USA. He is a Chilean national and got his M.D. degree in his native country.

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