Human rights: Food for a socially pathological thought Human Rights Reader 465 1. Mental health constructs under capitalism entail accepting a ‘pathological normalcy’, i.e., social pathologies that have become to…
Human rights: Food for the wrong use of a thought Human Rights Reader 464 -He who controls the definition controls the policy. 1. The current main beneficiaries of development are…
Human rights: Food for a pandemic thought Human Rights Reader 463 *: Also rightly called ‘corporate vectors of disease’ (Lucy Gilmore) or ‘harm industries’. (M. Welker) These industries talk about…
Human rights: Food for a David against Goliath thought (2) Human Rights Reader 462 It is politically delicate to interfere in the very limited (shrinking?) national space for effective human…
Human rights: Food for a David against Goliath thought Human Rights Reader 461 The problem is that, in the struggle, ‘having an interest in human rights’ is not enough to…
Human rights: Food for a non-celebratory thought Human Rights Reader 460 -We rather ought to look with serious concern on the more immediate future of human rights (HR). 1. Very…
Claudio Schuftan, Ho Chi Minh City cschuftan@phmovement.org Abstract Inequality in health is a morally significant fact in itself. Yet the current status of health inequality trends among and within countries…
Claudio Schuftan, People’s Health Movement, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Abstract Historically, political elites adopted the idea of human rights if, and only if, it could foster their interests. Today,…
Claudio Schuftan The current malnutrition problem around the world is not its double burden, but it is multiple burdens. Thus the question is: by narrowly focusing on the greater appeal…
-So many people have no other teacher than the street and no other doctor than death. (Eduardo Galeano, Apuntes para Fin de Siglo) 1. You have to be aware that…