Hegel somewhere remarked that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He forgotto add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. (Karl Marx, The…
Politics is not just something to be studied; it is something you either do, or let others do to you. (P. Iglesias, PODEMOS, Spain) 1.Politics is more than an object…
-“Some dare not speak about human rights (HR) any longer, because the term has been prostituted by the son’a bitches that hijacked it for their own use and ‘wore it…
1. Consider the following list of iron laws about poverty and equality as highlighted by Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights • Poverty and wealth…
1. An examination of the history of almost any type of social movement, including human rights (HR) movements, shows that there are great spurts of action, of organization followed by…
1. The reduction of extreme poverty is undeniable in some regions, but the reduction worldwide remains limited.* Just consider: 75% of the world’s people today have no access to basic…
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes human rights as the most important of the four ‘pillars’ in the UN Charter, when stating: “The recognition of the inherent dignity and…
In the words of a Dean of Johns Hopkins University, work in the health sector requires the flexibility of an earthworm, the ability of a locksmith and the capability of…
1. The fact that the corporate sector is expressing satisfaction over the SDGs and the emerging Post-2015 Development Agenda should be enough to raise alarm bells for public interest civil…
1. More than 30 organizations comprise the UN Development System (UNDS). Virtually all are members of the UN Development Group (UNDG), but comprise a ‘system’ in name only since each…