329a HISTORY TOLD IN A WAY THAT NO RATIONAL PERSON SHOULD SWALLOW?
I am afraid history has too often been widely used as a political instrument 1. Ultimately, I see # historians defeated and denigrated to the condition of pariahs left with…
329 WITHOUT INDIGNATION, NOTHING BIG AND SIGNIFICANT HAPPENS IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY …HUMAN RIGHTS INCLUDED.
-History too often dictates that atrocities are acceptable; this is a deadly premise. (Jerome Koenig) -L’histoire est un voyage et pas une destination! -For Marx, history repeats itself first as…
328 THE WORSE OUTCOME OF ALL THE AGGRESSIONS TO THE HUMAN CONDITION THAT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BRING ABOUT IS HUMILIATION.
1. Aggressions directed towards the human rights (HR) of marginalized individuals or groupsutterly disarm them; they devastate the most essential tenets of their dignity.* To effectively counter these aggressions, we…
327 THE ABC TRILOGY: AT ALL TIMES, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS MUST BE ANGRY, BRAVE AND CREATIVE.
Activists beware: Constraints surround us; while this may sound alarming, they need not impede. So, remember: Fatigue is not uncommonwith self-sacrifice; it can be debilitating. (Jerome Koenig) . Aphorisms by…
326 HUMAN RIGHTS ARE BOTH PART-OF AND INSTRUMENTAL-TO THE OVERALL PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT. THE REALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS AN END-GOAL OF DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
-Development solutions of yesterday have literally become our problems of today. (S. Adjei) -It is often wrongly assumed that improvements in societies’ conditions require constant velocity in straight lines forward,…
325 HUMAN RIGHTS READERS: I WRITE TO ENCOURAGE, TO PERSUADE, TO STIR AND TO AROUSE YOU.
First, the confession There is this passion that drives the demolishing craft of the essay writer. (Leonardo Padura) 1. I am a hunter-gatherer-composer writer. Human Rights Readers (HRRs) thus relay…
324 THE GEOGRAPHY OF POWER IS CHANGING IN THE WORLD. IN HUMAN RIGHTS TERMS, OUR WORLD IS NOT ENTERING A NEW ERA OF RICH AND POOR, BUT MORE AND MORE AN ERA OF THE INCLUDED AND THE EXCLUDED. (Susan George)
-There is a class war, it is true. But it is my class, the class of the rich, that is fighting it –and we are winning. (Warren Buffett) -We are…
323 YES, WE EVENTUALLY ALL HAVE BEGGING RIGHTS, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. (part 3 of 3)
Human Rights and Human Security -The respect of the rights of others is what peace is all about. -At a minimum, human security means freedom from violence and from the…
322 YES, WE EVENTUALLY ALL HAVE BEGGING RIGHTS, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. (part 2 of 3)
Only social movements can push politicians to turn their promises first into ad-hoc policies and laws and then into actually enforced social programs In tranquil times, human rights principles may…
321 YES, WE EVENTUALLY ALL HAVE BEGGING RIGHTS, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. (part 1 of 3)
-What ever happened to the maxim “to each according to her needs?” -He who has, fears losing privileges; he who does not have, aspires to have opportunities; that is the…