-Ultimately, by using the human rights-based framework, we strive to negotiate a new social contract or class compromise from a position of strength and power. (Ted Schrecker) 1. The process…
-There is a clear difference between having a right and having a right realized. Slaves in the US had the right to freedom before President Lincoln and native Africans in…
-Martin Luther King did not say “I have a nightmare”. (L. Stoddard) -Our future may be beyond our vision, but not beyond our control. (Senator Edward M. Kennedy) 1. History…
People in a healthy society are mindful of the human rights of all of its members. 1. In neoliberal orthodoxy, certain inalienable laws govern the give-and-take of market forces and…
Time was when we could; we’ve come to the time we can; we do not want to come to a time when we’re out of options. (Jerome Koenig) 1. As…
The human rights framework provides a normative base for poverty reduction, while democracy organizes political and social life to this end. (Sida) 1. Ratification of UN Covenants and Conventions (has…
Activists do not need to be original thinkers as much as they need to be original listeners. They are not only witnesses, but doers, particularly social mobilizers. 1. As a…
-Politics often is the art of knowing how to choose between two equally bad, unpopular measures. (R. Aron) -In politics, the power of the purse is the most undemocratic power…
– If the people will lead, the leaders will follow. (Mahatma Gandhi) – Changes in human rights are hardly ever achieved in a simple straightforward way –they bring about interior…
1. Am I tired of going to such conferences? Sort of. 2. It is just that, in them, we hear about so many things that need doing and have so…