Asking whose lives matter in the battle for social, cultural, and economic rights

Published on open Democracy, by DANIELA IKAWA, Nov 19, 2016.

Why the failure to enforce social, cultural, and economic rights means that the lives of some groups are valued more than others.

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Over the past five decades, there has been growing recognition of economic, social and cultural rights in both international and domestic systems of law. However, there is still resistance to accepting the indivisibility between civil and political rights on the one hand and economic, social and cultural rights on the other. Continuer la lecture de « Asking whose lives matter in the battle for social, cultural, and economic rights »

The Financial Press and its Keepers – Foibles, Fables, and Failures

Published on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, Nov 23, 2016.

US officialdom and their media megaphones have systematically concocted narratives having less to do with political reality and more with their hallucinogenic world view. Pre-election and post-election reportage weaves a tapestry of fiction and fantasy.   Continuer la lecture de « The Financial Press and its Keepers – Foibles, Fables, and Failures »

Gypsy children and their clans in Europe

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