Tag Archives: human_rights
Plight of The Poors (South Africa)
Earlier this week, I went Ashraf Cassiem’s talk (notes) at the University of Chicago about the Western Cape’s Anti-Eviction Campaign (South Africa), and the plight of the poor in the developing world… where the term “privatization” now has all the … Continue reading
“The Other” By Ryszard Kapuscinski
I’m usually a bit wary of the “lecture repackaged as book” genre. For the most part, we readers are simply missing too much information, as these lectures were never intended to stand on their own (although I suppose that in … Continue reading
Human Rights Lit Classics
Reading Dawes’ “That We May Know” made me want to point out a very short list of “Human Rights Classics” that I’ve read in the past 10 years and can recommend whole-heartedly. A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the … Continue reading
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That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity by John Dawes (Feb 2009)
I’m very impressed by the John Dawes “That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity” which offers a meaningful look at the moral and psychological challenges of being a human rights worker or activist. Dawes does not shrink from … Continue reading
Filed under 2009, africa, history, human rights
