PHM-Exch> Food for the politics of a thought

[Claudio Schuftan]

Human Rights Reader 239



*HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF: WHERE IS THE POLITICS IN POLITICAL WILL?*

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In politics, the power of the purse is the most undemocratic power of all.

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In this Reader, we often refer to the politics-of-it-all in human
rights (HR) work. From a general perspective, it is fitting we explore what
lies beneath the surface:


1. In front of my own eyes and over the years, the ideas and political
allegiances of many of my friends and teachers have changed much --not
always for the better. Therefore, frankly, I do not feel any guilt anymore
when I have become an activist for the cause I strongly believe in. For too
long, soft, reformist, band-aid approaches have led us nowhere on HR issues.
Sixty years after we should have, belatedly adopting the HR framework
without a political plan, to me, risks simply more of the same.

The full text of this Reader can be read by clicking on:


http://www.socialmedicine.org/2010/05/02/human-rights/have-you-asked-yourself-where-is-the-politics-in-political-will/<http://www.socialmedicine.org/2010/05/03/human-rights/have-you-asked-yourself-where-is-the-politics-in-political-will?/>



Claudio
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