Sue Palmer
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 At present that balance is threatened by a terrible brew of market-driven self-indulgence, lack of moral direction and what sometimes seems like wilful misinterpretation of human rights legislation. And this confused state of mind is perpetuated by the media. As a frustrated headteacher wrote in The Times Educational Supplement, 'You can't watch daytime TV without being bombarded by commercials telling you that any accident you have should lead to compensation. |
Rainer W. Bussmann and Douglas Sharon
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 Thus this knowledge is receiving increasing international attention in terms of its relationship to human rights as well as its relevance to modern science. The situation has created opposing pressures calling for the rights of local and indigenous peoples on the one hand and further exploitation of their knowledge on the other. Moran, King and Carlson [83], Manek and Lettington [95], Greaves [96], and Brush ans Stabinsky [97], indicate that the biggest problem with the orthodox intellectual property system is its focus on material aspects of knowledge at the expense of the cultural. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 We're seeing all of that happen right here in the United States under the Bush regime -- lots of war, military action, protectionism and a loss of privacy and basic human rights.
So, I am actually a huge proponent of free trade without all the profit mongers involved. I'm a proponent of fair trade, which is free trade between two countries where the people doing the work can make an honest living. |
Alex Steffen
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 A police officer lying about hitting a protestor, a despot lying about human rights abuses, an executive lying about dumping toxic waste—these are easier to catch in a world where everything can be on the record. The results might surprise us: corporations could be forced to become more transparent to stakeholders, and certain officials could be required to wear a recorder while on duty (already, some police cars automatically videotape police stops). Ironically, it could be a world where trust would be easier, because it would be harder to get away with lying.
Is all of this really possible? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It's been around for 42 or 43 years, and they've been working with the indigenous through literacy -- that means Spanish literacy because their native language is Quechua, which was the Inca language -- and also through healthcare and human rights, and protecting their rights in other areas. Erpe is fundamentally a radio station. They communicate with the indigenous through the radio. The indigenous don't have much, but universally, they do have radios. We work with what they have. They man our post-harvest facility for us. |
KC Craichy
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 In some ways, it is the prerequisite of all other human rights, because it is the ultimate substance that enables us to lead a healthy life . . . not to mention one of dignity and balance. Water is also the most beautiful of all molecular compounds and the most useful as well. In the biblical account of creation, we learn that "the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters" (Genesis 1:2).
The foundation of the entire living world is built on the many unique properties of water—the ultimate biological solvent. |
Alex Steffen
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| Bahraini blogger "Chan'ad Bahraini" explains how Bahraini bloggers have "broken the government's news monopoly"; Hong Kong's Yan
Sham-Shackleton, aka Clutter, discusses blogging for Chinese human rights and free speech; Iran's Arash Sigarchi, who did prison time for his blogging, reflects on the importance of blogs in Iran as an outlet for nongovernment-approved speech; and American Jay Rosen points out that even in the United States, blogs are a revolutionary new way for writers to circumvent various powerful "gatekeepers. |
| Demandina Human
Rights human rights and to promote rights abroad, we can get directly involved in efforts to watch over the watchdogs, as
Universal Jurisdiction
¦hh Change demands people who are willing to point out abuses of power, challenge authority, and hold wrongdoers accountable. The world needs courageous watchdogs, because it's their vigilance that creates and preserves the transparency that holds power in check.
This is precisely why being a watchdog tends to shorten your life expectancy. |
| For example, one group invited a woman lawyer and human rights specialist to their group to discuss women's rights ... Also, women acquired new skills through various trainings (e.g. umbrella-making, bamboo crafts, etc.)." Across their communities, these groups are driving the establishment of support systems that enable them to deal effectively with social issues ranging from malnutrition to women's rights. "We used to be afraid," comments one member of a women's SHG, "but now we have the group" (Demaret 2004). |
| The Copenhagen criteria for membership, which a country must accept if it wants to join the EU, call for each national government to guarantee full human rights plus respect for and protection of minorities. Since the cohorts of today's primary-school-aged girls will be entering the job market at the same time the country is expected to become an EU member, educating girls is in Turkey's best interests in more ways than one. pd
Women's Self-help Groups in India mmmm Women's self-help groups (SHGs) are riding the wave of a silent revolution across rural India. |
Sue Palmer
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| From the beginning, a major function of civilised societies was to protect the interests of law-abiding families, but in recent years politicians have often concentrated on promoting economic growth and individual human rights, leaving twenty-first-century families to sort themselves out. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 And if you want to know the true, horrifying history of the mental health industry, visit the Citizen's Commission on human rights. Prepare to be shocked.
Born psychotic
Psychiatry believes there is no child too young to diagnose as having psychiatric disorders. It won't be long before psychiatrists will be hanging out in delivery rooms, declaring children to be mentally diseased at birth (because they keep crying, obviously) and immediately injected with powerful mind-altering drugs. |
Greg Critser
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 Terry Kupers, who was head of the Medical Committee for human rights in the 1970s. "[Pharma sales representatives] would show up at grand rounds, and we would confront them and turn down the goodies. We also went to our intern meetings within our institutions and told our supervisors that we did not want [the reps] on grand rounds. It was happening at enlightened medical schools around the country. We did it as a statement. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 Citizens Commission on human rights www.cchr.org
Nancy Cartwright www.nancycartwright.com
23. Do not use an alarm clock.
Sunrise Clock www.biobrite.com (301) 961-5940
Zen Alarm Clock www.now-zen.com (800) 779-6383
24. Use aromatherapy.
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National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA) www.naha.org (888) 275-6242
Essential Oils www.amoils.com
25. Use Callahan techniques for urges.
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26. Get a pet.
Petfinder.com www.petflnder.com
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Jeremy P. Tarcher
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 We take heart in learning that the UN human rights Commission deemed intellectual property rules on seed patenting an obstacle to human rights. And after a decade of deliberation—perhaps the most participatory process ever known for an international agreement—thousands of individuals, citizen organizations, and government representatives and groups ratified the Earth Charter, laying out fundamental principles for sustainable development. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Bruce West, the Citizens Commission on human rights, Dr. Gary Null, Jon Barron, Dr. James Duke, author Jean Carper, the National Health Federation, the Life Extension Foundation, Dr. Jonathan Wright, raw foodist David Wolfe and far too many to list here (my apologies to my good health freedom friends that I failed to mention...) Together, we are fighting health oppression, censorship and the overmedication of the people while championing a new era of health freedom.
Thanks for your continued support. This is Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, reporting for Truth Publishing. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It is a violation of natural law, it is a violation of God’s law, and it is a violation of basic human rights, which include the right to grow and eat food and share that food with your neighbors along with information about what those foods can do to nourish them.
The FDA would like to imagine that it is the ultimate authority over all things health related and that only it can approve what words we might use to describe the fruits and vegetables we share with our neighbors. |
David Deutsch
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 Furthermore, since utilitarian calculations are impossibly difficult to perform, whereas analysing a situation in terms of human rights is often feasible, it may be worth using a 'human rights' analysis in preference to any specific theory of what the happiness implications of a particular action are. If all this were true, it could be that the concept of 'human rights' is not expressible, even in principle, in terms of 'happiness' - that it is not a utilitarian concept at all. We may call it a moral concept. |
Sue Palmer
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| Within hours, one father was in school threatening the headteacher with (a) violence and (b) a trip to the European Court of human rights if he didn't reinstate his daughter's right to eat junk.
But schools in poorer areas of the USA and UK, where healthy eating campaigns have been successful, report considerable improvements in children's behaviour. It seems the best way to make a real change in the eating habits of under-privileged children would be for the government or individual schools to be heavy-handed about school meals. |
| After all, in an egalitarian society, everyone has the same human rights as everyone else, so why shouldn't that apply to children too? If everyone's entitled to self-realisation, why should children be expected to defer to others just because of their age? Why should they give up their seat, hold their tongue, restrain their play so as not to offend some adult stranger? |
| In the rest of the world, anti-censorship campaigners cite human rights legislation. The issue of children's right to a healthy environment is thus lost in controversy about the rights of adults to read, view and listen to whatever they like.
Take violence, for example. In 2000 a number of highly influential institutions including the American Medical Association, American Psychological Association and American Academy of Pediatrics issued a joint statement: 'At this time well over 1,000 studies ... |
David Deutsch
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| For example, it might explain on epistemological grounds why respect for human rights can be expected to promote the growth of knowledge, which is itself a precondition for solving moral problems.
If the explanation seems good, it might be worth adopting such a theory. Furthermore, since utilitarian calculations are impossibly difficult to perform, whereas analysing a situation in terms of human rights is often feasible, it may be worth using a 'human rights' analysis in preference to any specific theory of what the happiness implications of a particular action are. |
Marion Nestle
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 If we are going to protect our country against bioterrorism, our government must become more actively involved in international policies to promote health and food security as human rights for everyone, everywhere.
What can we, as individuals, do to promote such actions? We can join consumer organizations that work for environmental protection, food assistance, public health, and human rights—all of which support food safety as a necessary component of food security. |
Sue Palmer
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| However, as well as the difficulties of policing, there's the same old problem of extreme interpretations of human rights legislation and, in the USA, the First Amendment. Defenders of freedom of speech on the Internet are even more voluble than critics of media censorship, so there's a long way to go in finding a sensible balanced approach. There's also enormous reluctance among the vast majority of decent people to become involved in this debate. |
Brian O'Leary
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 I hold the vision that we can join the forces of nonviolence, sustainability, human rights and greater knowledge to forge a new world. We need to find ways besides competition and profit to do our work. And we who want to heal ourselves from our denials and guilt have an opportunity as never before to step outside the System and re-inherit the Earth.
The divergence between spiritual reality and imperiled world has never been greater. The opportunity to transcend this dilemma has never been greater. |
Alex Steffen
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| Imagine building a Web portal, collecting recordings and evidence of what's happening to the planet, and putting news and data at all kinds of people's fingertips, from researchers and activists to business and political figures. It would highlight the changes to the planet, and would give voice to people who are willing to work to see a new world, a better world, take shape. It would give everyday citizens a chance to play a role in the protection of the planet. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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 In my opinion, this conduct violates the Hippocratic Oath and is certainly a violation of human rights that is being tacitly accepted and therefore condoned in a supposedly sophisticated society.
Ironically, if the advisers to those insurance companies would read medical literature more carefully, they would be utilizing ways to prevent significant disease, diagnose disease early when present, and avoid the very expensive costs associated with a late diagnosis of PC and other diseases. I would attribute this to short-term vision and being "pennywise and poundfoolish. |
Jeremy P. Tarcher
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| Anuradha Mitral and Peter Rosset, America Needs human rights (Oakland, California: Food First Books, 1999).
John Nichols and Robert Waterman McChesney, Lt's the Media, Stupid, Open Media Pamphlet Series, 17 (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2000).
Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation (Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press, 1971).
Sheldon Rampton and John C. Stauber, Mad Cow U.SA. Could the Nightmare Happen Here? (Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press, 1997).
David Richard and Dorte Byers, Taste Life! The Organic Choice (Bloomingdale: Vital Health Publishing, 1998). |
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