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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Political Artist (29): John Heartfield/Helmut Herzfeld
(source) John Heartfield (19 June 1891-26 April 1968) is the anglicized name of the German photomontage artist Helmut Herzfeld. More on him here. More on nazism here. And something on the relationship between nazism and Christianity is here.
Posted in art, political artist
Tagged art, christianity, crucifix, fascism, jesus, nazi, nazism, politics, swastika
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (4): Punishment for Being Raped
(source) Under the Hudood Ordinances introduced by the former Pakistani dictator Zia-ul-Haq in 1979, rape victims had to have four male witnesses to the crime – a ridiculous requirement. If they didn’t, they faced prosecution for adultery, a crime that potentially … Continue reading
Posted in culture, equality, law, most absurd human rights violations
Tagged absurd, adultery, death penalty, feminism, hudood, hudud, human rights violations, law, Pakistan, rape, sharia, stoning, women's rights
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Political Artist (28): Sue Coe
(source, more about the artist here) More on the independence of the media.
Posted in art, democracy, political artist
Tagged art, democracy, free press, media, political artist
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Limiting Free Speech (34): Pornography and Sexual Violence
(source, attention: this link is NSFW; more about Wim Delvoye here and here) In this old post in the blog series on limiting free speech, I mentioned the possibility that pornography causes sexual violence, and that this violence could be one … Continue reading
Human Rights Ads (23): Shut Up and Don’t Look
(source) More on freedom of speech. You can see a series of short human rights movies here.
Posted in freedom, human rights ads
Tagged ad, advert, first amendment, free speech, freedom of expression, human rights, human rights ad, politics
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Migration and Human Rights (20): The Effect of the Recession on Remittances
I’ve posted several times about the human rights consequences of the current economic recession. One of the human rights that is affected most severely is the right not to suffer poverty (or, positively, the right to a certain standard of living). The … Continue reading
Posted in aid, citizenship, globalization, international relations, poverty, work
Tagged economics, human rights, human rights facts, mexico, recession, remittances, u.s.
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Human Rights Poem (69): The Orphan
(source) The Orphan, Muhammad al-Maghut Oh! The dream, the dream! My sturdy gilded wagon Has broken down Its wheels have scattered like gypsies everywhere. One night I dream of spring And when I woke Flowers had covered my pillow. I … Continue reading
Human Rights Nonsense (3): Disaster Pornography From Somalia
(source) From Rakiya Omaar and Alex de Waal: Anyone who has watched a Western film crew in an African famine will know just how much effort it takes to compose the “right” image. Photogenic starving children are hard to find, … Continue reading
Posted in human rights nonsense
Tagged disaster pornography, famine, human rights, hunger, media, nonsense, paparazzi, somalia, starvation, suffering
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Political T-Shirt (9): Liberty or Death
More on the need to fight for rights here, here, here, here, and here.
Posted in freedom, political t-shirts
Tagged fight, freedom, liberty, politics, t-shirt
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