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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Homophobia, A Collection of Images
(source, it says – in Polish: “No being gay”, “Healthy, normal families guarantee the future”) (source) (source, more on incitement to violence) (source, I like the “enter wrong way” sign and I wonder if this person consciously chose this particular … Continue reading
Posted in discrimination and hate, equality, human rights images
Tagged gay, gay rights, hate, homophobia, homosexuality, image, politics, protest, same-sex marriage, signs
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Economic Human Rights (30): Life Expectancy Throughout History
How is life expectancy relevant for human rights? High levels of life expectancy can mean a long life of oppression and cruelty, but it’s fair to say that a long life is generally beneficial for human rights, and that low … Continue reading
Posted in economic human rights, health, poverty, statistics, war
Tagged africa, aids, correlation, data, demography, GDP, health, health care, history, HIV, human rights, india, industrial revolution, infant mortality, life expectancy, longevity
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Human Rights Maps (67): The Right to Water
(source) This map shows the drought frequency: (source) More on the right to water.
Posted in health, human rights maps
Tagged human rights, human rights maps, maps, water, water crisis, water shortage
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (56): Work
(source) Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit. George Carlin More on work here. More George Carlin.
Posted in comedy, political jokes and funny quotes, work
Tagged george carlin, joke, politics, quote, unemployment, work
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Political Artist (33): Banksy
(source, in case you can’t read the “footnote”: it says “with out new 2 for 1 offer including a choice of wine”) More Banksy here and here. More on income inequality. More political artists.
Posted in art, equality, political artist
Tagged art, banksy, graffiti, guerilla art, income inequality, political art, political street art, street art, urban art
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Human Rights Ads (27): War on Poverty
(source, source, a Make Poverty History ad) Here is the longer version of the Eisenhower quote. Here is something about the War on Terror, the obvious inspiration of this poster. And here is something on debt relief, the goal for which … Continue reading
Posted in human rights ads, poverty, war
Tagged ad, advert, debt, debt cancellation, debt relief, human rights ad, make poverty history, politics, poverty
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Types of Human Rights Violations (3): Lighthouse Violations and Searchlight Violations
(source, cartoon by Angel Boligan) I think it may be helpful to distinguish two types of human rights violations. Or, to be more precise: two types of effects of human rights violations, because many violations will show characteristics of the … Continue reading
Terrorism and Human Rights (23): What the War on Terror is Doing to America
(source) Read here what the war on terror is doing to the U.S., in particular to its citizens’ freedom and rights (not to mention the freedom and rights of citizens of certain other countries).
Posted in freedom, terror, torture
Tagged anti-terrorism, cartoons, civil rights, human rights, human rights cartoon, terrorism, torture, u.s., war on terrorism
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