Today is Human Right Day. This morning, I paused to think about the soaring notion of human rights and, at the same time, the many challenges we face to achieve human rights. Here is the preamble to the 1948 United Nation Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of […]
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Human Rights Day: The Promise, The Challenge
Posted on 11 December 2009.
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Boycott McDonald’s: Every Big Mac Eaten Attacks Workers
Posted on 11 December 2008.
McDonald’s really knows how to celebrate liberty and justice. On the eve of the international recognition Human Rights Day, McDonald’s announced it will launch a massive campaign to defeat the Employee Free Choice Act. So, let’s respond in kind: boycott McDonald’s. As a reminder, the right to form a union is an internationally […]
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The World of Wal-Mart
Posted on 01 December 2007.
A couple of items from the world of the Beast of Bentonville. First, turns out that the Beast is performing pretty badly when it comes to the Human Rights Campaign: The world’s largest retailer set a record this month but not one its managers are likely to be proud of. Wal-Mart has the ignominious […]
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The World of Wal-Mart
Posted on 01 December 2007.
A couple of items from the world of the Beast of Bentonville. First, turns out that the Beast is performing pretty badly when it comes to the Human Rights Campaign: The world’s largest retailer set a record this month but not one its managers are likely to be proud of. Wal-Mart has the ignominious […]
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