Tag: human rights

  • Price ceilings and price floors

    Price ceilings and price floors

    Food, housing, energy, education, health and arms cannot be left to the market. We need to control prices. These are not consumer goods. They are commodities essential to human needs. The very reason for civilization is to be able to provide these necessities. They are not goods to enrich a part of the population. People…

  • The moral compass

    The moral compass

    All the world’s major powers have spent the whole week preventing the Israelis from entering Gaza. What would happen if Israel entered Gaza? The number of civilian victims would soar. It is highly unlikely that the Arab countries would be able to hold back their opinion any longer. They would have to get involved in…

  • Call to people who are not subject to repression

    Call to people who are not subject to repression

    Call to people who are not subjected to repression, either because they have a social status that puts them above repression, or because they live in a territory that respects democracy and freedom of opinion. Industrial and financial strength, greed and corruption have turned against the people in more than 20 countries on all continents.…

  • A decent job

    A decent job

    Tu peux me voler,Tu peux me tabasser, Je vis au pays de l’impunité,Tu fais ce qu’il te plait.Tu peux me tabasser, Je n’ai plus de droits,Je vis en-dessous des lois.Tu peux me tabasser, Je suis une femme dans un corps d’homme,Comment aller aux Prud’hommes?Tu peux me tabasser, Qui va m’employer?Je suis prostituée.Tu peux me tabasser,…