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09/04/2019

‘I’m a Woman, a Bricklayer, and I Want Change!’

Human Wrongs Watch

Maybe my everyday life would have been a lot easier if I had been born male – but I wasn’t.

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Mette Schak Dahlmann,Danish Confederation of Trade Unions

My name is Mette, I’m a woman, a trained bricklayer, and I’m gay.

Growing up playing soccer, wearing clothes that weren’t ‘girly’, educated in the ‘wrong’ profession, walking and talking the ‘wrong’ way, and constantly being told what I can and what I can’t do.

The standards of what is normal and what is acceptable always restricted me. I felt different and left out!

I always thought about becoming a bricklayer, but I didn’t dare to tell anyone, because how could I explain my choice and direction in life?  They’d say; “why on earth do you want to work in a men’s world and job? It’s not something for you, you are a girl”.

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09/04/2019

Peace Journalism

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By René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service*

Peace Journalism: Our task is to promote inclusion in negotiations held in good faith.

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Peace journalism has two primary tasks: to make creative proposals for the settlement of conflicts and to work for broad inclusion of parties for negotiations held in good faith.

Our first task is creativity because those involved in armed conflicts usually focus on narrow possibilities and options.

In practice “all options are not on the table”.  There is usually in the minds of the chief protagonists a rather narrow set of options, of which “kill them” is high on the list.

As George Russell writing under the pen name of A.E. wrote in The Peacemakers:

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08/04/2019

Why Is the Fed Paying So Much Interest to Banks?

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By Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service*

“If you invest your tuppence wisely in the bank, safe and sound,
Soon that tuppence safely invested in the bank will compound,

“And you’ll achieve that sense of conquest as your affluence expands
In the hands of the directors who invest as propriety demands.”

— Mary Poppins, 1964

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Ellen Brown

When Mary Poppins was made into a movie in 1964, Mr. Banks’ advice to his son was sound. Banks were then paying more than 5% interest on deposits, enough to double young Michael’s investment every 14 years.

Now, however, the average savings account pays only 0.10% annually – that’s 1/10th of 1% – and many of the country’s biggest banks pay less than that. If you were to put $5,000 in a regular Bank of America savings account (paying 0.01%) today, in a year you would have collected only 50 cents in interest.

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08/04/2019

We’re Gobbling Up the Earth’s Resources at an Unsustainable Rate

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3 April 2019 (UN Environment)* — George Monbiot, a correspondent for Britain’s The Guardian newspaper and known for his environmental and political activism, has made a surprising call for people in the United Kingdom to cut the use of cars by 90 per cent over the next decade.

 

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Many will balk at this idea but it is perhaps sounding somewhat less bizarre after the release by the United Nations of a new report which paints a scary picture of the rate at which we are gobbling up the Earth’s resources.

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08/04/2019

NGOs Blast US for Undermining Criminal Court

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By Thalif Deen*

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 8 2019 (IPS)* – As it paves a destructive path against international institutions and multilateralism, the Trump administration is slowly but steadily undermining the United Nations and its affiliated agencies.

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The US has already withdrawn both from the Human Rights Council in Geneva and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris while, at the same time, it has either cut off, or drastically reduced, funding for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and for UN peacekeeping operations (by a hefty $500 million).

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08/04/2019

Latin American Humanist Forum – ‘The Small Media Dispute Is a Cultural Dispute’

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By Juana Pérez Montero*

Pía Figueroa, co-director of Pressenza and member of the organizing team of the Latin American Humanist Forum that will take place in Santiago de Chile from 10 to 12 May, answers our questions about the meaning of the Forum and of the Network on Communication and Nonviolent Media that she coordinates together with other colleagues. | Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Greek

LHF2019: ‘The small media dispute is a cultural dispute’, according to Pía Figueroa

Pía Figueroa

MADRID, 6 April 2019 (Pressenza)* — “We seek to give form -in process- to a social fabric empowered by the strength of the whole,’ according to Figueroa.

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08/04/2019

For a Radical Progressivism

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By Adam Lent and Anthony Painter*

In an age of extremes, liberal progressives are naturally inclined towards moderation and gradualism. But it’s time for bolder ideas to address injustice and shift power.

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6 April 2019 (openDemocracy)* — We are in a radical moment. The planet is burning. Inequality is biting. Nationalism is on the rise.

Resurgent but nostalgic ideologies, from statist socialism to the nationalist right, will fail to meet these challenges. The former saps freedom and innovation; the latter is obsessed by vilifying ‘enemies’ rather than providing real answers. At their extreme edges, they both pose a serious threat to democratic norms and practices.

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07/04/2019

25 Years on from Rwandan Genocide, UN Chief Warns of ‘Dangerous Trends of Rising Xenophobia, Racism and Intolerance’

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In a message to commemorate the 25-year anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, UN chief António Guterres has warned of dangerous trends of rising xenophobia, racism and intolerance in many parts of the world.

UN Photo/Beatrice Mategwa | A Rwandan peacekeeper holds a candle during to pay tribute to those who perished during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

April 7 marks the start of the 1994 genocide, which saw over 800,000 Tutsis, moderate Hutu and others who opposed the genocide, systematically killed in less than three months. Mr. Guterres said that the anniversary is an opportunity to honour those who were murdered, and reflect on the suffering and resilience of those who survived.

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07/04/2019

Colombia: Indigenous Minga Scores Initial Deal with Duque Gov’t

Protesters will unblock the roads temporarily, waiting for President Duque to arrive in the Cauca valley.

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. A meeting of Colombian indigenous peoples and farmers in Cauca valley, April 5, 2019. | Photo: Twitter / @CRIC_Cauca

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07/04/2019

Better Sewage Treatment Critical for Human Health and Ecosystems

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World Health Day on 7 April is a reminder that effective wastewater management and sanitation systems are vital for human health.

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India’s sacred – and most polluted–river, The Ganges. Photo by Wikimedia.

5 April 2019 (UN Environment)* — The volume of sewage in the world is set to rise in line with population growth. Furthermore, the growth in global wealth means our wastewater, including sewage, contains increasing amounts of dangerous chemicals, toxic substances and the debris associated with modern consumer lifestyles.

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