When will we finally realize that the complexity of an ever inter-connected world demands a new vision of national and global prosperity in the 21st Century? When will we see that a narrow (isolationist-military hegemony) world view, stuck-on-stupid policy decisions, and conservative socio-economic perspectives no longer serve us well?
Our world advancement has brought great benefits, but at the expense of thousands of lives, dreams, old, hopes, desires, women, men, children, etc, etc. The ramifications of shifting markets and labor demands have pushed and pulled populations across the globe and created stateless individuals, wars, victimized youth, enslaved peoples, and raped women and men. Let us begin to create a new vision of our world. Let us demand a true paradigm shift that will begin to address the issues of the 21st Century.
No human is alien, illegal, or foreign. We are brothers and sisters of this world.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 1.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act
towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as
race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of
sovereignty.....
Article 13.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.Article 14.
(1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
(2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
Article 15.
(1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.


1 comments:
I believe that Obama will help to bring that new vision in 2008! Attitudes are slowly shifting and we must work hard to see those dreams become realities. Great post Oscar!
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