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Ligegyldigheder siden 2003

onsdag 20. april 2011
by René Clausen Nielsen
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What matters today, the issue which blocks the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be.

It was commonly thought that the time had come for the world, and particularly for the Third World, to choose between the capitalist system and the socialist system. The underdeveloped countries, which made use of the savage competition between the two systems in order to win their national liberation, must, however, refuse to get involved in such rivalry. The Third World must not be content to define itself in relation to values which preceded it. On the contrary, the underdeveloped countries must endeavor to focus on their very own values as well as methods and style specific to them. - Frantz Fanon (1961)

Kiva-repayments

mandag 21. februar 2011
by René Clausen Nielsen
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E-mail fra Kiva

I aften fik jeg en e-mail fra mikrolånsvirksomhenden Kiva. Den var ganske opløftende i mange henseende. Først og fremmest er det selvfølgelig dejligt at se, at langt størstedelen af lånerne har været i stand til at betale noget tilbage. Ligeledes opløftende … Continue reading

tirsdag 8. februar 2011
by René Clausen Nielsen
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Store hjerner om Egypten

Jeg er de sidste dage stødt ind i nogle af mine yndlingspolemikeres tanker om revolutionen/oprøret/demonstrationerne i Egypten. Jeg har samlet nogle af deres udgydelser nedenfor. Jeg er endnu ikke faldet over (omend jeg aktivt har forsøgt at falde) væsentlige kvinderettighedsbaserede … Continue reading

torsdag 22. april 2010
by René Clausen Nielsen
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Verdensbankens data er sluppet fri

Med tirsdagens nyhed om, at Verdensbanken frigiver alle deres data, begynder der langt om længe at tegne sig et billede af en verden, hvor selv de mest magtfulde og hemmelighedskræmmende institutioner frigiver data. Når Verdensbanken, USA og England frigiver data … Continue reading