Category: Social Justice
worldwide social justice issues
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The Dissatisfaction Blame Game
“Have you noticed that they all wear expensive leather jackets?” “I have. It’s a disgrace, I know.” “They scrounge off us and prance around as if they owned the place.” “Why did they even come here?” “Economic migrants is what they call them. I’d use the word freeloader.” “I wish they’d just go back to…
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Who profits from war?
In the wake of recent ally-airstrikes against Syria and the prospect of a new cold war, we look at the role the arms industries play in a variety of economies across the globe. Everyone knows, war is big business. So, who profits from war? Where are the most successful arms manufacturers based? Whom do they…
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Bernie Sanders TV – Why the Youtube channel?
Frustrated at the lack of media coverage real social issues receive from the mainstream media, Senator Bernie Sanders now broadcasts on Bernie Sanders TV. With just over 100’000 subscribers the senator is a long way from reaching the lofty subscription numbers of the most famous YouTubers. However, his criticism of the media is somewhat justified. To…
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Child Marriage – Statistics and Effect
In the developing world, 1 in 9 girls is married before they reach the age of 15, while 1 in 3 girls marry before they’re 18. Groups campaigning for the abolition of child marriage like Girls Not Brides report that each year, 12 million girls worldwide marry before reaching 18. Because of population size, Sub-Saharan…
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Does Poverty Affect Self-Esteem?
In a 2015 study by Ben Fell and Miles Hewstone from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK, what many, living in poverty or working in deprived areas, had suspected for a long time, was proven accurate. Poverty has a detrimental effect that goes far beyond lacking resources. So, to answer the question, “does poverty affect self-esteem?”:…
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Collective Responsibility
When your big toe is hurting, your whole body doesn’t feel right. Your brain soon gets the message, your eyes eager to take a look. Reasoning together, your brain, heart, and the entire aching body resolves, to help out the big toe. Your entire being may even make time to go and see the doctor.…
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Bearing the Brunt
Today, the innocent often bear the brunt of the disastrous consequences of ignorant political and social decision making. Here’s a poem about bearing the brunt. The Innocent How come it is always the vulnerable and meek who bear the brunt of society’s woes? How come those in power don’t suffer the consequences of their bad…
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Yemen – a Developing Humanitarian Disaster the World Seems to Ignore
The UN has called on Saudi Arabia to lift its blockade in Yemen. But despite horrific images of starving children, the international community has shown little interest in this developing tragedy. Yemen, a developing humanitarian disaster the world seems to ignore, doesn’t rank on the list of priorities of the world’s governments Yemen – The…
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Does People Power Work?
So, does people power work? Many people feel frustrated and powerless about the state of the world. Wars, hunger, inequality, and dire poverty are just some of the issues facing humanity. In the course of human history, major changes have come about through people power and protests, including successes in women’s liberation, struggles for national…