The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (769 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1538438798 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 254 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Peter Joseph is an American musician, filmmaker, author, and social activist best known worldwide as the creator of the award-winning Zeitgeist Film Series and founder of the Zeitgeist Movement, a social sustainability advocacy group operating worldwide. Joseph has lectured around the world, including the UK, Canada, America, Bra
"Nice work and thank you" according to Amazon Customer. Peter Joseph's work is the most honest, inspirational, liberating, and compassionate media I have come across. I consider myself a business professional, one-time theist, and a veteran of corporate politics. His work not only identifies the problems of these modern systems that leave so many of us behind, but it also instills a sense of urgency while also instilling a sense of peace, inspiring oneself to serve a much grander purpose than just self placation. His work tr. Amazon Customer said MUST READ - The most objective, scientific, humanly and earthly-relevant book of the century.. This is perhaps the most important book of our times. It is said that you cannot learn truth through the lens of a lie, this book provides the lens necessary to understand every major global issue we face as human beings and as a society. At a time when false symbolism is all and we are witnessing the implosion of truth, this book scientifically and methodologically cuts through the formaldehyde of identity politics, capitalism-spawned abominations, concealed class warf. Toward an Ideal Amazon Customer Peter Joseph is able to articulate the issues that society faces today in a way that few others are able to. He brings to light many humans rights abuses that we face and often unwittingly support on an ongoing global scale, but beyond bringing them to light, he sheds some glimmer of hope how they can be ameliorated by a paradigm shift in our values and old ways of thinking. With the inclusion of rigorous research and detail, Peter has put into words what many activists
If true human rights progress is to be achieved today, it is time we dig deeper -- rethinking the very foundation of our social system.In this engaging, important work, Peter Joseph, founder of the world's largest grassroots social movement -- the Zeitgeist Movement -- draws from economics, history, philosophy, and modern public-health research to present a bold case for rethinking activism in the twenty-first century.Arguing against the long-standing narrative of universal scarcity and other pervasive myths that defend the current state of affairs, The New Human Rights Movement illuminates the structural causes of poverty, social oppression, and the ongoing degradation of public health, and it ultimately presents the case for an updated economic approach. *Read by the author - Peter JosephSociety is broken. Will you join the movement?. Joseph explores the potential of this grand shift and how we can design our way to a world where the human family has become truly sustainable.The New Human Rights Movement reveals the critical importance of a unified activism working to overcome the inherent injustice of our system. Yet our broken social system incentivizes behavior that will only make our problems worse. This book warns against what is in store if we continue to ignore the flaws of our socioeconomic approach, while also revealing the bright and expansive future possib
Hopefully this important work will draw us closer to that reality and promise. Without economic realignment with nature to secure our habitat, along with conquering the sociological roots of fragmentation and bigotry, the human family is in peril.'' --Jack Healey, Head of Human Rights Action Center . We need to get back to the issue of rights for all. If there's a beautiful future -- and I think there will be -- then his fingerprints will be all over it.'' --Marianne Williamson, #1 New York Times bestselling author''Since 9/11, security took over and retired human rights into a small closet. ''This book is a fascinating read, and a vitally important one for anyone who is tired of the status quo, seeks to understand why it is so entrenched, and wants to do something about it.'' --New York Journal of Books''Peter Joseph is one of the great visionaries of our time