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Through mapping the rights discourse and the transformations in
transnational finance capitalism since the world wars, and
interrogating the connections between the two, Radha D'Souza
examines contemporary rights in theory and practice through the
lens of the struggles of the people of the Third World, their
experiences of national liberation and socialism and their
aspirations for emancipation and freedom. Social movements demand
rights to remedy wrongs and injustices in society. But why do
organisations like the World Bank and IMF, the G7 states and the
World Economic Forum want to promote rights? Activists and activist
scholars are critical of human rights in their diagnosis of
problems. But in their prognosis, they reinstate human rights and
bring back through the backdoor what they dismiss through the
front. Why are activists and activist scholars unable to 'let go'
of human rights? Why do indigenous peoples find the need to invoke
the UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous People to make their
claims sound reasonable? Are rights in the 20th and 21st centuries
the same as rights in the 17th and 18th centuries? This book
examines what is entailed in reducing rights to 'human' rights and
in the argument 'our understandings of rights are better than
theirs' that is popular within social movements and in critical
scholarship.
Through mapping the rights discourse and the transformations in
transnational finance capitalism since the world wars, and
interrogating the connections between the two, Radha D'Souza
examines contemporary rights in theory and practice through the
lens of the struggles of the people of the Third World, their
experiences of national liberation and socialism and their
aspirations for emancipation and freedom. Social movements demand
rights to remedy wrongs and injustices in society. But why do
organisations like the World Bank and IMF, the G7 states and the
World Economic Forum want to promote rights? Activists and activist
scholars are critical of human rights in their diagnosis of
problems. But in their prognosis, they reinstate human rights and
bring back through the backdoor what they dismiss through the
front. Why are activists and activist scholars unable to 'let go'
of human rights? Why do indigenous peoples find the need to invoke
the UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous People to make their
claims sound reasonable? Are rights in the 20th and 21st centuries
the same as rights in the 17th and 18th centuries? This book
examines what is entailed in reducing rights to 'human' rights and
in the argument 'our understandings of rights are better than
theirs' that is popular within social movements and in critical
scholarship.
Little is known about the Tamil liberation cause and struggle, as
it has been widely dismissed by global powers of all persuasions -
the USA, Russia, China and India - each driven by their own real
politik reasons and self-interests. Isolated in their struggle and
condemned by world opinion, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam
(LTTE) nonetheless proved capable of withstanding all external
forces for a period of decades, drawing large numbers of Tamils,
both inside Sri Lanka and outside in the Tamil Diaspora, to support
its cause. The LTTE created a progressive internal movement that
succeeded in breaking down ancient caste barriers that had resisted
the political inducements and leadership of figures such as Gandhi,
and inculcated a climate of social justice and equality. This book,
written by a Diaspora Tamil engaged in human rights work in the
Tamil-controlled area of Vanni up until it was overrun by Sri
Lankan forces, provides a compelling insider's look at the
motivations, issues and complexities of this largely secret civil
war. This is what life was like on the ground inside
Tamil-controlled territory where the forces of war were held at bay
- until 2009 when it was overrun by the Sri Lankan army and the
Tamil genocide began.
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