Re: economics and class struggle behind legal victory

[g kohler <gko15@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As I had it handy, I am attaching an excerpt from the 1948 UN Declaration of
Human Rights, namely the articles dealing with economic rights. As an
example, it could be argued that anything and everything the Zapatistas have
been doing to date has been within the scope of the economic human rights
catalogued in this declaration.
Gernot


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from the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights -
Economic Rights (articles 17, 22 - 25)

Article 17.
(1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association
with others.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Article 22.
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is
entitled to realization, through national effort and international
co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each
State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his
dignity and the free development of his personality.

Article 23.
(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just
and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for
equal work.
(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration
ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity,
and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the
protection of his interests.

Article 24.
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation
of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

Article 25.
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health
and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing,
housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to
security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old
age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance All
children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social
protection.

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To: PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 Subject: Re: economics and class struggle behind legal victory.
 From: Chris Burford
 Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004

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