The following very short videos (I think the shortest is 2 minutes) feature Jaron Zepel Lanier. Jaron is a computer philosophy writer, computer scientist, visual artist, and composer of classical music. In the book Who Owns the Future? (2013), Lanier

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I am sorry. Another Ted Talk this week. Next week, I will do something different. But this video is less than 9 minutes long. It discusses that regardless of the tendency toward less income equality, every sector of society supports

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The second is a song from 2009 from Ruben Blades. Ruben seemed to be feeling that the world was not going in the right direction back in 2009. I am not sure how Professor Allot would analyse the song…. The

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This week, I will feature two videos from our team in Colombia. I am sorry they are in Spanish. The videos discuss two examples of how the Office in Colombia works on ESCR. They are a bit long, but give

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I kill an ant and realize my three children have been watching -Kato Shuson Shuson Kato Link To The Music Video You can also reach us through our social media channels, and we’ll get back to you as soon as

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During the Global Meeting, the organiyers used an elevator version of a fairly aggresive economic rights anthem to end and to start meetings. “Bulls on Parade” is a song released by American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine in

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This week Jimmy Cliff played a concert in Geneva. Many of his songs touch our economic rights related issues. In “Treat the Youths Right”, he discussed the importance of youth employment. “Treat the youths rights. Instead of putting us a

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I grew up in Minnesota, the hometown of two rather well known musicians – Prince and Bob Dylan. Dylan is known more for the content of his music, while Prince often indcluded social commentary about inequalities in our society. This

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“Bombino is an internationally acclaimed Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter from Agadez, Niger. His music frequently addresses Tuareg geopolitical concerns and is sung in the Tuareg language of Tamasheq.” I have included his song Imuhar (Freemen). Below is the English translation.

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“Francisco “Chico” Buarque de Hollanda, popularly known simply as Chico Buarque (born June 19, 1944) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic and cultural commentary

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