Saturday 11 January 2014

The bottom line

The one thing we’re not telling them is the truth: that, however worthless you feel, you deserve to have enough to eat, somewhere to live, clothes on your back and other vital parts, to be loved, to know that you matter. You deserve those things whatever is happening with the economy, because everyone does, because human beings are worth more than their usefulness to capital.

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Friday 10 January 2014

The challenge


It was with this spirit of hopefulness and determination that Madiba brought The Elders together in 2007 and charged us to "support courage where there is fear, foster agreement where there is conflict and inspire hope where there is despair."