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Nearly half of all Africans live on less than what we pay for cable television.

For just $4 per year, spread over the next 20 years, each citizen of the industrialized nations can contribute to saving the lives of 1.3 million children in Ethiopia, nearly 600,000 children in Mozambique, another 475,000 children in Niger.

10,194,175: The number of years a person would need to work at minimum wage to earn as much money as Bill Gates.

In 1999, the richest 2.7 million Americans were expected to receive as much after–tax income as the 100 million people with the lowest incomes.

Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen.

Approximately 790 million people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished, almost two–thirds of whom reside in Asia and the Pacific.

7 Million children die each year as a result of the debt crisis. 8,525,038 children have died since the start of the year 2000 [as of March 24, 2001].

Despite all our technological breakthroughs, we still live in a world where:

a fifth of the developing world’s population goes hungry every night;
a quarter lacks access to even a basic necessity like safe drinking water;
and a third lives in a state of abject poverty – at such a margin of human existence that words simply fail to describe it.

The seven largest economies of the industrialized North – the US, Japan, Germany, Canada, France, Italy and the UK – which make up less than 12 % of the world’s population, consume 43% of the world’s fossil fuel production, 64 % of the world’s paper, and from 55 to 60 % of all the aluminum, copper, lead, nickel and tin.

Globally, 15.7 million adults with AIDS are women and 1.3 million are children below the age of 15.

Inspirations

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder! Strike against preparedness that means death and misery to millions of human beings! Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction!

Helen Keller

Power lies in the growth of awareness.

Herbert de Souza

If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.

Howard Zinn

Resistance to tyranny is man's highest ideal.

Emma Goldman

Humans are complex creatures. We have a demonstrated capacity for hatred, violence, competition and greed. We have as well a demonstrated capacity for love, tenderness, cooperation and compassion. Healthy societies nurture the latter and in doing so create an abundance of those things that are most important to the quality of our living. Dysfunctional societies nurture the former and in so doing create scarcity and deprivation. A healthy society makes it easy to live in balance with the environment, whereas a dysfunctional society makes it nearly impossible. Whether we organize our societies for social and environmental health or for dysfunction is a choice that is ours to make.

David C. Korten

Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice… when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.

Noam Chomsky

Source: The Internet

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Editor's Note Cover Story Learning from Chomsky UR On... Noam Chomsky Open Letters Icon of Liberation Voice of the Voiceless Development Diary Final Analysis Other Articles Main Articles Subscribe now		WAKE UP CALLS Nearly half of all Africans live on less than what we pay for cable television. For just $4 per year, spread over the next 20 years, each citizen of the industrialized nations can contribute to saving the lives of 1.3 million children in Ethiopia, nearly 600,000 children in Mozambique, another 475,000 children in Niger. 10,194,175: The number of years a person would need to work at minimum wage to earn as much money as Bill Gates. In 1999, the richest 2.7 million Americans were expected to receive as much after–tax income as the 100 million people with the lowest incomes. Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen. Approximately 790 million people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished, almost two–thirds of whom reside in Asia and the Pacific. 7 Million children die each year as a result of the debt crisis. 8,525,038 children have died since the start of the year 2000 [as of March 24, 2001]. Despite all our technological breakthroughs, we still live in a world where: a fifth of the developing world’s population goes hungry every night; a quarter lacks access to even a basic necessity like safe drinking water; and a third lives in a state of abject poverty – at such a margin of human existence that words simply fail to describe it. The seven largest economies of the industrialized North – the US, Japan, Germany, Canada, France, Italy and the UK – which make up less than 12 % of the world’s population, consume 43% of the world’s fossil fuel production, 64 % of the world’s paper, and from 55 to 60 % of all the aluminum, copper, lead, nickel and tin. Globally, 15.7 million adults with AIDS are women and 1.3 million are children below the age of 15. Inspirations Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder! Strike against preparedness that means death and misery to millions of human beings! Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction! Helen Keller Power lies in the growth of awareness. Herbert de Souza If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. Howard Zinn Resistance to tyranny is man's highest ideal. Emma Goldman Humans are complex creatures. We have a demonstrated capacity for hatred, violence, competition and greed. We have as well a demonstrated capacity for love, tenderness, cooperation and compassion. Healthy societies nurture the latter and in doing so create an abundance of those things that are most important to the quality of our living. Dysfunctional societies nurture the former and in so doing create scarcity and deprivation. A healthy society makes it easy to live in balance with the environment, whereas a dysfunctional society makes it nearly impossible. Whether we organize our societies for social and environmental health or for dysfunction is a choice that is ours to make. David C. Korten Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice… when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. Martin Luther King, Jr. The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations. Noam Chomsky Source: The Internet