Human Rights, Liberty & Socio-Economic Justice

According to Roosevelt, “necessitous men are not free.” The narrow conception of individual freedom founded on prisvate property rights advocated by neoliberalism neglects a much wider, more humane conception of social democracy, freedom from want and human security affirmed by the New Deal, the Atlantic Charter and the UN Charter.

Author - Winston Nagan, Director, Inst. for Human Rights, Peace & Development