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Book SynopsisSociety is broken. We can design our way to a better one.In our interconnected world, self-interest and social-interest are rapidly becoming indistinguishable. If current negative trajectories remain, including growing climate destabilization, biodiversity loss, and economic inequality, an impending future of ecological collapse and societal destabilization will make "personal success" virtually meaningless. Yet our broken social system incentivizes behavior that will only make our problems worse. If true human rights progress is to be achieved today, it is time we dig deeper—rethinking the very foundation of our social system.
In this engaging, important work, Peter Joseph, founder of the world's largest grassroots social movement—The Zeitgeist Movement—draws from economics, history, philosophy, and modern public-health research to present a bold case for rethinking activism in the 21st century.
Arguing against the long-standing narrative of universal scarcity and other pervasive myths that defend the current state of affairs,
The New Human Rights Movement illuminates the structural causes of poverty, social oppression, and the ongoing degradation of public health, and ultimately presents the case for an updated economic approach. Joseph explores the potential of this grand shift and how we can design our way to a world where the human family has become truly sustainable.
The New Human Rights Movement reveals the critical importance of a unified activism working to overcome the inherent injustice of our system. This book warns against what is in store if we continue to ignore the flaws of our socioeconomic approach, while also revealing the bright and expansive future possible if we succeed.
Will you join the movement?
Trade Review"Peter Joseph is one of the great visionaries of our time. If there's a beautiful futureand I think there will bethen his fingerprints will be all over it."
Marianne Williamson, #1 New York Times bestselling author"Since 9/11, security took over and retired human rights into a small closet. We need to get back to the issue of rights for all. Hopefully this important work will draw us closer to that reality and promise. Without economic realignment with nature to secure our habitat, along with conquering the sociological roots of fragmentation and bigotry, the human family is in peril."
—Jack Healey, Head of Human Rights Action Center "One of this generation's greatest visionaries delivers a startling exposé about the violent oppression that defines our economic order, while issuing an urgent call for global activism to unite to change it. Amidst a deepening crisis of capitalism and inequality, coupled with an intensifying assault by the Empire's elite,
The New Human Rights Movement provides a crucial roadmap for the movement toward the next system."
–Abby Martin, host of The Empire FilesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: System-Bound: Realizing Relationships
Chapter Two: Beyond the Pale: Our Social Mythology
Chapter Three Structural Bigotry: The Economics of Oppression
Chapter Four: Public Health: Spectrum of Disorder
Chapter Five: Designing Out: Where We Go from Here
Glossary
Appendix A: Post-Scarcity Potentials
Appendix B: Economic Calculation and Broad System Conception
Endnotes
