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Jean Ziegler

Jean Ziegler Books

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Jean Ziegler is a Swiss professor renowned for his contributions to the fields of human rights and international law.

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“Los derechos humanos deberían ser la base de la comunidad internacional. Fijan las normas mínimas en virtud de las cuales hombres procedentes de horizontes diferentes pueden encontrarse, reconocerse y hablarse.”

Derechos Humanos

Book:El odio a Occidente: La memoria herida de los pueblos del Sur

Source: El odio a Occidente: La memoria herida de los pueblos del Sur

“Profit maximization is the murderous strategy of global corporation hierarchies”

Strategy Profit Corporations Hierarchy Profit Maximization

Author:Jean Ziegler

“Switzerland has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, the strongest currency and the largest financial center for foreign assets. And we're a small country with no natural resources. Switzerland is the world capital of dealing in stolen goods.”

World Country Natural Highest Resources Financial Income Goods Strongest Assets Currency Stolen Natural Resources Switzerland Small Countries

Author:Jean Ziegler

“Money comes to Switzerland through three illegal sources: tax evasion in other developed countries, the blood money of dictators and other rulers in the Third World and organized crime.”

World Country Three Blood Crime Source Taxes Thirds Organized Illegal Rulers Dictator Third World Switzerland Evasion Organized Crime Developed Country Tax Evasion

Author:Jean Ziegler

“The structure of the Swiss ruling class is rock-hard, and unchanged since the time of Napoleon. They sit on their mountains and lecture the world on democracy. It's an unbelievable show of self-satisfaction and arrogance.”

World Self Hard Shows Class Democracy Rocks Mountain Structure Satisfaction Arrogance Unbelievable Ruling Lectures Swiss Self-satisfaction

Author:Jean Ziegler

“Switzerland has no competition. It sits in the middle of Europe, it has the highest technological development, it's legally safe and the political circumstances are never going to change.”

Political Middle Development Circumstances Safe Highest Europe Competition Technological Switzerland Technological Development

Author:Jean Ziegler

“1 billion people are permanently and seriously malnourished. Every five seconds, a child dies.”

People Children Dies Five Billions Seconds

Author:Jean Ziegler

“Agrofuel is a crime against humanity and I believe there should be a moratorium put in place until there is some way to eradicate the many problems it creates.”

Way Should Believe Problem Humanity I Believe Crime Climate Change Crimes Against Humanity

Author:Jean Ziegler

“A child who dies from hunger is a murdered child.”

Children Dies Hunger

Author:Jean Ziegler

“I'm against the theory of the multinational corporations who say if you are against hunger you must be for GMO. That's wrong, there is plenty of natural, normal good food in the world to nourish the double of humanity. There is absolutely no justification to produce genetically modified food except the profit motive and the domination of the multinational corporations.”

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Born: April 19, 1934
Known for: Professor
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