Tomas Hirsch
Chilean politician applauds young parliamentarians, criticizes Bachelet
By Brittany Peterson for The Voice of Russia Chileans took to the polls Sunday to elect a new president and Congress, but only came away with the latter. Brittany: Michelle Bachelet is a former president to Chile and for the last three years, was the head of UN Women in New… »
Tomas Hirsch: People can’t survive by eating macroeconomics
Chilean Humanist, Tomas Hirsch, gave a talk this morning at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik to members of the Spanish faculty, local humanists and members of the general public. The theme that Hirsch was invited to develop was the process of development taking place in Latin America and especially… »
What became of the Icelandic Revolution?
In 2008 Iceland became the focus of attention for progressive social movements around the world as the country’s only three (private) banks collapsed in the aftermath of the Lehman Brothers bank collapse in the USA. As much to the surprise of the watching world as to Icelanders themselves, demonstrations took… »
Third World Symposium: Humanists propose Latin-American campaign for the reduction of regional military spending
During the panel on Government Policies, “A new humanism for the New Civilisation”, Tomas Hirsch, Chilean humanist, proposed that, even if governments are doing, and must continue to do, their part to eliminate inequalities, they can’t do it alone. It’s essential, said Hirsch, to humanise society. From this perspective, it… »