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A humanitarian acupuncture project in India that Flemming would have loved

Flemming Holm Posted on October 11, 2010 by HeatherOctober 11, 2014

On the first anniversary of my father’s death, I find myself occupied with the launch of a new website. How fitting, because he would have loved this project. Barefoot Acupuncturists offers acupuncture to the poor in the slums of Mumbai, … Continue reading →

Posted in health care, India, poverty | Tagged acupuncture, Barefoot Acupuncturists, Flemming Holm, health care, India, Mumbai, Nicaragua, Walter Fischer

Freedom of Speech and Human Rights

Flemming Holm Posted on June 24, 2009 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

The debate concerning freedom of speech and the Human Rights Commissions rages on. I worked for the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission for six years and for the Canadian Commission for twelve years, and retired in 1991, so I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Danish cartoons, Freedom of speech, Human Rights, Peace and war

Economic growth and social rights: the last 100 years

Flemming Holm Posted on March 11, 2009 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

I highly recommend a fascinating history of how the role of government, attitudes towards social justice and economic development have developed and changed over the last 100 years particularly in the democracies of Europe and North America, given in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, democracy, Economic crisis, Government, Human Rights, Social policy, Tommy Douglas, United States, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Canadian Budget January 2009

Flemming Holm Posted on January 10, 2009 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

Sent to: The Hon. Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, Ottawa, ON Dear Mr. Flaherty: I hear that you are consulting widely prior to finalizing your budget proposals. I trust that you are giving adequate consideration to two groups of people: … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Denmark, Economic crisis, foodbanks, health care, higher education, homeless, income gap, Native land claims, poverty, Social policy

War Mongering

Flemming Holm Posted on September 8, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 12, 2014

Your editorial of August 31 laments Russia’s violation of Georgia, which was apparently undertaken to guarantee a dependable supply of oil and to strengthen Russia’s position in Europe and Asia.  I agree that this action is extremely regrettable, and potentially … Continue reading →

Posted in Danish cartoons, foreign affairs, Iraq, Peace and war, Russia, United States

Omar Khadr and the litmus test

Flemming Holm Posted on July 24, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

Our Canadian Government holds that our complicity in Guantanamo Bay is the litmus test for our devotion to the American War on Terror. Is our complicity in American treatment of Omar Khadr and Maher Arar the litmus test for our … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Guantanamo Bay, Justice, Maher Arar, Omar Khadr

Impossible things to believe before breakfast

Flemming Holm Posted on May 27, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

Someone has written of believing six impossible things before breakfast. It is strange what impossible things we believe when we think it is to our advantage to do so. For example: – that tobacco smoke is harmless; – that global … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice, Peace and war

Canadian security in the north

Flemming Holm Posted on August 5, 2007 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

Dear Prime Minister: I must have been asleep at the switch – or wherever I was at the time – to have missed Silver Donald Cameron’s article in the NovaScotian on July 30. But the letters in today’s Chronicle Herald … Continue reading →

Posted in 9/11, Canada, Canadian sovereignty, Denmark, Hans Island, United States

Israel and Palestine

Flemming Holm Posted on August 1, 2007 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

I understand that the Palestinian people are suffering enormous deprivation partly because the international embargo is crippling their economy. It is bad enough that Israel is taking over much of the most valuable Palestinian property through the illegal “settlements”, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Human Rights, Israel and Palestine, The Bible

Public vs private health care

Flemming Holm Posted on June 17, 2007 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

The Hon. Judy Streatch, M.L.A. Government of Nova Scotia Dear Judy: It was very kind of you to meet with our group at Grace McClung’s on May 25. I hope you got – and continue to get – some satisfaction … Continue reading →

Posted in foodbanks, health care, Human Rights, income gap, Justice, Nova Scotia, poverty, Social policy, taxes, United States

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