Trade Justice
Fair Trade vs Free Trade This is not a full-scale article, but a preview of what I want to write more about. It’s only 6 minutes long but is well worth watching! Thanks Dan for sending me this link to this YouTube video. George
Seek Justice
God loves justice, and he longs to see a world where there is justice for all. Where the rich and powerful do not exploit the poor and powerless. Where the vulnerable, widows, orphans, disabled and mentally challenged receive fair treatment from the rest of humanity. Of course, God […]
Broken justice systems: the legacy of Colonies
What can be done about the broken justice systems around the world, particularly those in developing countries? We need first to understand the history of those countries. When I was a child, I was fascinated by maps. I had a world map in which vast areas were coloured […]
How violence effects poverty elimination
My dream is to see a world in which extreme poverty is eliminated. But there is a largely hidden problem which frustrates attempts to deal with economic poverty. A recent study pointed out that the number one problem that poor people face in developing countries is not starvation […]
First Impressions from the Justice Conference
I have just returned from Sunny California and I am trying to re-acclimatise myself to U.K. time and weather. I went to Los Angeles to attend the Justice Conference and returned fired-up and ready to go. I need to watch some of the videos again and gather my […]
My dream of 10 years ago
Well here I am in Los Angeles for the Justice Conference. In looking through my notes I found this – which I wrote 10 years ago. My dream has widened a little but in reading what I had written a thrill overcame me because I am still dreaming! […]
The Justice Conference
I am extremely excited to be going to the Justice Conference in Los Angeles, California, at the end of this week. (Feb 21-22 2014). The are expecting up to 8000 people and I am sure it will be an amazing event. I am expecting to be inspired by […]
Bribery steals from family livelihoods
As we look at our own country, and around the world, we see that bribery and corruption causes untold misery in the lives of ordinary people, the poor and the powerless. Do we stop giving because in some cases “aid” is diverted to Swiss bank accounts? What can […]
Creating a better world at 69?
I will be 70 years old later on this year. I have always had a sense of purpose in my life though it took me some time to realise what it was. At the age of 45, I left the computer industry to set up a charity. I […]
Stealing people’s farms and livelihood
Land Grabbing Grabbing land from the powerless has been going on for centuries. In the past it was done by conquest. The Romans stole the best land in conquered countries and enslaved the local people to work on their farms. Settlers stole land from the native Americans in […]
