Ideas & Action Building a Human Rights Agenda

In many parts of the world, particularly in the Global South, utilizing human rights discourse is intertwined with collective efforts for progressive social justice. In the United States, however, the utilization of human rights language by organizations and individuals seems to be largely disconnected from leftist politics and/or social justice work. Our research aims to understand why that is and how progressive activists and organizers in the Boston area interact with human rights discourse.

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