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...Appealing for Justice The powerful photographs with the article "Nothing Left to Lose," on Chinese petitioners who travel to Beijing in search of government redress for injustices, spoke volumes [March 1]. Who could argue against the adage that a skillfully taken and meaningful picture is worth a thousand words? The aftermath of the Cultural Revolution left many Chinese utterly distrustful of their mighty Communist Party officials. Most victims would just swallow the bitter pills of injustice, recognizing that their protests would fall on deaf ears and their efforts would be futile. In fact, these petitioners had hardly any official channels...
...Powerless Petitioners "Nothing Left To Lose" told of the thousands of Chinese who travel to Beijing seeking government redress for injustices like unpaid wages, unpunished crimes and corruption by officials [March 1]. Your report overemphasized the inability of China's petition system to bring about justice. Come on! We Chinese would be more worried if the petition system really worked. Then something fundamental would be very wrong. In every country, including communist China, the right way to find justice is through seeking legal redress, not sympathy from government bureaucrats who have no legal power. Instead of questioning the efficacy...
...when, in October, Republicans cite Democratic House candidates’ votes against this ban on fast food lawsuits, American consumers should remember who stood up for their rights to redress corporate wrongs. In an age where companies have defaulted on morality and responsibility to the detriment of ordinary Americans, the ability to hold these companies accountable is imperative. A furor over lower front waists and larger dress sizes shouldn’t obscure the larger goal: promoting corporate responsibility...
...epicenter is the Treaty of Waitangi, a 150-word document as obscure as it is brief. Since the 1980s, when a tribunal was set up to hear Maori claims for redress, successive governments have invested the treaty with near-constitutional mystique. So far, of a thousand claims registered, only a quarter have been heard. The claims process has given rise to a wealthy Maori elite of lawyers, politicians and cultural consultants. Some have grown adept, Brash says, at interpreting the document to suit their own purposes. "This generation of New Zealanders recognized that there were wrongs in the past," says...
Next, they worked to bring their grievances to the public forum. Seeking the media attention that could catapult their concerns to the dockets of local leaders, they secured a total of more than 15,000 endorsements for a petition demanding redress and organized public rallies. They left letters and phone calls for MBTA officials and local leaders, and began taking decibel readings in the subway in an effort to disprove the MBTA’s supposition that subway performance was dangerously loud...