Introduction
The Riddle
The Argument
Chapter I: The Diverse Origins
Civil Rights
Political Rights
Social Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Chapter II: The Absolutes
The Human in Human Rights
The Assertion of Equality
Rights as Inherent
Rights as Indivisible and Inalienable
The Assertion of Universality
The Relativity of Human Rights
Chapter III: The Contradictions
In Principle
The Contradiction in Private Property
The Corporation and the Individual
Civil Rights and Social Rights
Political Rights and Corporate Civil Rights
Human Rights and Institutionalized Religion
In Practice
The Unequal Rights of Men and Women
The Rights of Children
The Right of Self-Determination of Peoples
Chapter IV: Rights Outside Capitalist Relations
"Socialist" Countries
Human Rights and the Third World
An African Concept of Human Rights
Islamization and Human Rights
Human Rights and the Fourth World
Chapter V: The Curious Unanimity
Contradictory Demands
Support from the Right
Support from the Reformist Left
The Meeting Ground of Left and Right: NGOs On the National Level
NGOs on the Global Level
Human Rights Watch
HRW on Cuba
The Problem of Amnesty International
The Meaning of Social Rights
Chapter VI: The Future of Human Rights
Globalization and Human Rights
Non-Corporate Rights at the Global Level?
Recent Global Mechanisms for Enforcement
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
UN Ad Hoc Tribunals
Compromised Commissions and Tribunals
The International Criminal Court
Chapter VII: Principles for the Future?
Respect for Human Rights
The "Corporatization" of the United Nations: "The Global Compact"
The Meanings Implicit in Human Rights
The Irrepressible Spread of Resistance
Chapter VIII: September 11 and the New Behemoth
Peace as a Problem
The Need to Defend Global Class Relations
The Political Economy of Military Spending
The Search for a Threat
A Strategy Long in the Planning
Global Ascendancy and "Full Spectrum Dominance"
The Militarization of Space
The Expansion of NATO
New Technology for Civilian Repression
Global Surveillance: Echelon
A New Role for Nuclear Weapons
"Benevolent Global Hegemony"
The Question of Pretexts
The Meaning of September 11: Its Aftermath
Class War at Home
Global Assertion of Dominance
The Transformation of International Relations and Human Rights
The Coming End of Liberal Democracy
Appendix: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Notes
Bibliography
Index
