The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday December 22nd, 2021
Widening The Great Reset Dialogue – Diversifying strategy options by Murray Hunter
At the 2020 World Economic Forum (WEF), a number of proponents led by The Prince Charles, Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Klaus Schwab, founder and CEO of the WEF unveiled a series of economic, environmental, and social arguments, which they termed The Great Reset.
The Great Reset is a series of ideas about rebuilding the world after the Covid crisis in a resilient, equitable, and sustainable manner. Proponents claim that a crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic has created an opportunity to rebuild society, correcting past mistakes, in an environmentally responsible way.
The Great Reset is primarily built upon the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), a complex web of policies, under the categories of poverty, hunger, health, education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, clean energy, employment and economic growth, innovation and infrastructure, inequality, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, the environment, peace, justice and strong institutions, and partnerships.
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“Forgiven sins” #poem & ArtInstallation by Amir Khatib
“I reveal to you a great secret;
When I took you to the garden,
It wasn’t my intention to harvest the wet as I promised you,
The nightingales and wasps have preceded me”
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Journalists and Brown Envelopes by Kola King
A news event that positioned journalists under the spotlight caught my fancy last week. The profession came under scrutiny for what many have described as the brown envelope syndrome. The brown envelope syndrome is an insidious disease that’s capable of inflicting ernomous damage to the profession. Still, this innocuous but important story was reported, in the main, by the News Agency of Nigeria. Most of the newspapers appeared to have glossed over it, or preferred to bury it in an obscure page. It seems the media knows how to dish it out to the powerful in the society, but lacks the grace to absorb the home truth as it pertains to its behaviour or activities. Without recourse to a few home truths, the media might lose its bearing and focus. Just as there are bad eggs in all other professions, also journalism will not be an exception to the rule. But the good far outweigh the bad and the ugly.
Nonetheless, journalists are known to be the conscience of society. Like Ceaser’s wife they are expected to be above board. Thus they use their pens to fight cant and humbug in the society. They also expose corruption and wrong doings, which the powers that be would rather prefer to sweep under the carpet. Also, they hold the powerful and mighty to account. The critical role of the press in society was highlighted by the third US president, Thomas Jefferson, who said he would prefer “newspapers without government,” over “government without newspapers.”
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Bird! Plane! #cartoon by Patrick McWade
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