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| Ursula Levelt, 1959-2019 |
[Our friend Ursula Levelt died of
cancer on July 7. In addition to her work for labor rights, Ursula was a
powerful advocate for immigrants—here in the United States and in her native
Netherlands. Below is a tribute from Transit Workers Union Local 100, where she
was legal director, along with a link to an article Ursula wrote for openDemocracy in 2014.—TPOI editor]
TWU Mourns Ursula Levelt, Retired
Director of the Local 100 Legal Department
TWU Local 100 sadly reports the
passing of long-time in-house attorney and labor activist, Ursula Levelt. She died on July 7, 2019 of cancer in her
beloved Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She
had moved back there recently to spend her final days in the place of her
birth. She was 60 years old. Her
husband, Bill, informed the union of her death, saying: “Ursula was dedicated
to the labor movement and to TWU Local 100.
She remembered the many friends and comrades there that she had worked
with and fought for over the many years.”[…]
Read the full obituary:
Can “the people” truly set the
agenda?
By Ursula Levelt, openDemocracy
May 21, 2014
Although the human rights movement
has long been a project of elites, many are working to change this story.
Earlier on openGlobalRights, James
Ron and colleagues argued that to combat the movement’s elitist slant,
human rights organizations should foster grassroots movements worldwide, and
human rights in general should be more mass-based. In contrast, Felipe
Cordero noted that human rights groups need the support of powerful people
and should work with elites as much as possible. Amnesty International’s Steve
Crawshaw argued we should not falsely polarize elites and the masses; both
are needed, and are mutually dependent.[…]
Read the full article:
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