We praise democracy most of the time, but we practice it as if we had accepted every argument against it, as if we believed it must depress the level of culture and of public life
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Robert MatthewsRobert Matthews is an adjunct professor at the Graduate Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University and a fellow at the Centro de Investigación para la Paz in Madrid. He has written on Latin American social movements, United States policy in Latin America and the non-western world, and low-intensity conflicts. Recent articlesMadrid through American eyes In the election after the terrorist atrocity of 11 March, Spain’s people rallied against government lies and bad anti-terrorist policies. An American scholar in Madrid compares the American reaction to 9/11 and asks whether his compatriots can learn from the Spanish example. |
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