This essay is an English adaptation of the main part of the author’s “discourse of acceptance” for the Hannah-Arendt Prize in Political Thought 2017, awarded by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the City of Bremen (Germany), on December 1, 2017.
The “peace process” is now a useful instrument for Israel to continue its occupation and settlement expansion.
Since January 2015, the war opposing criminal gangs and the State has resulted in 15.000 dead. Attempts at truce have been unsuccessful. Fear has taken over the country. Español
La guerra entre las pandillas y el Estado se ha cobrado 15.000 muertos desde enero de 2015. Los intentos de tregua han sido infructuosos. El miedo se ha apoderado del país. English
If history is a lesson, without a robust human rights framework, international missions are more likely to add to, rather than prevent, violence.
“I left Afghanistan because I didn’t want to kill for the Taliban... I could not do that, but European life is very dangerous too: I never thought it would be like this.”
When the militarized interests of the nation trump the rights of citizens to challenge the actions of our government towards vulnerable ‘Others’, we are moving in a Nazi direction.
" The problem is not populism. The problem is when mainstream parties adopt the ideology of populism." A report-back from the World Forum for Democracy 2017 closing session.
Political violence has ascended into a mode of governance in Iraq today, wherein religious identity reigns supreme.
From Washington to Cairo, military aggression and "keeping the lid on" are proving deadly. And they will never work.
