Showing posts with label politics protests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics protests. Show all posts
Monday, January 31, 2011
Saturday Protests
I went to the protests this Saturday with the intention of capturing an eyewitness experience for those unable to attend. Parts one and two available at http://www.youtube.com/user/keithblse.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
A Call for Unity
Young People of US and UK,
I have noticed a harmful, divisive tendency to judge the merits of student and worker movements by comparing the relative conditions of countries. But to believe that citizens of a country are without grounds for protest, demonstration, or complaint simply because that unwanted direction or outcome is already the case in another country is no more than an exercise in relieving the guilt of being disconnected from real problems, occurring in real life, right now. This view is borne of cultural ignorance, brushing off the importance of cultural contextualization. The chain of "What are they complaining for, they don't have it nearly as bad as ______," when drawn to the extreme, would inevitably lead to the conclusion that no citizens of any country besides, say, the Congo, have a "right" to protest or demonstrate anything.
I have noticed a harmful, divisive tendency to judge the merits of student and worker movements by comparing the relative conditions of countries. But to believe that citizens of a country are without grounds for protest, demonstration, or complaint simply because that unwanted direction or outcome is already the case in another country is no more than an exercise in relieving the guilt of being disconnected from real problems, occurring in real life, right now. This view is borne of cultural ignorance, brushing off the importance of cultural contextualization. The chain of "What are they complaining for, they don't have it nearly as bad as ______," when drawn to the extreme, would inevitably lead to the conclusion that no citizens of any country besides, say, the Congo, have a "right" to protest or demonstrate anything.
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