I Ask for Peace
Once upon a time,
there was an agreement,
that in case of conflict,
the civilian population, will be protected,
there would be no discrimination,
on bases of identity, race, nationality,
no thinking of political costs.
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The Stranger —By Albert Camus
Book Review
I would not rate Monsieur Meursault, the protagonist, as an antihero, but I have never seen so much apathy in a character, not even with cold blood assassins, which, I think, was not his case.
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The Problems of Making War
Politics and Feminism
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A lot of academics argue that if someone doesn’t know anything about a subject, the best thing to do is to keep quiet and let the experts handle the matter. I cannot disagree more. In cases that involve human rights violations the importance is not about the knowledge of the conflict, or even the politics, but the empathy towards the victims. I say this now because I was also part of that academic world, the political analysis, where a lot of arguments and conversations flew around, directed only to intellectuals, and not to the public, that was ultimately the one with the power to implement changes.
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