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The anti-apartheid movement in South Africa bucked the postโCold War trend. The great achievement of the anti-apartheid movement was to understand the violence of apartheid as political and therefore seek a political rather than criminal solution for it. This was the negotiated end to apartheid that led to the emergence of nonracial democracy. A criminal approach would have sought to separate apartheidโs perpetrators from its victims and punish the perpetrators while producing justice for the victims. This might have gen
erated good moral sentiments, but it would not have furthered the goal of political reform, which is what South Africa badly needed: the creation of a democratic state in which all could participate, regardless of race. Instead, by taking a political approach, South Africans reconfigured perpetrators and victimsโalongside beneficiaries and bystandersโas something altogether new: survivors. All groups were survivors of apartheid, with a place at the table after its violence. In contrast to criminalization, I offer a South Africanโinspired model focused on rethinking the political community and political process in the aftermath of extreme nation-building violence. Rather than individualize violence as a stand-alone act, the political model addresses cycles of violence sustained by constituencies in conflict. A single-minded focus on identifying perpetrators leaves undisturbed the logic of institutions that make nation-building violence thinkable and possible. Instead of identifying and punishing perpetrators, the political model attempts to overwrite the institutional context. All survivorsโvictims, perpetrators, beneficiaries, bystanders, exilesโare included in an expanded political process and reformed political community. It is political reform, not criminal prosecutions, that enables escape from nation-building violence. My claim is not that societies should dispense with criminal justice. But political reform has to come first because the call for criminal justice within the parameters of the existing political order leaves that order intact. Societies must rethink the order resting on nation-states, each with a permanent political majority alongside equally permanent political minorities, before they can usefully address demands for criminal justice. Political reform also is a prerequisite to the struggle for social justice. That distributional choices are made by reference to cultural, ethnic, and racial identities reflects the politicization of these identiti
This from Mahmood Mamdani's Neither Settler nor Native has been rattling around in my brain
As someone who once co-authored two books in support of nuclear energy: this is likely the kiss of death to nuclear power.
It is a risky long term investment that is uniquely dependent on social acceptance. An incompetent, very unpopular government slashing safety rules leads to a reaction.
โNow, Grammarly has finally addressed the backlash โ but not by apologizing, and not by walking the feature back. For now, it will graciously give us the chance to opt-out of something we didnโt know it was doing to begin with.โ
Despite heavy opposition from tribes and enviro ngos, the fed govt licensed a $2-3 billion pumped hydro-storage project on Pushpum, a sacred mountain where N8Vs gather wild foods. FERC expressed excitement at the permitting meeting, which opponents called โappalling.โ
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Hey friends. I'm out of eggs. Still don't have news from social security. Having severe abdominal pain and in so much debt.
PayPal.me/AugustMcMullen
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The return!
@no-flashlight.bsky.social twin peaks rewatch ep 3 and itโs really clicking
You lie on it for 10 or 15 minutes
No dude
Do you have other questions
The Wendyโs Carvers thing from the chair company was so funny
It was time to lie on my acupressure mat
They should make a theme park for real movie freaks. Eat breakfast in the weird chair from crimes of the future. Get cucked by Stephen Spielbergs mom in a random character encounter. Have a psychotic break on the Mad God ride
Acupressure mat time
(I can say it)
Oh he's being doing this for years, he's a lunatic
I missed them when they came through a few years ago, didnโt really listen to them at the time. Now Iโm kicking myself
Oh I just heard Rebecca S0lnitโs speaking voice for the first time and I wasnโt ready
ouch sorry warriors fans
"Human writing often includes some clunky phrases, like this passage from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, caused by the author's aversion to punctuation: 'As well ask men what they think of stone.'"
This is the stupidest g.d. thing I have read all day.
Itโs their Baba OโReilly
Human Rights Watch says they've verified that Israel has used white phosphorus on civilian populations in Lebanon.
Canโt remember for sure if you like the Dead but I learned recently that Franklinโs Tower is about the Liberty Bell and Ben Franklin is Franklin. Still mad about it
Tomlovesthelibertybell dot com
Theyโre like the dragon balls
Music player: Thou, โHouse of Ideasโ from Umbilical LP
Why is this song title so funny to me. House of Ideas
