Arundhati Roy: ..What we call peace ...capitulation to a corporate coup

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Opinion/What-we-call-peace-is-little-better-than-capitulation-to-a-corporate-coup/2004/11/03/1099362219754.html?oneclick=true

What we call peace is little better than capitulation to a corporate coup

November 4, 2004


The Iraq war is a sign that the world has lost the will to fight for true justice, writes Arundhati Roy.

Sometimes there's truth in old cliches. There can be no real peace without justice. And without resistance there will be no justice. Today, it is not merely justice itself, but the idea of justice that is under attack.

The assault on vulnerable, fragile sections of society is so complete, so cruel and so clever that its sheer audacity has eroded our definition of justice. It has forced us to lower our sights, and curtail our expectations. Even among the well-intentioned, the magnificent concept of justice is gradually being substituted with the reduced, far more fragile discourse of "human rights".

This is an alarming shift. The difference is that notions of equality, of parity, have been pried loose and eased out of the equation. It's a process of attrition. Almost unconsciously, we begin to think of justice for the rich and human rights for the poor. Justice for the corporate world, human rights for its victims. Justice for Americans, human rights for Afghans and Iraqis. Justice for the Indian upper castes, human rights for Dalits and Adivasis (if that.) Justice for white Australians, human rights for Aborigines and immigrants (most times, not even that.)

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be required reading. I respect her opinions very highly.

But that's utterly irrelevant. Just thought I'd mentione it. :)




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