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In 1964, Nelson Mandela defended the recourse to violence in the struggle against apartheid, in his speech "I Am Prepared to Die". [14] According to political philosopher Gwilym David Blunt, "The right to resistance is a necessary part of the political conception of human rights". Without it, rights would only be privileges, but the right to ...
The struggle against work is anti-politics - The last section of the manifesto claims that while the prospects today may seem bleek to society generally, this is a reason why the critique of work is so urgently needed. They claim that this can't be done through a political party, due to the fact that the whole point of politics is "to seize ...
Resistance engages with various actors and takes different forms. Techniques, discourses and practices vary. [1] Resistance can be understood as any mental or behavioral act in which an individual makes an attempt to stop, repel, prevent, expose, abstain from, withstand, work against or refuse to comply with, any form of oppression or violence. [3]
As sure as work kills pleasure, pleasure kills work. If you are not resigned to dying of disgust, then you will be happy enough to rid your life of the odious need to work, to give orders (and obey them), to lose and to win, to keep up appearances, and to judge and be judged." [24]
‘The quiet resistance’ Boyer’s suggestion to channel disappointment into activism is already part of Darrell Ann Murphy’s post-election plan — one she adopted with friends after a few ...
[28] From 1910 to 1970, blacks sought better lives by migrating north and west out of the South. A total of nearly seven million blacks left the South in what was known as the Great Migration, most during and after World War II. So many people migrated that the demographics of some previously black-majority states changed to a white majority ...
Myanmar’s military government on Saturday activated for the first time a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up ...
A better approach, says Hakim, is to categorize colleagues with whom you’re closest as friendlies. These are the coworkers who are supportive, trustworthy, and contribute to a cordial and ...