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World-renowned linguist and political analyst Noam Chomsky spoke to 1000 Egyptians at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on 23 October in a lecture entitled “Emerging World Order and the Arab Spring.” The event’s location was quiet poetic; at the AUC’s Tahrir Square campus, an eclectic audience with politicians, journalists, activists and students […]

A few days ago I saw a link to a video about some ‘retribution’ meted out to a shoplifter at Shoprite, not sure if it’s Lagos or Abuja at this time. The video starts with a lot of people screaming and a young lady who’s had most of her clothes ripped off, held by […]

I would like to argue that peace is possible between individuals and societies. If, that is, we learn to accept that various perspectives are acceptable and possible and allow others the space to express and live their lives according to their own ideologies and views. Conflicts are a part of […]

You can live in relative peace in El Salvador, if you have the resources to afford it. There’s a direct relation between how poor people are, and how vulnerable they are in front of the country’s violence and insecurity.

A minority, the same portion of the population with de higher income, can buy “peace”, in the form of private security services, bodyguards, armored vehicles or extra secured houses.

But the rest, the people with lower income, have to deal with robbery, violations, extortions, and other types of violence. 

Abstract: The periods of transition after wars can be terrible, altough they already fall into the category of “peace”. A good example of this are the years after the end of World War II were  an estimated 2.5 millions Germans perished under different circumstances after the allied forces entered Germany. […]