Month: March 2016

Hillary announced that the public must be made to understand that Bill was taking them on a “journey” and that he…

Hillary announced that the public must be made to understand that Bill was taking them on a “journey” and that he had a “vision” for what the administration was doing, a “story” that distinguished good from evil. The way to dramatize this story, the first lady continued (in Bernstein’s telling), was to pick a fight with supporters.

“You show people what you’re willing to fight for, Hillary said, when you fight your friends—by which, in this context, she clearly meant, When you make them your enemy.”

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/13/bill_clintons_odious_presidency_thomas_frank_on_the_real_history_of_the_90s/

A very good presentation.

A very good presentation. Appeals towards the Universal have been a key part of Western rhetoric for the last few centuries. It has always been limited however. Unmentioned in the lofty declaration of universal human rights is the reality that some rights come before other ones and that some humans are more important (indeed are more human) than others.

While the principles of liberalism, laws and rights were first being hammered out, millions of people were sold into chains and their countries plundered. Even to this day a bombing victim or a victim of a shooting is not the same as another. It comes down to where that victim lives. It comes down to who that victim was and whether or not they qualify for true victimhood.

This talk by is primarily about the limited nature of feminism within the context of the global plight of women. It has relevance though to all struggles for equality and fairness in the contemporary world. Advocates for universalism need to recognise the limits of today’s particular kinds of “universals” and continue to work with and learn from the victims of their exclusion.

Originally shared by Jeff Zahari

“What is the point of any activism if we are not prepared to challenge the fact that our privilege is based on the oppression and exploitation of the majority of the world’s female population?”

https://newmatilda.com/2016/03/09/brown-lives-for-white-utopia/?utm