Pace e Bene – 10 May 2024

“If we want to save our democracy, there is no substitute for an organized mass movement of people in the streets. Political and business elites are intolerant of dissent and use law enforcement to squash it. However, throughout history, in this country and elsewhere, social movements have challenged elite power—sometimes facing violence and repression—and won. If they hadn’t, Jim Crow segregation would still exist in the United States, the British Empire would still control South Asia, and South Africa would still be subject to apartheid.”—Basav Sen