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Liberal Feminism

It's time to get over it Related Liberal feminism is the one that encompasses Marie Claire magazine, Michelle Obama, Christine Lagarde, Malala Yousafzai, Beyoncé and many like them. You have them in almost every country whether with it is a Muslim-majority or a Christian-majority one, from Turkey to Colombia. An example of liberal feminism

Belief

Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.    —Frantz Fanon,  Black Skins, White Masks

Violence

"At the end of the genocide of the Tutsi, the militia was 30,000 strong. The Interahamwe broke the world’s most atrocious records for the speed of the killing of human beings, estimated at five times that of the Nazis." The Violence of Denial—Rwanda and the Lived Memory of Genocide

Fundamentalism

"There is no alternative." —Margaret Thatcher "The best of all possible worlds." —Voltaire "Free market must be protected"

Obituary

Neil Davidson (1957-2020) I recommend: Is social revolution still possible in the twenty-first century? Neoliberalism as a Class-Based Project

UK

 Food inequality under covid-19 and the community restaurant