The world dis-(order) continues to expand and take different shapes and forms, and so does injustice. The democratic norms are in crisis and the political representation gap continues to widen.
New conflicts keep erupting in this highly securitised world, and new technologies of oppression and aggression are deployed. Global citizens feel less empowered, and far from the core of their political systems. The answer to all of this is resistance.
Published at OpenDemocracy, 17 November 2016.
Alaa Tartir, Program Director of Al-Shabaka, Engaged Scholar, Global Citizen 