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SA国际影视传媒淎bove all, the purpose and function of justice and law as pathways, methods, to lead us towards treating one another other fairly, the seeking of creating ever new iterations of justice SA国际影视传媒� and, to be clear, fairness as viewed from behind something like Rawls veil of ignorance.
SA国际影视传媒淚 want to condemn Israel, under the solidarity of an Indigenous person living, too, under the pressures of settler-colonialism. But any solution that includes violence to any SA国际影视传媒榮ideSA国际影视传媒� is fundamentally flawed because fair and impartial justice would, in its ideal form, say there is no dominant narrative, correct? Like no humanSA国际影视传媒檚 story, no nationSA国际影视传媒檚 story, is more SA国际影视传媒榯rueSA国际影视传媒� than another.SA国际影视传媒�
I wrote this recently to my favourite political theory professor from years ago, sad while watching the news and wrestling with myself.
I spent hours speaking with this man about state craft, the art of law, the beauty of Indigenous epistemologies and how radical I believed my Dene grandmother, and nation, was. The philosophy department was a quiet, welcome sanctuary for me as a student.
His response came a short while later, ever the patient teacher.
SA国际影视传媒淕ood afternoon dear Cass. Yes, RawlsSA国际影视传媒� veil of ignorance is meant to establish the political space within which all may flourish (equal liberty, equality of opportunity, etc), no matter what oneSA国际影视传媒檚 metaphysics, religion, ethics, cultural background may be. As you say so well, it rejects any dominant narrative that would attempt to shape justice as fairness for its own purposes. In war, the dream of such a political space vanishes.SA国际影视传媒�
Why is this so significant? Who are terrorists, I ask you, in a world where there is no dominant narrative? What does this mean when the state of Canada calls Indigenous peoples, or land defenders, terrorists? And even the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples would name this settler state as the principle authority by what is defined as the SA国际影视传媒渉armony of the state.SA国际影视传媒�
Reports of arbitrary detainment in Palestine remind me of an interview I saw with a young Palestinian years ago SA国际影视传媒� she said the bombing would stop only so long for her family and friends that they would begin to experience some semblance of peace. And then it would start again, leaving people locked in a cyclical hyper-vigilance, over decades, generations SA国际影视传媒� just as the healing begins, as the somatic reset begins collectively in bodies, minds, collective neurology rebuilding in neighbourhoods, communities, in beloveds, family and friends.
Just as with Indigenous peoples here on Turtle Island, here in Denendeh, where peace is restored, revitalizations, language, birth, art, story, creation SA国际影视传媒� Indigenous renaissances, and then continued, displacement, invasions of cultural camps, pipelines being built still, mining, funding cuts, policy developments, drilling in sacred spaces SA国际影视传媒� representing continued, prolonged disrespect to our ways of knowing and being in the world.
The change is already taking place, possibility is already here, but we must be willing to do the shadow work of grieving, of letting go. May we be courageous enough to continue to believe in the possibility of a future beyond conflict, to love one another beyond misunderstanding, and continue to dream. To dream beyond everything weSA国际影视传媒檝e been told this world already is.
