although the new gen z activists have focused on issues close to home,
sooner or later they may start to look beyond the water’s edge
and find themselves in touch with their counterparts across the globe,
who are showing every day how dedicated they are to changing the world they live in,
with or without anyone’s help.
and if they do, they will find that, in its endless wars,
america has been the true school shooter on this planet, terrorizing the global classroom with a remarkable lack of consequences.
in march 2018, according to human rights watch, american planes bombed a school
that housed displaced people in syria, killing dozens of them, including children.
similarly, in yemen that august, a saudi plane, using a pentagon-supplied laser-guided bomb, blew away a school bus, killing 40 schoolchildren.
just as at home, it’s not only about the weaponry
like those planes or drones. activists will find that they have to focus their attention as well on the root causes of such violence and the scars they leave behind in the communities
of survivors.
allegra harpootlian
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