The WTC Attack, Sep 11 2001

Commentary and Analysis

Arturo Escobar: a bottom line of sorts


Here is a bottom line of sorts. I write this in the belief of the need for non-violent forms of protest, and of not condoning in any way the forms of violence that we saw in New York City on Tuesday, or any form of violence for that matter. But also in the belief that we need to aim at forms of analysis that make this violence understandable, instead of easily doing away with it as “evil” perpetrated by people who want to destroy “our freedom” and “way of life.” For me the bottom line is the following:
Dr Escobar teaches at UNC Chapel Hill.
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