As a woman I have learned that peaceful co-existence with other life forms has an order that's calm and comforting. I know that such an order is not possible for everyone and everything. But I also know that societies where love and peace is valued is a threat to the absolute power of the naked ego.
I have witnessed groups where fine intelligent men cave in to bullies even when they have more respect and intelligence than the bullies. Patriarchy fails to stand up for justice.
Just having listened to CBC Radio where Timothy Garton Ash talked about "Europe as an idea worth celebrating and preserving, even against all the forces acting against it right now" because it includes many nations.
Timothy Garton Ash is a speaker I can listen to easily even though his message is disturbing. His book won the 2024 Lionel Gelber Prize and he is using his prize money to buy drones for Ukraine in the war against Russia.
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