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Liberal Democracy and Rule Of Law: Under Attack

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CONTENT FOR ISSUE 232

EDITORIAL: LIBERAL DEMOCRACY and RULE OF LAW: UNDER ATTACK / Simon Parcher
This issue of Humanist Perspectives focuses on the challenges facing liberal democracy and the rule of law as well as Canadian patriotism, business & environment, the humanist peace school and current wars.
Liberal Society Under Attack from Within / Ben D'Andrea
The marchers may want to dismantle the pluralistic liberal order, but they are also its beneficiaries, helping themselves to core liberal values like freedom of speech and assembly.
On Freedom and Dignity: Issues Raised by the Contemporary American Political Crisis / Glen T Martin
Freedom and dignity are two features of liberal democracy. These are protected by laws but what happens if the laws are ignored by the governments sworn to uphold them.
Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin were Right: it’s all about Respect / Janet Keeping
To protect democracy, the interdependence of the rule of law and democracy has to be more fully appreciated: the truth is that you simply cannot have one without the other.
A Call for Responsible Nationalism / Trudy Govier
Shocking though it may be to some Americans, we have our own sovereign country. It is our country; we treasure it and we want to keep it.
Humanism in Children's Literature / Dr. Nasser Yousefi
More than any other literary genre, children's stories have played a profound role in rejecting authoritarianism, behavioral control, and social domination, instead fostering values such as empathy, freedom, and individuality in young minds.
Our Journey to the Peace School / Andisheh Keikha
Just as we were losing hope, a chance conversation on Instagram led us to 'The Peace School' in Toronto. Our conversation with the co-founders of 'The Peace School' was a breath of fresh air.
Drones, Aggression, and Humanist Ethics in Modern War / Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Humanists may regard war as rightly barbaric. However, in the midst of it, self-defence of a smaller power must confront such aggression for survival.
Everyone is Gay / Monique Montgomery
What if gay were a continuum? Barely perceptibly gay to gay-all-the-way. It would not matter. Those of us who are barely perceptibly gay are still gay, and we need to recognize equal rights not only for ourselves but for those who are gay-all-the-way.
A Humanist Discussion on Palestine / Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
Why have similar attempts for peace repeatedly failed over the past 77 years since the United Nations proposed to partition Palestine between Arab and Jews?
From Lawyers to School Children: Deconstructing the Mass Grave Narrative / Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
Jim Heller asked the B.C. Law society to use the phrase “potential unmarked burial site” since, after three years, no bodies had been found.
#232 Poetry Corner / Monique Montgomery
Poetry with humanist perspectives!