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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/114092178615039541">Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 01:47:43 JST</a><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" title="chrismayla6@zirk.us"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/89211-48-20250111110309.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Emeritus Prof Christopher May" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Emeritus Prof Christopher May</a></section><article><p>A timely reminder from Kenan Malik that the rights we often (still) take for granted were not given to us by the ruling class in an act of political generosity but were fought for (often violently) by earlier generations</p><p>Little was gained from the ruling class by asking politely! The protestors that the media &amp; elite politicians demonise are the ones with history on their side!</p><p>As Malik argues radicalism has a long &amp; worthy history!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/protest" rel="tag">#protest</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/02/stagnating-left-pessimism-milton-radical-vision" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/02/stagnating-left-pessimism-milton-radical-vision</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4660990#notice-9124079">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-03-03T01:47:43+09:00" title="Monday, 03-Mar-2025 01:47:43 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/114092178615039541" rel="external" title="Sent from zirk.us via ActivityPub">zirk.us</a></span></span><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/114092178615039541">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4229134">What we call liberal norms – democracy, equality, freedom of speech and association, the right of nations to self-determination and so on – became social realities largely through the efforts of radical movements and working-class organisations, and often in the face of ferocious opposition from liberal elites that sought to limit the scope of these norms, denying the majority of society, indeed the majority of the world, basic democratic rights.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/114/092/164/306/934/791/original/655a2313a1ab8b2f.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/114/092/164/306/934/791/original/655a2313a1ab8b2f.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: i.guim.co.uk</div><h5><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/02/stagnating-left-pessimism-milton-radical-vision">For a stagnating left mired in pessimism, Milton’s radical vision is poetry in motion | Kenan Malik</a></h5><div> from <span>https://www.theguardian.com/profile/kenanmalik</span></div></header><div>The poet-prophet shows us how to sustain hope and redemption in the wake of political defeat</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 01:47:43 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May
A timely reminder from Kenan Malik that the rights we often (still) take for granted were not given to us by the ruling class in an act of political generosity but were fought for (often violently) by earlier generations
Little was gained from the ruling class by asking politely! The protestors that the media & elite politicians demonise are the ones with history on their side!
As Malik argues radicalism has a long & worthy history!
#politics #protest
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/02/stagnating-left-pessimism-milton-radical-vision
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1. What we call liberal norms – democracy, equality, freedom of speech and association, the right of nations to self-determination and so on – became social realities largely through the efforts of radical movements and working-class organisations, and often in the face of ferocious opposition from liberal elites that sought to limit the scope of these norms, denying the majority of society, indeed the majority of the world, basic democratic rights.
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  For a stagnating left mired in pessimism, Milton’s radical vision is poetry in motion | Kenan Malik
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  The poet-prophet shows us how to sustain hope and redemption in the wake of political defeat

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