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Mireille Fanon Mendes France | FORSEA – TRANSCEND Media Service
12 Mar 2025 – Remarks by Mireille Fanon Mendes France, from the Frantz Fanon Foundation, at the Marathon Global Event on 10 Mar 2025.
Ramallah Martyrs’ Memorial Mural, Jan 2025 – Photo Zarni
Since January 2025, we have definitively entered into a world where the law of the strongest prevails, where this law is accepted in international relations, and where those who reject it become the enemies of those who draw the contours of the axis of good: law and order based on institutional racism, exclusion of workers, redefinition of international relations, and the blurring at the state level of private and public interests.
With the reality of a single dominant and hegemonic power on the international stage, the North American power, combined with the existence of a single and unique possible international social model, the most established notions of international law are undergoing a profound crisis, ranging from the erosion of the prohibition on the use of armed force, which is already under attack, to the notion of “preventive war,” which deals a severe blow to international law, indirectly dismantling the entire system of collective security, revisiting the notion of self-defense. It is the very nature of the entire system of collective security, the system of international cooperation, and the international order in general that is at stake.
With their hegemonic and dominant position on the politico-ideological and military fronts, the United States is showing an increasing tendency towards unilateralism outside the framework of the United Nations, stemming from the preeminence of economic interests associated with the technological superiority they enjoy today. Indeed, we have been witnessing, for some time now, the dismantling of general international law and law based on the Charter, a law that is essentially political. This law is subject to neutralization by the United States and their allies, particularly regarding international cooperation, the peaceful settlement of disputes, peace, or if you prefer, the right to peace.
It can be asserted that the United Nations have long shown their allegiance to the proponents of liberal globalization who are waging an offensive against the State as a regulatory agent of social relations. So, the State, as an institution, and by extension the public authorities, find themselves in the midst of a profound existential crisis of legitimacy. The war waged by the current President of the United States against state agencies to eliminate numerous programs opens the door to private interests and puts the state and public authorities in the background.
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