Articles by Roberta Holanda Maschietto, Peace Reflections
We found 1 results.
Reflections about the Dam Burst in Brazil and the (In)Visibility of Structural Violence
Roberta Holanda Maschietto, Peace Reflections – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Nov 2015
In a 1969 article, Johan Galtung stated that violence is “the cause of the difference between the potential and the actual, between what could have been and what is”. If a political system allows corporate interests to determine the path of a country’s economic development, this system is not democratic. It is a privatized political system that responds to the interests of a rich minority.
→ read full article