The Crisis of/in Global Democracy, Peace and Social Justice: What should we do?
세계 민주주의, 평화, 사회정의의 위기, 그 속에 담긴 위기: 무엇을 할 것인가?

There are multiple, entrenched and far-reaching crises at the local level as well as at the nation-state level. The realities of war/conflict, the environment, mass migration, social inequalities, xenophobia, discrimination and crude economics pock-mock weakly structured and administered democratic systems within countries. But what about the global level? How do local realities and experiences spill over to the world scene? Is it possible to have world democracy/peace/social justice if we cannot achieve local democracy/peace/social justice? For the good of the planet and humanity, there are no options other than to attempt (to vigorously) bring everyone together, despite all of the arduous, debilitating and overwhelming situations that we have created. The silver lining to this equation is that many people around the world are engaged in this process, and solidarity and social change can (and are) happening. Rather than being individually isolated, it’s time to decrease the threat-level on engaging with “others” (who are the “others”?). Re-imagining democracy should be one of the pillars in this process, and is necessary to cultivating the conditions for meaningful peace for meaningful living together.