i have a passport therefore i am a citizen

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jun 5 17:24:19 PDT 2002


jean-christophe helary wrote:


>i understand the metonimy. if nation states work like this, how do
>you resist them ? by being a migrant, by declaring you give up your
>nationality (not to take another one instead) etc. how many
>stateless people do you think can the un handle before it becomes an
>real international political issue ? fighting for 'global'
>citizenship starts by formaly declare that you give up your own
>localized citizenship.

I'm all for this, but I doubt it can be done by spontaneous migration alone. Maybe I'm just betraying an old-fashioned belief in organization.

Doug



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