WHY ACTIVISTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY?
Background of the Reflection
Humanity is a mosaic of carefully narrated stories of individual and collective lifestyles or cultures, civilizations, and a wide variety of life stories that serve as models and prototypes to be imitated and followed by generations. Without these stories and tales, no one can have an individual and collective identity. That is to say, beyond this complex human artificiality there is nothing but moving and transforming universal energy. On the other hand, all human beings have to respect mutually including all above-mentioned invented stories to keep the humanity - the dynamic mosaic whole.
What can we do?
This is really the responsibility that human beings are disrespecting and neglecting. They have lost their wits in their group and petty interests. But, according to “complementary humanism,” the difference only forms the sense of belonging. Nonetheless deplorably, today we are still trying to exhibit our old deepest wounds and trying to project our dypest pains and fear onto each other instead of understanding them dialectically.
The best news of 21st century - activists reawakening
Practically, I observe this global behaviour as a sort of deplorable mass suicide. But where SPEC (socio-politic-economic-cultural-civil) systems and international decision-making organizations are failing, individual volunteer conscience starts to wake up and grow. It is the best news we have in the 21st century.
An invitation – don’t beg the question
After 80 years of the UN's history, we are witnessing a weakening, if not the collapse, of the UN and a reawakening of activists and activism in all parts of the world. This reawakening of activism signals and makes loud and clear the importance of a radical change in decision-making regarding humanity, justice, unambiguous peace, equality, and fraternity, leaving no room for instrumentalizing "anti-Semitism" and using it as an excuse to kill children, women, the elderly, and journalists and deliberately bomb schools and hospitals with their sacred logic of “you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
The spark of awakening
According to the UN at least 64,964 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza. The most important fact is that the people killed were not terrorists but innocent civilians. The game continues. Finally, after two years of continuous killings, a United Nations commission of inquiry says Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Despite all these facts, there are states like the U.S.A. and the Italian government that do not condemn the atrocities of Jewish political leaders and their military activities in Gaza. This is where the spark of the definitive awakening of activists, individuals, and organizations who have begun to make their voices heard in the ambiguous SPEC (socio-political-economic-cultural-civil) systems lies.
My Personal Position
My personal position regarding the legalization or organization of activists is entirely negative. I never want or accept organized and well-defined activists’ movements or organizations. Thousands of years of human history affirm that “The road to destruction is paved with good resolutions." So, when we are going to systematize our genuine positivity, the positive will, love for others without interests, or to give without expecting everything become destructive entities. I recall for example what happened to religions in the world. Once they became well-organized, they became “systems” which in turn demand propaganda, defence from opponents and opposite ideas, money, and power. They have to maintain their structures and systems rather than their followers. I recall also Simon Weil, who criticized what happened to party politics. They become like religions – They have to think about their own survival, and they don't have the time and resources for members.
Conclusion
- Activism is the unique and innocent direct response to the perceived failure or weakening of established global governance structures like the UN. It is an obvious fact that anybody can identify the disillusionment with the UN's ability to maintain "unambiguous peace, equality, and fraternity." When an international body, established precisely to prevent atrocities after World War II, is seen as collapsing or ineffective in the face of widespread conflict and alleged genocide, the responsibility for fundamental change shifts back to the citizenry.
- Activism fills this resulting power vacuum, becoming the essential mechanism for challenging state power and inertia. Activists, unburdened by state interests, often act as the conscience of humanity, demanding adherence to universal human rights when governments fail to do so.
- The refusal of powerful states (like the U.S.A. and Italy) to condemn alleged atrocities further reinforces the activist belief that the current global systems are fundamentally compromised, thus necessitating a definitive awakening outside of established political channels.
- In sum, I suggest that in an age where international institutions are faltering and state actors are perceived as morally compromised or complicit, activism is not merely an option—it is a societal necessity for restoring justice, identity, and the foundational moral principles of humanity. It is the spontaneous and essential spark when the established global engine fails.
