May 18, 2003
Elections in Belgium (warning: opinionated)
I'm happy, just like "Wiki":http://users.skynet.be/rikvanbruggen/archive/2003_05_18_index.html#200306955, I guess. Even though neo-liberal egoism and xenophobia "still":http://www.vlaamsblok.be/ "reign":http://www.vld.be/ in the hearts of many people, I'm seeing a come-back of a "social and progressive movement":http://www.spa-spirit.be/. "He":http://us.imdb.com/Title?0104046 would be happy to see this.
Friends of ours have been working in El Salvador for the past 6 years. They lived and worked with the _campesinos_, many of them ex-revolutionaries of the civil war which started soon after Romero had been murdered, and lasted for 12 gruesome years. My friends have been witnessing the start of a community-operated social wellfare system over there, and this again was another confirmation of my firm belief that _we are all in this together, and we should better cope together as well._ I'm pretty sure some people believe pure liberalism addresses this as well, but my wife's job reminds me daily of many people who are not able to speak up for themselves.