Manifesto for the Abolition of International Apartheid
Today I discovered and now wholly endorse the Manifesto for the Abolition of International Apartheid written in 1997 by Yves Bonnardel and David Olivier. A plain copy without intrusive Lycos France ads is here. Read it.
More forthcoming and previous in my apartheid category.
May 6th, 2005 at 11:57
Including the bit about “social [i.e. political] benefits”?
May 11th, 2005 at 13:28
Yes. It says nothing about the level of political benefits. It is compatible with zero.
August 31st, 2005 at 19:47
[...] And add the excellent Manifesto for the Abolition of International Apartheid to your network. [...]
September 27th, 2005 at 11:04
Framing apartheid
Dev Purkayastha, riffing on two of my recent posts, writes:
[Close-the-borders-protect-the-jawbs] is clearly winning out over intellectualized arguments by economists. I’ve mulling a strong counter-message that has more of an intuitive and emot…
March 28th, 2006 at 22:35
[...] The comments on these posts are full of idiots, but the estimable Chris Rasch works in one of my favorite links — the Manifesto for the Abolition of International Apartheid. [...]
May 17th, 2006 at 10:19
[...] I’ll go further and suggest the letter that people ought to be signing on with is the Manifesto for the Abolition of International Apartheid. [...]
January 19th, 2007 at 0:25
[...] Which should be enough to win over any modern human (non-neanderthal) to open borders. The ethical argument for open borders is even better. Policymakers must take account of the many voters who disagree with Legrain, even if this is based on ignorance and prejudice. It is surely better to admit 500,000 immigrants annually and have social peace than 1m and riots. [...]
November 24th, 2007 at 17:30
[...] Read the whole thing. I link to it because it is a fine essay, but also because it ends with a link to the most excellent Manifesto of the Abolition of International Apartheid, which now has its own domain (and at this point, a mediocre website). The first of many times I have and will promote the Manifesto. [...]
June 6th, 2008 at 19:45
[...] mobility with no artificial restraints — abolish international apartheid. Surely Google can take a stronger stand than mine owners in South Africa did a century [...]