Is political violence becoming normal? – ChangeMakers Digest
From the attack on Helen Haines to political assassinations in the US we explore the rise in political violence and what can turn it around
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There has been a rise in political violence over the past decade. While we are still unclear about the motivations behind the horrendous attack on Helen Haines, it happened in a context where the number of attacks on political figures in Australia has rapidly increased in the last year.
Meanwhile, there is an increasing number of political assassinations in the US, alongside a rapid rise in state violence across many countries, with ICE attacks on immigrants in the US or police attacks on protesters in France, Iran and Hong Kong.
In this conversation, we unpack what is going on and look at what it means when violence becomes accepted in democratic life. We have no magic answers, but we look at some of what might see it shift and the implications for us if it does not.
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