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Police oversee protests in Hong Kong on Oct. 6. When social conflicts lead to violent confrontations at the expense of political dialogue, the more powerful forces are likely to prevail, writes Pascal Desbiens. Flickr photograph by Etan Liam

Opinion

BY PASCAL DESBIENS

October 30, 2019

The worrying violence in many parts of the world is fuelling international news. Humanitarian disasters in Syria and elsewhere are causes for concern. Violent protests in Hong Kong, Spain, Lebanon, Haiti, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela—to name but a few—are signs of increasingly violent ...

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