Rail blockades showing markers for genesis of domestic armed conflict

It is becoming increasingly urgent to find a way to limit the disruptive power of interest groups by economic means and ensure that social protests remain within acceptable democratic boundaries.

A rally in support of Wet’suwet’an land defenders marched in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 7. In an increasingly interdependent society, an urgent challenge facing democratic governments is arguably to determine how much disruptive power, in terms of time and intensity, dissatisfied groups can be allowed to exercise domestically, writes Pascal Desbiens.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PASCAL DESBIENS

February 24, 2020

The blockades in Canada are a microcosmic case of what leads to domestic armed conflicts. It starts with legitimate or disproportionate recriminations of groups against state entities. The groups then increase the disruptive pressures affecting third parties who cannot act, are not interested, or ar...

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