Panel | Bondgenootschap

We live in a polycrisis: war, climate disruption, pandemics, and economic shocks are intertwined. Too often, division is sold as security, as if we are only safe when we oppose one another.

Let us look for a different compass. What forms of alliance make us resilient, without exclusion? How does solidarity become something you do: on the street, in a meeting, and at the dinner table? And what happens when alliance is not an identity, but a movement: from friction to cooperation?

Can we also view the equivalence of power relations as a process that can shift, falter, and get going again? That provides breathing room: after all, we are only human. And it opens up room for action to get involved wherever you can, big or small, without a constant sense of guilt.

Shila Ishwardat is organiser and trainer. More information can be found here.