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(en) France, Monde Libertaire - Editorial from ML #1884: What's wrong with the English title? (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]
Date
Fri, 7 Aug 2026 08:54:23 +0300
In this issue of Le Monde libertaire, you'll find texts translated from
English, Spanish, and Italian. Comrades did the translations. Thanks,
guys! ---- The language barrier, an obstacle to international
solidarity. In 1887, Zamenhof conceived the idea of a universal
language, Esperanto, a language of humanism and peace. Esperanto was
developed by drawing on Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages. One
might criticize the lack of "extra-European" contributions. Esperanto
remained too niche; it lacked a state institution to mandate its
teaching. This contrasts with English, which is taught from the first
year of primary school. ---- In early April, the thirteenth Congress of
the International of Anarchist Federations (IFA) took place. Most of the
delegates spoke in English, with simultaneous translation of their
remarks into Portuguese, Italian, and Greek. In English, of course...
But while it's easy to overcome the language barrier, the same cannot be
said for the barriers between states that we call borders. The Cuban
comrades couldn't attend the congress for administrative reasons...
You'll be told (the "you" is not "we") that borders are necessary for
the sovereignty of states. To protect themselves from foreigners. You'll
think of migrants facing a closed door.
"To better protect our cities from accents from elsewhere, we've turned
the right to asylum into a dangerous criminal."
You'll be told that bars serve to protect against the intrusion of
thieves. You'll think of prisoners.
Borders for the good of fearful subjects, one-way, from the outside in?
You'll think of the imprisoned citizens unable to flee a totalitarian
state, of the activists-passports confiscated-placed under house arrest.
In this newsletter, you'll find news from Sudan and you'll read that
French military equipment can easily cross borders. On a more cheerful
note, you'll discover anarchist libraries in Barcelona and Berlin.
Because borders won't stop us from caring about others and showing
solidarity.
Come on, open the borders, let's breathe!
https://monde-libertaire.net/?articlen=9025
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