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NO MORE WALLS: PART TWO — TRYING TO FENCE OUT RESPONSIBILITIES FROM THE PAST

There can be little doubt that the result of last week’s referendum in Britain on whether or not to remain within the European Union (EU) was not about liberal economics or overlapping legal boundaries, but about immigration and radical nationalism. By extension, it was also about shirking accountability in the Middle East, and about trying to turn back the clock to a time when Europeans themselves were divided by borders, language and cultural jingoism. Ultimately, it was about racism and fundamentalism, about suspicion and fear, and about isolationism and the ill-feelings that it necessarily engenders. David Cameron - taken by surprise The so-called Brexit Referendum came as a staggering surprise to just about everyone who still believes that this is a world where, despite abundant controversies, everyone basically wants to work together. Not among the least surprised was Britain’s own Prime Minister David Cameron, who, almost immediately following the vote—in which Britons