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ME TOO AND NEVER AGAIN: A REVOLUTION IN THE MAKING?

There is a revolution afoot and there may well be more to it than first meets the eye. In just the last few months and days since October of last year, the MeToo and NeverAgain movements have mushroomed up and flourished in the United States, in the face of stubborn indifference and intentional inaction at the highest levels of political power. A sign of the times? Clearly. And a probable healthy reaction to the previous trend toward diminishing democracy and growing authoritarianism. Like the spark of all revolutions, this one could well kindle replications throughout the rest of the world as well. Especially throughout the West, where reactionaries have emerged victorious in Washington, while gaining a level of still minority but no less troubling strength in Europe, a trend not witnessed since the fascist prelude to World War II. These brand new liberal democratic movements are, then, an acute and immediate answer to attempted mob rule and to the undermining of individual ri