And yet, if we check the ledger, it is also true that we have failed to stop the steamroller of hyper-polluting and exploiting trade. We have failed to keep global emissions from steadily rising. We failed to stop the invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan or the war in Yemen. Our resistances, however heroic, however effervescent, have not brought justice to Palestine, or protected the most minimal democracy in Hong Kong. I could go on, but will spare
