A case of authority abuse, seconds after the shot above: 

Barricade philosophers      

Authors and intellectuals have in general, or can chose, a variety of  ways in participating with their political or ideological views in the struggle for more justice and human rights in our societies.  Certainly, the kind or level of this participation is personal, or limited, and at times has to be anonymous or forced to be adapted to the circumstances of each individual. However, there is a clear distinction between those who, having the possibility for an active participation, abstain from the barricades and conform themselves with writing columns around fashionable societal issues or having their names figuring in publicized support-lists.

In the sixties and early seventies it was popularized among the young generations of social critics in Latin America a Spanish lyrics that meant, roads are those that people make with their walking (“caminante, el camino se hace al andar”). It was also an answer to old ideologies or cemented political strategies that never succeeded in bring about the new society of justice and freedom for all.  

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