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By Gianluigi Gugliermetto 12/10/2025 |
Italian poet Franco Arminio recently said something very simple yet profound: “We must fight for justice, otherwise we get sick.” To me, this is a direct way to touch on the theme of action detached from the hope of success, that is present in so many spiritual traditions. |
Arminio insists that the call to act for justice is so deep that if one fails to answer it, one’s humanity is lost and — as a consequence — one’s organism gives up. We know, of course, that throughout Western history many have argued instead for a separation of spirituality from politics. A subtler version of such
a position suggests that as the notion of historical progress has |
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been revealed as an illusion, we might as well observe from the outskirts the vagaries of human folly, in the sure hope that things at some point will get better, only to get worse, and then better, and so on. I think there is some wisdom in such a thought. The study of historical cycles is
— in my view — as essential part of any postmodern understanding of human history. But if I use such an understanding to justify my lack of social engagement, I simply get sick — just as Arminio teaches. |
Franco Arminio speaks about reviving village culture. (in Italian with English subtitles) Video by The Adecco Group Italy. | For some time now there has been nobody around
us, nobody helping with our fight, as they believe only in their own. We get sick every time we renounce the fight for our truths, and any time we are lenient with the lies of others. |
Love is
defending those whom we love more than asking why we love, or until when. Love is fighting together, and nothing else. |
Undoubtedly, the fragmentation of the great fight for justice, dispersed in a thousand rivers, has been the malady of our time. And the risk of abandoning the fight itself — including closing our eyes to patent lies — is a real problem. There are many signs, however, that the younger generations are getting
Arminio’s message in its stark simplicity. The young people fighting for the freedom of Palestine and for peace in the “Holy Land” of Jews and Christians, don’t seem so easy to fool anymore, and we must learn from them. |
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Banner Image: A January 2025 protest against the occupation of Palestine, in a train station in Utrecht, Germany. Photo by Ciell. Wikimedia Commons.
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Queries for Contemplation What is your relationship to the spiritual need to fight for justice? Has it
changed in the past two years, since the massacre of October 7, 2023 and the subsequent intensification of the genocide in Palestine? |
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