The lack of freedom of the threatened -
the refugee, the citizen...
The stress of the oppressed -
the unbeliever, the scapegoat...
The fear of the minority -
the Jew, the intellectual...
The despair of the expelled -
the nonconformist, the immigrant...
The death of the attacked -
the woman, the stranger...
does not want to, cannot, may not
be named otherwise
than my freedom -
my free time, my hope
my home, my safety...
my spoiled life -
in my spoiled country...
Mar 22
Mar 22, 2026 at 3:37 AM UTC
The lack of freedom of the threatened -
the refugee, the citizen...
The stress of the oppressed -
the unbeliever, the scapegoat...
The fear of the minority -
the Jew, the intellectual...
The despair of the expelled -
the nonconformist, the immigrant...
The death of the attacked -
the woman, the stranger...
does not want to, cannot, may not
be named otherwise
than my freedom -
my free time, my hope
my home, my safety...
my spoiled life -
in my spoiled country...
"Rede zur Demokratie" ("Speech on Democracy") by Nino Haratischwili (Tbilisi 1983) in the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig on October 9th, 2025, published in her collection "Europa, wach auf! Texte und Reden" (2025, "Europe, wake up! Texts and speeches")
Collection "Half The Work"
