Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
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La citoyenneté — le « droit d'avoir des droits », comme l'a définie Hannah Arendt — est aujourd'hui refusée à des centaines de millions de personnes — déracinés, réfugiés, apatrides et autres « illégaux ». Pour quelques happy fews, en revanche, les passeports sont des produits de luxe qu'ils collectionnent comme des toiles de maître, pour se simplifier la vie et payer moins d'impts.
Ce reportage montre ce qu'est devenue l'idée...
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The cosmopolites are literally "citizens of the world," from the Greek word kosmos, meaning "world," and polites, or "citizen." Garry Davis, aka World Citizen No. 1, and creator of the World Passport, was a former Broadway actor and World War II bomber pilot who renounced his American citizenship in 1948 as a form of protest against nationalism, sovereign borders, and war. Today there are cosmopolites of all stripes, rich or poor, intentional or unwitting,...
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"Borders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist's riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land, and how the wealthy and powerful benefit from it. The map of the globe depicts the world we think we know: neatly delineated sovereign nations that bestow and restrict the rights of the citizens and entities within their borders. For wealthy individuals and corporations, however, borders are porous,...