The author defends the basic human rights of security and subsistence and argues that breaching the wall of state sovereignty is an acceptable action for implementing and protecting them. He asserts that the violence of modern nationalism and its indifference to human rights stems from the view that the only right that matters politically is the right to a unified nation-state. However, he argues the view of nation-state is a myth, and that a ‘romance of the nation-state’ has occurred that glosses over class conflict, turmoil, violence and repression. The author continues to provide a rebuttal to Walzer’s acceptance of the premises of nationalism.
