Finding the right translation for “peace” in a land of war

This article explores the capture of the notion of ?protection? by the State and its institutions - police, army, and the law - and its weaponization by carceral feminism. It means first studying how the terms ?war? and ?peace? have been weaponized by imperialism and the State, then addressing antiracist, anti-patriarchal, anti-imperialist and feminist decolonial politics of protection. In other words, how discourses about war and peace, and their implementations, have been deployed to justify a protection that rests on the criminalization and incarceration of those who dissent, on military interventions, creation of armed militia, legitimation of police violence, militarization of public space, and surveillance.