We were the world, we were the children of awareness

We were born in less turbulent times than our parents.
We were born in democracy.
We were lucky to be born in a big city.
We were born into a, seemingly, era of prosperity.








'We', refers to us, children born in mid seventies, not earlier than the Energy Crisis, not later than the King's death.
'We' were middle class city kids with the privilege of decent education, i.e. private, and moreover international.
'We' were citizens of a small country with a huge history.
'We' were part of the European family.
'We' were born and grew up with a European conciousness.

We were forced into awareness at an early age.

We were informed of the Ethiopia famine.
We grew up with the delusions of Live Aid.
We were educated on the A- Bomb.
We watched with awe 'The Day After'.
We learned about the discovery of the ozone layer hole.
We were informed on Olof Palme's assassination.
We experienced the Chernobyl fear.
We witnessed the Challenger explosion.
We thought we could see Haley's Comet from our rooftops.
We grew up on MTV, CNN and TV5.
We had to learn to save water though National Water Company ads.
We learned about the new disease, AIDS.
We were deeply saddened when Freddy Mercury died.
We witnessed the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
We watched the Gulf War second by second on CNN live.
We supported Unicef.
We subscribed to Greenpeace.
We read Le Monde Diplomatique.

We were aware. We were the educated middle class.

Thirty five years later, we are still aware.
But we woke up into a different awareness.
And this one, is still yet to be defined.