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I don’t enjoy being here… trust me
A social stigma persists which views people in a situation of homelessness as social parasites or hopeless victims of addiction. Recognizing the human potential of marginalized people instead of seeing them as a criminal problem has been shown to be effective. But European decision-makers refuse to implement it.
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I am here… Do you see me?
A unique experiment during the Covid crisis challenged the uncaring view of people in a situation of homelessness as scroungers and showed what can be done when people come together in a situation of trust, where their individual stories are respected. Wealthy countries have the means to solve social problems but are reluctant to fund projects that work.
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Under a blue sun: How images can hide ethnic cleansing
Lawfare and alternative facts are used to change the landscape. A Palestinian special effects man worked on his own family’s land, expropriated by the Israeli military and then rented to Hollywood film producers. Boycotts of Israeli companies need to make careful choices to avoid furthering the aims of their opponents.
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Right-wing Soldier Monika and the trans dream maiden
Many young people find right-wing politics ‘cool’ today and marginal people caught between different digital bubbles find a new obstacle to being themselves. Making a film was a way to look into the personal and political story of someone changing their gender identity. It was a ‘cinema therapy’ for Monika and had a deep impact on everyone involved.
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Lesia Diak: The pity of war
Very few people want to be documented, especially when it comes to the larger social traumas of the separation of Ukrainian soldiers from their loved ones. It is not an anti-war film, – Ukraine has no choice but to resist – but it refuses to turn away from the effects of war on families at home.
United Kingdom & Current affairs
- 2 days agoAna Ramos arrived in London from Colombia when she was eleven. She quickly felt at home but would discover
- 2 days agoBeyond the reasons given by the United Kingdom’s diplomatic corps to justify the willingness to once again
- 2 days agoThis 30 year old Frenchman is carrying out his studies away from Paris in the English capital. It isn’t his
- 2 days agoNew England vocal quartet Windborne have released their new album + illustrated songbook “To warm the
- 2 days agoThousands of people move quickly from side to side oblivious to anything not work-related. This is London at
Multiculture
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Neurodiversity and resilience: The story of an immigrant
09/12/2024Ana Ramos arrived in London from Colombia when she was eleven. She quickly felt at home but would discover she had ADHD, dyslexia [...] -
It is not his first time as an immigrant
09/12/2024This 30 year old Frenchman is carrying out his studies away from Paris in the English capital. It isn’t his first time as an [...] -
Working in London, thinking about Latin America
02/12/2024At 26 years old, she has lived half of her life outside of Colombia. With her mother she emigrated to Valencia and later on, with [...]
- Elderly migrants: when family home turns into jail
- Art and exile: Understanding differences is about peace
- Modern society and multiculturalism
Latin America
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The UK and Colombia: dignity and the principle of reciprocity
09/12/2024Beyond the reasons given by the United Kingdom’s diplomatic corps to justify the willingness to once again demand visas for [...] -
Protests because Bukele asked to restart mining
09/12/2024Mining always has an impact on the population. Because of this, several protests have occurred in El Salvador, from ancient and [...] -
In Colombia: the “false positive” deniers
09/12/2024Despite reports from soldiers involved, stories from the families of the missing and the murdered, and investigations by the [...]
- Coffee producer and women’s rights campaigner
- Colombia’s new ban on child marriage welcomed
- Wiwa indigenous people visit the UK
Culture
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Music to celebrate winter in the UK
09/12/2024New England vocal quartet Windborne have released their new album + illustrated songbook “To warm the winter hearth”, a [...] -
Photographing the past in the present
09/12/2024The Prix Pictet is an international award to photographers for their work in raising consciousness of important environmental and [...] -
I don’t enjoy being here… trust me
09/12/2024A social stigma persists which views people in a situation of homelessness as social parasites or hopeless victims of addiction. [...]
- Migrant habitats
- I am here… Do you see me?
- The tiger in high heels: gender wars and political image-making
Workers
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Immigrants at sea (2): Developing internationalist trade unionism
29/01/2024It is about organising wherever there are migrant, precarious, low-paid or marginalised workers willing to unite. It is about [...] -
A decade for immigrant and vulnerable workers
22/01/2024Grassroots, independent, bilingual and defending the rights of workers in precarious employment, especially migrants and those [...] -
Immigrants at sea in a precarious labour market (1)
22/01/2024In London there are workers of more than 100 nationalities, including native Britons, in precarious conditions. Migrants are [...]
- When big trade unions abandon their precarious workers
- Immigrant workers: racism and work harassment
- Between repression and revolt, France renews ‘the Marseillaise’
United Kingdom
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Neurodiversity and resilience: The story of an immigrant
09/12/2024Ana Ramos arrived in London from Colombia when she was eleven. She quickly felt at home but would discover she had ADHD, dyslexia [...] -
The UK and Colombia: dignity and the principle of reciprocity
09/12/2024Beyond the reasons given by the United Kingdom’s diplomatic corps to justify the willingness to once again demand visas for [...] -
Music to celebrate winter in the UK
09/12/2024New England vocal quartet Windborne have released their new album + illustrated songbook “To warm the winter hearth”, a [...]
- This is London at its most impersonal
- Working in London, thinking about Latin America
- Elderly migrants: when family home turns into jail
Lifestyle
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Networks of love and hate, especially hate!
26/06/2023Violence motivated by hate speech towards vulnerable groups is rampant on social media, despite the rejection of many people. A [...] -
Re-founding Honduras to re-found education
05/09/2022A United Nations study on education in Honduras, published last June, reveals that since March 2020, some 310,000 students have [...] -
Home learning: classroom revolution
09/11/2020Home learning emerged in the midst of the fight against COVID-19 to ensure that teaching could continue in the Dominican [...]
- The virus cannot kill education
- Children and the internet: what Coronavirus changed
- Latin-American youth: a life marked by violence
Strugles
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No to the economic war against Cuba
25/03/2024On 15 March 2024, supporters of RATB protested outside the offices of London resident and DCD Rights’ Head of IT Mickael Behn [...] -
Family court collusion with violent fathers
11/09/2023There are devastating impacts of family court orders on mothers and children who had fled domestic violence and/or child abuse. [...] -
Between repression and revolt, France renews ‘the Marseillaise’
31/03/2023The streets of Paris have become the scene of police repression, attacks on the press and popular resistance. Reports of police [...]
- “Stronger as one”, against the climate crisis
- A crash course to conflict
- Disabled people to protest over deaths and neglect in the NHS
World
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Aleppo in terrorists’ grip
09/12/2024In less than 48 hours, Aleppo became a different city, its streets filled with terrorists. Residents had two options: die by the [...] -
Under a blue sun: How images can hide ethnic cleansing
25/11/2024Lawfare and alternative facts are used to change the landscape. A Palestinian special effects man worked on his own family’s [...] -
Dad’s Lullaby: community and consumerism
18/11/2024The fighting in Ukraine has greatly intensified since the film was made in 2019. Communal sharing is essential for families to [...]
- Cuba’s uncertainties in times of Trump
- Trump, a legitimate but immoral and xenophobic victory
- Israel and the special intent to commit genocide
Sports
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Neurodiversity and resilience: The story of an immigrant
09/12/2024Ana Ramos arrived in London from Colombia when she was eleven. She quickly felt at home but would discover she had ADHD, dyslexia [...] -
The UK and Colombia: dignity and the principle of reciprocity
09/12/2024Beyond the reasons given by the United Kingdom’s diplomatic corps to justify the willingness to once again demand visas for [...] -
It is not his first time as an immigrant
09/12/2024This 30 year old Frenchman is carrying out his studies away from Paris in the English capital. It isn’t his first time as an [...]
- Music to celebrate winter in the UK
- This is London at its most impersonal
- Photographing the past in the present