On the 9th and 10th of May a conference will be held on the presence and the treatment that the media give to the phenomenon of migration and its social impact. It is estimated that in the next 25 years the UK’s population will increase from the 67.2 million […]
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Capitalist multiculturalism
This week The Prisma holds a debate on multiculturalism, and asks whether multiculturalism has failed, and whether it still has something positive to contribute to society. . Steve Latham . I don’t want to prejudge that debate here, although it is an important issue; and certainly I am a supporter […]
Shumon Zahid: “The freedom fighters are forgotten”
He is the son of the departed journalist Selina Perveen. “My sorrows know no bounds but if I live to see the war criminals are tried, the killers of my mother are punished, I know the soul of my mother will rest in peace”… Shanta Sultana “The war criminals were […]
December 18th is International Migrant Day
A celebration organised by workers’ union Unite will mark this date – now recognised by the UN – dedicated to all those who, for whatever reason, make the decision to leave their country of origin. During the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st Century, […]
Photographing the diversity of the Latin American festival.
Alba house is organizing a photographic exhibition “Fiesta, five countries, five views” from the 7th until the 11th of August. _ Umberto Eco defines festivals theoretically as a system of signs, a phenomenon of communication, in which historic, political and social meanings are transmitted, as well as daily or religious […]