Despite concrete evidence to the contrary, right wings parties from all over the world always play the “immigrants are stealing our jobs” card. I witnessed a clear example of that during the 2016 Brexit referendum. Leavers based their entire campaign on immigration. Nathan Raia In 2015, Italy was […]
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A poetic story of the Romani genocide
Writer-director Roz Mortimer’s hybrid documentary “The deathless woman” –a response to the virtual erasure of the history of Roma from our cultural memory of the Holocaust- will tour to seven UK cities and towns from May to July, including Glasgow, Bolton, Erith, Manchester, Chester, Sheffield and Leeds. Up to […]
Indigenous communities get no help against criminal threats
The death of two indigenous leaders in Guerrero, Mexico, has again drawn attention to the government’s negligent protection of indigenous communities targeted by criminal groups throughout Mexico. Henry Shuldiner In a Facebook post, the Guerrero-Emiliano Zapata Indigenous and Popular Council (Cipog-EZ) announced members Lorena Chantzin Paxacuasingo and Marcos […]
‘Medusa’, a scream against Bolsonaro
Fundamentalist churches are big supporters of right-wing politics in Brazil. They promote an ideology of moral and physical purity which is deeply racist and sexist, by providing a sense of community. And in a fragmented society they know how to market their ‘product’ to all sorts of groups. Its techniques are manipulative.
Speaking the British way: with or without a sense of humour
Irony and sarcasm form the basis of British humour along with those sentences whose intended meanings are far from what they might appear. Virginia Moreno Molina It seems the first hurdle awaiting the visitor upon arrival in the UK is the language. For some this represents more of […]
















