Portugal is one of the countries worst affected by the loss of residential housing, yet successive governments of whatever party seem uninterested. Lisbon Council has just approved two more hotels in the centre of the city. An empty state-owned barracks in Lisbon is in the process of being sold to be made into a 5-star hotel.
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
In the UK, actions and calls for a wealth tax intensify
Last week Climate Resistance projected demands for a wealth tax on government buildings and landmarks across London. The words “Tax the super-rich” shone on the Houses of Parliament. Text and photos: Climate Resistance and Michelle Sanders Faces of billionaires Roman Abramovich and Jim Ratcliffe also appeared on the walls […]
A tea house, a traditional British experience
Sitting inside number 110 Shoreditch High Street, I watch passers-by as they peer inside confused and intrigued, most too reserved to enter the quirky one of a kind tea house nestled in the middle of East London. (The Prisma memoirs) Sofia Ahmad To me their bemusement is entirely […]
Immigrants in constant fear of deportation or imprisonment
Thirty-two percent of adults in all immigrant families are worried that they, a family member, or a close friend are going to be deported. In mixed-status families, it 58 percent. As never before, documented and undocumented immigrants residing in the United States are in constant fear of taking over their […]
Incarcerated migrants: a crime against humanity
The abuses to which hundreds of young Venezuelans have been subjected in violation of their due process, violate the rules of International and Humanitarian Law, Human Rights, the United Nations Charter and every regulation established on human mobility. The voices condemning Trump’s arbitrary action are growing. Juan Carlos Díaz […]
















