Truth and trust are essential ingredients of all co-operation, be it family, friends, neighbours, communities, business, commerce right up to governments and world trade. In a free society many of us take for granted that the information we receive as being true and fair. It’s a human right not available to all and it is a precious but often taken for granted privilege.
Migrants
The double tragedy of displaced people
In Haiti, more than 5,000 people fled Carrefour-Feuilles, a suburb ravaged by armed groups whose presence forces Haitians to flee their homes. According to the UN, armed gangs have killed more than 2,400 people since the beginning of the year. Survivors and those who have been driven from their […]
Mestizaje, a symbol of identity and national unity
Mestizo identity is a cultural and ethnic mix that cannot be completely reconciled with indigenous identity, and nor does it feel European. The end of the 19th Century saw a rise in the people from countries to the south of the Bravo river identifying themselves as being Latin American, in […]
Fear, grievance and hate: How a community became radicalised
Weymouth & Portland is a community with a proud armed forces tradition – not least in relation to our role in defeating the Nazis in WWII. So how is it that a section of our community has been radicalised into racism and hatred? How is it that so many people […]
Brexit Britain has weaponised racism
The arrival of the Bibby Stockholm floating prison is a grim reminder to us all that fascism is never far from the surface of public life in Britain. Every country in the world has dabbled with various forms of ‘othering’, but Brexit Britain has weaponised racism.
















