For Agustín Hernández Carlos, giving shape and life to stone goes beyond art. For him, sculpting is as important as passing on and sharing his knowledge and turning humble Cuban children into artists. Yelena Rodriguez Velazquez ‘Piedrecita’ is the name of a small town in the Cuban province […]
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Trafficking of migrants: silence and complicity
They cannot be called migrants, they are human rights survivors. We are accomplices to a massive crime, that sends thousands of innocent young people from across Africa to places where they meet their death. Mass rape is a tool for those in power.
Latin music migrates to London in spring
Featuring a programme largely headlined by women, London’s Latin Music Festival La Linea 2022 marks the return of international artists after more than two years alongside shows from an array of acts from the UK’s burgeoning Latin music scene. It will take place in spring from 21 April to […]
Immigrants and activists: their struggle is internationalist
Carlos Cruz was a very young boy when his father was threatened with death and had to leave his country for the UK. Aware that the “plundering” of the global South by Northern countries is the cause of his migration and the violence in those countries, he decided to become […]
Immigrants and activists: We must not be silent
Yonatan Mosquera was an activist in his home country, Colombia, from where he fled in his early twenties. Today, whilst receiving xenophobia from British police, he campaigns for Iraq, Cuba, Palestine, the working class but mainly Colombia. And he tries to educate new and future activists. Elle McHale […]