Damage to infrastructure, the deaths of members and leaders, and a squeeze on resources make it difficult for the co-op sector to continue. Anca Voinea / Co-op News* Co-ops are well known for their resilience, particularly in times of crisis – but this resilience is being tested in […]
Multiculture
Palestine Action shut down an Israel-supplying arms company & exposed SNP complicity, too
Palestine Action have shut down the factory of Leonardo, a company directly complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. But also, by default the Scottish government also has a hand in this – as it funded the corporation to the tune of millions. The Canary* The Italian-owned company, Leonardo, is […]
The power of journalism to support immigrant communities
Having lived in both Zambia and Britain, Tchiyiwe Chihana is aware of the difficulties faced by first- and second-generation immigrants. As managing director of Yorkshire-based African Voices Platform, she has strived to ensure that the diaspora remains well-informed and well-connected to the country they now live in.
The Prisma series “Journalists and Immigrants in the UK.
Engineer, artist and two-time immigrant
Angela spent portions of her life in Peru, Spain and Germany before moving to the United Kingdom to aid her professional and creative development. Sonia Gumiel At 27 years old, Angela* considers herself to be the perfect age to live in a city like Bristol, a place that […]
The exile who has been photographing the world for half a century
Julio Etchart left Uruguay in 1974 at the age of 24, escaping the repression of the dictatorship, which had twice imprisoned him, setting him free for the second time, with his passport in his hand and the idea to set off for Europe in his head. (The Prisma memoirs) […]