The cover of the CD, Home, from electronic, drum and bass outfit, Rudimental, features the Hackney Peace Mural. Steve Latham I remember it being painted in 1985. I am surprised that it still exists and has not been painted over, in some act of so-called urban regeneration. The […]
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The false assumptions about migration
The Mediterranean has two shores and while the EU polices it like a moat to keep out ‘undesirables’, the film-makers point to the long-lasting connections between Europe and North Africa. People risk their lives to cross for universally understandable reasons, yet their courage is not valued. Mbaye Sou’s life questions […]
Journalism, truth and counter-power
Persecuted, threatened with death and exiled in France, Daniel Mendoza, the author of the documentary series “Matarife, Un genocida innombrable” (An unspeakable genocide) talks about what millions of Colombians keep silent out of fear and what few media outlets reveal. And he talks about how there can be no democracy where […]
Immigrants’ stories: Amada, a refugee from dictatorship
Amada Silva fled the political situation in her native country and moved to the UK with her family. Over the past four decades she has lived and worked in this country, helping numerous people in difficult situations. Benjamin Serra “Forget your name, from now on, you are refugees […]
A revolution foretold
Five years after the death of Fidel Castro, Stephen Wilkinson explains his role during the Cuban Revolution, the influence of Jose Marti, the suicide of Eduardo Chibas as a catalyst for social change and the coup d’etat led by Fulgencio Batista. Juanjo Andres Cuervo “Fidel Castro was motivated […]
















