Leader of the Waorani community in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Nemonte Nenquimo is a symbol of resistance after winning a legal battle to protect her reserve. Interview: Daniela Arias Baquero* Photos: Amazon Frontlines The Waorani nation is a tribe of legendary hunter-gatherers numbering around 5,000 members spread across 54 […]
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Story of an asylum seeker forced to return home
E. asked the Alarm Phone to share a personal account of one of the pushbacks they experienced at the Greek-Turkish border, one of many human rights violations committed daily at the borders of Europe. “Although we said to the Greek police that “if you push us back, we will […]
Child waste pickers: saying goodbye to childhood
They live in Bolivia, Panama and Colombia but represent around 18 million worldwide. They are just children who were told they could not have a childhood like many others or go to school. They would have to start working because the poverty of their families had to be fought together. […]
From oddity to commodity
The depth of James Joyce’s writing provides source material for academics and culture vultures everywhere but while the number of books about Joyce are of oceanic proportions those worth staying on a bookshelf are disproportionately small by comparison. Sean Sheehan Andrew Gibson’s “Joyce’s revenge” and “The strong spirit” […]
Multiculturalism, the default ideology of advanced capitalism
I do not want to prejudge the debate, although it is an important issue; and certainly I am a supporter of multiculturalism. Multiculturalism, however, is both a sociological reality and a political ideology. Steve Latham . All of us must accept the fact of diversity in our society. Whether we […]
















