The basis for democracy is human contact, not calculating what will get votes. The way a hippie-style commune was turned into a fascist prison camp is a metaphor for modern society: “I want people to be alert and understand how oppressive powers work”. Graham Douglas He comes from […]
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Death and life
… to fight for the life of those that are alive/ give life to the living, to life,/ and bury the dead ones and remember them / as earth does: in fruits… Simple life, Octavio Paz Do you know the names of your eight great grandparents? Where were they […]
An environmental agreement that remains ineffective
Today we are on the cusp of total environmental disaster on our planet. Life in all its forms is deteriorating, and nothing is happening to change this despite a multitude of voices demonstrating for change. John Elvis Vera S.* Neither governments nor other responsible bodies are taking the […]
A history of migration
As thousands of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers cross over from Asia and Africa into Europe, it throws up resonances with the movement of peoples through history. Steve Latham The drift of peoples has frequently been from the East into the European peninsula, with the original settlement of human […]
Irene Almacha: Looking ahead
Irene Almacha moved from Ecuador to Spain when she was a young adult. She then moved to London about six months ago. Not all stories about moving to a new country or a big city are success stories. Some have happy endings and others just have endings. For Irene, […]
















