Neither the fact that his papers were being processed nor his mobility problems were enough to stop this Venezuelan being detained for nearly 4 months in a detention centre for immigrants in the United Kingdom. Here he describes the raids, the scant medical attention and the tricks of the Home […]
The Prisma News
Stories of Latina women, immigrant and undocumented women
On the street corners of Brooklyn, men and women from other countries wait for hours in the hope of finding a job. They’ll do anything. Up to and including putting up with the exploitative conditions that unscrupulous impresarios, knowing they don’t have ‘papers’, that they’re ‘illegal’, will subject them to. Division Ave grasps and reproduces this reality.
Revolution in the making: reshaping global media power
On 5th November, the organisation Media Revolution will announce a landmark stage in its movement to radically change the power balance from the broken global media system to one that works in favour of people and planet: the creation of a Media Consumers Union. Media Revolution It’s part […]
When a university won’t confirm or deny a rape complaint
The University of Salford refuses to confirm or deny whether a rape allegation was reported, citing data protection. The claimant argues this legal opacity compounds his trauma and contradicts the institution’s public transparency policies regarding sexual misconduct cases. Philippa Fisher* The claimant in a related disability discrimination case […]
Helga Paris loosens the chains
An interest in photography is being challenged by a steady diet of photobooks devoted to a photographer’s pet project that do little to provoke reflection beyond wondering how such banal work ever finds a publisher. Sean Sheehan A welcome relief is a new book devoted to the work […]
















