Her family’s struggles, their stories of violence and environmental damage motivated Alejandra Piazzolla to study Conservation Biology and Ecology and utilise this knowledge in her role as joint coordinator at Extinction Rebellion, internationalist solidarity network where she fights for social justice, anti-racism and anti-oppression. Elle McHale A childhood […]
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When the Latinos reached the UK
The 1970 ’s saw the arrival of the Latin American community in Great Britain. More than 40 years later, 186,500 Latinos have forged a path to the UK. This is the official estimate; the actual number could well be much higher.– – After gaining independence from Spanish and Portuguese colonial […]
Second-generation Latinos: better but facing challenges
Discrimination continues to be present in the lives of young people. On the positive side, they enjoy good education and are aware enough of their British citizenship to be able to benefit from the system._ Miriam Valero They are the British Latinos, and they identify themselves as such, children of Latin […]
The second death of Pardo Leal
His statue was violated. They told me but I didn’t believe it until I saw it with my own eyes. I didn’t think that Fascism would touch this type of monument and I believed this type of thing was in the past. _ Armando Orozco Tovar But it’s true, […]
Fernando Mazuera: happy and with no plans to go back to Colombia
This 34 year-old Colombian arrived in the UK in 2000, and since then his life has involved many of the situations that are common for immigrants. Fernado Mazuera from Cali, didn’t come to England because of economic problems, or to learn another language or have an adventure. He left […]