Far from being a society of mature people, western culture encourages mass narcissism and infantilisation, in ever-increasing numbers. Nigel Pocock What is ‘community’? It is a noun, and has a verbal form, ‘communication’. This gives us the essence of a ‘community’, for it is nothing more or less […]
Tag: poverty
The unbreakable vow, Capitalism: our love affair
A ‘love’ that will be lasting our lifetimes. An individual’s relationship with capitalism is very much a passionate, emotional love affair, similar to those read in books and watched on the silver screen. We are so fervent in our consuming that we turn in desperation to loans and lending. […]
Latin-American youth: a life marked by violence
The continent’s children and young people are the most vulnerable members of society, most affected by the high rates of criminality and inequality recorded in countries in the region. Seven out of ten murder victims come from this age group. The Prisma’s Memoirs. September 2012.s . Miriam Valero . Latin […]
Prostitution in the UK (I): Poverty, the driving force
It has become the only option for many women, but discrimination and prosecution are the only ‘solutions’ thrown at this problem of poverty and gender. The Prisma’s Memoirs. July 2012_ César Amaya Sandino In the United Kingdom around 70% of women in prostitution are single mothers who do […]
Women: productive and undervalued producers
They contribute to an economy that ignores them, that fails to recognise their efforts, that condemns them to poverty and that perpetuates the regressive role of mother – worker – domestic, even though women have jobs outside of the home. _ Ana Galera As Caroline Sweetman says “The feminist […]