A flotilla to stop deaths in the Mediterranean
By : migreurop - Monday July 18, 2011 Hundreds of thousands of people fled Libya since the crisis began in February 2011. As of June 14, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), one million refugees had left the country ; more than 500,000 heading off to Tunisia, more than 300,000 to Egypt and 70,000 to Niger. Every day, refugees arrive in Tunisia to stay in already overpopulated camps [1]. The majority are nationals from Sub-Saharan African countries themselves in conflict like Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea (...)
read more, comments... Aircraft carrier left us to die, say migrants
By : Jack Shenker - Tuesday May 10, 2011 Boat trying to reach Lampedusa was left to drift in Mediterranean for 16 days, despite alarm being raised Dozens of African migrants were left to die in the Mediterranean after a number of European military units apparently ignored their cries for help, the Guardian has learned. Two of the nine survivors claim this included a Nato ship. A boat carrying 72 passengers, including several women, young children and political refugees, ran into trouble in late March after leaving Tripoli for (...)
read more, comments... Libyan migrants’ boat deaths to be investigated by Council of Europe
By : Jack Shenker - Tuesday May 10, 2011 Human rights body demands inquiry into failure of European military units to save 61 migrants on boat fleeing Libya Europe’s paramount human rights body, the Council of Europe, has called for an inquiry into the deaths of 61 migrants in the Mediterranean, claiming an apparent failure of military units to rescue them marked a "dark day" for the continent. Mevlüt Çavusoglu, president of the council’s parliamentary assembly, demanded an "immediate and comprehensive inquiry" into (...)
read more, comments... Paris: Week of solidarity and struggles against repression (20-27 february 2011)
By : semainedesolidarite - Saturday February 19, 2011 To control population movements is one of the States priorities. It is, in particular, to select with care the labour force needed for the economy, and this in a general context of deterioration in the standard of living. This selection requires the reinforcement of imprisonment of people called “undesirable”, border controls and raids, dropping visas and an intensification of the struggle against the ones who in one way or another go against keeping under control population (...)
read more, comments... Australian hypocrisy & Mainstream media censorship over 20 million Muslim refugees & Christmas Is horror
By : Dr Gideon Polya - Tuesday December 21, 2010 The Age newspaper of Melbourne is arguably Australia’s most “liberal” newspaper. However, as described below, even after the horrendous Christmas Island (Australia) refugee disaster (50 refugees killed in a wrecked boat) The Age still censors the Awful Truth about 20 million Muslim refugees that anti-Asian Apartheid Australia has helped the US generate. The Age (part of the Australian Fairfax media empire) is certainly more ethical and progressive than the Australian (...)
read more, comments... Immigration, A Perennial Issue Of Concern In The U.S.
By : Brian McAfee - Saturday September 25, 2010 The issue of immigration was brought to the forefront recently by Arizona’s discriminatory immigration law SB 1070, which would require police and other public officials to ask all or any Latino looking people to show their ID’s. This demonstrates an attitude oriented towards criminalizing immigrants in general and a hostile outlook towards Hispanics in particular. The anti-immigrant attitude was also evident in Utah a few months ago when a list was published and widely (...)
read more, comments... Nicolas Sarkozy evokes memories of Gestapo by rounding up Roma for expulsion
By : Charles Bremner - Thursday August 19, 2010 TWO boys stood in a gymnasium in an eastern Paris suburb yesterday and pondered their future. "I want to be a mechanic and a footballer," said Benjamin, 14. "First, I’d like to go to school," he added. His companion, who has also never been to school, wanted to be a journalist. The boys’ immediate future is fairly certain. The French police will pack them off to Eastern Europe, along with other foreign Roma whom President Sarkozy plans to expel in a clampdown on illegal (...)
read more, comments... Signs of the Times
By : Joel Bowman - Saturday August 14, 2010 Signs of the Times By Joel Bowman 08/14/10 Lake Livingston, Texas – We came to see the real America. This week, we had a good look around. Fellow Reckoners will recall that we are on a vagabond’s odyssey, traversing the Great Empire in search of a Greater Correction. We began our tour in California, the real estate bubble of the west. It will conclude, if all goes to our back-of-the-envelope plan, in Florida, the real estate bubble of the east. In between – Arizona, (...)
read more, comments... Immigrants Rally for a Nationwide Strike in Italy
By : ELISABETTA POVOLEDO - Wednesday March 3, 2010 By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO MILAN — In an effort to heighten awareness about the contributions made by foreign workers to the Italian economy, the promoters of the first strike by immigrants in the country invited workers to stay home and to boycott shopping for one day. Similar protests took place in other European countries on Monday (the initiative started in France and found supporters in Spain and Greece, as well). A comparable boycott, “A Day Without Immigrants,” (...)
read more, comments... We work, we strike
By : Vittorio Longhi - Wednesday March 3, 2010 by Vittorio Longhi The 1 March protests saw immigrant workers in Europe down tools to raise awareness of the discrimination they face A peaceful and colourful spectre seems to be haunting Europe. It’s a grassroots movement of migrants and activists claiming for participation and protesting against discriminatory immigration laws in France and in Italy. Monday 1 March, the first "day without immigrants, 24 hours without us" cannot but be considered a milestone in foreign (...)
read more, comments... Is the President Overworked?
By : David Glenn Cox - Tuesday December 8, 2009 By David Glenn Cox There is an old Firesign Theatre comedy piece, a parody of “The Price is Right,” where a woman contestant is asked, “Do you want what’s behind the door or what’s in the bag?” She blurts out, “I’ll take the bag! Why… why this is a bag of shit!” “Yes” the announcer answers, “but it’s really great shit!” Two years ago CNBC, America’s first name in fascism, sent cutie pie Erin (...)
read more, comments... Indigenous Women Position on Canada-US-Mexico Borders
By : Mohawk Nation News - Sunday November 15, 2009 The Invaders of the Western Hemisphere, all their criminal agencies and departments, their international terrorist allies and the useless United Nations [the Kaianerehkowa supercedes their Charter and the Constitution of the US]. RE: Inherent right of Rotino’shonni:onwe to traverse Indigenous lands of Onowaregeh, Great Turtle Island, and beyond without hindrance from invading aliens. PREAMBLE: Creation placed us on Great Turtle Island. We cannot forfeit ourselves or our territory. (...)
read more, comments... Video: Scenes from the Immigration Reform Rally at the White House
By : William Hughes - Saturday May 2, 2009 On May 1, 2009, a spirited rally, with a huge crowd in attendance, was held in late afternoon in Lafayette Park, just north of the White House. The demonstration called for “just and humane immigration reform;” an end to raids and deportation of immigrants by the “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement” (ICE) agents; a stop to “287g agreements,” which have resulted in police collaboration with ICE; and for the U.S. Congress to pass a (...)
read more, comments... call out for a no Border camp in Calais 23-29 june 2009
By : j - Sunday April 26, 2009 The Calais No Border camp is a joint venture between French and Belgian activists and migrant support groups and the UK No Borders Network. It aims to highlight the realities of the situation in Calais and Northern France; to build links with the migrant communities; to help build links between migrants support groups; and lastly, but not least, to challenge the authorities on the ground, to protest against increased repression of migrants and local activists alike. This camp calls for (...)
read more, comments... CANNES: Rude welcome for ’Bastardos’ star Ruben Sosa detained by border police
By : Charles Masters - Saturday May 24, 2008 Rude welcome for ’Bastardos’ star Ruben Sosa detained by border police By Charles Masters May 20, 2008 CANNES — Mexican actor Ruben Sosa, who appears in the illegal immigrant drama "Los Bastardos" directed by Amat Escalante, had a hard time crossing France’s border to attend yesterday’s Certain Regard screening. Sosa was stopped by customs at Nice airport Monday and subjected to multiple searches before being tailed to Cannes by police who did not believe (...)
read more, comments... Shut down holding centers for migrants in Europe
By : NO FORTRESS EUROPE - Thursday May 8, 2008 JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TO SHUT DOWN TEMPORARY HOLDING CENTRES FOR MIGRANTS IN EUROPE BY SIGNING THIS PETITION please sign the petition here: These days, immigration is one of the main issues on the European Union’s agenda. Currently, the European Parliament is debating a proposal for a directive establishing "Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegal staying third-country nationals". The proposed directive is applicable to all third-country (...)
read more, comments... On the Jewish silk trail
By : THE JERUSALEM POST - Friday November 23, 2007 GLORIA DEUTSCH , THE JERUSALEM POST Nov. 22, 2007 All of a sudden, everyone you know has either been or is going to China, and it has become a popular destination for wandering Jews. Although climbing the Great Wall and visiting the Forbidden City have become the in thing to do, my recent two-week visit with a group of Jews from England had an extra dimension, and the tour, organized by the quarterly publication Jewish Renaissance, took us to places of particular Jewish interest. The (...)
read more, comments... The Non Americans
By : Daveparts - Tuesday September 4, 2007 The Non Americans By David Glenn Cox The non Americans are with us, it is we who are not with them. They walk our streets and live in our communities but travel different paths and live a thousand miles away. We don’t know them and don’t want to know them for they are not the Americans like we are. Just being born here might make you a citizen but it doesn’t make you a full participatory American, they live invisible right (...)
read more, comments... The Racist War on Immigrants
By : Stephen Lendman - Saturday March 31, 2007 by Stephen Lendman Emma Lazarus’ memorable words on Lady Liberty’s pedestal once had meaning as a new nation grew. No longer in a country hostile to the tired, the poor, the huddled masses, the wretched refuse, the homeless and many others not making the grade in a white supremacist Judeo-Christian state worshiping wealth and privilege. No welcome sign is out for the unwanted poor and desperate. At best, they’re ignored to subsist on their own. At worst, they’re (...)
read more, comments... Thousands of illegal aliens held in camps and legal limbo
By : USA - Monday February 19, 2007 Thousands of illegal aliens held in camps and legal limbo Feb 18 3:49 PM US/Eastern The US government is holding growing numbers of illegal immigrants in jails far from their lawyers and family, and even sometimes in tents, where their rights are not respected, civil liberties groups say. "It’s like Guantanamo Bay, but these people are not terrorists. They are just immigrants," Brent Wilkes, national executive director of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), told (...)
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