A week ago I was approached with a request to translate one of my recent essays into Bosnian. Easy enough, I thought. I would be writing about a familiar topic, in my native language. How difficult could that be? I … Continued
International
Study Finds that Europeans Want Jobless Immigrants Out
A recent Financial Times study found that citizens in Europe’s “big 5” countries of Spain, UK, France, Italy, and Germany want jobless immigrants to leave their countries. According to the poll, 79% of Italians, 78% of Britons, 71% of Spaniards, … Continued
Immigration
Anti-immigrant Message: WE WANT YOU to be Broke and Bigoted
Anti-immigrant groups are wearing out their violins ranting about the “evil immigrant invasion.” In light of recent economic scandals, their agenda is looking even more absurd than usual. Just in the past few weeks as the justified uproar over AIG … Continued
Tomato Pickers in Florida Battle Slavery
Tomato pickers in Florida have come a long way in securing workers rights, but the path ahead of them keeps stretching farther. Immokalee is an area in Collier county, and is the state’s largest farmworker community. The region is predominately … Continued
Immigration
Another CIS Charade Ignores the Power of the UFCW at JBS/Swift
Today the anti-immigrant Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)—an offshoot of the unabashedly anti-immigrant Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)—reports that since the massive ICE raids on JBS/Swift meatpacking plants in late 2006 wages have risen and safety has improved because … Continued
CounterPunch Gives Platform to White Nationalism
I’ve argued publicly that the issue of immigration would someday reconfigure political movements in the United States. It is already becoming apparent that segments of the political left via cynicism and desperation are stumbling onto the twisted road of white … Continued
International
US Deporting 30,000 to Storm Ravaged Haiti
Haiti is in deep trouble and US immigration policies are only compounding the problem. The multiple hurricanes that hit the island last year are comparable to the effect of 8-10 hurricane Katrinas hitting the United States. 15% of the economy … Continued
International
Politics
White Nationalists and St. Patrick’s Day: An Unholy Union
By Nora Flanagan For several years now, we’ve noticed an increasing connection that we find both disturbing and downright ridiculous. White nationalists love St. Patrick’s Day. A lot. Turn It Down supporters and bands have noted an increased presence of … Continued
Killings in Northern Ireland are a Clear Attempt to Derail the Peace Process
Last week in Northern Ireland, British soldiers ordered pizza for delivery from a local pizza joint. When the pizza arrived and the soldiers opened the door of the barracks to collect it, a car pulled up and unloaded two long … Continued