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What Britons get wrong about immigration – and why politicians need to tell them the truth
Bobby Duffy, King’s College London for The Conversation Immigration led the headlines again over the holiday season. Around 100 migrants were found on beaches or rescued from boats in the English Channel, sparking talk of a “crisis” and “major incident”…
Campaign to award the Nobel Peace Prize 2019 to the town of Riace, Italy
In Italy, a network of civil society organizations, NGOs and local authorities is promoting a campaign to award the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize to Riace. This small town in the south, poor and depopulated due to emigration and lack of…
The enemy between us: how inequality erodes our mental health
By KATE PICKETT and RICHARD WILKINSON for openDemocracy Inequality creates the social and political divisions that isolate us from each other. When people are asked what matters most for their happiness and wellbeing, they tend to talk about the importance of their…
The need for a European Citizens’ Initiative on Universal and Unconditional Basic Income
In 2013, a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) on Universal and Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)[1] was carried out, but the one million signatures required were not collected and for some activists the action was a failure. The truth is that, back…
Thousands protest at Hungary’s President of the Republic’s residence days before Christmas
Once again, several thousands of people protested Hungary’s government in Budapest on Friday night. The series of protests were sparked by the two laws passed by Parliament last Wednesday on the scandalous session characterised by the whistles and sirens coming…
Children’s Day at the Mikebuda Study and Reflection Park, Hungary
For more than three years now, children’s days have taken place in the Mikebuda Park of Study and Reflection more or less regularly. In December of this year Kriszta Horváth worked with the children on up-cycling various old photos. At…
Excluded, stereotyped and abused: where do women stand in UK politics today?
SIAN NORRIS 19 December 2018 for openDemocracy 100 years since (some) women won the right to vote, they’re still marginalised in corridors of our power – and facing a backlash there too. Visitors at Westminster Hall are now welcomed into…
December 18th, International Migrants Day, solidarity and actions in the UK
Today people from all over the UK stood in solidarity with the Stansted 15, demanding an end to the hostile environment, an end to detention and an end to all forms of deportation. Over 50,000 people have signed the petition demanding…
Brexit Groundhog Day as EU leaders stand firm in face of British political stalemate
Nieves Perez-Solorzano, University of Bristol for The Conversation As the December European Council drew to an end, EU leaders must have felt that they were living their own Brexit Groundhog Day. As has become the norm since the Brexit negotiations…
Solidarity with migrants isn’t ‘terrorism’ – the Stansted 15 case shames the UK
GRACIE BRADLEY 11 December 2018 for openDemocracy We should cherish dissenters trying to stop human rights abuses – not imprison them under anti-terrorism laws designed to prevent further Lockerbie bombings. In March 2017, fifteen people tried to stop a secretive…
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