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The big lie that is repeating itself

How the narrative after WW2 was nothing else than to obscure the truth and how it is connected to the treatment of refugees today. The narrative after WW2 that the whole West did not know what Nazi Germany was doing…

On the Heuristics of Fear: The Ecological Catastrophe Scenario

The escalation of the current crisis-ridden conditions in the areas of climate change, the economy, international security, and the development of democracy—leading to dystopian future scenarios—need not occur in this form. However, there is a real possibility that they could…

The NRC issue comes alive again in eastern India

Something interesting is happening in the north-eastern region as Manipur starts agitating for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC, 1951). The Supreme Court of India admitted a petition for reviewing the NRC (updated in Assam, but not yet endorsed…

A legal assistance service for unaccompanied immigrant minors has been established in New York

We are sharing the following statement from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s X profile. This concrete initiative complements his courageous condemnation of Trump’s inhumane policies toward migrants. The ICE raids and the cruelty we are witnessing toward minors are…

A “New World” Opens for Haitian Women in Santiago: Spanish class for immigrants does more than teach a language

By Maxine Lowy Clerina didn’t dare venture out alone without her husband. Her 11- and 9-year-old children went everywhere with her to translate for their mother. Like many Haitian immigrant women, she was apprehensive and felt vulnerable in the strange…

Exporting Filipina Mothers to Pay the Nation’s Debt

“Is that your amo (master)?”  A middle-aged Filipina on the bus in Rome casually asked me about my companion. That day in 1992, I was with the late Bruno Amoroso, my Italian-Danish professor in Welfare and Environmental Economics.   By 1992,…

Veterans Group Condemns DHS Surveillance of Minneapolis ICE Protesters

The national veterans organization Veterans For Peace issued a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration after learning that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been spying on its Minneapolis/St. Paul chapter for organizing community protection from ICE attacks. “The…

New Leaders, Enduring Belief: NPC3’s Culture Beyond Buildings  

by Maria Veronica “Vernie” G. Caparas Vancouver, British Columbia. In a year when the fate of a long-promised Filipino cultural centre in British Columbia has become tangled in politics, foreclosure notices, and competing proposals, the National Pilipino Canadian Cultural Centre…

The Economic Power of Immigrants

Immigrants have been horribly mischaracterized by shameful deceiving politicians looking for cheap political gains, an American tragedy happening right under all our noses. It’s a horrible mistake that’s destined to hurt America’s economy and Wall Street. America’s economy cannot function…

Hundreds of the Albanian Diaspora Expected in Tirana for Day 76 of Flamingo Revolution Protests

After 76 days of peaceful protest against the government and development projects linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, the Flamingo Revolution movement awaits the arrival of hundreds of diaspora members on August 14, 15, and 16, who will join…

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