Father has root in your memories. Father has contact with you, in your genes. He is there as a gift for you, for always, for he loves you and wants to be with you forever. So you are never alone, even when he dies. Family is best, Father is dearest. Father is…
Month: July 2012
What happens when you dilute a term like racism?
Ignorance is a crucial factor that still holds Finland back from tackling effectively a social ill like racism. If it’s not seen as an issue, very little will be done to challenge it. Add to the latter the fact that even some of our elected representatives in parliament don’t know the difference between racism and…
Let’s play fill in the blanks with with far-right Finnish MP James Hirvisaari
When reading the thoughts of far-right politicians like Perussuomalaiset (PS) party MP James Hirvisaari, one of the most vocal white-Finnish-power advocates in this country, one should look for the visible or invisible but in his writing. Migrant Tales fished one today from Facebook. The PS MP writes: ”Some ‘humanitarians’ are driven by naive utopian ideology:…
Migrants’ Rights Network: The battle on family migration will be a long one, but we can win
By Ruth Grove-White Every now and again there are changes to the immigration rules which even writers for the Daily Mail voice their objections to. The new rules on family migration to the UK, which came into force on Monday, represent a major assault on family life for Brits and migrants alike. Campaigners now need to…
Kysymys vailla vastausta: keitä ovat perussuomalaiset?
Yksi mielenkiintoinen kysymys joka nousi esiin perussuomalaisista viime vuoden historiallisen vaalivoiton jälkeen oli keitä he ovat? Yli vuosi vaaleista ja kysymys on yhä vailla vastausta: keitä he perussuomalaiset ovat? Jos esitämme kysymyksen suoraan perussuomalaisille, vastaus saattaa olla yhtä sekava ja ristiriitainen kuin puolue itse. Riippumatta puolueen jäsenistön monimuotoisesta ideologisesta taustasta, voidaan kysyä kuinka on…
A question begs an answer: Who are the Perussuomalaiset?
The million-dollar question after the Perussuomalaiset (PS) party’s historic election victory was what kind of party had entered the Finnish political stage. After over a year in parliament and numerous scandals that have rocked the PS, a question still begs an answer: Who are they? If you seek an answer directly from the party, the response…
Ana María Gutiérrez Sorainen: Me “mukasuvaitsevaiset” ja “mukasivistyneet” maahanmuuttokriitikot
Ana María Gutiérrez Sorainen* “Mukasuvaitsevaisto ja mukasivistyneistö heiluttelee rasistikortteja maahanmuuttokriitikoille”. Olisitko kuullut tai lukenut tuota lausetta vaikkapa 10 vuotta sitten? Maailma ja Suomi muuttuvat, vaikka jotkut väittävät muuta ja haluavat pitää kiinni nykyisyydestä, menneisyydestä ja jopa kaukaisesta menneisyydestä. Mutta he itse muokkaavat tätä maata. Ennen kuin otsikostani peritään tekijänoikeuksia on sanottava, että kansanedustaja Reijo Tossavainen…
Finnish men assault elderly Somali woman (Part 2)
By Roble Bashir and Enrique Tessieri Migrant Tales met on Thursday the elderly Somali woman who was assaulted in April by Finnish men at Helsinki’s Myllypuro metro station. This is part two of the interview with Abdulle Korad Musse, 63. For the elderly Somali woman, who speaks to us with the help of an interpreter, racism is a…
Finnish men assault elderly Somali woman (Part I)
By Roble Bashir and Enrique Tessieri Migrant Tales met on Thursday the elderly Somali woman who was attacked by a group of Finns in April at Helsinki’s Myllypuro metro station. The woman, Abdulle Korad Musse, 63, was taken to hospital by ambulance after she was physically assaulted. Musse, who speaks to us with the help of an interpreter,…
Racist “coupons” found at the Leppävaara death trial
By Migrant Tales The trial of the death of Adisalam Mohamed Abdulahi, who was killed in February in Leppävaara, began Thursday in Espoo. Migrant Tales has learned that in the afternoon, when the court adjourned for a short break, there were coupons scattered next to the courtroom with racist text. A coupon that was pictured…