Perussuomalaiset (PS) chairman, Timo Soini, claimed on BBC’s HARDtalk that his party doesn’t have a strand of racism because there were only “one or two [racist] outbursts” in the past. Only one or two?! Try a long and disgraceful list of racist outbursts, criminal convictions and shameful denials Mr. Soini. The HARDtalk interview with Stephen…
Month: February 2013
BBC’s HARDtalk grills Timo Soini on racism
Finally Perussuomalaiset (PS) chairman, Timo Soini, has met his match Wednesday on the BBC’s HARDtalk. The Finnish media should take notes on how BBC journalist Stephen Sackur doesn’t let Soini off the hook when it comes to racism. In a short part of the interview, Saucker reveals Soini and the PS for what they are:…
BBC’s HARDtalk: Soini defends decision to not sack Halla-aho
Perussuomalaiset (PS) chairman, Timo Soini, said on BBC’s HARDTalk that the five-year ordeal that lead to a Supreme Court ruling against PS MP Jussi Halla-aho for inciting ethnic hatred was enough punishment, according to YLE. Soini had promised previously to sack any member of the party if they were sentenced by a court for hate speech. …
If you’re anti-gay you’re probably anti-immigration (or don’t understand what is at stake)
It is surprising that a country like Finland, which claims to be a Nordic democracy, we see so much opposition to gays not only from anti-immigration parties like the Perussuomalaiset (PS), but from other ones as well like the National Coalition Party. PS MP Mika Niikko, a fierce opponent of gay rights, echoed on Helsingin…
Former undocumented immigrant Edgar Ortega: A true survivor
I read a fascinating story on YLE in English about a former undocumented immigrant in Finland, Edgar Ortega of Mexico. He’s a true survivor. Ortega would clean construction sites, distribute pizza adverts and engage in other work before he got a residence permit. Ortega made 4-5 euros an hour as an undocumented immigrant, according to…
Our Finnish modern-day eugenicists are no different from the past
Who are those modern-day eugenicists breathing life back into this disgraced pseudo-science whose aim was to create a master white race by wiping out other ones? If we look at Europe and the Nordic region today, we can find many politicians with the same nineteenth-century agenda but in a different context.
Creating political Frankensteins with the help of social media and prejudice
In Saami mythology there’s a large-but-not-too-bright monster called Staalo, which was made from a log, lichen and a few incantations. If we look at the recent rise of intolerance in Finland and Europe, social media has breathed life back to many Staalo-like political Frankensteins. Staalo is a monster found in Saami mythology. Source: Tajukangas. In…
FIS: Somali family reunifications plummeted to just over 500 in 2012
The number of Somali family reunification applications in 2012 plummeted to just over 500 application compared with 1,900 in the previous year and 3,900 in 2010, reports Helsingin Sanomat, citing the Finnish Immigration Service (FIS). There were a total of 8,600 applications in 2012. The highest number were from were from citizens of the…
Husein Muhammed: Ääriapajilla
Husein Muhammed “Vaadimme kaikkien etnisten suomalaisten asuinalueiden liittämistä Suomeen. […] Ainoastaan etninen suomalainen voi olla Suomen kansalainen. […] Ulkomaalaisten maahanmuutto Suomeen on estettävä.” Näin julistaa itseään Suomen Kansallissosialistiseksi Puolueeksi nimittävä joukko, joka tähtää vuoden 2015 eduskuntavaaleihin. Puolue on omien nettisivujensa mukaan perustettu joulukuussa ja se pitää päämajaansa Kotkassa. Tavoitteena on saada eduskuntaan “kansallissosialistisesti ajattelevia…
Migrant Tales Literary: V-Day – one billion rising!
Today marks V-Day, one billion rising, referring to the number of women on the planet who have either been raped or beaten during their lives. Eve Ensler, of The Vagina Monologues fame, has penned a passionate piece calling for women to rise up in protest and men to support them on Valentines Day 2013, in…