As Europe’s far right raises its head, the more violent things become. Some 30 migrant workers were injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Nea Manolada, Greece, after requesting salaries that had not been paid. Thanks to @ritorikaxalikia for the heads-up and the poster below. Writes the BBC: “The Council of Europe – the main…
Month: April 2013
Does PS MP Olli Immonen have any idea what Finnish culture is?
There’s a three-part story published on Suomen Kuvalehti with Perussuomalaiset (PS) MP Olli Immonen, who states why postmodern movies, or those that don’t strengthen Finnish national identity, shouldn’t be funded by the state. Immonen was elected the new president of Suomen Sisu, an extremist association that discourages white Finns from marrying foreigners. Suomen Kuvalehti published…
A rude message on a Center Party politician’s door
Abdirahim Husu Hussein, who is a Helsinki Center Party politician and hosts a popular radio talk show on YLE with Ali Jahangiri, his wife was the first to read a rude message written on their apartment door: “Binladen was here.” If I’d read something similar on my door, I’d be pretty annoyed to say the least. Some…
Does PS MP James Hirvisaari have any idea what racism is?
Migrant Tales aims to publish on the same day news that appears in the media. There was one opinion piece written on March 21 by Perussuomalaiset (PS) MP James Hirvisaari commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination that should have received our attention. Our intention is not advertise James Hirvisaari, who was…
Migrant Tales Literary: A father who is grand
By Leo Honka Are you now the universe, grandfather? Grandfather grand…How many planets did you see on the day you turned to dust. Did you see gliding stars in the ethereal silence? Is death a place of fleeting regrets? Did you find those days you threw overboard? Your moribund eyes, now like an inflamed meteor…
YLE Radio 1: Suomalaisten utopiayhteisöjen historiaa
Jenni Stammeier Atlantis, Eden ja Eldorado. Ihanneyhteiskuntien on uskottu perinteisesti sijaitsevan kadonneilla tai kaukaisilla saarilla. Siellä kaikille riittää tasapuolisesti töitä, vapaa-aikaa ja vaurautta. Realistit ovat aina tienneet, että mahdotonta ei kannata yrittää tavoitella. Mutta utopisteja on riitänyt maailman sivu, ja jotkut heistä ovat tarttuneet toimeen ja kulkeneet edellä. Jenni Stammeierin toimittama 8-osainen sarja käy läpi…
Abdulah: Healing the wounds inflicted by intolerance and regaining balance
Abdulah, who has appeared in a number of postings on Migrant Tales, hasn’t yet rallied enough courage to speak without the veil of anonymity. Like many who are scorned in Finland because of their ethnic background, regaining one’s balance and healing the wounds inflicted by intolerance can be a long process. “I have learned a…
Migrant Tales (July 22, 2012): What have we learned after Norway’s 22/7 and the Boston bombings?
Comment: As the manhunt for one of the two suspects continues in Boston, what should our reaction be to the two Chechen killers? This blog entry written on the first anniversary of the horrific killings in Norway by Anders Breivik could shed light on that question. ____________________ What goes around comes around. Exactly a year…
Institute of Race Relations statement: Racial violence since the death of Stephen Lawrence
Written by Institute of Race Relations As the twentieth anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence approaches, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) examines racial violence since his death in 1993. See original poster here. In the twenty years since the death of Stephen Lawrence, we can report that 106 people have lost their…
Sini Savolainen: Rotupuhtoinen lähiöni
Sini Savolainen Tähän mennessä olen usein esitellyt itseni reippaasti Mikkeliin muuttaneeksi pieksämäkeläiseksi, koska kotikaupunki on ollut minulle tärkeä osa identiteettiäni.Paitsi että juuri nyt hävettää ihan saatanasti. Pakolaisia ei voida ottaa, koska ne raukat alkoholisoituu ja hakkaa perheitään huostaanottotilanteisiin asti. Syntysuomalaiset perheethän ovat tietysti kuin suoraan OMOn tai Arielin mainoksista. Lapset leikkivät kivoja leikkejä, äidit pesevät pyykkiä…