Even if the media in the United States speaks of torture as something recent, the truth is that it has been going on for a very long time. These type of barbaric interrogation techniques were widely used in the last century in regions like Latin America. The CIA and the United States trained and promoted torture and state-sponsored terrorism in places like the School of the Americas.
Month: July 2015
The PS, like the Confederate flag, is a symbol of racism and hatred for most migrants in Finland
In states like South Carolina, where Dylann Roof mass murdered nine people on June 18 at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, there is an ongoing debate about taking down the Confederate flag from senate house grounds. Instead of starting a race war which Roof wanted to ignite, his killings awoke us to the oppression and suffering that the Confederate flag continues to represent.
PS Substitute Councilman Olli Sademies to be investigated for hate speech
Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Helsinki substitute councilman, Olli Sademies, will be investigated by the police for hate speech, reports the Swedish-language service of YLE.
Racism Review: The epidemic of colorblindness
There is an epidemic in our country. Other epidemics like obesity and AIDS create injustice in the body, but this one creates injustice in our society and the ways in which we relate to one another. We have a name for this disease: colorblindness.
Unfriend those Facebook friends that are openly racist, homophobic and sexist
There’s one matter that continues to baffle me about Finnish politics: How xenophobic and Islamophobic politicians are Facebook “friends” with people who claim to champion cultural diversity and anti-racism. If we look at the US Civil Rights Movement (1955-68), there’s one important lesson: Don’t flirt with those that want to keep in in the chains of bigotry.
Migrant’s Rights Network: How the legacy of racism continues to make ‘others’ out of migrant people
The ongoing crisis on the Mediterranean has shed light on an old unsolved – and clearly so often poorly addressed problem at the heart of Europe: namely its relation with its Other.
Because I am a girl
Sahar asuu Pakistanissa äitinsä ja viiden veljensä kanssa. Sahar on aina halunnut lääkäriksi. Siksi hän on opiskellut ahkerasti, kunnes kaikki muuttui. Saharin äiti ei enää uskalla päästää Saharia kouluun happoiskujen pelossa. Sitä ei enää katsota hyvällä silmällä – Koulunkäyntiä. Koska hän on tyttö. Kiinassa Bik syntyi maalla vähävaraiseen perheeseen. Vanhemmat toivoivat itselleen poikaa tulevaisuuden turvaksi,…
Is PS MP Laura Huhtasaari an Islamophobe?
Jay Smooth offers some valuable advice when dealing with racism. He divides the plan of action into two strategies: the what they did conversation and what they are conversation.
Maarit Snellman: Mitä yhteistä on Olli Immoksella ja Dylann Roofilla?
Maarit Snellman Tämä tekstini oli liikaa Uuden Suomen Puheenvuoroblogi-palvelussa ja sain varoituksen kursivoidun kohdan vuoksi. Se perustuu kuitenkin alla oleviin lähteisiin ja erityisesti Olli Immosen itse antamiin haastatteluihin, jotka eivät jätä mitään epäselvää. Kommentteja en jaksa tähän kopioida – ei niissä sen ihmeellisempiä ollut. Lukuun ottamatta, että minun olisi pitänyt perustella, että ihminen ei ole…
PS MP Laura Huhtasaari’s problems deepen concerning her alleged membership in a racist Facebook community
Migrant Tales understands that a complaint had been made to Facebook about a racist community called Puskaraiskaajien rasistinen tausta ! or “The racist background of rapists [hiding] in bushes.” Facebook concluded that it did not breach community standards.