No matter how much Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Matti Purkonen, MP Sampo Terho or Timo Soini assure us that they are against racism and fascism, the more they incriminate their party. Renouncing racism and far right ideology would be tantamount to committing political hara-kiri for the PS.
Month: August 2015
Thank you Timo Soini and Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo for showing us (again) how big of a social ill racism is in Finland
Imagine how a political party like the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* can destroy with their xenophobic and populist sound bites not only the credibility of a government that’s planning to slash billions of euros but the good name of this country abroad.
Defining white Finnish privilege #24: Becoming a heartless accomplice in wars and people’s suffering
During the so-called “war on terror” launched by former President George W. Bush and his cronies like Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Chaney, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Pearle, Condoleezza Rice and many, many others, made up new terms to justify their wars in Iraq and the death of hundreds of thousand of people.
UPDATE (August 21): Migrant Tales’ 2015 Hall of Poor and Sloppy Journalism
Migrant Tales’ 2015 Hall of Poor and Sloppy Journalism will be updated separately. To see other examples of opinionated journalism in Finland about cultural diversity, please go to this link. August 20 Sarasvuo HSTV:ssä: Suomalaista kulttuuria uskallettava suojella islamilta (HSTV) What’s wrong with this story? A lot.For one, the guests who speak about Islam and refugees…
Reija Härkönen: Vyöryjen vyöry, mutta onko se mutaa vai ihmisiä?
Reija Härkönen Mutavyöry on termi, joka on toistunut Hommaforumilla ja muilla rasistisilla keskustelupalstoilla. Sillä tarkoitetaan Suomeen saapuvia afrikkalais- tai arabipakolaisia. Mutavyöry tulee ja peittää maan. Surkean kohtalon kokeneiden ihmisten hätä koitetaan peittää ja pelotella valkoisia, puhtaita suomalaisia. ”Hallitsemattomat pakolaisvirrat” vyöryivät Jussi Halla-ahon näppäimistöllä jo vuonna 2009 Suomen äidit jatkavat vyöryn tarkkailua vuonna 2010 Nyt elokuussa…
Perussuomalaiset label fleeing refugees to Europe as economic migrants and welfare shoppers
PS party secretary Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo said today on Suomen Uutiset, a PS publication, that four out of five people that flee to Europe from Northern Africa and the Middle East aren’t refugees but economic migrants and welfare shoppers.
Migrant Tales’ D4R: Estonians can be just as racist as some Finns
Our faithful readers and friend D4R called me up Thursday and told me about a racist incident with two Estonian men on the train. One of them asks D4R in a hostile tone where he purchased such good clothes and if he was living off social welfare.
Why do some dark-skinned children in Finland fear the sun?
There are many ways to measure how racism works on a day-by-day level and structurally in our society. Umayya Abu-Hanna wrote a while back how Finland’s middle class makes sure that migrants and minorities can never compete economically, politically and culturally on an equal level with white Finns.
Open racism in the PS and Finland for ever?
The Green League’s Vihreä Lanka writes that the hardline anti-immigration wing of the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* comprises of eight MPs in MEP Jussi Halla-aho’s camp with four more sympathizing with the latter, according to Vihreä Lanka, which cites journalist Marianne Lydén.
Finland Bridge: What threatens us?
Everything that puts Europe in harm’s way today is in some cases more challenging to Finland: geopolitical uncertainty in Russia ranks high on the list as does populism, anti-immigration sentiment, near-flat economic growth, high unemployment, rising poverty and nationalism.