The big news story in Finland today is street patrols by xenophobic, far-right and neo-Nazi groups. That’s not all. Some of the members of these patrol gangs have criminal records.
Tag: fascism
Finland’s and fortress Europe’s razorblade chicken feed response to the refugee crisis
Finland and Europe are looking more lost than ever concerning the refugee crisis and this has been shamelessly exposed in the raw at the EU’s Malta summit. If we fail in resolving the crisis as a region we will face another problem that will be many times worse than what is happening now: Fuel and stoke the fires of xenophobia at the cost of our values.
Turncoats and the Perussuomalaiset of Finland
Can you trust a party that says one thing and then does the other? If you look at the adamant stand that the the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* and its leader, Timo Soini, had against any bailouts for Greece, we have now witnessed one of the biggest turncoat performances in Finnish politics ever. This link in Finnish will…
PS party secretary Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo claims racism to be “a matter of interpretation”
In one of the most incredible statements yet by Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo, the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party secretary was quoted as saying on MTV3 that the term racism should be defined more clearly since it can mean many things to different people.
Annammeko pimeyden laskea Suomen ylle?
Helsinkiläinen Hevibaari perui “natsikeikan” somekritiikin vuoksi. Tämä viime päivien kohupuheenaihe on tuonut esiin myös aivan uusia piirteitä suomalaisten suhteessa uusnatsismiin ja fasismiin. Itse kukin voi käydä tutustumassa keskusteluun vaikka täällä: http://yle.fi/uutiset/helsinkilainen_hevibaari_perui_natsikeikan_somekritiikin_vuoksi/8175235 Yllättävän – siis ainakin minulle yllättävän – monelle tämä nyt vaan on sanan- ja ilmaisunvapautta, joka kuuluu demokratiaan. Että taas meillä täällä turhasta nillitetään…
A letter from a Finn to a Swede
Dear friend, you probably read about the elections in Denmark and how xenophobia raised its head yet again in another Nordic country. The elections in Denmark didn’t surprise me. Two months earlier we had elections in Finland. Here too the right-wing populist Perussuomalaiset (PS)* became the second-biggest party in parliament and are now in government.
Treating immigrants in Finland as the problem IS the problem
What’s wrong with the ongoing debate in Finland concerning immigration, refugees and cultural diversity? The problem is that they are treated as a problem by politicians, the media and public.* Instead of treating these three matters as “a problem” we should make an effort to think outside of the current anti-immigration political climate and see them…
Facebook: Racism and the horse’s ass
Christian Thibault, an anti-racism activist, asks a good question: Will those that have a racist political agenda look like a horse’s ass in the future? Excellent question. This Facebook posting was reprinted by Migrant Tales with permission.
The rise and fall of the Perussuomalaiset of Finland
As support for the Perussuomalaiset (PS)[1] wanes with parliamentary elections only a heartbeat away on April 19, we are seeing a very different party from four years ago. Back then, PS chairman Timo Soini was self-confident and campaigning confidently. He was the darling of the media, the new kid on the block, the underdog, the only…
Former PS councilman Risto Helin is a key suspect in an aggravated pimping case
Does anyone remember councilman Risto Helin of the western Finnish city of Vaasa, who resigned from the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party in August 2013 after he became a suspect in an aggravated pimping case? Remember when the councilman who, among other things likes to wear white power blood & honor t-shirts, gave a Hitler clock to…