There is a True Finn candidate in the April 2011 elections that spreads elk flies everytime he opens his mouth or presses on the keyboard to bash immigrants. His multicultural name, James Hirvisaari, gets a lot of free publicty whenever blogs like mine which comment on his extremist views.
Tag: xenophobia
Finland: A taste of one’s medicine
Can an immigration policy of country take us on the right societal path if it hinges on suspicion of other groups? With the April 2011 elections nearing, some are asking if a big election victory of the anti-immigration True Finns will take us down the same questionable path as Denmark, which has the tightest immigration controls in the European Union.
The Finland we all want
By many standards, Finland is an exceptional country. Newsweek magazine recently named it the best country in the world according to education, quality of life, economic dynamism as well as other factors.
RPT-Swedish govt still short of majority after recount
(Reuters) – Sweden’s centre-right government was still just short of a parliament majority after a preliminary recount of Sunday’s election, though it picked up one more seat.
Swedish center-right wins ballot, loses majority (Reuters)
STOCKHOLM, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Fredrik Reinfeld became Sweden’s first sitting center-right prime minister to win re-election, but was deprived of a majority by the first-time entry into parliament of an anti-immigrant party.
The mea culpa of a former Finnish immigrant basher
There was a very interesting interview of former anti-immigration Muutos 2011 president, Juha Mäki-Ketelä, in Suomen Kuvalehti, who surprisingly resigned in July. Muutos 2011 is close to registering as a political party to take part in the April 2011 elections. Its campaign platform is strongly based on the usual anti-immigration rhetoric found in similar xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties in Europe.
If I were an ultra-nationalist immigrant basher in Finland
If I were an ultra nationalist and enjoyed bashing immigrants for fun and political profit, Finland is the country to be in today.
Anti-Immigrant: calling a spade a spade in Finland
The use of the term maahanmuuttokriittinen, or immigration critic, reveals what some journalists think about immigration to or in Finland. It can very well reveal that the journalist may hold the same opinions of anti-immigration groups.
Finland’s Kokoomus now flirts with simplistic immigration integration models
Finland’s conservative Kokoomus youth leader, Willie Rydman, makes an incredible statement in a letter to the editor to Helsingin Sanomat: The state should not support nor fund multiculturalism because it would hinder the adaption of immigrants into our society.
Racist discourse of anti-immigration groups
One of the most startling finds of ultra-nationalistic, anti-immigration groups is that they cover up their discourse of outright contempt for other cultures. Here are some of my favorites: