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Statewatch News Online, No 2 of 2: 13 July 2011 (19/11)
Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org ITALY: Statewatch Analysis: Italy: Series of defeats in court for the ‘security package’ UK: Still spooked – Greater emphasis on the Channel project in the revised Prevent strategy gives much cause for concern EU: Statewatch Analysis: ?The Dialogue for Migration, Mobility and Security with the Southern Mediterranean countries EU: Council… Continue reading
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Slowly, Alzheimer’s Erases a Poet’s Gifts and Memories By Almudena Toral
The memory of the New York poet Jack Agüeros is capricious nowadays. He remembers the lyrics of certain Puerto Rican folk songs and the name of his petite, growling dog: Nikki. He does not remember collecting the old radios, locks and cast-iron pieces that once decorated his bright Manhattan apartment on West 14th Street. Continue reading
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‘Capitalism at fault for global crisis’ — Ha-Joon Chang
Is capitalism to blame for the rise in unrest and the fall of global markets? One scholar argued yes, saying it is merely how capitalism works. Continue reading
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Refugee Diagram by Atelier Collectif
10 January, 2011 — MRZine There are many reasons for leaving one’s country. . . . N.B. Click on “Subtitles” to view this video with English subtitles. Directed by Atelier Collectif. Animation by William Henne, Caroline Nugues, and Lionel Seneterre. Produced by Zorobabel. 2006. Continue reading
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HLLN 4 April, 2010 — After Haiti refugee detainment, Obama must get control of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Bohoun – Vodun Ceremony to expedite soul of those lost back to the sacred primordial waters
After Haiti refugee detainment, Obama must get control of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Giving Up the Search for Haiti’s Last Lost American | Vodun Ceremony to expedite soul of those lost back to the primordial waters Continue reading
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Mexico 'opens its arms' to immigrants
Video: Mexico has taken steps to allow foreigners whether legally or illegally, to apply for citizenship Continue reading
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Book Reviews: Immigration Past, Immigration Present: Confronting the Internal “Other” in Europe By Brian McCook
Immigration is now generally acknowledged as a fact of life across the democratic political spectrum within Europe, and a vast array of policies and programs have been adopted over the past decade to integrate “newcomers” into the mainstream. Nevertheless, immigration remains a highly contentious issue within the public consciousness, especially when stirred by a populist… Continue reading
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ROME DIARY: MARCH 2009 UPDATE—FASCIST TIMES IN THE LAND WHERE LEMON TREES BLOOM By Gaither Stewart
The disconcerting reality behind the statistic is that while Italy ages and Italians produce less children, immigration is providing the growth of the nation that until a few decades ago was an emigration country and Italian workers spread over north Europe. Continue reading
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Haiti policy statement for President Obama and Congress
Haiti has been ravaged by neocolonialism and its attendant power grabs through the tools of endless debt to the former colonial powers, their plundering of resources, and unfair trade that promotes famine and dependency. Continue reading
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The Alien Amongst Us By William Bowles
The use of fear as an instrument of the state’s control of the population is probably as old as the central state itself, whether of invasion, internal ‘subversion’ or the ‘alien’ and records show that in Europe, it’s been used as and when convenient, for at least the past one thousand years. Continue reading
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The Alien Amongst Us By William Bowles
In the run-up to WWII, the same racist propaganda was rolled out designed to pit people against people (”Why the little yellow bastards!” Time Magazine 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbour) and so too with the Cold War rhetoric whether it was the “yellow hordes” of China or those “commie bastards” or indeed “Islamic… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 