This is Part 2 of a post started here (Part 1) on the historical evolution on the French Right and how le Pen and the National Front got to occupy this place in French society.
So here we are: a few days before Round Two of the 2012 French presidential elections and Marine le Pen has [...]
This is a must watch Dutch documentary which follow the narrative of @DougSaunders‘ book ARRIVAL CITY. Apart from a few bits it’s mainly in English.
If you read the book and want the visuals, or if you haven’t read it (yet) and want the 30mn entertaining and informative documentary version, this is it.
@DougSaunders is Canadian Newspaper [...]
Would you like to work 10 hours a day, seven days a week, own 29 possessions (including 4 chopsticks and a mobile phone), live in a dormitory and be able to count with your hands the number of times you’ve been alone in the same room with your spouse?
For millions of urban migrants across the [...]
The immigration debate has all the attributes of a barbecue stopper. Refugee advocates campaign on the necessity for compassion, whereas border vigilantes focus on deterring people smugglers and the threat on the perceived current social and economic harmony. Whilst both camps vehemently disagree, they share the strong belief of the definitive self evident nature of [...]
Is the #Wikileaks we see the Wikileaks we need?
In the December 4th issue The Economist magazine argued that none of the diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks to date “provide an earth-shattering new perspective on the way the world works”. Diplomatic secrets are as old as states so finding out that embassies are spy nests is [...]
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