Adrian Hamilton: France is a deeply racist country, and Toulouse will only make that worse
Mohammed Merah’s trail of death will only serve to make such prejudices more publicly acceptable. Even the liberal left in …
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Is this the end of Sarkozy?
As the French presidential elections near, Sylvestre Jaffard charts the declining fortunes of Nicolas Sarkozy and looks at the dangers from the right, with the fascist Marine Le Pen buoyed by the polls, and the opportunities for the left to challenge neoliberalism and austerity
Read moreStory of a fruit of Immigration
The process of immigration is sometimes more complex than what one might think…. .
Even if most people think, when looking at me, that I was born from immigrant parents who left China to come straight to France, I am in reality the fruit of a more complex movement of immigration.
Is capitalism moral?
Yet, lots of things have changed since the 19th century. Indeed, living conditions and in particular the workers’ living conditions were not comparable to those of these days.
Read moreStudy abroad, are you ready?
Most people consider getting college admission the toughest step when planning to study abroad, but as far as I am concerned, the most difficult and important part is to understand the foreign cultural norms in order to get involved within the local society
Read moreWhy I may stop being an activist!
just like many others before them had sold themselves for the sake of money and notoriety that would finally ruin their art, claim and originality; most activists I then regarded as brothers and sisters, progressively became eager for fame.
Read moreA Bronx Tale
After the congregants of an Orthodox synagogue could no longer afford their rent, they found help in the local mosque.
Read moreElection Time is coming, “Who Am I going to vote for?”
For sure, the 21st century will be that of those who lived in that part of the world we called the third world, decades ago.
Read moreCantona’s ‘presidential bid’ a social housing rallying call
Election time is coming; ‘who am I gonna vote for?’ says Wyclef Jean in his song ‘If I was president’. Here is below a possible answer: Cantona’s ‘presidential bid’ a social housing rallying call
Read moreA Bit of pessimism to start the New Year!
Too many “Merry Christmas!” and too many “Happy New Year!” in perspective even for those well aware that in these days of economic crisis their future is more than ever counted and already condemned.
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