The Syrian Quagmire
For many Syrians there can be no stability, much less peace, while those responsible for the country’s destruction remain in power.
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Structural Violence
Articles observing and analyzing the basic mode of domination relying on the control and justification of brute force.
What Happened to Open Borders and Abolishing ICE?
There is no correlation between harsh and inhumane policies meant to “deter” migrants and whether or not they will actually migrate. That’s a risk they are willing to take because they are running for their lives, and they still strongly believe that they can build a better life for themselves and their families.
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The Balkanroute, Three Years On
Traversing the Balkanroute is much more daunting now: double layered electrified fences, vigilante guards, virtually no state support for migrants. The biggest winners from the militarization of borders appear to be smugglers and corrupt government officials.
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The Camp System Coming to America
Is there somewhere we can put them where they won’t attract as much attention? That’s how Australia ended up with Nauru. I could see that happening in the US very easily and very quickly.
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Borders Are the Crisis
Movement is a part of human life, and it always has been. People move out of need, but they also move out of curiosity. Treating that as a problem to be gotten rid of is what causes these great crises.
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Sinking Dreams
The rescue boat is still a long way off, at least two minutes away. I can see through the spray of the sea that it is coming as fast as it can. But it is too late for us.
One Day in Hell
Staying there was not safe at all, because of the potentiality of the warplane’s return. I spent a total of ten minutes there; I felt during these minutes a severe exhaustion, I felt the heaviness of my body, the difficulty of breathing, the inability to think of anything.
A Pattern of Torture and a Code of Silence
It’s something I ask every cop I question: Is there a code of silence in the Chicago police department? “Oh, no.” Have you ever testified against a fellow cop? “Oh, no.” Have you ever seen any police misconduct in your thirty years on the job? “Oh, no.”
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Syria Endgame
Four heroes of today’s global alt-right – Assad, Netanyahu, Trump, and Putin – have emerged triumphant over the corpse of the Syrian revolution.
Them’s the Rules
For all the money spent by the EU supposedly to provide services for refugees, it is the refugees themselves who are carrying the burden of the mental health disasters in the camps.