We have failed in our initial attempts at political intervention. The situation of migrants has continued to deteriorate since summer 2015, and has gotten progressively more insulated from public scrutiny.
After the Storm at the Border Read More »
Condemn all the states that are carrying out wars against innocent civilians in the Middle East. They all oppose the self-determination of the peoples of the region and their struggles for emancipation.
“Not leftists, those who stand with Assad!” Read More »
Long read: Observations from years of improvised refugee solidarity on the Greek frontier island of Samos
This Is Our Life Together Read More »
What I observed at Standing Rock is symbolic in the sense that so many people—white, Native, young, poor—are disaffected, disenfranchised, alienated, and seek a sense of purpose. They seek empowerment through finding community in caring for each other and in direct action.
Thanksgiving Reflections on Standing Rock Read More »
The informal policing performed by the big humanitarian groups doesn’t save migrants from the risk of deportation, and it forces them to accept being controlled in order to receive the bare minimum needed to survive.
Charity, the Perfect Alibi for the Expulsion Machine Read More »
A year after Aylan Kurdi made the EU border crisis famous, a film to remind us of the intense times that followed (and, though mutilated, continue).
Cinema Utopia: Exile 2.0 Read More »
We need to stop saying “Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse…” Who seriously thinks it can’t get any worse? Still, there are things we can do–or rather, not do.
Protests and provocations help to undermine the legitimacy of Erdoğan’s regime, revealing its authoritarianism and making it harder for the EU and US to avert their gaze.
An Appeal to Practical Solidarity Read More »
Empathie bedeutet nichts, wenn wir uns nicht für die Machtverhältnisse interessieren, welche die Not des Anderen produzieren.
Empathie wird uns nicht retten! Read More »
