migration

International call for a week of solidarity with the Iranian anarchist refugee Abtin Parsa (12th-19th of July 2021)

Submitted by R Totale on Jul 12 2021 18:48

A call for a week of solidarity with Abtin Parsa, an Iranian anarchist refugee in danger of extradition from the Dutch state, and brief statement from Abtin about his case.

Ceuta: The Divisions of Class and Nation are at the Root of the Descent into Barbarism

Submitted by Internationalis... on Jun 17 2021 13:51

The latest episode of a long running drama is now playing out on the world’s TV screens. In the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on the northern tip of Morocco, desperate people facing incredible peril, and willing to sacrifice all they have, are trying to find a new life. What added an extra dimension to the pathos was the reception given to the influx of refugees by the Spanish army, with photos of beatings emerging in the media.

Glasgow: this is what we can achieve!

Submitted by R Totale on May 14 2021 14:43

A member of Glasgow Anarchist Communist Group reports on successful resistance to a Home Office raid.

UK Asylum Policy: No Sanctuary from Capitalism

Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 9 2021 15:38

Asylum has long been a thorny issue for the British ruling class. As a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention the UK is obliged to grant asylum when, in the opinion of the Home Office, an asylum seeker has demonstrated that they have a well founded fear of persecution on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group. Yet asylum seekers are continuously vilified in the popular press as criminals and scroungers overwhelming the benefits system, the vitriol often being fuelled by the cynical statements of government ministers.

Behind The Headlines In Dover - Black Flag

Article from Black Flag #218 1999.

Overview: Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants

Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Jul 24 2020 06:13

For Migrant Labourers An Amnesty with Capitalism Is a Mockery

Submitted by Internationalis... on Jul 22 2020 19:56

Which is worse? The hypocrisy of an Italian Minister of Agriculture shedding tears in public over the supposed end to the maltreatment of cheap migrant field workers in Italy or the hypocrisy of Johnson’s Brexit government sanctioning the airlifting of workers from the poorer parts of Europe to work in British fields during the lockdown? This is an outline of what’s been going on recently in Italy.