Poland isn’t the only country trying to police what can be said about the Holocaust

antoine-roquentin: In 2015, Ukraine’s president signed a law whose critics say stifles debate on the historical record of World War II and whitewashes local perpetrators of the Holocaust. Law 2538-1 criminalized any rhetoric insulting to the memory of anti-communist partisans. And it celebrates the legacy of such combatants – ostensibly including the ones who murdered … Continue reading Poland isn’t the only country trying to police what can be said about the Holocaust

snommelp: random2908: If you find yourself wanting to refer to something as Judeo-Christian, that is almost never the correct word for what you want to say. Sometimes the right word is Abrahamic which is a shorter way of saying Judeo-Christian-Islamic*. But the vast, vast, VAST majority of the time, the word you’re looking for is: … Continue reading

The machinery of deportation is embodied in a series of concrete responsibilities: – Humanitarian associations such as CIMADE, France Terre d’Asile, Order of Malta, Forum Réfugiés and the Red Cross, which are involved in the management of detention centres and waiting zones and which receive financial help by the State; – RATP, Air France, Carlson … Continue reading

deepfriedfuckpotato: queeranarchism: thekutestkillua: queeranarchism: Fairtrade farmers suffer because they have to meet all the rules and produce lower yield organic products yet can only sell a small unpredictable percentage of their product for (not actually good) fair trade prices. Brands that claim to make sweatshop-free clothing are constantly discovered in sweatshops. To produce ‘green energy’ … Continue reading

thekutestkillua: queeranarchism: thekutestkillua: queeranarchism: Fairtrade farmers suffer because they have to meet all the rules and produce lower yield organic products yet can only sell a small unpredictable percentage of their product for (not actually good) fair trade prices. Brands that claim to make sweatshop-free clothing are constantly discovered in sweatshops. To produce ‘green energy’ … Continue reading

thekutestkillua: queeranarchism: Fairtrade farmers suffer because they have to meet all the rules and produce lower yield organic products yet can only sell a small unpredictable percentage of their product for (not actually good) fair trade prices. Brands that claim to make sweatshop-free clothing are constantly discovered in sweatshops. To produce ‘green energy’ forests are … Continue reading

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