The origins of the manifesto, its elaboration and dissemination, followed by a brief history of the struggle for civil liberties in Europe and the main threats to those freedoms. Español
The ‘Jungle’ has come to symbolise the negative mirror image of a refugee camp, its ‘Other’ in which power and civilisation are twisted and virtually turned upside down.
The anger and emotion of powerlessness and attachment. A London-based French volunteer describes the torment of the last week for refugees in Calais
It is at once an informal encampment of makeshift shelters; a town under construction, with shops, restaurants and schools; and, a space subject to institutional violence, at risk of imminent destruction.
Right in the middle of Europe, thousand of refugees are living in disheartening conditions, without any help from local governments. An insight from the Calais refugee camp known as the Jungle.
In this professed war against "barbarians", It is time we interrogated the extent of our colonial guilt in light of those cultural practices we cherish most as a nation.
The recent calls in France to see its "state of emergency" extended are totally incompatible with the needs and realities of twenty-first century democracy. Here's why.
It will only exacerbate the causes of terrorist attacks, diminish society’s capacity to cope rationally with risks, and permanently damage freedom, democracy, and international law.
It is not a “choice” in the proper sense, it is rather an instinct to reach the surface in order to breathe. It offers them a home in which the restlessness of “to be” can be resolved.
