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May 20, 2013 3:18 am
Big Mama’s funeral: Fifty years later
Gabriel García Márquez’s story, published in 1962, recounts the commotion caused in Macondo and beyond, by the funeral of Doña María del Rosario Castañeda [...]
May 20, 2013 2:15 am
Immigrants: rescued by the internet!
Some means of communication allow people to maintain family links and enable close contact between loved ones. Social networks have overcome the barriers imposed [...]
April 28, 2013 2:33 am
When missiles rained down on Bogotá
For the second time, and only a few days after reaching my seventh decade of wandering this earth, I nostalgically relive the possibility of [...]
April 7, 2013 6:28 pm
Should drugs be decriminalised?
Between the ages of eleven months and seven I grew up in Henleaze, a small suburban community located on the outskirts of Bristol’s centre. [...]
March 24, 2013 12:55 am
Gay marriage: an inevitable reality
55% of British people are in favour of same sex marriage. Adoption, however, is a rather more controversial matter. Benjamin Serra David [...]
March 17, 2013 6:25 pm
The woman and the city: unforgivable misogyny
The world was built on ‘machismo’ when it was said that God was a man. A concept from which Bogota never escaped: a warped [...]
March 3, 2013 12:01 am
Laughter: the infallible remedy
I am – badly – plagiarizing this formidable title from the magazine ‘Selecciones’ from the Readers Digest that I read during my childhood. . [...]
March 3, 2013 12:00 am
Graffiti, a protest on the walls
They are works of art but aren’t displayed in galleries. They are critiques that silently shout from any wall, door or shutter of the [...]
March 2, 2013 3:48 pm
New mobile phones: new friends and servants
Dependency on technology is increasing, above all in young people who cannot even go to bed without making a phone call or checking their [...]
February 25, 2013 5:16 am
The proof of love and, whatever else, is in a kiss
This physical and spiritual act is no more than a couple´s tool for exploration, because one can feel, touch and try the object of [...]
December 15, 2012 11:53 am
When a normal blog becomes a video
With more than 3 billion hits a day, YouTube has become the ideal platform for anonymous people to find fame thanks to vlogs, the [...]
December 15, 2012 4:53 am
“Free hugs”…because you have to be ready for affection
Through this global movement, scores of people hand out good will to strangers, people who – because of their culture or their loneliness – [...]
December 9, 2012 5:25 pm
Suicide in times of crisis… More humanity is required
Europe is trembling. Confusion about the future of the Union and the common currency is a daily concern. So are the conditions of millions [...]
November 26, 2012 4:01 am
A tweet too far… A free regulation?
In a strange way, increased and new prosecutions on citizens who post abusively on sites such as Twitter or Facebook may actually need protection [...]
November 25, 2012 9:42 pm
Cyberbullying and the law
On Wednesday 28th November, William Byrd, Safe Schools Administrator for the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), will give a talk entitled: “Cyberbullying & The [...]The Prisma News
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Globe, Human Rights, Politiks, United Kingdom
Women: unprotected in the United Kingdom
The “Freedom Without Fear Platform” have organised a talk on the 18th June to discuss gender violence in the United Kingdom. The current cuts are affecting the laws and defence mechanisms that protect abused women and girls in the United Kingdom. This shortage of funds in care services...
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Globe, Lifestyle, Okology, World
Food sovereignty… A fair model
Nearly 870 million people worldwide are suffering from chronic malnutrition, the majority of which live in developing countries. The reason behind malnutrition lies in the current food system as it puts the interests of big agricultural businesses and distribution companies first. Benjamin Serra Studies...
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Comments, Critical Dialogues, In Focus
Woolwich, minorities and extremisms
Society cannot give itself the luxury of under-estimating the actions of extremists which bring with them the elimination of democratic spaces and the liquidation of freedoms under the pretext of internal security. Claudio Chipana What society which prides itself on being civilized can permit one...
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Multiculture, Profiles
Nacho Guardado: “Here, I have a job that makes me happy”
Nacho Guardado is 42 years old from Asturias in Northern Spain who left home to improve his English and seek a better life for himself. “I studied Economics – a course with many career prospects – but just like ninety percent of Asturians, I had to leave home in search of work. Almost...
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Comments, EdgeNotes, In Focus
Total recall, total boredom
I recently saw the DVD of “Total recall”, the new one with Colin Farrell. But, don’t rush out to buy, rent, or stream it. Steve Latham If it were possible, this makes the original, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, look good. That one at least was tongue-in-cheek, with a good...
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Comments, In Focus
Fruit by the roadside
I can say that the only time that I believe in God is when I drink an orange juice, slowly and looking at the sky. I say this because I remember an article by Gabo (Gabriela Garcia Marquez) where he declared that in the infinite universe the only part where there are flowers is on this earth,...
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Globe, Human Rights, Movement, Politiks, Struggles, Trade Unions, United Kingdom, Workers
An urban show for Muslim women
On the 15h of June, at Novotel London West, there will be talks, exhibitions and performances with the aim of motivating Muslim women to strive for their rights and freedom. This new version of “The Urban Muslim woman’s show” has been designed to reassert and promote the social roles...
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Health, Lifestyle, Migrants, Multiculture
The future of disabled immigrants is quite dark
This is what John J. Marulanda, LADPP member, talks about. The cuts have increased cases of marginalisation and isolation of these people and will undoubtedly make them even more vulnerable citizens. And the British government has shown clear signs of not caring about their future. . Ramón Alabau The...
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Globe, Migrants, Multiculture, United Kingdom
Three years of LARC and its fight for recognition of Latinos
This group was born on the 17th of April, 2010, with the goal of achieving recognition for the Latin American residents in the UK as an ethnic minority, with the category ‘Latin American’. Claudio Chipana* Without recognition, integration isn’t possible. We understand recognition as...
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Economy, Europe, Globe, Human Rights, Politiks
The Spanish economic “crisis” and… Augusto Pinochet
It is now six years since the current economic crisis first hit Spain, and a cloud of uncertainty was cast over the country. This sense of unease felt by the Spanish people is not just the consequence of the devastating daily grind of the crisis itself. Rather, it stems from their inability to grasp...
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Globe, Lifestyle, Okology, World
Talking to Smitu Kothari in India (II)
In social movements in India we cannot deny the power of the religious fundamentalist right, which together with the World Bank, the United States and the Indian State, has made sophisticated arrangements in managing inequality. Mónica del Pilar Uribe Marín These were the words from Indian...
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Lifestyle, Okology
A new creation: the world’s lightest and strongest material
It has been produced by a team of scientists from the Chinese University of Zhejiang have managed to produce the new substance: a discovery that experts place amongst the most important of modern science, and whose applications will be numerous. Ilsa Rodriguez Experts in Beijing claim that...
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Comments, EdgeNotes, In Focus
Fox hunting
The urban fox is now a cliché in the UK, especially in London. The feral creatures roam the streets freely, unperturbed by the presence of human beings around them. Steve Latham These cosmopolitan foxes lope across the road, brazen, bold as brass, walking along the main road, at night,...
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Comments, Critical Dialogues, In Focus
Multiculturalism, present and future (IV)
Multiculturalism is a reality and is showing progress despite the governing elite turning their back on this process. Nevertheless, when the elite disagree, the masses fight for their rights. The future of Great Britain will also be the future of multiculturalism. Claudio Chipana Talking...
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Globe, Latin America, Multiculture, Our People
Emma Felber and Bolivia during the times of Evo Morales
The reduction of poverty and inequality are two social problems in Bolivia that have been moderated by the policies of a government motivated by social movements. Since the Revolution of 1952, until the social demands of the first decade of 2000, Bolivia has been one of the Latin American regions...
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Comments, In Focus
Hell’s Steamrollers
There’s an old joke that’s supposed to show how consumer goods are in short supply under socialism. It doesn’t give an in-depth explanation of the realities of the socialist model which make it funny, but then if it did, it wouldn’t be much of a joke. Armando Orozco Tovar The...
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Multiculture, Profiles
Lourdes Fernández: “There are plenty of opportunities here, but you have to keep on your toes”
In spite of having a good job in her home country, Lourdes decided to cross the Atlantic in search of a better life for her and her family. Francisco Castañon Lourdes Fernández, a Bolivian from Santa Cruz, has spent 11 of her 35 years living in London. Before she came here she was...
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Health, Lifestyle
Into the unknown: the pancreas
This organ is responsible for exocrine functions in our bodies: in other words, it secretes the enzymes which pass through the small intestine; digesting fats, proteins and carbohydrates from the foods we eat. José de la Osa Without these enzymes, some of the foods we eat would simply pass...
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Globe, Human Rights, Politiks, United Kingdom
Without a roof, without a home… Why?
An international workshop will take place on June 28th to discuss the strategies and solutions for the growing number of immigrant families who do not have a home due to their current social and economical situation. . The relaxation of border controls, which will take place at the end of the year,...
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Globe, Human Rights, Latin America, Politiks
Central America… Scenes of trafficking women
It is considered as a new form of slavery in the 21s century, human trafficking has acquired special importance in the region. 64% of victims are women and children. Benjamin Serra Ana knew that her family’s economic situation was not good, so that as soon as a woman offered her waitress...
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