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Behind bars, a symbol for world peace

Last update: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 02:39 | By: Michael McGowan

Michael McGowan celebrates writer and activist Margaretta D’Arcy for her principled stance against war

The absurdity of asylum in Israel

Last update: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 02:25 | By: Ronit Lentin

Last December some 200 African asylum seekers started a march from the open detention centre Holot in the south of the country towards the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem. “We are not afraid to march, sun, rain or snow,” said Masala, a young Eritrean taking part in the demonstration. “We’ll march to Jerusalem to ask the government for our rights. We can no longer stay in this prison.”

Meet the Dreamers redefining American identity

Last update: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 02:25 | © Metro Éireann

‘I consider myself an American; in your eyes, what does that make me?” This question was addressed during a public debate on immigration reform by a student brought to the US when she was five months old. Young people like her, who are usually referred to as Dreamers – after the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, or Dream Act, the legal reform they are mobilising for – have significantly transformed the immigrants’ rights debate in the United States.

When the stuff of good memories becomes drudgery

Last update: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 02:24 | By: Mariaam Bhatti

Mariaam Bhatti: Tales of a Domestic Worker

What Europeâ€™s inaction on Syria says about our â€˜western valuesâ€™

Last update: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 02:23 | By: Michael McGowan

The abysmal response of Europe to the plight of refugees fleeing from war-torn Syria brings to mind the oft-repeated story of a visit to Europe by India’s Mahatma Gandhi, during which he was asked: “What do you think of western civilisation?” He replied dryly: “I think it would be a very good idea.”

Harassment in the workplace

Last update: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 02:23 | By: Femi Daniyan

Know Your Rights with Femi Daniyan

Domestic work is too easy to ignore

Last update: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 18:07 | © Metro Éireann

Mariaam Bhatti: Tales of a Domestic Worker

Forced into crossing the sea of death

Last update: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 18:08 | By: Mohammed Samaana

You would think that after the tragic deaths of hundreds of African migrants when their boat caught fire and sank just a kilometre from the shores of Lampedusa that the world might have learned something. But the death of immigrants in the Mediterranean has not stopped. About two weeks after that tragedy, another boat – this one carrying Syrians and Palestinians trying to escape the horrors of war and death in Syria – caught fire and sank as well. Between 400 and 500 people were on board, but only 200 survived. The first boat caught fire because the immigrants burned a sheet to attract the attention of the rescuers. The second caught fire allegedly because it was fired on by Libyans; it’s not clear whether they were government or militia forces.

Recent US election results show immigration reform is not dead

Last update: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 18:07 | © Metro Éireann

Leila Hadj-Abdou

Ukraineâ€™s torn loyalties between Europe & Russia

Last update: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 18:07 | By: Michael McGowan

The unexpected last-minute decision of Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych to reject the controversial trade deal with the European Union should be a challenge to both the EU and Russia to respect the complexities of this former Soviet country, and for Ukraine itself to demonstrate its confidence as an independent sovereign state and refuse to cave in to the bribes or threats from either Moscow or Brussels.

Know Your Rights with Femi Daniyan

Last update: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 18:06 | By: Femi Daniyan

In a recent Garda Public Attitude Survey, respondents rated juvenile crime as a major national problem, second only to drug-related crime and violent crime. Furthermore, they rated ‘lack of parental control’ as a significant cause of crime in Ireland.

God is not looking for a perfect person

Last update: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 18:01 | © Metro Éireann

Pastor EJ Ezekiel Faith Restoration Ministries, Dublin

Who said â€˜weâ€™ are not racist?

Last update: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 17:39 | By: Ronit Lentin

When I started teaching race and racism some 20 years ago, the response from students was brutal: “How can you, a foreigner, say that Ireland is racist? We are a friendly, welcoming people. And anyway, Irish people were victimised by the British – how can we possibly be racist?” And my favourite: “There was no racism in Ireland until ‘these people’ came” – as if immigrants carry racism in their luggage.

Violence against women stats are a wake-up call

Last update: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 17:38 | By: Eda Halis

The statistics are sobering: one in every four women will be exposed to domestic violence at some time in their lives. Even worse, according to a report from the World Health Organization, one in every three women worldwide has been beaten, abused and forced to have sexual intercourse at least once – usually by someone they know.

The Roma experience

Last update: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 15:13 | By: Ronit Lentin

When my mother was growing up in a picturesque spa town in northern Romania as part of a thriving Jewish community – most of whom were exiled by the Romanian fascist regime to Transnistria during World War II – she was constantly warned about child-snatching ‘gypsies’.

Make your voice heard

Last update: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 15:12 | By: Paul Dillon

Paul Dillon delves into how the Irish voting system works, and who’s entitled to vote in what election In Ireland...

What women wear is an issue for women alone

Last update: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 15:12 | By: Mohammed Samaana

It’s been a difficult time of late for women who wear the niqab, the Arabic name for the face veil usually identified with Islam. Although only a minority of Muslim (and some non-Muslim) women wear it, and very few of them are in the west, the issue has still been the focus of much negative publicity and even demonisation in these parts.

Give up yer aulâ€™ sins

Last update: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 15:11 | By: Olajide Jatto

News filtered through various channels recently that Toron-to’s mayor Rob Ford, long suspected of being involved with illegal drugs, had smoked crack cocaine. And by his own admission, no less. Needless to say there was pressure from all sides for Ford to step down from his post overseeing Canada’s biggest city. Such is not in any way surprising or out of the norm. What was out of the norm, however, was the fact that he has decided to sit tight.

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