Immigration, Right, Left Wing & National Security in Western countries
Several Right Wing political parties have made a suprising though small gain in the European Union Parliament during
last week's general EU elections. Leftist parties across EU and Israel has been declared too weak to challenge
the sudden shift of voters' attitudes from moderate and leftist parties such as Labour, socialist democrats, christian democrats, etc.
Israel has also elected right wing leaders such as Benyamin Netanuyhu and Foreign Minister Avigador Liberman to lead the Israeli Government.
Many opposition parties, ordinary Europeans, Israelis, Palestinians and Americans, etc fear that the current economic crisis combined with
the continual and unwinnable wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, continual aggressive Israeli policy in occupied Palestine and war on terrorism has
given credit to the Right Wing to implement tougher security measures, racist policies and promote exclusionist attitudes that denies
Diversity and multiculturalism in numerous Western countries and encourages the revival of eurocentric nationalism.
Immigration has become the main focal point of most countries around the world. Ignoring Occupation takes a
look at European Union to see how the former colonial powers deal with immigrants, migrants, asylum seekers and French,
Dutch, British, German citizens of non white origins and people of color.
Anti-Immigration Ad from Right Wing French political group Front National (equates Immigration in France with the Apoclypse)
Malians in France: African immigrants and European Union
Malians in France: Immigration & Relocation program
Traveling with immigrants: The trecherous journey of illegal immigrants from Mali to France
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Immigration in Mali
Debating French Identity while stirring fear of the Other
EU deportation flights for turned away aslyum seekers and illegal immigrants
Migrants in Calais offered cash & free ride home (more about deportation flights)
Sayyid Qutb´s America, The man who inspired ideology of Al Qaeda NPR
Migrants in Italy: Racism, migrant workers and Xenophobia
Medicines Sans Frontiers on illegal migrant workers and human rights
Operation "White Christmas" ignites in Italy (promoted by far right wing party Northern League)
Migrant Riots in Rosarno and Calabria, Southern Italy
Immigrants' difficult integregation in Treviso, Northern Italy
Italian Solution: Immigrant debate and immigration in Italy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgLW_b_Sl2E
Roma (Gypsies) outcast in Italy
Italian intolerance hits Roma 2008
An Italian town's Wall of Division
Islam in Europe
Clash of civilizations or cultural misunderstandings for over eight hundred years Islam, Christianity, Judiasm, Muslims Christians and Jews, peoples and cultures from East,
West, South and North have interacted,traded and married across Europe. Histories has been kind and unforgiving to the relationship between Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
As former colonial powers, France, UK, Netherlands, Germany, etc have become home to many immigrants (whose children are first and second generation German, French or Dutch citizens)
from former colonized countries. Moroccan, Algerian, Sudanese, Senegalese immigrants and families are Muslim, trying to keep tradition from their homelands alive within their
families to remind their children and grandchildren of their ancient heritage and cultures in a post modern and
ultra secular Europe and a world that has become over stress and faces constant economic, political and societal problems. At times, families feel alienated as all immigrant parents do living
in a new country, society and culture. Children of immigrants while born in France, Germany, Netherlands
and UK are integrated into society sometimes more so than their traditional parents and grandparents. However British, French or German born Pakistani, Algerian or Senegalese children and young adults
also feel that their lives are sorely missing something. Balancing their cross borders identity as a Muslim, European born, importance of family, tradition, not loosing your roots and belonging to
Britain, France, Netherlands and having only minimal connections to their families' original homelands have been put under increasing scrutiny lately as a consequence of war on terror,
media sensationalism surrounding Islam and young Muslims and continued immigration debate across the European Union. As many right wing leaders
come to power, old fears about Muslims, Islam and immigrants posing a threat to the traditional image of Europe has been used to win support for local, regional and even national politics
and campaigns promoting fear of oriental other and Islam as a "cult of death." Most of these recurring stereotypes have been used since the Crusades and during colonialism and colonization
of Africa, Asia and Middle East in many countries with large Muslim communities to justify iron grip of colonialism and prove the superiority of Europe and West over the non-Western world.
While many Muslims have countered the misconceptions about Islam as seen through media and pop culture as solely a religion of violence, as secretly conspiring to conquer Europe,
given 800 years presence and history of Muslims in Spain, Sicily, France, etc the fear of Muslims as terrorists and potention jihadis has created a surge in xenophobia, racism, intolerance and
ignorance toward a new multicultural Europe in 21st century. Nor has campaigns, lectures and even open mosque events by Muslim organizations ebbed popularity of right wing governments
or propaganda. Contrary, it has encouraged it. While the media often focuses on Muslims in Western Europe there has always been indigenous Muslims with diverse cultures, languages and traditions
living in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Albania, Cyprus former Yugoslavia, Greece, Armenia, Republic of Georgia, Russia (has one of the largest Muslim communities in all of Europe, Tartarstan,
Chechnya, Dagestan, etc) that are Europeans and balancing their European identity with Islam.
The many diverse mosques of Europe from Austria and Azerbaijan to Bosnia and Netherlands, enjoy
One example of the fears promoted by media is creation of Sharia Law in Europe through the growth of Muslim communities. Construction of new minarets for mosque in Switzerland have
been banned following a vote on Nov. 29, 2009. Keep in mind not all Swiss supported the ban.
Swiss Ban on Mosque Minarets in depth coverage
Minerat Ban Live discussion what comes Next? Islam Online.com
Swiss Minerat controversary final votes are in
An interesting rebuttal to the media fears about Rise of Islam in Europe
Venezuela, Latin America, Gringolandia & Between a rock & a Hard place
Famous for its natural body, historical leaders and multiculturalism, Venezuela is renown for its petropolitics and infamous president Hugo Chavez,
Ignoring Occupation will take a look
and a dive into the Bolivarian Revolution, Latin American history, U.S. Foreign Policy across the Americas,
the coups, dictators and caudillos that have been supported & disposed of by CIA, School of Americas now renamed the Western
Hemsphere School for Development & Security and current as well as previous seating presidents. Also dive into the
geopolitical history, eurocentrism, racism and race that has also defined Latin America in the same way all these factors
have defined people of color and European majority in the U.S. The American businesses, corporations, negocios, etc
who pay little attention to the politics, social change and grassroots organization taken place in America's "backyard"
until the businessmen are threatened with lost of business. Before the War on Terrorism, before the Arab World needed American styled reform,
before oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait, by British Empire and later the United States, U.S. began its empire, based its current Foreign Policy on,
fights terrorism with force, violence and ignores the legitimate historical grievances of whole countries not just counter insurgents and guerillas
and continues to live with the consequences of promoting Democracy at all costs in Latin America.
Venezuela & RCTV
Muting RCTV in Venezuela
Free Speech and RCTV in Venezuela
A pipeline runs througheth
Crude Awakenings
Blood & Oil: Middle East and WWI
Blood & Oil Part 1
News report: "Obama tells Muslim world there is no U.S. war on Islam"
We will have to wait and see if we finally get to use are own petro resources
instead of Niger Delta's, Baku's and everyone else....The BTC pipeline runs
underneath Turkey, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan which has led to Russia's reassertation
of power in the Caucasus and Caspian Sea region. Russians are also interested in Ukraine's petro resources in the port cities of the Crimea.
The Pundits rarely refer to history, colonialism or empire building and conquests
when speaking to their audience about the role of oil politics, history, dehumanization and Western intervention in Africa, Middle East and Asia.
There are plenty of references made to popular culture that serves as a substitute to a more
serious and intellectual look at geography and its intersections with Western policies and old colonial empires.
Why Yugoslavia Still Matters
