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Sam Okyere – Priced out by imports, Ghana’s farmers risk death to work in Italy

December 11, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Farmers in Ghana say cheap Italian tomatoes are ruining their businesses. Many have travelled to seek work abroad. Sam Okyere is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Nottingham. He is primarily interested in […]

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Paola Tamma – Europe’s ‘template’ for migration: Tunisian strongman’s racist clampdown

September 4, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The EU’s latest partner across the Med is carrying out a campaign of violence, mass expulsions and political repression. In ‘Politco.EU’. Read the article HERE.

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Greek shipwreck oracle: A horrible accident at sea or the inevitable function of militarised borders? – Interview with Lauren Markham

July 5, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The militarisation of the EU’s external borders replicates many of the deadly practices of the United States on its Mexican border Interview by Todd Miller, author of ‘Build Bridges Not Walls’ and editor of The […]

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AP: At least 79 dead after migrant vessel sinks off Greece; hundreds may be missing

June 14, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Another tragedy on the shores of fortress Europe. Read the article HERE.

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Catherine Woollard – Unpacking the Pact: Winners and Losers of the New EU Migration Deal

June 14, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The EU’s new Pact on Migration and Asylum reduces protection standards and is heavily reliant on so-called “safe third countries”. Catherine Woollard is Director of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE). Cross-posted from […]

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Lilie Chouliaraki, Myria Georgiou: Power and resistance at Europe’s digital border

June 5, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Host cities for migrants and refugees who reach Europe, like Athens, Berlin and London, are not only sites of surveillance and exclusion but also of struggle, agency and resistance. Lilie Chouliaraki and Myria Georgiou are […]

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Dominique Pierre – Fortress Europe: more migrants dying in the Mediterranean

April 23, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The first quarter of 2023 was the deadliest for migrants crossing the Mediterranean since 2017. Published on International Viewpoint. Read the article HERE.

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

August 10, 2025 0

Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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