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Short plays about (racist) ireland, 1
No 16 bus, Dublin city centre, 20 April. Bus stationary. Man sits at back of bus and shouts obcsenities. Bus driver (probably of Indian sub continent origin) speaks on his radio: I want him to get off the bus… Man continues to shout. Man gets up and goes to front of bus, shouting: You want…
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End direct provision system
I have written about the direct provision system several times. It is an inhumane system, in which hostel managers have the discretion to maltreat asylum seekers at will, and in which asylum seekers live in ‘zones of exception’ where the law pertaining to Irish citizens does not apply. Several reports have detailed the problems faced…
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Racist videos and Irish immigration policies
Last week two racist and antisemitic extreme right YouTube videos appeared on the airwaves. Though mostly directed at the Minister for Justice Alan Shatter, I also co-starred in one of them, both of us described as ‘Jews destroying Ireland’. While the Minister was attacked for ‘shattering the nation with policy designed to deconstruct our ethnic…
Blog and website by Ronit Lentin, a political sociologist, writer and an antiracist activist.
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