Posts Tagged ‘Europe’
Uncovering the Roots of Terrorism: Christian-Racism and Anti-Muslim Bigotry in France, Europe, and America
The Nation | By Laila Lalami | 24 November 2009 (14 December 2009 Edition) The New Inquisition At a literary festival in New York City some years ago, I was introduced to a French writer who, almost immediately after we shook hands, asked me where I was from. When the answer was "Morocco," he put down his drink and stared at me with [...]
Race in America and Europe
Matthew Yglesias | Post | 20 October 2009 Pat Buchanan says, of white people, “America was once their country. They sense they are losing it. And they are right.” I affiliate myself with what Adam Serwer has to say about this, but it also seems like a good jumping-off point for something I’ve been meaning to write about since I came home [...]
Anti-Muslim Racist-Nationalist Parties Gain in Europe
Anti-Muslim Racist-Nationalist (euphemistically called "right-wing," "right-leaning," or "neo-conservative") parties have made spectacular gains in most European countries, at the expense of socialist and other "left wing" parties, in one of the lowest turnout at the polls. As Belgian News reported: "Families who have lost jobs and homes became [...]
Dutch Racist-Nationalist Party “Gains” in EU Polls
According to BBC, infamous Islamophobe, Geert Wilders' Freedom party will win four of the 25 Dutch seats in the parliament, just one behind the country's Christian Democrats. "We dare to talk about sensitive subjects like Islamisation and we use plain and simple words that the voter can understand," Mr Wilders has said. Mr Wilders was refused [...]
