European Explanation

June 20, 2008 in politicizing
Tags: borders, chávez, deportation, eu, europe, immigration, law, migration, oil, petroleum, politics, prison, venezuela, zapatero

Hugo Chávez just triggered some alarm when he announced there will be no Venezuelan oil for European countries using the newly adopted European Union migration directive that says that immigrants considered as illegal can be jailed for up to eighteen months and face a re-entry ban of up to five years. European leaders are saying [...]

Sociological Demonstrator

June 7, 2008 in clearing, counting, explaining, naming, performing
Tags: berlusconi, camorra, fascists, gipsies, identity, italy, mantovano, napoli, nazionale, pogrom, ponticelli, racism, roms

The “nazional-conservatore” politician Alfredo Mantovano, now in office in Berlusconi’s Italy, recently said the following in an interview with Il Tempo:
“As both statistical figures and sociological reality demonstrate, the Roma people are an ethnic group connected to some types of crime. Robbery, assault and, sometimes, as in Ponticelli, kidnapping.” (from “Rom, Mantovano: etnia connessa con [...]