Greece and Europe Beyond Left vs. Right

Syriza, the Greek left party, won the election last Sunday and is now setting up a government in alliance with a rightwing, nationalist party, Anel. From a traditional perspective this left-right wing coalition sounds surprising, weird, and perhaps even worrying. However, this is not the first time this kind of trans-ideological coalition is formed within […]

A Need for a Convention on International Solidarity

Javier Molero Segovia Colaborador de la Oficina de Derechos Humanos en el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación del Gobierno de España   . . ”Law should help us to build a more solidarity world instead of restrain solidarity”. This affirmation is self-evident and everybody would agree with it, but unfortunately, it is not […]

Open Letter to Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s President

  In the lead-up to the World Cup and following a trip to Brazil in March, I wrote to President Dilma Rousseff, asking her to welcome and embrace the protests in Brazil as an opportunity to build a more just, diverse and free society.  While in Brazil I met with representatives from Amnesty International, Article […]

MIGRANTS MATTER

Find us: www.facebook.com/migrantsmatter  migrants-matter.blogspot.com      @MigrantsMatter on Twitter What is Migrants Matter? Migrants Matter is an advocacy campaign led by students from close to 40 countries. Before we thought of launching a campaign, we talked, like most students do. We talked about boys, girls, wine, movies, music… And we talked about the challenges facing […]