RON JACOBS welcomes the translation into English of an angry cry from the place they call the periphery
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A compelling insight into migrants’ experience
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COMPELLINGLY REAL: VANNI, illustratED by Lindsay Pollock @ PositiveNegatives
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Stories of Migration
Phoenix Arts Space, Brighton
★★★★★
THE migration and refugee crisis will not end. Western-backed imperial wars, climate change, and internecine religious, ethnic and factional struggles rage on. Desperate humans will continue to try to reach the metropole, regardless how many fascist politicians we elect or off-shore processing centres we build.
The only answer is empathy, solidarity, and genuine internationalism. And to build a coalition for this, we need to hear the stories of the people who will continue to traverse those smuggling routes through remote mountains and across dangerous seas.
Occasionally, photojournalism cuts through, as with the image of two-year-old Alan Kurdi on the Mediterranean beach in Bodrum. But with the traditional press dominated by the billionaire right, more innovative approaches are needed.
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