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Posts Tagged ‘ Perussuomalaiset ’

Finland’s tolerance for cultural diversity is being tested to the limit these days

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April 7, 2013
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Finland’s tolerance to Otherness is being tested to the limit these days. If we look at it from a political perspective, the knee-jerk reaction is clear. Denying that there isn’t a connection between the stellar rise of an anti-EU, anti-immigration and anti-Islam party and our ever-growing cultural diversity is understanding a little or erroneously...
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Maaseudun Tulevaisuus: Soini sees himself forming government after the 2015 elections

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April 6, 2013
Maaseudun Tulevaisuus: Soini sees himself forming government after the 2015 elections

What are we to think and believe about Timo Soini’s opinion piece on Maaseudun Tulevaisuus, where he claims that the next government formed after the 2015 parliamentary elections will comprise of three major parties? Certainly Soini sees his party emerging as the victor and Finland’s next prime minister.  Read Maaseudun Tulevaisuus news story on...
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Finland’s response to extremism should be more openess and democracy

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April 4, 2013

An editorial on Thursday’s Helsingin Sanomat comments about Anjem Choudary’s visit to Finland last week. It points out correctly that hate speech should be condemned irrespective who makes it. Living in a culturally diverse society requires more mutual acceptance, not less acceptance and respect. Some of the controversial statements made by the cleric was...
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The repackaging and marketing of hate by anti-immigration parties and groups in Finland

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April 3, 2013

Migrant Tales has shown on a number of blogs how neo-fascist groups like Golden Dawn of Greece, Hungary’s Jobbik and our own Finnish version of the latter, the Perussuomalaiset (PS) party, are examples of the growing intolerance in Europe. Any sensible immigrant, visible minority and European should be worried by the situation.  In Finland,...
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Bachmannstein: or, The Modern Icarus

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April 2, 2013

A Finnish friend recently asked me why I chose to take an American angle with my inaugural post here on Migrant Tales, “Of Birds and Feathers: The PS, the Sweden Democrats, and Their American Bedfellows. What could political trends in America tell us what we don’t already know about the phenomenon of the PS...
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Could Finland and the Nordic region see Golden Dawn-like fanatics in the future?

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April 2, 2013
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The news from Greece is getting more distressing as Golden Dawn neo-Nazi thugs continue to terrorize sensible Greeks, immigrants and other minorities with the collusion of the police. An investigative report by The Guardian exposes how bad things are in Greece at present and why matters will get far worse. Could we see something similar happening...
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It’s official: The PS doesn’t mind racists, Nazis and neo-Nazis among its ranks

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March 31, 2013
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A Perussuomalaiset (PS) party statement, giving Vaasa councilman Risto Helin a warning about a Hitler clock he gave to a neo-Nazi club in Vaasa, is a good example of political deception. If you read the statement carefully, it says that the party doesn’t mind racists, Nazis and neo-Nazis among its ranks as long as you...
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