With municipal elections nearing on April 18, it’s interesting to note how the Perussuoalaiset (PS) are sowing division. Like in previous elections, they have always received a boost by some sexual assault crimes caused by asylum seekers and people of color. Their campaign is full of bravado mixed with impossible campaign promises. Their pet topic
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27-year-old Iraqi: “An asylum seeker is an animal and becomes a human being in Finland until he gets a residence permit”
TOPLINE In November, an Iraqi asylum seeker called Ziad* from Jämsänkoski heard the court sentence a man who had threatened him the previous year with a knife and called him a vitun pakolainen (f**king asylum seeker) and vitun ulkomaalainen (f**king foreigner). KEY FACT The verdict? A one-month jail sentence and a 700-euro fine paid to the victim. KEY
Read on »Why are the PS so silent about the US President Joe Biden’s administration?
TOPLINE The silence emerging from the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* politicians are highly revealing. Their populist autocratic mentor, former President Donald Trump, is history and no longer in power. KEY FACTS While only PS MEP Laura Huhtasaari and PS MP Veikko Vallin were some of the very few politicians of the party to comment on the transfer
Read on »A new low for the Perussuomaliset: Snitching on your teacher and neighbor
TOPLINE In autocratic countries like the former Nazi Germany, North Korea, and elsewhere, snitching was one way to deal with enemies of the state. The Perussuomalaiset (PS)* are now asking students and people who speak against the party. BACKGROUND PS MP Jani Mäkelä, who sees no wrong with Trump and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, tweets: “Important
Read on »Trump, suomalaispuolueet ja väkivaltapolitiikka
Trumpin edesottamukset USA:ssa hävittyjen vaalien jälkeen ovat yksi osoitus siitä, kuinka käy, kun valtaan pääsevät öykkärit, jotka käyttävät kaiken tarmonsa kyseenalaisen, rasistisen ja syrjivän agendan edistämiseen. Äänestäjät hankitaan käyttäen hyväksi ihmisten alhaisimpia tuntoja. Äänestäjien antama valta suunnataan omien viettien tyydyttämiseen ja oman ja lähipiirin omaisuuden kartuttamiseen. Monet ajattelevat, että meillä ei voisi käydä näin, mutta
Read on »Oletko rasisti?
Rasismilla tarkoitetaan ihmisryhmän pitämistä muita ihmisiä alempiarvoisena esim. etnisen alkuperän, ihonvärin, kielen, kulttuurin tai uskonnon tai perusteella. Jos puhut muista ihmisistä rasistisesti, olet rasisti. Jos käytät rasistista puhetta poliittisiin tarkoituksiin ja hankkiaksesi itsellesi tai viiteryhmällesi kannatusta, olet rasistipoliitikko. Jos äänestät tietoisesti rasistipoliitikkoa, olet rasisti. Jos et ymmärrä, että ehdokkaasi puheet ovat rasistisia, olet ehkä harhautettu
Read on »Exposing white Finnish privilege #76: Two news stories that expose entitlement
If the story about youth crime committed by so-called people of migrant backgrounds had been published in the United States, many would be considered misleading and racist. One in November about youth crime ended up labeling all youths of migrant origin as dangerous or potential criminals. The other one, published this month, was about the
Read on »Finland’s Hall of Shame of its Islamophobic and Afrophobic network will be published on December 30
Migrant Tales will publish on Wednesday, December 30, people, politicians, the media, and political parties that spread Islamophobia and Afrophobia during 2020. If you would like to participate in the making of this list, please send your suggestions to editor@migranttales.net. We believe that social ills like Islamophobia, Afrophobia, and all forms of racism should be
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