racism

Euro roundup: A woman leader for French fascists, end of ETA, Hungarian media law?

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Ms Le Pen looks set to be a genuine contender in the 2012 presidential elections Far right anoints Marine Le Pen from BBC News | Europe | World Edition France’s far-right National Front confirms Marine Le Pen to succeed her father Jean-Marie as leader following a party vote. End of an ETA from FP Passport … Read more

Menderes Yılmaz, the racist of the month

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Mr. Yılmaz is the head of the judges in the KCK trial. When one of the defendants began to speak Kurdish, Mr. Yılmaz stopped him and stated that the defendant spoke an “unknown language”, so-called Kurdish. The judge thus became the embodiment of denial politics against Kurds/Kurdish… The racist of the month survey is presented … Read more

Euro roundup for last week: Irish bailout, Berlusconi as usual, French cabinet crisis etc…

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Irish resisting bail-out pressure from BBC News | Europe | World Edition The Irish Republic insists it does not need financial assistance from the EU amid speculation that a bail-out is increasingly likely. MAIN FOCUS: Ireland threatened by debt crisis | 15/11/2010 from euro|topics The Irish government is no longer excluding the possibility of asking … Read more

DurDe initiative declares the racist of October: Yılmaz Özdil, Hürriyet columnist

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here is the explanation in Turkish…

Racist idioms in Turkish

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Agop’un kazı gibi yutmak: Ermenilerin açgözlülüğüne vurguyla, önüne konulan her yemeği çabuk yemek. Alavere dalavere, Kürt Memet nöbete: Bir işte bütün yükü, sorumluluğu yetersiz kişiye bırakma durumunda söylenir. Anladıysam Arap olayım: Söylenen bir şeyin anlaşılmazlığına inandırmak için kullanılır. Arap eli öpmekle dudak kararmaz: Kirlipis-çirkin bir şeye bulaşmakla, insan kirlenmez anlamındadır. Arap saçına dönmek: Bir şeyin … Read more

Hypocrisy everywhere. Young CHP members raided exhibition in Beşiktaş and nearly no debate of neighbourhood pressure…

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“Worship site” Young CHP members did not like the above piece of art and attacked the exhibition, destroyed the artifact… Young CHP members raid exhibition Today’s Zaman A group of young men, allegedly members of the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) youth branches, raided an art exhibition in İstanbul’s Beşiktaş Square on Lonely imam singular worshipper … Read more

the Racist of the Month for August and September from DurDe initiative…

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Irkçılığa ve Milliyetçiliğie DurDe [No to racism and nationalism] initiative continues to select the racist of the month in Turkey. August winner is the bureucrats that prepared the State’s defense for the Hrant Dink Trial at ECHR.  September winner is the script writers of Valley of the Wolves. [The initiative has only pages in Turkish…]

Cartoonists as racists. Penguen’s cover.

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This popular humor magazine cover that is supposedly criticising PM Erdoğan’s pro-Arab stance is racist. That’s why I cannot take their and many other media personnel’s anti-AKP standing seriously. This cover once again demonstrates their level of political intelligence…. A friendfeed discussion here.

Euro roundup: “French minister convicted of racism

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French minister convicted of racism

from FT.com – World, Europe
France’s interior minister was facing calls for his resignation after he was convicted in a Paris criminal court of making racist remarks about immigrants of North African descent

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EP against ACTA measures

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EU Parliament votes 663-13 against ACTA’s enforcement measures

from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

The European Parliament resoundingly voted against the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), in a resounding 663 to 13 tally. The parliamentarians defied the EU executive and threatened to take the issue to the European Court of Justice if the EU doesn’t reject ACTA’s provisions on disconnection for infringement and other enforcement provisions.

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