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Multilingwiżmu Malti

January 29, 2021 · Adrian Grima ·

F’seklu li fih il-kelma saret aktar importanti u kultant aktar irħisa minn qatt qabel, l-użu attent, mirqum tal-lingwa sar investiment importanti. Minkejja l-geġwiġija ta’ diskors li nisimgħu u naqraw il-ħin kollu fuq it-tagħmir elettroniku tagħna, dawk li kapaċi jużaw il-lingwa b’mod effettiv u sabiħ jispikkaw. Aktarx jagħmlu aktar ħoss dawk li jisplodu l-murtali tad-diskors. Imma […]

Tagged With: language politics, nationalism

‘Invictus’: Joseph Muscat’s ‘Glorious’ Exit and Maltese National Pride

January 14, 2020 · Raisa Galea ·

In spite of the unprecedented political crisis, Joseph Muscat remained what a tattoo on his right bicep purportedly states: Invictus. He resigned on his own terms—bizarre outcome, considering the severity of the allegations implicating him in the Caruana Galizia murder cover up. We cannot fully comprehend it without finding out what sustained his baffling popularity.

Tagged With: Daphne Caruana Galizia, democracy, Joseph Muscat, national identity, nationalism

Green Nationalism: Why the ‚Love of My Country’ is Environmentally Unsustainable

October 1, 2019 · Kathrin Schödel ·

The ‘love of my country’ is often based on the belief that if ‘my country’ does well, I will do well, too. However, this love is not mutual. ‘My country’ doesn’t love me back—unless I belong to its privileged class.

Tagged With: Environment, nationalism, neoliberalism

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Contested Memorial: the Battle of Two Nationalisms

April 16, 2019 · Raisa Galea ·

 The core issue that underpins the conflict in Great Siege Square is whether the memory of the slain journalist can claim a place on the emblem of nationhood and whether she can be considered as part of the Maltese nation at all. It is the meaning of ‘the nation’ and who deserves to define it […]

Tagged With: Daphne Caruana Galizia, democracy, national identity, nationalism

Go Back to Your … Gozo?

January 24, 2019 · Raisa Galea ·

Why must an individual sound or look Maltese in order to stand up for the good of our society? Not only does bigotry discourage sound debate between individuals of different nationality, it also backfires in the most unexpected way.

Tagged With: activism, foreigners, integration, nationalism

Illusory Rights of EU Migrants in the UK

October 1, 2018 · Act4FreeMovement ·

Two years have passed since the Brexit referendum. But have EU citizens their rights secured? Talk Real travels to London and this is what they saw.

Tagged With: Brexit, community, nationalism

The Fate of Migrant Boats is the Fate of Europe

June 12, 2018 · Francois Zammit ·

Had a humanitarian vessel been a luxury yacht with extra communitarian multi-millionaires, the Maltese ports would not only be flung open but would be providing them with all the necessary paperwork to turn them into Maltese citizens.

Tagged With: far-right, migrants, migration, nationalism, refugees

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