Migrants as activist citizens in Italy Published on openDemocracy (http://www.opendemocracy.net) Migrants as activist citizens in Italy In 2010 and 2011 migrants behaved like activist citizens throughout Italy‚ initiating a new cycle of struggles in the crisis of neoliberalism. Their contestation of an exclusionary‚ racialized and competitive model of society could become a goal shared by migrants and nationals alike. ‘We will be remembered’; whoever wrote this on the wall of an abandoned
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Should Immigration be allowed? Background: The United States as the great "melting pot" has become a myth. [Explain what melting pot means: It means that this is a place where all sorts of people (race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexuality‚ etc.) can live] The reality is that there is a continued geographic concentration of minority groups in certain regions and in specific metropolitan areas. This holds true especially for Hispanics and Asians‚ who tend to enter the US through "gateway cities"
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difficulties of belonging while torn between two places. Peter Skrzynecki‚ poet of the Immigrant Chronicle wrote the poems “Migrant Hostel” and “10 Mary Street”‚ which explores his own feelings of belonging‚ place and alienation as he recounts his migration from Germany to Australia. However‚ each poem is a recollection from two different experiences of his lifetime. “Migrant Hostel” describes richly the very early and hostile stages of the migrant journey‚ and is mostly associated with the feelings
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The entry that I decided to focus my response was from the book Notes From No Man’s Land‚ written by Eula Biss although I still have to mention the other readings that were assigned. The main topic of her writing‚ Babylon‚ I think‚ is the migration of people to their own Babylon; an area‚ city‚ location where individuals or groups move to because‚ of wanting to believe‚ of optimism and rebirth that they can possibly acquire. I took it as an essay on‚ obviously‚ the racial diversity in America and
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illegal immigration. A rise in conflicts through Africa and the Middle East also caused the people seeking safety‚ political protection in European countries and North America to rise (“Immigrants and Immigration”). However at the same time‚ legal migration of hard-working East Europeans‚ from countries such as Poland‚
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The Effects of U.S. Immigration on the Career Trajectories of Native Workers‚ 1979–20041 Jeremy Pais University of Connecticut While earlier work primarily examines the point-in-time effects of immigration on the earnings of native workers‚ this article focuses more broadly on the effects of immigration on native workers’ career trajectories. Cross-classified multilevel growth-curve models are applied to 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and U.S. Census Bureau data to demonstrate how people
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MIGRATION: Migration is a world wide phenomenon that can be viewed in either a modern or historical perspective. Historically speaking‚ migration has been happening for hundreds of years for various reasons such as racism‚ war invasions‚ search for a better life‚ famine‚ and poor weather conditions. Modernly speaking‚ in
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Journal Article Review In this article the authors present findings from a study of African immigrants to Ireland. The main focus of the study was to look at the experiences of pregnant and post natal African women and to explore questions about their experiences of maternity services in Ireland and also larger issues of integration into Irish society. The research was based primarily in a Dublin maternity hospital. The author also highlights a number of issues African immigrants face when living
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hl=en&id=M8jPcP0a8BwC&dq=there+goes+the+hood&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=FFCPolEyT-&sig=CW8XPy4LdV30FVvh9yw0BhTuvnQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA1‚M1> 2. Herbert‚ Steve. “Contemporary Geographies of exclusion I: Transversing Skid Row” Progress in Human Geography Oct2008‚ Vol. 32 Issue 5‚ p659-666 8p 03091325 <http://content.epnet.com/pdf9/pdf/2008/29K/01Oct08/34409270.pdf?T=P&P=AN&K=34409270&EbscoContent=dGJyMNLr40Sep7I4zdnyOLCmrlCeprJSsaa4TLSWxWXS&ContentCustomer=dGJyMPGtrk6wrLdQuePfgeyx%2BEu3q64A&D=afh>
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From England to the New World The New World provided many reasons for the English people to risk their life’s crossing the great Atlantic Ocean. Some came for the opportunity to seek fortune‚ others came to work the field to escape the harsh poverty England was facing‚ and others came in search of purity with the Lord Jesus Christ. For whatever the reasons‚ the New World brought challenges and those who could endure it were greatly awarded in fortune‚ faith‚ and opportunity. This essay will look
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