Bratislava We had an interesting set of meetings scheduled at a new enterprise launched during the last year in Bratislava that involved creating cultural and community spaces in an experimental building. After hearing about community centers of various sorts and sizes throughout Slovakia, we were finally going to get to see the urban version …
Month: February 2018
Watching the Euro Far-Right in Action in Slovakia
http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Jimi-Hendrix-01-Lover-Man-3071325.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsBratislava We were on our way to Bratislava, but first we had an opportunity to observe some kind of action by the members and supporters of the far-right party in Slovakia. More recently, this party, referred to invariably by our hosts as neo-Nazis, had been the governing …
Slovakians Need a Social Benefits Clawback Campaign
Banska Bystrica Several separate conversations struck me as we visited with villagers and others around central Slovakia, and both came together around the issue of social benefits, or what we would call welfare payments to out of work or otherwise financially imperiled families. On one hand, the classic, and racialized, discrimination is obvious when Slovakians …