The Intelligence is a daily burst of global illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents as they dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be. This episode is entitled “New Democracy in an old one: Greece’s election”
Kyriakos Mitsotakis looks likely to lead his New Democracy party to victory in this weekend’s snap election. But can he deliver on all the promises of his big-tent campaign? We examine the controversy and the politics surrounding the detention of migrants at America’s southern border. And, it’s clear that the quality of women’s football is rocketing—we’ve got the data to prove it.1
Will Eiserman is a friend of the family and Director of the Early Childhood Hearing Outreach (ECHO) Initiative, at the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management, Utah State University.
Eiserman, W. [Willl]. (2019, July 2). On Monday I had a meeting with Senator Gardner's staff to discuss my concerns about the treatment of children at the border and about our nation's over-arching approach to immigrants. [Facebook status update]. Retrieved July 6, 2019 from https://www.facebook.com/davmacit/posts/10157350780151796
Below are a collection of three information videos to help clarify the scope of eco-justice activity and address some misconceptions and misinterpretations of the science of climate change. Andrea Cohen B. asks Did you ever notice that the same leaders denying climate change are the ones drumming up fear and hatred against migrants? Check out this short explainer video on why the climate movement must fight for migrant justice to win the world we need. Voiceover by Thandie Newton. Special thanks to Migrant Workers Alliance for Change and Harsha Walia for advice and guidance. Learn more: http://theleap.org/climate-migration/ (Creative Producer @Andrea Cohen B. Produced by Meta4Films Inc.)
The AST Podcast on Climate Catastrophe Catastrophic climate change is here. People are being displaced, many species are becoming extinct. And this situation will get worse. This podcast begins to explore what Ethics, Law, and Theology have to say to this world, a world in crisis due to ecological catastrophe. It discusses some things you may have heard discussed before – such as why and how Christians need to change. It also explores questions that, as the 21st-century proceeds, will become more and more relevant such as - would acts of ecological terrorism, such as blowing up a pipeline, be morally justified? How should criminal law evolve in response to the unprecedented challenges climate-driven social catastrophe poses? And what lenses can Theology and Ethics bring to a new dark age of climate-driven social breakdown? In this conversation, AST David Deane is joined by Professor Cathy Driscoll and Professor Rob Currie. Cathy is a Professor in the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University and Chair of the Halifax-Yarmouth Diocesan Council for Development and Peace – Caritas Canada. She is a certified Laudato Si’ Animator with the Global Catholic Climate Movement. Rob is a Professor in the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. He is a leading expert on criminal law whose work is regularly cited by the Supreme Court of Canada. His seminal, International and Transnational Criminal Law, was shortlisted for the Walter Owen Book Prize for Outstanding Legal Literature in 2011
Global Weirding: Climate, Politics, and Religion with Katharine Hayhoe is produced by KTTZ Texas Tech Public ... What's the Big Deal With a Few Degrees?
Former advisor to President Trump, Steve Bannon is one of many interesting persons mentioned in these reports. Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist, comments that Mr Steve Bannon stands for a worldview that is antithetical to the liberal values The Economist has always espoused… Bannon helped propel Donald Trump to the White House and he is advising the populist far-right in several European countries where they are close to power or in government. Worryingly large numbers of people are drawn to nativist nationalism. And Mr Bannon is one of its chief proponents.
The future of open societies will not be secured by like-minded people speaking to each other in an echo chamber, but by subjecting ideas and individuals from all sides to rigorous questioning and debate. This will expose bigotry and prejudice, just as it will reaffirm and refresh liberalism. That is the premise The Economist was founded on. When James Wilson launched this newspaper in 1843, he said its mission was to take part in “a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.”1
The Associated Press reports that Pope Francis is recommending a Christian kind of populism after being attacked by Italian politicians for defending migrants.
Francis told a crowd of 100,000 at an outdoor Mass on Saturday that “the only possible populism” is a Christian one that “listens to and serves the people without shouting, accusing, stirring up quarrels.” The pope spoke in Palermo, the capital of Sicily. Many of the hundreds of thousands of migrants rescued at sea in recent years were taken to the Italian island’s ports. Francis has staunchly championed the rights of migrants. Italy’s new populist government is discouraging their arrival. Interior Minister Matteo Salvini insists people rescued at sea from human traffickers’ boats won’t be allowed in Italy.2
Michael Sean Winters, who covers the nexus of religion and politics for the National Catholic Register, reports recently that Richard Engel, of NBC news, began his show "On Assignment" with a segment on Steve Bannon's attack on Pope Francis.
Engel, like the Guardian, shines a light on Bannon's allies. When Michael Voris, the head of Church Militant, talks about the need to "drain the swamp" at the Vatican because "there is a gay network running the Vatican," you felt for Engel: Was he trying to suppress a laugh or was he genuinely flummoxed? Fr. Robert Sirico of the Acton Institute admits he does not much care for Francis because the pope does not understand rich people, but he adds that Bannon is "not my cup of tea" and does not know him. Engel produces a letter from Acton's Rome office supporting Bannon's Dignitatis Humanae Institute and Sirico says that he has never seen this before. I believe him: Sirico is gullible about capitalism, but I do not think he is a liar.3
Mark Townsend, Home affairs editor of the Guardian, writes that Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon advised Italy’s interior minister Matteo Salvini to attack the pope over the issue of migration, according to sources close to the Italian far right.
Bannon has steadily been building opposition to Francis through his Dignitatis Humanae Institute, based in a 13th-century mountaintop monastery not far from Rome. In January 2017, Bannon became a patron of the institute, whose honorary president is Cardinal Raymond Burke, an ultra-conservative who believes organised networks of homosexuals are spreading a “gay agenda” in the Vatican. The institute’s chairman is former Italian MP Luca Volontè, on trial for corruption for accepting bribes from Azerbaijan . He has denied all charges. Among the institute’s trustees is one of the pope’s most outspoken critics, Austin Ruse, a former contributor to rightwing news website Breitbart. Ruse runs C-FAM, an anti-abortion group whose founder was prone to antisemitic rants about population control and which has been termed a hate group by human rights campaigners. Like Volontè, Ruse is an official of the World Congress of Families, a gathering of far-right, anti-gay Christian groups backed by Konstantin Malofeev, a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin. Other trustees include Ben Harris-Quinney, chairman of the Conservative thinktank the Bow Group, who met Bannon in London last summer, alongside Raheem Kassam, the former UK editor of Breitbart. Bannon was a founding member of Breitbart’s board. Bannon was invited by the Observer to respond but at the time of publication had not yet replied.4
The position of Pope Francis on migration, climate change, and the excesses of capitalism are in tension with the policy of right wing populist movements.
The Globe and Mail article by Michelle Zilio and Adrian Morrow reports that Canada and the U.S. hope to to redraft a border treaty to cut flow of asylum seekers.
Under the current pact, most refugee claimants who come to Canada from the United States at official points of entry – such as border stations – are immediately sent back to the United States.
But the pact does not apply between such points of entry, so those who cross between border stations have the right to make a refugee claim. Canada wants this changed so most people coming from the United States – at any point along the border – can be immediately deported. The idea behind the treaty is that refugees do not face a risk of persecution in the United States, so it is safe for them to apply for asylum there – no need to continue on to Canada.1
Pope Francis is recently quoted as saying that you cannot prevent emigration by force but by generosity, education and economic investment.
From Pope Francis inflight presser: 'He who builds walls will end up imprisoned by them'“Then there is the problem of hunger and thirst. If Europe wants to be mother Europe and not grandmother Europe, it must invest; it must intelligently try to help growth through education, through investment”. You cannot prevent emigration by force but by generosity, education and economic investment, he said. And reflecting on how to receive and distribute migrants who come to Europe, the Pope said that it is true that a single country can't receive everyone, “but there's all of Europe to distribute migrants” and he reiterated that the reception must be with “an open heart, that accompanies, promotes and integrates".2
The action of Caritas Canada on Migration is based on the principle that no one should be forced to flee their homes.
Never have so many people fled war, persecution, natural disasters, extreme poverty, and development megaprojects. This Development and Peace animation encourages us to reflect on forced displacement. The refugee crisis is global and each of us has a role to play. With your support, Development and Peace reaches communities affected by forced migration.3
Today we realize that never have so many people fled war, persecution, natural disasters, extreme poverty, and development megaprojects.
Let’s consider Four Items For The International Migrants Day and see how these factors may have been important in the migration story of our own ancestors to Canada.
Displaced Person's Story
The reason for James Macpherson to establish his family in Pictou County Nova Scotia in the 18th Century is probably described in the video at the end of this piece. Ewelina U. Ochab contributes an article to Forbes urging Understanding Not Fear.
December 18 marks the International Migrants Day. The 2018's International Migrants Day titled “Migration with Dignity” recognizes that “treating every migrant with dignity is one of the fundamental requirements we face before anything else we attempt on migration.”1
Msgr. Luc Van Looy, President of Caritas Europa advocates the the Global Compact between countries that are attempting to make migration work for everyone.
While respecting each state’s national sovereignty, the Global Compact is a non-binding instrument that fosters cooperation between countries of origin, transit and destination of migrants. It is based on the existing international human rights framework and the Sustainable Development Goals. Knowing that no state can act alone in the field of migration, we believe it strikes a good balance between the respect of migrants’ rights and the interests of receiving communities 2.
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