Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

Capitalist extremism

Like that hypocritical discussion about whether the recent airstrikes on Syria were "legal" or "illegal", here is another hypocrisy. I remember that in early 2001 there were only a couple of brothels left in Soho. London. They had been made illegal.  But could you really make selling sex illegal in a society where everything is commodified and for sale? In fact, "brothels" and prostitution have been legal, but operating under other names and a lot of that is monopolised by "escort" agencies and other kind of agencies.  Louise is British, has a diploma in marine biology and £20,000 of student debt. Related In  Britain  In Sicily, Italy In  Germany

"The growth of large-scale migration is after all part of the system of corporate globalisation that took hold in the past 30 years and widened inequality both within and between countries. It's also been fuelled by 15 years of western wars and intervention from Afghanistan to Somalia. And in Eastern Europe, the exploitation and migration of low-waged and skilled workers has been central to the neoliberal model imposed after 1989." Seumas Milne, the Guardian online, 01 January 2013 Italy as an example ' Migrants are more profitable than drugs' Raped, beaten, exploited

"Free-market" values overwhelm Albania

"How the refugee crisis became invisible"