As you would expect there’s a lot of venom and hatred being spewed around about the “pirates” and “hijackers” who were led to our shores this morning and in the case of some of them arrested. Neither the racist bigots nor I, were on the boat over the last 30 hours so the facts have [...]
They think they can ignore them forever but there will be a point when this will come to a head. The European Parliament passed another resolution today demanding an independent international public inquiry into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia and the stories she investigated. They demanded members of Government withdraw libel suits against her, [...]
Photo: Chris Sant Fournier for Times of Malta. Graffiti’s action outside the Planning Authority offices today is entirely justified. It also comes in the style of veteran activists who are wise enough to eat an elephant one bite at a time. They are focusing on petrol stations and the fact that year after [...]
Social and political activism has a longstanding history, the Luddites smashing up machinery in the 19th century being a famous example. Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat to a white man is another landmark case of a grassroots action leading to wider change. In Malta, activism has become an integral part of the [...]