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Sydney’s sugar rush: how the colony’s most powerful profited from Australia’s slave trade
Australia has often sought to reassure itself that at least the nation is untainted, unlike Britain and the US, by a heinous history of slavery.. But “the evidence of the Australian slave trade through blackbirding is everywhere – it hides in plin sight”, Emelda Davjus, a former Sydney citi coucillor, community advocate and second-generation descendant…
Billion-dollar cocaine bust triggers lockdown at Kingston wharf
The Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) was under a virtual lockdown for several hours late Friday as security forces continued a high-level operation into a major cocaine bust that the police have estimated at approximately J$1 billion. The Gleaner reports that the operation reportedly began Thursday morning and remained active late Friday as police, the Jamaica…
Luxembourg lacks reliable estimate number of undocumented migrants
Photo credit: RTL The Luxembourg government says it is impossible to provide reliable figures on the number of people living in the country without legal residency. It cited the inherent difficulty of tracking undocumented migration. RTE Today reports that counting the number of people living in Luxembourg without valid residency status is, by its very…
IRA terrorists threaten migrants with campaign of violence
Photo credit: Irish Mirror Republican terrorists are plotting a campaign of violence to force migrants out og Ireland, intelligence officials have told The Mail on Sunday. The plan by the New IRA – the successor organization to the Real IRA – comes in the wake of the disturbances on the streets of Northern Ireland in June following the…
New wildfire explodes in Okanagan, BC
Photo credit: Global News Evacuations are underway around Summerland, BC, after a new wildfire near Okanagan Lake exploded in size. The Canadian Press reports that Erick Thompson with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen’s emergency operations centre says the fire was first detected at 5 am Friday. Still, it has grown to 50 square kilometres in about…
South African clothing factories struggle after migrant workers flee
Weeks after xenophobic protests drove thousands of migrant workers from South Africa, rows of sewing machines stood idle at a clothing factory in Newcastle, a manufacturing hub in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal. Reuters reports that migrants typically work in sectors unappealing to locals, according to analysts. “People don’t want to work in factories,” said…
Is it really rude to post a photo of someone without asking first? by Charlotte Hilton Anderson
Photo credit: Readers Digest Ten years ago, at the height of blogging, I had a charming little corner of the internet where I documented my life with photos, anecdotes and way too many overshares. I met so many incredible people that way, and it felt warm and community-y and good – until it wasn’t. I…