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Raisa Galea

If You Wish to Make Malta a Better Place, Don’t Whine—Act on the Causes!

June 19, 2018 by Raisa Galea Leave a Comment

Without a clear understanding of what underpins the challenges that Malta is facing, it’s highly unlikely we’ll solve any of them.  [Read more…] about If You Wish to Make Malta a Better Place, Don’t Whine—Act on the Causes!

Filed Under: More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: democracy, Environment, neoliberalism, xenophobia

The True Power of Your Vote

June 4, 2018 by Raisa Galea 2 Comments

It is time to recognise that, united, the Maltese electorate can achieve much more than individually. And the mechanism which enables them to do so is already in place.

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Filed Under: More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: democracy, elections, electoral system, Malta

How Restaurant’s Owners Profit from Foreign Student’s Labour

April 26, 2018 by Raisa Galea 2 Comments

“The Maltese workers were also paid more. The Maltese waiting personnel could even set their own conditions and ask for a certain hourly rate and these conditions were met.”

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Filed Under: More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: exploitation, inequality, students

What Does it Mean to Be a Foreigner in Malta?

April 12, 2018 by Raisa Galea 5 Comments

Although they are uniformly referred to as “foreigners”, foreign nationals receive contrasting treatment, depending on their social status and nationality. [Read more…] about What Does it Mean to Be a Foreigner in Malta?

Filed Under: More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: expats, foreigners, inequality, migrants, migration, refugees

Two Years Later: Panama Papers in Malta and Beyond

April 2, 2018 by Raisa Galea 1 Comment

The critique that anti-corruption activists like Roberta Metsola and David Casa directed towards Keith Schembri’s and Konrad Mizzi’s Panama companies was neither about legitimacy nor the compromised ethics of offshore finance.

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Filed Under: More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: corruption, inequality, tax avoidance

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