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Education in Malta: a Beacon of Equal Opportunity or a Means of Segregation?

March 12, 2020 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

Isn’t free and equal education for all the bastion of equal opportunity? Not if the education system segregates children according to the thickness of their parents’ wallets.

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The Sea Is Our Only Remaining Open Space. Let Us Preserve It!

February 9, 2020 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

Being by the sea is our only chance to experience public space once again; to be connected with one another and with nature.

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Our Top 15 Essays of 2019

December 28, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

In Malta, 2019 brought political crisis, but also stirred democratic mobilization. These essays, best-loved by our readers and editors, grasp the essence of the year. [Read more…] about Our Top 15 Essays of 2019

Commemorating Sette Giugno in 2019: Calling for Strikes and Workers’ Uprising

June 6, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

A hundred years later, Sette Giugno events hit close to home. The blatant speculation and unfettered market practices that led to the spike in food prices in 1919 resemble untamed profiteering in Malta’s housing and labour markets in 2019.

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Maltese Identity? It Is Complicated!

May 20, 2019 by The IotL Magazine 1 Comment

We have collected a few stories and perspectives which contemplate on how national identity is constructed and what effect it has on our lives.

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