Society & Politics – Page 16

#FridaysForFuture: Maltese Students Strike for the Planet, for the Future!

March 14, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

Short-sightedness of our political class in the face of climate change is truly distressing. We must convince political leaders to make climate justice and our wellbeing a priority.

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Five Myths About Marx

March 13, 2019 by Michael Grech Leave a Comment

Contrary to persisting myths, Marx’s work was not a bigoted crusade against the capitalist world he lived in: in fact, he thought that capitalist society was a step ahead of the feudal one and was a necessary precondition for socialism.

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Democratizing Europe’s Economy

March 11, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

European Union has everything to gain by showing it’s on the side of workers, improving their everyday workplace experience, and fostering collaboration with others; by doing this, the EU would do much to lessen the alienation currently exploited by the populist right.

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On Abortion: Women’s Solidarity Through Personal Narratives

March 7, 2019 by The IotL Magazine 2 Comments

Society in general, and particularly Maltese society, is unkind to a woman who has an abortion. Why not show empathy rather than judgment? You do not know what a person is going through; you are not in her shoes.

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How British Colonial Rule Took Advantage of the Maltese Carnival

March 1, 2019 by The IotL Magazine 1 Comment

It was through their ‘tolerance’ of Carnival and other Catholic rituals, that the British aimed to freeze the flow of time in order to actively prevent social change from taking place in Malta.

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