Isles of the Left

‘Safe City Malta’: Is Privacy the Real Crux of the Matter?

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Apart from privacy, the Safe City Malta project raises a number of issues that must be addressed by the Maltese authorities: Who will be storing the data? What will be done with the data? Who will be monitoring the data?

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‘Deserving’ vs ‘Undeserving’: Refugees vs Economic Migrants

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Suffering seems to be an obligatory justification to enter Europe. In a fairer and more balanced system, economic migrants would have not had to take a perilous journey just to find work. But if trauma is the expectation, they get traumatised, too.

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Regardless of Season, Playing Ping-Pong with People’s Lives is Unacceptable!

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When we focus our arguments on the bad weather and on the Christmas season, we downplay the significance and severity of the actual issue, which then fades from the fore of public debates.

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Valletta and Our Common Good: City Lounge vs Residents’ Resistance

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For well over a year, City Lounge has abused our common good in order to increase their own commercial activity. However, citizens have not become used to the realization that one of our fellows is abusing the common good for their own enrichment.

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