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Clint Zahra, 34, from Birkirkara, opened up to Bis-Serjet\u00e0<\/em> after Salvini accused Malta of not taking its fair share of African asylum seekers, while also refusing to let any of them into Italy.<\/h5>\n
\u201cLike, I love how he closes Italian ports to filthy immigrants and doesn\u2019t give a shit what anyone says,\u201d Zahra enthused while stroking a picture of Salvini on his phone.<\/h5>\n
\u201cBut then sometimes I think he wouldn\u2019t hesitate to dump them all on my doorstep. God, I\u2019m so confused!\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
Could racist hypocrisy be mocked better? We don’t think so. Here, comrade Karl Stennienibarra wants you to understand that a far-right politician from Italy doesn’t give a damn about his racist Maltese admirers, ’cause, you know, ‘Italians first!’<\/p>\n
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2.\u00a0 University lecture halls converted into garages to solve parking crisis<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Every single University of Malta lecture theatre and classroom is currently in the process of being converted into a garage, in a last-ditch attempt to solve the institution\u2019s longstanding parking crisis. […]<\/h5>\n
\u201cOne day soon, these young people will graduate, and we need to give them the parking skills they\u2019ll need to succeed in what is a highly competitive vehicular society.\u201d<\/h5>\n
UoM students themselves were delighted by the dramatic increase in the number of parking spaces.<\/h5>\n
\u201cCan you imagine what my friends would say if they saw me coming to University in a\u2026eugh I can barely say the word without throwing up\u2026bus?\u201d said 2nd year law student Chiara Tabone.<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
Propaganda is most effective when it is indirect. In this masterpiece of propaganda,\u00a0Bis-Serjet\u00e0<\/em> ridicules our car-obsessed society, while mocking two core ideals of capitalism\u2014individual\u00a0<\/span>success and competitiveness.\u00a0And, rightly, the portal spares neither the university administration nor the student council from critique\u2014they, too, fully embraced a capitalist rationale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Simultaneously, the article\u00a0highlights the privileged students’ condescending attitudes towards public transport. Indeed, plenty of people in Malta believe that using a bus is for losers.\u00a0We applaud your social awareness, comrade Stennienibarra!<\/p>\n
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3.\u00a0Muscat announces metro system for rich people<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Speaking at a press conference earlier this afternoon, Muscat said the luxury underground train system is expected to be completed by next month, following the importation of thousands of migrant workers from Asia.<\/h5>\n
The Prime Minister has announced plans to build a country-wide metro system for the exclusive use of high-net-worth individuals.<\/h5>\n
Only those who earn at least \u20ac100,000 a year will be allowed to use it.<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
The true motive behind this post is to make you think, not laugh\u2014about inequality and a possibility of a reliable public transport in Malta.<\/p>\n
The disparity in treatment of high-net-worth individuals and poor guest workers by the state is hardly a joke. While the rich foreigners are welcomed to Malta with open arms and even can purchase Maltese citizenship, guest workers slave for a minimum wage. And had the rich preferred using such a luxury underground train system, it would have been built overnight, no doubt.<\/p>\n
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4.\u00a0 People in Malta must evolve to breathe dust & fumes, says Muscat<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\u201cTo make sure we carry on this period of economic growth, we need to continue constructing new buildings and getting more people on the roads,\u201d Muscat said.<\/h5>\n
Muscat said the government had considered the possibility of subsidising oxygen masks, but had deemed the idea too unrealistic.<\/h5>\n
\u201cInstead, we need people to be self-sufficient and evolve lungs that can filter out excess progress powder. In the words of Charles Darwin: \u201cThus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, boutique hotels, directly follows.\u201d\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
As a true socialist, Karl\u00a0Stennienibarra encourages us to be skeptical about ‘economic growth at all costs’ and calls for prioritising public health and common good instead. A cunning reference to Charles Darwin is a way of ditching Social Darvinism\u2014<\/span>a theory aiming to defend capitalist ideology as a supposedly ‘natural’ order and ‘survival of the fittest’.<\/p>\n
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5.\u00a0 Contractor blames gravity for worker\u2019s death<\/a><\/h3>\n
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A contractor has blamed gravity for the accidental death of a worker on a construction site.<\/h5>\n
Abdul Karim Eltayeb, a 29-year-old father of three from Sudan, fell eight storeys to his death earlier today while working on the site of a new hotel in Sliema.<\/h5>\n
However, the contractor responsible for the site, ABZ Construction Ltd, has denied responsibility for the tragic accident.<\/h5>\n
\u201cWhile I\u2019m obviously deeply saddened by the loss of one of our employees, there\u2019s nothing we could\u2019ve done to prevent his death from occurring,\u201d said ABZ project manager Brian Mangion.<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
Here,\u00a0Bis-Serjet\u00e0<\/em> brings our attention to the lack of health and safety enforcement at construction sites. Unlike so many who tend to blame the workers for the fatal accidents, the portal is clearly on the workers’ side. By slamming contractors’ irresponsible and exploitative attitude towards workers,\u00a0Karl fully reveals his socialist credentials.<\/p>\n
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6.\u00a0Valletta ghost resents hotel she haunts being labelled as \u2019boutique\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n
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The ghost of a woman who haunts a hotel in Valletta says she resents the fact it is now labelled as \u2019boutique\u2019.<\/h5>\n
Anna Calleja has haunted the site of the Casa San Giovanni hotel on Old Bakery Street, which used to be a brothel, since she was brutally murdered there in 1814, aged 29.<\/h5>\n
Calleja said she has found it very difficult to haunt effectively since the refurbishment.<\/h5>\n
\u201cThrowing objects around and wailing used to be a surefire way to get people to run away in terror. Now these rich tourist assholes see it as quaint and charming.<\/h5>\n
\u201cAnd no sooner do I finish standing over a bed oozing blood all over the place than a Filipino cleaner comes in and replaces all the sheets. It\u2019s disgusting. Fucking gentrification.\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
It takes true journalistic brilliance and devotion to fill a short article with so many subliminal messages! The hardship of sex workers, violence against women, gentrification of Valletta and social inequality are all given a mention in this Halloween piece. Note how comrade\u00a0Stennienibarra masterfully highlights the inequality between the contemporary masters and slaves\u2014<\/span>rich tourists enjoying luxury hotels and cleaners working hard to make tourists’ experience pleasant.<\/p>\n
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7.\u00a0 Konrad Mizzi to teach immigrants how to avoid tax<\/a><\/h3>\n
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The former tourism minister was criticised yesterday after writing on Facebook that immigrants must be grateful to Malta and \u201crespect the country, its people and its culture\u201d.<\/h5>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all well and good telling them to respect our country and so on, but then you have to actually show them how to integrate.<\/h5>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why, from next week, I\u2019ll be starting private lessons on how to take kickbacks, open offshore shell companies in secretive jurisdictions, and avoid paying tax like a true Maltese person who respects the laws of his country.\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
We salute Karl\u00a0Stennienibarra for, once again, taking the side of the most discriminated section of the population, while exposing how crooks in power pander to racism in order to retain support of the electorate. Isn’t it outright ridiculous when money-launderers preach “respect of the country and its people”?<\/p>\n
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8.\u00a0 Maltese Big Business decides not to have a reshuffle, stays the same<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Malta\u2019s business class has decided not to mirror Prime Minister Robert Abela and carry out a reshuffle, opting instead to retain the same interests.<\/h5>\n
Big Business is the top-most level of Malta\u2019s political system, with the elected government acting to safeguard its interests at all costs.<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
Bis-Serjet\u00e0 <\/em>just\u00a0says it as it is: big business is running the country. Yeah, not funny at all, we know!<\/p>\n
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9.\u00a0I will never get an abortion, declares George Vella<\/a><\/h3>\n
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The President also dismissed calls for him to remain neutral on such a sensitive issue.<\/h5>\n
\u201cThe constitution may have stopped me from intervening in the political crisis two months ago, but it doesn\u2019t stop me from telling women what to do with their bodies,\u201d he said.<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
As a true comrade, Karl Stennienibarra lends his support to the feminist cause and stands up for reproductive rights. Is this not praiseworthy?<\/p>\n
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9.5 Fuck Tha Police<\/h3>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\nAs an agent of revolution in disguise,\u00a0Bis-Serjet\u00e0 <\/em>celebrates the Malta Police Force’s initiative to\u00a0abolish itself! Fuck the police, anarchism is the way to go!<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.islesoftheleft.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/separators-bottom11-1.png\" \/><\/p>\nHaving such a champion of the anti-capitalist cause as comrade\u00a0Karl Stennienibarra by our side, we can rest assured that the revolution is indeed near and our dreams of a fair society are about to come true.\u00a0Hasta la victoria siempre!\u2014<\/span>Batalla Socialista!<\/p>\n<div class=\"_aou\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"View Message Reactions\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you think\u00a0Bis-Serjet\u00e0\u00a0is there just to make us laugh, you are not paying attention. We are certain that the portal is nothing but covert socialist propaganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,90],"tags":[25,158,136],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islesoftheleft.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islesoftheleft.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islesoftheleft.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islesoftheleft.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islesoftheleft.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8987"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/islesoftheleft.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9018,"href":"https:\/\/islesoftheleft.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8987\/revisions\/9018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islesoftheleft.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islesoftheleft.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islesoftheleft.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islesoftheleft.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

by the IotL Magazine<\/h4>\n

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\u201cLike, I love how he closes Italian ports to filthy immigrants and doesn\u2019t give a shit what anyone says,\u201d Zahra enthused while stroking a picture of Salvini on his phone.<\/h5>\n

Every single University of Malta lecture theatre and classroom is currently in the process of being converted into a garage, in a last-ditch attempt to solve the institution\u2019s longstanding parking crisis. […]<\/h5>\n

\u201cOne day soon, these young people will graduate, and we need to give them the parking skills they\u2019ll need to succeed in what is a highly competitive vehicular society.\u201d<\/h5>\n

UoM students themselves were delighted by the dramatic increase in the number of parking spaces.<\/h5>\n

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Speaking at a press conference earlier this afternoon, Muscat said the luxury underground train system is expected to be completed by next month, following the importation of thousands of migrant workers from Asia.<\/h5>\n

The Prime Minister has announced plans to build a country-wide metro system for the exclusive use of high-net-worth individuals.<\/h5>\n

\u201cTo make sure we carry on this period of economic growth, we need to continue constructing new buildings and getting more people on the roads,\u201d Muscat said.<\/h5>\n

Muscat said the government had considered the possibility of subsidising oxygen masks, but had deemed the idea too unrealistic.<\/h5>\n

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A contractor has blamed gravity for the accidental death of a worker on a construction site.<\/h5>\n

Abdul Karim Eltayeb, a 29-year-old father of three from Sudan, fell eight storeys to his death earlier today while working on the site of a new hotel in Sliema.<\/h5>\n

However, the contractor responsible for the site, ABZ Construction Ltd, has denied responsibility for the tragic accident.<\/h5>\n

The ghost of a woman who haunts a hotel in Valletta says she resents the fact it is now labelled as \u2019boutique\u2019.<\/h5>\n

Anna Calleja has haunted the site of the Casa San Giovanni hotel on Old Bakery Street, which used to be a brothel, since she was brutally murdered there in 1814, aged 29.<\/h5>\n

Calleja said she has found it very difficult to haunt effectively since the refurbishment.<\/h5>\n

\u201cThrowing objects around and wailing used to be a surefire way to get people to run away in terror. Now these rich tourist assholes see it as quaint and charming.<\/h5>\n

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The former tourism minister was criticised yesterday after writing on Facebook that immigrants must be grateful to Malta and \u201crespect the country, its people and its culture\u201d.<\/h5>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all well and good telling them to respect our country and so on, but then you have to actually show them how to integrate.<\/h5>\n

Malta\u2019s business class has decided not to mirror Prime Minister Robert Abela and carry out a reshuffle, opting instead to retain the same interests.<\/h5>\n

The President also dismissed calls for him to remain neutral on such a sensitive issue.<\/h5>\n

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