23 augustus 2021 After a long delay and incentivized by recent events in Afghanistan I’ve only recently read Khaled Hosseini’s book “The Kite Runner”. A central item around which the story has been woven is the treatment of the Hazara, a minority in Afghanistan. They suffer from discrimination both by Pashtun tribes and Taliban. I […]
Monthly archives: August 2021
66. Jordi Pujol – Tiempo de Construir 1980-1993 (Catalunya)
21 augustus 2021 In the second part of his biography Jordi Pujol describes how he built the Catalonian institutions shortly after the death of dictator Franco. Reading this biography it becomes clear how the political situations of Flanders and Catalonia differ profoundly from each other: (1) While Flemings form the majority in Belgium, Catalonia is […]
65. Moving to the right ?
21 augustus 2021 Sometimes the statement is made that politics is nowadays moving to the right, that public opinion is adopting opinions which were considered 20 years ago to be rightist or even extreme rightist. In that context specially reference is made to two different themes: (1) discussions on migration and citizenship; (2) deconstruction of […]
64. Dutch – Interview met Catherine Fieschi in De Morgen van 14 aug 2021
Op 14 augustus 2021 publiceerde De Morgen een interview met de Frans-Britse politicoloog en auteur van “Populocracy”, Catherine Fieschi. Daarin poneert de politicoloog een aantal stellingen die een scherpe response verdienen. Vooreerst stelt ze vast dat veel Europese landen geregeerd worden door een “onwaarschijnlijke coalitie van linkse en rechtse partijen die samenklonteren in het centrum.” […]