since 2005: blogging about law & politics
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The New Normal
In another guest post, Eleonora Sartori reflects on the messages from yesterday’s demonstration. The new normal In Canto III of the Inferno, Dante Alighieri describes the sighs and piercing cries of woe of “the miserable spirits of those who lived neither infamy nor praise”. These are the so-called “ignavi”, from Latin “ignavus”, i.e. someone…
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Diskors Dimostrazzjoni Socjeta’ Civili
This is the speech that Antonio Tufigno read on my behalf at the Civil Society Demonstration today. X’intom tagħmlu hawn? X’inġbartu tagħmlu għal darba oħra madwar din l-għajta għall-Ġustizzja? Għadkom ma xbajtux? Għadkom ma għajjejtux? Ħarsu waħda fuq il-lemin u fuq ix-xellug tagħkom. X’ġew jagħmlu hawnhekk dawn in-nies illum? X’inhi din is-socjeta’ civili? Għalfejn dal-kjass,…
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Corradin No
A reader joins the increasing number of J’accuse contributors. “As You Are” kicks off his contributions with a poem called Corradin No. Corradin No Maltese politicians will never know what it’s like to do time at Corradino and then, when it’s over, to go back home to your mum, or your girlfriend, or your…
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The part I don’t take
The list of speakers for tomorrow’s Civil Society Demonstration has been published and readers by now will have noticed that I am one of them. I have seen comments directed at me both on the Times and Independent articles on the event. According to one commentator I was an obvious choice because I wrote “against…
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Strait Street Activism
October 2017 has also been the month of the worldwide #metoo campaign – a campaign highlighting the victims of sexual assault. Tonight, as hundreds of women kicked off the #occupyjustice campaign by setting up tents in Castille Square a civil rights stalwart from the 20th century decided to offer his own expert opinion on the…
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The Long Haul
“The murder of blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia triggered off a difficult moment for Malta, but it should not be allowed to derail the country’s long-term plans, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said today.” Muscat was speaking in a pre-recorded message to the audience of the EY annual conference in Malta. It had to be a video tape…
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