@moiralavelle.bsky.social
Journalist based in Αθήνα. Covering migration, borders, politics, gender. Bylines @aljazeera.com, @thetimes.com, @the-independent.com, @npr.org, others. Previously @tovimagr.bsky.social.
Five essential books for understanding the chaos of Trump 2.0 in @inkstickmedia.com including two I have written reviews for: Seasons of Fury, @rozinaali.bsky.social The Overseer Class, @thrasherxy.bsky.social inkstickmedia.com/five-essenti...
Five Essential Books for Understanding the Chaos of Trump 2.0
Amid war, an anti-immigrant crackdown, and a far-right push to remake the US, Inkstick has book suggestions to understand Trump 2.0.
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"Seasons of Fury" is an excellent autopsy of America’s last few decades and the Islamophobia that has riddled its politics and policies. Wrote a review of @rozinaali.bsky.social 's forthcoming book for @inkstickmedia.com: inkstickmedia.com/in-the-unite...
In the United States, Islamophobia Has an Alarmingly Long History
In the new book 'Seasons of Fury,' journalist Rozina Ali traces the long, expansive history of Islamophobia in the United States.
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In a compelling new book, journalist @rozinaali.bsky.social probes the long, expansive history of anti-Muslim bigotry in the United States. By: @moiralavelle.bsky.social inkstickmedia.com/in-the-unite...
In the United States, Islamophobia Has a Long, Expansive History
In the new book 'Seasons of Fury,' journalist Rozina Ali traces the long, expansive history of Islamophobia in the United States.
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“LGBTQ+ people have long served as a sort of ‘testing ground’ for the government’s political violence.” — Yıldız Tar latest piece with @moiralavelle.bsky.social for @theamargi.bsky.social 👇🏾 www.theamargi.com/posts/turkis...
Υπάρχουν μεγάλα σχέδια για την άνυδρη κοιλάδα ανατολικά της Αθήνας. Ανάμεσα στη γαλήνη των ελαιόδεντρων βρίσκονται 5 data center. Ήδη έχουν γίνει επενδύσεις αξίας μερικών εκατοντάδων εκατομμυρίων και έχουν καταρτιστεί σχέδια για αρκετά ακόμη. ✍️ για WIRED Greece wired.com.gr/article/data...
Data centers και το τίμημα της ανάπτυξης - WIRED Greece
Καθώς η Ελλάδα προσπαθεί να γίνει κόμβος data centers, τα ερωτήματα για την κατανάλωση ενέργειας και τις επιπτώσεις στις τοπικές κοινωνίες πληθαίνουν.
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"The Overseer Class is a deeply rooted yet approachable analysis of how race in America is often a telemetric shorthand for class and interest, but remains only a shorthand." Grateful for this thoughtful review of THE OVERSEER CLASS in @inkstickmedia.com inkstickmedia.com/steven-thras...
Steven Thrasher's Impassioned Call to Oust the 'Overseer Class'
In 'The Overseer Class: A Manifesto,' Steven W. Thrasher's call to overthrow the 'overseer class' starts with looking beyond reform.
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In a new book, journalist Thrasher pulls apart the myth that diversity reforms unjust systems. inkstickmedia.com/steven-thras...
At Inkstick, @moiralavelle.bsky.social reviews @mollycrabapple.bsky.social's 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country,' out next month.
Inkstick Media@inkstickmedia.com · 7mo agoIn her forthcoming book, @mollycrabapple.bsky.social "writes to make you fall in love with the Bundists — with their charm, their surety, their steadfastness, their loquaciousness — but more so to make you fall in love with their ideas." A new review by @moiralavelle.bsky.social
In her forthcoming book, @mollycrabapple.bsky.social "writes to make you fall in love with the Bundists — with their charm, their surety, their steadfastness, their loquaciousness — but more so to make you fall in love with their ideas." A new review by @moiralavelle.bsky.social
'For Your Freedom and Ours': The Lessons of the Jewish Bund
In a new book, author Molly Crabapple examines the story of the revolutionary Jewish Bund — and the lessons for resistance today.
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The official accounts tell one story. Survivors tell another. Our investigation into the deadly collision off Chios looks at the inconsistencies surrounding the deaths of 15 people. with @moiralavelle.bsky.social & Giorgos Christides wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
Taner Balat was last seen in Orestiada 2 months ago, and his family has been searching for him since. Greek officials state there is no record of the 23-year old Turkish citizen anywhere in the country. But the family has video evidence. W/ @vedatyeler.com
EFSYN@efsyntakton.bsky.social · 9mo agoΕθεάθη τελευταία φορά στην Ορεστιάδα πριν από δύο μήνες. Η οικογένειά του τον αναζητά από τότε. Οι ελληνικές αρχές δηλώνουν ότι δεν υπάρχει κανένα στοιχείο για τον 23χρονο σε ολόκληρη τη χώρα. Ωστόσο, η οικογένειά του διαθέτει αποδεικτικά βίντεο ● Η υπόθεση έφτασε και στο τουρκικό Κοινοβούλιο
24 aid workers in Greece are being tried on trumped-up smuggling charges after they gave blankets and water to migrants. Some have been in pretrial detention for months in a case highlighting the EU’s authoritarian clampdown on migrant rescue.
Threatened With Jail for Offering Blankets to Migrants
Twenty-four aid workers in Greece are being tried on trumped-up smuggling charges after they gave blankets and water to migrants. Some have been in pretrial detention for months in a case highlighting the EU’s authoritarian clampdown on migrant rescue.
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Across Greece, fish farms are set to expand by 24 times their current acreage, supported by subsidies from the EU. Some Greeks are pushing back, arguing that aquaculture is damaging to the seagrass and the marine environment.
Greeks Challenge EU-Backed Fish Farms Amid Environmental Concerns - Inside Climate News
The country is one of the top producers of farmed fish in the EU, which has promoted aquaculture as an environmentally sustainable option for food security within the bloc.
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Fish farms are expanding across Greece, backed by hundreds of millions in EU subsidies. But this green-economy priority is damaging to seagrass and marine environments. I spoke with Greeks taking the expansion of these farms to court for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/3011202...
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From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades, writes @moiralavelle.bsky.social
In Greece, Demonstrators Want the US Military Out
From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades.
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From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades. inkstickmedia.com/in-greece-an...
In Greece, Anti-War Advocates Want the US Military Out
From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades.
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This past weekend thousands of Greeks protested the US military bases in Crete and their reported involvement in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. There is a long history of opposition to American bases in the country. My latest for @inkstickmedia.com: inkstickmedia.com/in-greece-an...
In Greece, Anti-War Advocates Want the US Military Out
From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades.
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"The Greek ban on people arriving from North Africa from claiming #asylum is a policy as illegal and failed as its 2020 iteration for refugees arriving from Turkey." Minos Mouzourakis, lawyer at RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social ✍️@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees
Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.
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«Η 🇬🇷 απαγόρευση υποβολής αιτήματος ασύλου από Β.Αφρική είναι μια πολιτική εξίσου παράνομη &αποτυχημένη με την αντίστοιχη απόπειρα του 2020 για #πρόσφυγες από Τουρκία.» Μίνως Μουζουράκης, δικηγόρος στην RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social @moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees
Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.
jacobin.com
“We didn’t come here for fun; we had no choice,” Mahmud from Syria “When I see young people arriving now, I understand them,” said Theodor, who fled 🇬🇷’s junta in the 70s Odyseas: “No one is here to take your land or your money” New piece w/ @moiralavelle.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Greece has announced it will suspend asylum for the next three months for people arriving form North Africa. It is another revelation that its government aims to reduce the protected right to asylum to smithereens. Reporting with @vedatyeler.com jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees
Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.
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EU proposes rule to send asylum-seekers to ‘safe’ third countries they’ve never been to: www.tovima.com/world/eu-pro...
EU Proposes Rule to Send Asylum-Seekers to 'Safe' Third Countries They've Never Been To
This will open avenues for the use of “return hubs” much like the one created in Albania at the impetus of a deal with Italy.
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Wrote a bit about Greece’s surrogacy tourism industry, and the legal structure that makes it possible: www.tovima.com/stories/gree...
Greece’s Surrogacy Sector is Open for Tourists, or at Least Some of Them - tovima.com
These “surrogate matching” programs rely on the fallacy that there are hundreds of women happy to travel to Greece to engage themselves in the demanding process of surrogacy and pregnancy for sheer al...
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Why is Athens facing a housing crisis? Why do so many of the apartment buildings look alike? And what does "vertical segregation" mean in the context of the city? In this podcast I spoke with Social Geography prof Thomas Maloutas about housing in Athens: www.tovima.com/podcasts/exp...
Explaining Greece: Athens' Housing Crisis and History
In this episode we explore the history of housing in Athens, and look into how forces like Greece’s protracted economic crisis and short-term rental platforms like Airbnb have impacted the city's soci...
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The report from @bordercrim.bsky.social, @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social and BVMN can be found here: www.mobileinfoteam.org/police-stati...
Report: Greece's Illegal Use of Police Stations to Detain Migrants — Mobile Info Team
Today, Mobile Info Team, Border Criminologies and the Border Violence Monitoring Network publish a new report on the use of police cells for long-term detention of migrants in Greece.
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@moiralavelle.bsky.social · last yr.Wrote about the latest report published by @bordercrim.bsky.social, which alleges that Greece regularly uses prolonged detention of migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws: www.tovima.com/society/repo...
"A report published by @bordercrim.bsky.social, a research team based at the University of Oxford, alleges that #Greece regularly uses prolonged #detention of #migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws." by @moiralavelle.bsky.social www.tovima.com/society/repo...
Report Alleges Systemic Illegal Detention of Migrants in GR Police Stations
A report by Border Criminologies alleges that Greece regularly uses prolonged detention of migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws.
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Wrote about the latest report published by @bordercrim.bsky.social, which alleges that Greece regularly uses prolonged detention of migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws: www.tovima.com/society/repo...
Report Alleges Systemic Illegal Detention of Migrants in GR Police Stations
A report by Border Criminologies alleges that Greece regularly uses prolonged detention of migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws.
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