Global Justice School 2005

Migration and Racism / Ethnicity

Jean, 1 June 2005

I - INTRODUCTION

II - AN OLD PHENOMENON

1—MIGRATIONS

a ) – Humanity

b) – Capitalist civilization

c) – A typology of migration and the international machinery

2 — RACISM /ETHNICISM

a) – Human diversity and co-existence

b) – Science and xenophobia / racism

III – CAPITALISM AND MIGRATION

1—MIGRATIONS : A FACTOR IN CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT

a) – Capitalism as an organization of domestic and international migration

b) – Migration during the '30 glorious years', in developed and underdeveloped capitalist countries

2 — HIDDEN CRISIS AND NEW IMMIGRATION POLICIES

a) – Legislative restrictions

b) – Schengen

c) – Clandestine immigration and work 'under the table'

IV – RACISM AND ANTI-RACISM

1 — NEO-LIBERALISM AND RIGHT-WING POPULISM

a) – The phantom invasion and rise of the far right

b) – Left-wing chauvinism in Europe

c) – Forms of chauvinism in Sub-Saharan Africa

2 — ANTI-RACISM

a) – Youth and anti-racism

b) – Trade unions and 'undocumented' workers

V – AN INTERNATIONALIST CHALLENGE