Europe’s Refugee Crisis and the Post-Socialist Margins. By KATJA SCHATTE

Cuba Counterpoints
Tue, 06 Oct 2015 20:54:21 +0000
Planet Red, Europe, migration

German Cubanist scholar Katja Schatte reflects on the European refugee crisis and the representation of former Communist populations as “bad Europeans,” or less European, for their alleged lack of solidarity with those who have now taken their place at the margins of Europe, knocking at its door. The discussion on post-socialist Orientalism resonates with the …