Valkyria Rattmann

Apr 17, 2024 | fairplanet.org | Ariene Susui |Frank Odenthal |Ellen Nemitz |Valkyria Rattmann

Zacarías Toussaint is a 26 year-old man born and raised in the Dominican Republic. He has never left the country, not even for tourism. Nevertheless, the country in which he grew up does not consider him one of its citizens. Born to Haitian parents, Toussaint is stateless, and so are his two older sisters. He claims that, in spite of that, treatment differs according to the migrants' social class.

Apr 17, 2024 | fairplanet.org | Ariene Susui |Frank Odenthal |Ellen Nemitz |Valkyria Rattmann

What could citizenship look like in a truly humane and democratic world? How can we collaborate on some of the major issues facing humanity and our planet across borders? What would global elections look like? FairPlanet was joined by Colombe Cahen-Salvador and Andrea Venzon, the founders of Atlas, a global political party aiming to unite people beyond borders, on a special FairTalks episode.

Apr 17, 2024 | fairplanet.org | Ariene Susui |Frank Odenthal |Ellen Nemitz |Valkyria Rattmann

Nature operates in fluidity. Between the land and the sea, the coast blends into the ocean. A river does not separate two landscapes - it is a part of the whole. Borders, however, are man-made. They are imaginary constructs that serve practical purposes; but borders cannot contain us. We tend to think of human beings as naturally sedentary, remaining in one homeland or region. But human nature, like that of over 50 per cent of the world’s species, is linked to movement and migration.