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17/01/2019
DAU
THIS!!!!!
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16/01/2019
Réactions à Londres, après le rejet du "Brexit deal" de Theresa May
Réactions à Londres, après le vote à Westminster
– 16 janvier 2019, 00:28 – DW
Le Parlement britannique a voté hier – mardi 15 janvier – sur l’accord que le gouvernement a péniblement réussi à établir avec l’Union européenne en 2018. Et il l’a rejeté à une écrasante majorité : 432 députés ont voté contre l’accord, contre 202 pour. Cet ultime vote laisse le pays dans une situation compliquée, avec aucun plan pour la sortie du pays de l’UE qui doit officiellement prendre effet le 29 mars prochain. Et elle semble laisser tout le monde perplexe…
Reportage à Londres de Mélissa Chemam.
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Après un large rejet au Parlement, l’accord négocié pendant de longs mois par Theresa May est désormais enterré. Mais la situation du Royaume-Uni avec l’Union européenne est loin d’être réglée.
Pour Thomas Cole, représentant de la campagne pour un People’s Vote, seul un second référendum peut désormais sortir le pays de cette crise :
« Je pense que la prochaine étape est qu’il doit y avoir un vrai débat pour décider de consulter les électeurs de nouveau sur le sujet. Et je pense que les élus de tous les partis doivent clairs : ce sont les électeurs qui ont commencé ce processus, c’est à eux de le terminer. Il nous faut un vote par référendum. Et pour cela, il nous faut étendre l’article 50, il le faut aussi ».
Mais pour les militants du Brexit, la seule option est de mener à bien la sortie de l’Union, votée en juin 2016 :
« Honnêtement, nous avons voté pour quitter l’Union européenne, nous ne voulons plus rien avoir à faire avec. Et tous ces débuts sur le fait que l’Allemagne ne nous laissera plus acheter ses voitures, c’est n’importe quoi. Nous avons eu un référendum, mené par ce gouvernement conservateur, nous avons voté 52% contre 48% pour le retrait et nous attendons de quitter l’UE le 29 mars ».
Une vaste majorité de Londoniens se demande simplement s’ils peuvent encore faire confiance à leur classe politique :
« Je suis une citoyenne néo-zélandaise, un pays qui fait partie du Commonwealth, donc j’ai pu voter, mais bizarrement la raison pour laquelle j’ai le droit de vivre dans ce pays est parce que mon mari est un citoyen européen ! Je veux un 2eréférendum mais je ne suis pas sûre que cela résoudra les choses. Les divisions sont toujours les mêmes qu’en 2016. Rien n’a été expliqué. On ne nous dit pas la vérité sur ce qui va suivre. Je suis inquiète.
La Premier Ministre Theresa May espère malgré tout conserver son poste et renégocier un accord avec Bruxelles. Elle devra avant cela faire face à un vote de défiance ce mercredi, demandé par le leader de l’opposition, Jeremy Corbyn. Qu’elle reste au pouvoir ou non, le Brexit est loin d’être une réalité.
Mélissa Chemam à Londres pour la Deutche Welle.
Édition 7h-7h30 UTC
A lire ici : https://www.dw.com/fr/les-députés-disent-no-à-un-brexit-négocié-avec-lue/a-47099257
15/01/2019
Reportage: Euro-citizens in Limbo
My article on Euro-citizens in Limbo in Brexiting Britain...
For the Bristol Cable:
https://thebristolcable.org/2019/01/europeans-in-bristol-caught-in-the-brexit-crossfire/?fbclid=IwAR2FW0LkgLoYT7Tac5e-smyU6pppfNgdw1fqdKMPxnmIRE1k6W-hQq50McA
Europeans in Bristol caught in the Brexit crossfire
“We’re now talking about removal of rights. It’s unprecedented in our history.”
Maike and Nicholas, from the office of the 3million in Bristol's Montpelier
Polish and Irish families, Italian and Spanish waiters, Eastern Europeans in construction and healthcare, and French musicians—Bristol certainly has a visible pro-European feel. Out of its 450,000 inhabitants, 30,000 are from a European country, which is more than 5%. The remain vote exceeded 60% in Bristol.
However, despite the thumping majority, the result highlighted divisions in the city, and a simmering discontent directed toward the EU. Over a quarter of the city’s wards voted to leave, some by as much as 66%, especially working class neighbourhoods outside of the centre.
But in Bristol, as in the rest of the UK, the Brexit process seems to be satisfying no one. Caught in the mix are European Bristol residents, whose future is still cruelly uncertain. Only Irish citizens have a special agreement with the UK: others may lose the right to free movement within the rest of the Union, the right to vote in local elections, the right to family reunion – or simply the right to stay.
A breach of rights
According to Christophe Fricker, a translator born in Germany, this could mean the largest loss of civil rights in Europe since the Second World War. “We are now five million people threatened: three million Europeans in the UK and two million British people in other European countries,” he told me at his home in south Bristol. “The British government uses our lives as a matter of negotiation. For centuries, European nations have seen progress in matters of civil rights. We’re now talking about removal of rights, it’s unprecedented in our history.”
Christophe has been living in Bristol with his British partner since 2012, and travels extensively for work. For several months he wasn’t sure if he could meet the requirements to get ‘settled status’ or permanent residence documentation, for which you need to have lived in the UK continuously for five years.
“The British government uses our lives as a matter of negotiation”
“In Germany, we’ve learned a lot about war and destruction. For us, the European project is a peace project. Out of the ashes, a new community was created by nations that had vowed each other’s destruction. Economic cooperation was a means to reach political harmony. Here in the UK, the narrative is different: we talk about ‘deals’, ‘good deals’ and ‘no deal’ as though this European project was just a business transaction. In reality, Europe is about peace.” This rosy view is certainly not shared across the country or region. Political discontent has been increasingly directed towards the EU, from both left and right. But Christophe is determined to stay.
Like thousands, he marched for the controversial People’s Vote in London in October 2018. Eight buses took protesters to the march from Bristol. In the middle of this stressful process, Christophe has managed to keep a sense of humour and write a book dedicated to the country: 111 Gründe, England zu lieben, or ‘111 Reasons to Love England’.
Cross-border culture pulled apart
Maike Bohn, another German citizen, also went to the march. She’s an active member of the3million, a campaign from EU citizens in the UK. “My son was born in Germany, for medical reasons. I came back here five weeks later. His father is British but he cannot have British citizenship before he turns 18, and I’ve only learned this recently. If I leave the UK now, he would not be able to be a citizen of the country he spent all his life in!”
As well as families and friends, Brexit threatens to separate artists and colleagues. Europeans are well represented in Bristol’s art and music scene. For example, the Bristol European Jazz Ensemble (BEJE), in which each musician is from a different country.
The string quartet Petit Soleil was in a similar position and has now split. Sebastien Gutiez, the guitarist, is French and has been living in the UK since 1997. He spent 17 years in France and 21 years here with his British partner, Kilda, and their son. “We’re not married, we didn’t need to… until now! If we leave for France, Kilda will have troubles getting residency. There is no easy way.”
“I’ve been living here 20 years. I pay my taxes but wasn’t allowed to vote in the referendum”
Their Spanish cellist, Sonia Cano, went back to Valencia after three years in Bristol. “I loved Bristol and I’m sad I’ve left,” she told me over the phone. “But the future became so uncertain. I had a part time job in a shop. I wouldn’t be able to find work after Brexit. I also heard, every day, European people complaining about insults they receive, jokes about going back to where they came from, it’s sad.”
Petit Soleil string quartet, based in between Bath and Bristol
Essential workers in limbo
European citizens are also highly represented in the health services. French writer Véronique Martin, based near Bath, reported their stories in the book In Limbo. In the NHS, the proportion of nurses and doctors from the EU is high, in part because these hard jobs are paid with relatively low salaries and poor training opportunities for British-born staff. Most nurses I spoke to in Bristol were unwilling to talk about it publicly having already experienced aggravation due to their nationality.
Joan Pons Laplana, a Spanish nurse for the NHS agreed to be interviewed. We met in London at a counselling session from the Existential Academy, which created a programme named ESSE3 to support people facing desperation because of Brexit.
“In Spain I couldn’t find a job [but] here in England hospitals cannot find nurses,” Joan told me. “I have three kids, their mum is British. I love this country, I’ve been living here 20 years. I pay my taxes but wasn’t allowed to vote in the referendum. I was in shock when I saw the results… Now I see these tabloids blaming migrants for anything. On top, the Brexit deal is putting the last nail in the coffin of the NHS! The Brexit campaign lied about it. Meanwhile the budget is cut and cut again.”
Joan worries for his children. Others for their parents.
“For many, the core issue is the dispute about the NHS,” says Nicolas Hatton, founder of the3million. “It’s a national treasure for the British as foreigners”. Nicolas and his British wife have separated recently, like many couples facing Brexit. Now, he is thinking about his ageing parents. “What if one gets ill and I want to bring them close to me? In 2020, it might not be possible any more.”
He and ‘the3million’ are currently creating a platform to inform European citizens about their potential future in this country.
Like the Polish café Zapiekanki, on Stokes Croft, recently closed, Bristol’s European community has already gone through a lot. Christophe Fricker explains in his book that despite all this, his love for England won’t disappear. And organisations like ‘the3million’ are showing that it is possible to get organised and respond to the seemingly endless chaos of Brexit with cooperation and solutions.
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13/01/2019
'Massive Attack: Out Of The Comfort Zone' - Ready to pre-order!!!
My book is indeed...
...Ready to pre-order:
Update - Order here: https://www.tangentbooks.co.uk/shop/massive-attack-out-of-the-comfort-zone
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And here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/massive-attack/melissa-chemam/9781910089729
or here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Massive-Attack-Out-Comfort-Zone/dp/1910089729
Massive Attack: Out Of The Comfort Zone
Author Melissa Chemam's in-depth study of the influences that led to the formation of the Wild Bunch and then Massive Attack looks into Bristol's past to explore how the city helped shape one of the most successful and innovative musical movements of the last 30 years. Chemam gives a unique insight into Massive Attack - 3D, Daddy G and Mushroom - their influences, collaborations and politics and the way in which they opened the door for other Bristol musicians and artists including Banksy.
SKU: 9781910089729
£14.99
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And here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/massive-attack/melissa-chemam/9781910089729
or here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Massive-Attack-Out-Comfort-Zone/dp/1910089729
A new book tracing the “story of Massive Attack, through their music, art and influences” will be released in March 2019.
Massive Attack: Out of the Comfort Zone was first published in French in October 2016 but this is its first release in English. It is written by French journalist and writer Melissa Chemam.
According to a press release, the book is “dedicated to the history of the band Massive Attack and their relationship with their own city, Bristol, which shaped their greatness and uniqueness.” The book was written across three years and features interviews with 3D, Tricky, Adrian Utley, Neil Davidge, Mark Stewart, Sean Cook and many others.
The book is published through Tangent Books. Pre-order via Waterstones here.
09/01/2019
Massive Attack: Out of the Comfort Zone - Book will be released on March 4, 2019
News of the week: My books have finally been sent to print... 2019 starts with a miracle!
‘Massive Attack - Out of the Comfort Zone’ will be released in the UK on March 4.
Will organise a launch in Bristol and London. And I’m a guest at the British Library a few days later...
British music at a high!! Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, Smith & Mighty, Roni Size, The Pop Group, Black Roots, Idles, Alpha, Martina Topley-Bird... Just with them: What a contribution, Bristol!
But they are many more artists who made this city an incredible hub.
The story is also about 3D’s, Inkie, Banksy, and many more’s street art endeavours.
Thanks for your patience 🙏.
Hope you’ll like the book!
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Cover with the added subtitle:
Massive Attack: Out of the Comfort Zone
The Story of a City, a Sound, and a Group of Revolutionary Artists
By Melissa Chemam
From the origins of modern Bristol to their recent show in the city, this book retraces a journey into Massive Attack’s multicultural history, through music and art. Influenced by the underground reggae and punk scenes, the band members gave birth to a new form of sound, and one of the most exciting urban art movements in Europe, selling over 13 million albums and inspiring musicians and artists worldwide.
Known as a graffiti artist under the tag 3D, Robert Del Naja was the first of many underground writers. The book examines the rise of Bristol as a global capital of street art, spawning a scene that gave birth to the most famous and outrageous artist working today, Banksy.
3D joined Nellee Hopper, Milo Johnson and Grant Marshall in the seminal UK crew the Wild Bunch and they paved the way for a whole generation of bands from the South West and beyond. Forming Massive Attack in 1988, 3D, Grant (known as Daddy G) and Andrew Vowles (Mushroom) released in 1991 an unexpected, astonishing and acclaimed first album Blue Lines.
This book also explores the making of their following albums, Protection, Mezzanine,
Working with the likes of Tricky, Neneh Cherry, Shara Nelson, Horace Andy, Tracey Thorn, David Bowie, Elizabeth Fraser, Sinéad O’Connor, Damon Albarn, Mos Def, Young Fathers and Adam Curtis, Massive Attack have continuously reinvented themselves over this past three decades, maintaining a profound gaze on the world around them, in a uniquely diverse style.
The author interviewed friends and collaborators of Massive Attack, as well as most of the major actors in the Bristol scene – from Tricky to members of the Pop Group, Portishead... Talking about their early influences as well as the meaning of their sonic, visual and social engagement, they deliver a unique story about music, art and social change.
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