ParaVox #3

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SNITCH SOCIETY

Some may think it seems cozy and secure, but it will inevitably affect the innocent, especially when the law is designed precisely to target people whose only crime is to seek a haven in a country they were not born in. That in itself is bad enough. But will it even stop at authorities and public employees reporting undocumented people? Or will it also become a national duty to report those who do not behave “correctly” enough according to some arbitrary nationalist standards? “Lack of conduct” is already a legal reason for deportation as well as for punishing school children. What happens to the public psyche when laws are introduced that will force us to keep an eye on each other, suspect each other and report each other? And above all: what ways are there to refuse and to resist?

In this issue, we take a look at the consequences of living under the threat of being reported simply for being someone who isn’t seen as belonging in the country. Informed on by public employees, government officials and/or neighbors and even family members. We look at consequences of not being able to trust one’s environment and, from the other side, being forced by the law to be part of such a hostile environment.

Comics: Layal Safieddine (Urjuen) | Josef Norén | Julia Nascimento | Mattias Elftorp | Shko Askari. Texts: Patricia Lorenzoni | Kinga Dukaj. Illustrations: Darren Cullen | Gianluca Costantini | Allan Eido | Mattias Elftorp. Cover: Danijel Žeželj.