Languages Disappear When We Forget About Them

Why I stand with those upholding language representativity in legislatures from Canada’s First Nations to the Portuguese rural hinterlands

Rui Alves
The Political Prism
6 min readJun 10, 2024

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A young girl is writing on the blackboard in class.
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I have no political affiliation, I’ve never been outspoken about who I vote for, and no one can say if I lean right or left.

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Rui Alves
The Political Prism

Language teacher, linguist, life coach, published author (joined the Army and worked for the EU). A publisher, digital ronin, musician and alchemist of sound.