Tag: Black Lives Matter
Year End 2022: How a ‘liberty-depriving death’ took women to war against Iran’s now-abolished ‘morality’ police
Tehran [Iran]December 31 (ANI): An austere regime known for crushing dissent with an iron fist pulled out all its administrative levers to trample protests by a group of women who stood up for their rights and dignity. But all it did was light the fire. The alleged custodial death of 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, […]
England captain reveals discussions about potential protests in Qatar
Harry Kane has urged stars from other nations to take a consistent stance at the Qatar World Cup England captain Harry Kane says he has spoken with his current and former Tottenham team-mates Hugo Lloris and Christian Eriksen about their respective countries adopting a uniform objection to the alleged human rights violations taking place in […]
A life on the barricades of the United States & amp; apos; blacks
He was then one of King’s advisers and, according to The Guardian newspaper, was standing in a parking lot under the balcony where King was shot when the assassination attempt took place. Jackson has also tried to reach the top and become the Democratic presidential candidate in the 1980s. It failed for him, but he […]
Straight, No Chaser: Cultural Warriors in the Silly Season
This summer’s ‘silly season’ has become time for political parties and their supporters to roll out inflammatory ideas, knowing that they will get plenty of coverage as there is precious little news other than sports. At the moment, the comment columns in Denmark’s serious newspapers seem to be dominated by ‘cultural warriors’ who are determined […]
Black Lives Matter: how the British movement fought to be heard in the 2010s
Since the widespread international protests against the assassination of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement in Britain has received considerable attention and support. Protests in Nottingham in June 2020 estimated that 3,000 people stood in socially distant solidarity, according to what I heard from the organizers. Other protests across the UK, including in Birmingham, […]
A unified police officer with BLM protest signs "problematic", The ombudsman says
The actions of the two uniformed police officers, described by the Black Lives Matter sign, are during an anti-racism demonstration in Helsinki "problematic", according to the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Helsinki officials followed a protest against racism and police violence last June when the photo was taken, which resulted in the Ombudsman’s Office receiving at least three […]
This year’s press photo shows historical demonstration in Belarus
On Friday, Berlingske photographer Asger Ladefoged was awarded the prize for “Press Photo of the Year” for one of his photos from the demonstrations. This is stated by the Press Photographers’ Association in a press release. The photo shows two female protesters with their emotions on the outside of their clothes, while battle-dressed officers and […]
COVID-19 hits the brink of oppression with decades of inequality, neglect and abuse
In it, the organization already describes the most marginalized, including women and refugees, as bearing the devastating impact of the pandemic as a result of decades of discriminatory political decisions by world leaders. Healthcare workers, migrant workers and workers in the informal sector – many at the head of the pandemic – have also betrayed […]
British report on racism accused of painting beautiful pictures
According to a new study on racism in British society, structural racism cannot explain the differences that still exist in the UK between different population groups in terms of income and wealth. The study, commissioned by Boris Johnson after the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, is debating – critics say it is a beautiful painting of […]
The Finnish captain defends the decision to take a stand against racism
Captain of the Finnish men’s soccer team Tim Sparv has defended his team’s decision to take a stand against racism ahead of a recent international match against Wales. "Racism is part of our society, and this has been reflected in football as well. Even though we live in the 2020s and everyone thinks we have […]
The Foreign Chronicle
Stockholm Friday. I have had to pick up my things outside the house in black garbage bags at my mother’s house. And as you can see, we have a fairly rough contact now. It’s American 18-year-old Helena who tells me over the phone one evening. She has been evicted from her home and has been […]
Finnish Prime Minister Marin was named one of Tima’s 100 best rising leaders
prime minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has been named to Time magazine’s 100 Next list, which is published annually "rising leaders who shape the future." This year’s Time100 Next list (external link) includes future influencers from a variety of fields, including business, entertainment, politics, sports, science, and health. Marin is one of six people on the […]
An activist with punch
She is a black woman who turns 40 on January 4, and she is one of the people that the television station CNN went to when it was supposed to have answers to questions about a year of racial problems in the United States. A year with a presidential election out of the ordinary. A […]
From doomscrolling to zooming, the words we picked up in 2020
Each year generates new words or expressions but a year of pandemic perhaps more than others, whether debating “herd immunity”, monitoring the “R rate”, or sharing a “quarantini” on Zoom. Most people will have added several new words to their vocabulary in 2020, many – but not all – coronavirus-related. Some have been around for […]
Things could definitely have been better
So, what about this year? It was not very good, was it? If nothing else, it was certainly newsworthy, even though one topic over another has dominated the last 12 months: the fifth and final season of She-Ra, Princesses of Power. Or so we would hope, in our wildest dreams. It was SARS-CoV-2, better known […]
Coronavirus, Big Brother, potato salad are one of Finland’s most googled terms in 2020
Data from Google, the world’s largest search engine, have revealed that the most popular search themes in Finland this year were the US presidential election, the reality TV show Big Brother and recipes for potato salad. One search term rose far from the others: the coronavirus. Although the word was known to very few people […]
National Round-Up: Bornholm court awaits sentence on brothers who murdered black friend
A court in Bornholm city Rønne is awaiting the sentencing this morning of two brothers who have been found guilty of the murder of Phillip Johansen, 28, in Nordskoven in late June on the Danish island. The couple, who are not named by the court, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, but claimed they did not […]
A childhood that no one wants
They have had completely different preconditions. Douglas is the son of the late Hollywood star Kirk Douglas. Ishmael Beah, who turns 40 on November 23, entered the world differently in Sierra Leone. When Beah was 13, he was forced to be a child soldier. It is with this cruel experience that he later became a […]
Anger in Brazil after beating to death
The beating of a 40-year-old black man at the hands of two guards, who ended with the man dying, has sparked major protests in Brazil. The incident, which took place in the large city of Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil, was filmed by a witness and the video quickly spread on social media. There, one […]
OVERVIEW: Danish party leaders rejoice over Biden as president
It’s gone around the world that Democrat Joe Biden is set to become America’s next president. Based on election forecasts on Saturday night, American media have announced Biden as the winner of the election. And it arouses enthusiasm at Christiansborg. Several party leaders on Saturday night congratulated both Biden – but also the future vice […]
Police brutality and racism are central to the debate
The run-up to the US presidential election took a turn when the protest movement Black lives matter took off at the beginning of the summer. Since then, the issue of police brutality and racism has risen to prominence among American voters. The Americans Jonathan Rollins and Lisa George Svahn, who both live in Sweden, both […]
Straight Up: Refugee Phobia’s new poster child
Admittedly, 2020 should be written off as a bad year. And at the time of writing, it’s hard to see why the last quarter will not disappoint, as the theater of the absurd, which is the American election, will inevitably put together a year that has been like no other. The downturn has been numerous: […]
Guest Opinion: How exactly do you want us to stand, BLM?
My mother with her half-African background was Albertslund’s very first non-Western immigrant, and that bloodline has been diluted once again with me. So it was a pretty easy choice to make when I heard about the Black Lives Matter march in Copenhagen on June 7th. But even though I support the cause – and am […]
The Foreign Chronicle
Salt Lake City, Friday In the USA podcast, Swedish Radio’s podcast on American politics, which is released every Wednesday at 16, yes, a little internal advertising here at prime time, we always end by talking about what we have not been able to release during the past week. A grip we twisted off American public […]
Trump will be hospitalized for several days
US President Donald Trump will be hospitalized for several days. According to the White House, he will continue to serve as president from the hospital. Since Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed Military Hospital, he has only tweeted twice. In the latest tweet, he wrote: “It’s going well, I think. Thank you all. LOVE”. […]
Cultural news in P4
Jireel, Gee Dixon and Chelsea Muco are some of the hip hop artists who are on the song “Together”. All proceeds from it will go in full to the Black lives matter movement in the United States, the authors say. “We have been working on this project for a long time, glad that we can […]
From Iceland – The Living Art Museum calls for more diversity in Icelandic art
With the Black Lives Matter movement that has sent shockwaves around the world in recent months and the spotlight on the lack of diversity in the Icelandic National Theater, the Living Museum (NÝLÓ) is working to reach a more diverse group of artists for the upcoming show. Grapevine spoke to Chanel Sturludóttir, who joined NÝLÓ […]
Police are charged after Breonna Taylor’s death
In the United States, one of the police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, is being prosecuted six months ago, US media reports. Taylor was shot dead by police in his home in connection with an intervention in March. The case is one of several in which black Americans […]
Louisville pays damages to Breonna Taylor’s family
In the United States, the city of Louisville in Kentucky has agreed to pay 12 million dollars, just over 105 million kronor, to Breonna Taylor’s family. Taylor was shot dead by police in his home in connection with an intervention in March. Louisville will also reorganize the local police. The case of Breonna Taylor is […]
Wednesday’s newspapers: Shorter conscription, unclear Travel instructions and a new flag of pride
Should military service be shortened? Finland’s largest daily Helsingin Sanomat analyzes this proposal by the President of the Left Alliance Li Andersson during the party’s last summer meeting. At the time, the minister said shortening the duration of civilian and military service could increase employment "significantly, several thousand people." According to a report commissioned by […]
Denmark is kneeling together with England in support of the BLM movement
When Denmark meets England at Parken Stadium in the Nations League on Tuesday next week, both teams will be on their knees in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before kickoff. The English striker Mason Greenwood had expressed that it was very likely that the players in England would kneel down before the match, […]
Release of Logi Pedro album – “My Iceland is colorful”
Logi Pedro’s second album ‘Under the Blue Moon’, meaning ‘Under the Blue Moon’, is released today, RÚV reports. It has been in production for two years, with its first songs written in the fall of 2018, shortly after Logis’ first album was released. At the time, he traveled to Sierra Leone in western Africa to […]
