Tag: Morality
“The word vandal signals old-fashioned morality”
It has raised questions. Where should we draw the line for what is vandalism? And what does the word actually mean? – You signal an old-fashioned morality, says Orla Vigsö, who is a professor at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Gothenburg. Christer Pettersson, who was both charged and acquitted […]
The schoolgirls at the forefront of the protests in Iran
Protests continue in Iran after 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini died after she was arrested by Iran’s morality police. Among those demonstrating now are schoolgirls who can be seen in photos and videos removing the mandatory headscarf and literally giving the finger in front of images of Iran’s supreme spiritual leader. From a school in Shiraz, […]
EU foreign policy chief is a ‘spineless coward’: EU lawmaker who cut off her hair in support of Iranian women
By RohitNew Delhi [India]October 5 (ANI): European lawmaker Abir Al Sahlani, who cut off her hair in solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran, said she wanted to show the women of Iran that they have been heard and have a voice in the European Parliament . The death of 22-year-old girl Mahsa Amini in […]
The similarities between American and Swedish politics
This podcast was recorded together with the podcast The political game in front of an audience at the theater in Kristianstad. The United States, Sweden and the Cultural War Both the USA and Sweden go to the polls with parliamentary elections here at home this autumn and congressional elections in the states. Which issues are […]
410: M, KD and L did not really want to
This podcast was recorded together with the USA podcast in front of an audience at the theater in Kristianstad. A political drama that few parties wanted On Tuesday, the Riksdag voted on Morgan Johansson’s future as Minister. Amineh Kakabaveh cast the decisive vote and Johansson was saved. Who is the winner after today’s drama? The […]
The Political Room: On Nationalism
We live in a time when globalization, migration and war are challenging national borders. The political ideologies provide different answers to what unites a nation, who is allowed to participate and how the nation should relate to other states. Can we talk about ONE nationalism or should we rather talk about nationalisms? How does it […]
Räsänen’s trial: Yle defends its right to present controversial views
Yleisradio (Yle) has opposed the prosecutor’s demand to remove parts of the 2019 radio program that dealt with homosexuality. Yle filed its defense on Thursday in the Helsinki District Court, which is hearing the trial of the Christian Democrat MP Päivi Räsänen are underway. Räsänen’s charges are incitement against three minority groups in connection with […]
Circumcision: Pope Francis notes the obvious, but omits half of humanity
For some reason, however, the UN does not name “International Day for the Tolerance of Male Genital Mutilation,” and as far as I know, the Holy Father has never publicly applied the catechism of his church to the practice of involuntary circumcision of men. According to that catechism, “with the exception of amputations, mutilation, and […]
City court close to legal coke in case of murder of young woman
Subsequently, several of the audience expressed astonishment that there was no more control over the law among the professional actors in the court. The witness has been dating one of the two men accused of the murder of Nicoline Plintic Pedersen, who was found strangled and beaten to death in an apartment in Ølby near […]
