Bolsonaros checklista med snabba lösningar

Av Marcus Lindén I slutet av oktober 2018 vann Jair Bolsonaro Brasiliens presidentval med stor marginal. Bolsonaros målbild stämde överens med vad folket ville höra: Brasilien skulle göra det som krävdes för att anses som en global stormakt. Musklerna skulle spännas, ekonomin skulle förbättras, människor skulle ha rätt till självförsvar…

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Work is not for kids – Child labour in the 2020’s

By Sakke Teerikoski  “[E]ven the hardened social reformers in Britain of the 1840’s would have been shocked by the conditions facing children today in the world’s poorest countries. In West Africa, children as young as 12 are working in narrow tunnels down the shifts of artisanal gold mines. In India,…

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Beyond Western Game Development

By David Edberg Landeström Video games have for a very long time had a very strange relationship to the representation of people in conflict zones. Prominent examples include Call of Duty and Battlefield. In the last decade they were among the biggest franchises. The games included numerous battle zones ranging…

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La Vita È Bella

By Robert Andersson Wake up and dry your tear,  This is just another day Your success is near,  You will have to stay, This way Get your neat clothes on, Let your cute smile shine They say you are strong, As you approach the line, This is fine At the…

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What is the Best Way to Make a Living?

By Joakim Ydebäck When recently appointed Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin allegedly proposed to introduce six hour work days as well as four day work weeks, it made headlines all over the world. The argument was that it would give Finnish parents more time with their families. The proposal,…

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Beginnings

By Jan Rustemeyer That is the floor and those are the cutting machines. That’s my office there, and this is your place on the floor. These are your scissors. Never lose your scissors. Then Ali will buy you new ones and you will have to pay him. That pile in…

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Letters from La Garita

By Raphael Bodewig By January 2020 more than 4,5 million Venezuelans have fled their home country due to a severe humanitarian, economic and political crisis. Colombia and Venezuela share a large border and a history of bi-national migration. The conflict-ridden Colombia, struggling with armed conflict, inequality and an often impoverished…

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Vikten av ett meningsfullt arbete

Av Alice Axelsson I år, år 2020, är det sex år sedan jag tog studenten. Då såg jag fram emot att börja jobba och tjäna egna pengar. Det första året hade jag diverse ströjobb, inga höjdarjobb – men tanken var ju inte att jag skulle jobba på någon av platserna…

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