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A Middle Eastern Renaissance is Being Led by Women

9 March 2023
Activism/Asia/Democracy 2022/Portraits and Interviews/Security & War

Since the 1970s, the people of Iran have suffered under non-reasonable dictatorship rules to which children and families to authorities are exempt. Especially restricted are the women who are not to show their hair in public. Iranian women are now leading the uprising which is spreading across the country’s 40…

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The Gap Between the Government and the People of Iran

9 March 2023
Activism/Asia/Democracy 2022/Features

On September 16, 2022, 22-year old Jina Mahsa Amini, was killed for not properly wearing a headcovering. Following her death, protesters began chanting “women, life, freedom,” and “death to the dictator” referring to Khamenei, the current Supreme Leader. Internet access for the Iranian people including WhatsApp, Instagram, and mobile Internet…

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Citizens’ assemblies: a democratic answer to partisan deadlocks

12 July 2022
Activism/Europe/Features/Web exclusive

Imagine if we could reach consensus on polarised issues like abortion or climate change, which for years politicians have largely failed to adddress, by randomly picking ordinary people to discuss them together – sounds like a naïve utopia, right?…

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Falsehood and the masses: how fake news takes people to the street

14 June 2022
Activism/Features/Information 2021/The Internet

By Gaëtan Ledoux In the summer of 2021, plenty of protests flourished in several Western countries right after the easing of the Covid-19 restrictions, alongside the growing pressure for vaccination exerted by states on their population. While the number of people getting vaccinated was dwindling, and the Covid-19 cases numbers…

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Book Review – Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina

23 September 2021
Activism/Europe/Reviews/Web exclusive

By Lovis Lindquist On the 21st of February 2012 some members of the feminist punk rock and performance art group, Pussy Riot, performed a protest song inside the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. The protest was aimed at the Orthodox Church and its support for Putin. Despite only…

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  • About
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    • What is Uttryck?
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  • Content forms
    • Opinion pieces
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Portraits and Interviews
    • Poetry
    • Radio UF
    • Essays
  • Topics
    • Development
    • Economics
    • Politics
    • Philosophy
    • Environment
    • Science & Technology
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    • Activism
    • Intersectionality
  • Places
    • Oceania
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  • Selected printed articles
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      • History Has Its Eyes On You 2023
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      • Ocean 2022
      • Democracy 2022
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