Efter att Europa genomgått en förödande finanskris har hoppet om en ljus framtid sinat i Portugal. Med hög arbetslöshet och sjunkande löner vänder många portugiser sina blickar mot de forna koloniernas exploderade ekonomier – en oväntad trend.…
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You know the dystopic side of the story: if we do nothing, we are doomed. What you do not know is how much YOU can actually do. Uttryck’s writer and environmentalist freak Allan Stewart claims that climate change could be used as a tool to make earthlings unite for a…
Read MoreWhile after-dinner school events could arguably be called what’s known in the American Bill of Rights as ”cruel and unusual punishment”, Mona Sahlin managed to get a hall full of students and others to find their way to her evening lecture when she visited Uppsala yesterday (Monday 9/3). The former…
Read MoreWarning: this will contain mild spoilers As the Machiavellian Frank Underwood has become the leader of the free world, the pursuit of power continues. One of the most prevailing clichés in politics today is Lord Acton’s, often slightly incorrectly quoted, pronouncement that: ”Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts…
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The auditorium in the cultural centre is packed with spectators, who have come to see a group of teenage boys and girls dramatise their understanding of the conflict. Dressed in a dark cloak, a boy representing Islamic State is seen conspiring with regional powers, and together they rip Kurdistan apart…
Read MoreIt is late August in Kobani, northern Syria, and the streets around Peace Square are full of people. Meanwhile, the bus station stands almost deserted, since there is nowhere else to go from this besieged enclave.…
Read MorePolitical philosopher Hannah Arendt argued World War II showed us the nation-state system challenged human rights as being universal. The Israel-Palestine conflict shows us the sad truth that international law has failed to overcome this challenge and further, has taken “the human” out of human rights, making it a myth.…
Read MoreMänskliga rättigheters universella karaktär står i skarp kontrast till subjektiva traditionella värderingar. Sistnämnda består av en rad illa definierade seder och bruk som inte sällan kränker redan marginaliserade individers fri- och rättigheter.…
Read MoreEfter många och långa månader av frustration hos kurder i diasporan såväl som i Kurdistan uttryckte Margot Wallström slutligen regeringens fulla stöd i kriget mot terrorismen och meddelade att en proposition med ett förslag till militärt stöd hade lämnats till riksdagen. Detta innebär i praktiken att Sverige kan komma att…
Read MoreYesterday UF invited and six panel members to the halls of Ekonomikum to discuss the situation between Israel and Palestine.…
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