Hashtagen “Rhodes must fall” trendar just nu Twitter i Sydafrika. Studenter i olika städer har rest sig i kampen för avkolonialisering. Trots att de stränga apartheidlagarna är borttagna finns uppdelningen av människor fortfarande kvar. Vita har mycket större möjligheter än de som inte betecknas som...
Lectures, UF News / 14.04.2015
Kina: maktens centrum
#UFINFORMERAR FÖRELÄSNINGEN INSTÄLLD. Kvällens föreläsning "Kina: maktens centrum" är tyvärr inställd pågrund av att föreläsaren, Ola Wong, sitter fast i tågtrafiken. Ett signalfel har gjort att alla tåg mellan Stockholm och Uppsala nu står stilla; http://www.svd.se/…/inrik…/signalfel-stoppar-tag_4501348.svd . Vi arbetar på att ordna ett nytt datum för föreläsningen! -/...
Uttryck Magazine / 13.04.2015
Revolution through a Saxophone
Youngest son of Nigeria’s greatest musician Fella Kuti- Seun Kuti is an individual star in his own right. Fronting his father’s band Egypt 80 Seun follows in his fathers Afrobeat footsteps singing revolutionary music alongside blowing an explosive saxophone. Performing in Bergen in May at...
In the wake of new industrialism, India’s ecological refugees are being left out of the development process. India is ushering in a new era of industrial growth, and somewhere in this ambitious agenda lies a battered environmental policy. Today, the country stands as the world’s third...
Internets explosiva framväxt har skapat nya forum för informationsutbyten mellan människor. Det har också förenklat spridning av hemlighetsstämplad information till allmänheten. Infiltratörerna kallar sig själva för visselblåsare - makthavare kallar dem landsförrädare. Är dessa aktivister ledare av en ny revolution? Krypterade filer, oändliga lösenord och nästintill...
UF News / 05.04.2015
New facebook page for invites
Previously if you wanted to receive invites to our events on facebook, you joined the group UF Events. Because facebook puts restrictions on the number of people that can receive invites in such groups, we could not do that anymore as the number of members exceeded 1200...
Uttryck Magazine / 03.04.2015
Democracy: Why I want more Women
So, I recently found out a fairly upsetting statistic. Women make up 22% of representatives within government around the globe. The UK is on par with this number. Sure, the statistics say the global average has doubled since 1995, and of course this is a...
Media is often touted as the harbinger of thinly veiled propaganda on behalf of whoever is paying the bills. And it doesn’t take long to find enough reason to suggest that this statement isn’t very far from the truth. Just take the Murdoch empire and...
Uttryck Magazine / 01.04.2015
Sweden is Pivoting to Asia, too
Sweden is the latest European country to apply for membership of the new China-led development bank. ”Power,” Chairman Mao said, ”comes out of the barrel of a gun.” It can of course be expressed less explicitly, which is why the new China-led development bank, called the...