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donate Abstracts for Arena 6/2007
Per Wirtén
Editorial: Absolute danger
Masculinity creates violence and victims, but refuses to take responsibility for its actions. It's time to stop talking about gang and youth violence and try to see beyond the daily terrors of masculinity.
Dilsa Demirbag Sten
Not your Uncle Tom
Antiracist activism and debate are full of sexist and even racist invectives. The ones that are migrants but not leftists are fair game. Enough is enough.
Devrim Mavi
The truths from Lundgren
Maja Lundgren wrote the most controversial book this fall in Sweden. In this interview, she talks about the debate, violence, cultural privileges – and how to disband them. She explains what is wrong with radical men.
Björn Elmbrant
Kulturkampf Sweden
Now culture is to be emptied of social democratic values and the radicals to be devalued. The Danish Culture Wars now enters Sweden through the liberal-conservative government.
Elin Sahlin
The Third Sex
Hijras is the third sex in India. In Sweden they go through surgery, but in India, a country where they are marginalized and discriminated against, they are also acknowledged as a group with an identity of their own.
THEME: USA VS EU
Per WirténPoverty
European poverty is not acknowledged, is not seen or talked about. New reports say that the US is more egalitarian than the EU. The European identity, built as an alternative to the US, is falling apart.
Ylva Bergman
Abortions
In the US, abortion represents political dynamite. In the EU it is swept under the carpet, and nobody wants to take up the fight against the countries that do not see it as a human right.
Claus Leggewie
Secularism
European secularism is halfhearted compared to the US. But now the US-model seems to become the dominant one. But are the consequences really the ones we need? A substantial foray into Islam and German society.
Lawen Mohtadi
Racism
The Rage against the Romani. In the EU you can still find segregated schools and dreams of ethnic cleansing. Romanis are despised in every country of the Union.
Mats Wingborg
Politics
In Europe you find politicians in most parliaments, including the European, that are anti-Semites, racists, hate gays and has weak spots for old Nazi collaborators. A new wave of rightwing-extremism is taking shape in the new member countries.
Published 2007-12-03
Original in Swedish
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