Category Good news and fun
Lets Rise Up Singing and Change Our National Anthem!
Yes, lets! Because by singing together we get strength to keep on working for a better world and our national anthem is out of date! The community sing-along movement is thriving the the US as it is in Scandinavia. There is a difference in the choice of songs though. Here in Finland and in Sweden […]
Scandinavian countries are fulfilling the American dream better than America these days
CNN reports this morning: The truth is, Scandinavian countries are fulfilling a huge part of the American dream better than America these days. Thankfully, we’re still an innovation powerhouse, and we need to spend more on R&D rather than cutting those budgets. And perhaps we need to target some of that innovative thinking towards restoring the […]
Why Even Tragedy Gets A Laugh
Flora Lichtman and Ira Flatow talks to comedian Tig Notaro who found out she had breast cancer and incorporated the news into her stand-up routine—and got quite a few laughs from the audience. Robert Provine joins the discussion and talks about the origins of laughter, what separates the amusing from the truly funny, and why even […]
Kooperativ vårdcentral i Stockholm medan Raseborg strävar bakåt
Det låter ju helt otroligt! Och när den tanken (att det är så otroligt) slagit mig undrar jag varför det låter så helt otroligt…. Jo, för att allt mer har kommuner både i Finland och i Sverige övergått till att privatisera vård och omsorg och lägga ut på entreprenad. Socialistiska läkare som startar vårdcentralen skriver: […]
***Alternativa julklappar kan köpas från Emmaus i Ekenäs***
Du kan stöda skolgång för frigivna barnslavar i Pakistan genom att köpa SOLROSADRESSER. Du kan understöda daghemmet Cuna Nazareth i Lima/Peru som ger meningsfull sysselsättning och omsorg för 120 barn som kommer från fattiga familjer. Verksamheten stöder du genom ett Cuna-kort värd 5e. Genom att köpa TRÄDADRESS tryggar du behovet av mat och arbete för ursprungsbefolkningen […]
The roots of punk: Sex pistol’s John Lydon speaking in London
Listen to John Lydon himself with Gideon Coe and an audience of 150 people in central at BBC in London. Where the safety pins a symbolic ornament from the beginning? Listen to the BBC broadcast to find out…. And a film about when punk came to a small town in Finland. The devil came too….
Vård måste inte vara en handlingsvara?
Staden Raseborg konkurrensutsatte assistenttjänsterna inom handikappservicen och fyra firmor har valts. Om de vårdleverantörer som vann budgivningen får ta över servicen kan det leda till att många av de handikappade i staden förlorar de assistenter de haft i många år och byggt upp ett fötroligt förhållande med (för en del innebär beslutet ingen förändring alls). […]
Temple Grandin my hero!
Temple Grandin what a brave women! She gives me courage! I have seen the short movies with her, the HBO movie with Claire Danes about her and listened to interviews with her I can not stop thinking about how amazingly brave she really has been in her life going through all “the doors of life” […]
Africa for Norway: raising money in Africa to help poor Norwegians struggle through winter
Who says Africa can’t contribute to us in the cold north? The Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund – an aid agency in Norway (www.saih.no) – has made a video in cooperation with South African students which turnes the tables and question about solidarity and power relations concerning third world development organizations are put in […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 