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  • Countercurrents.org
  • Mint Press News
  • The Guardian
  • BillMoyers.com
  • IBTimes UK
  • Films For Action
  • Al Jazeera English

Past articles by Christian:

Want to Discuss Sweden and COVID19? Start By Looking Backward.

Sweden's intake of refugees—from Syrians five years ago to Somalis ten years ago—may not seem like an obvious place to start, but it is... “A vast social experiment…”“Committing suicide…”“Self-inflicted nightmare…”“Tragedy…” → Read More

Assange, Espionage, and the Cult of Personality

The announcement that Julian Assange is being charged by the United States government with violating the Espionage Act should come as no surprise to anyone who | By Christian Christensen → Read More

On World Press Freedom Day, 10 Reasons Why Press Freedom Matters

A vibrant, critical, free press is absolutely fundamental to a functioning democracy.. Today is World Freedom Press Day and it's as good a day as any to be very clear about why this issue remains crucial. Here are ten key reasons: → Read More

When Simply Being a Muslim Is Your Biggest Crime – Countercurrents

The Christchurch terrorists, who earlier today took the lives of nearly 50 people at two mosques, were clearly consumed by both racism and hatred of Muslims. One posted a lengthy “manifesto” on white nationalism before he committed the crime. They spent significant time online, and were perhaps “radicalized” in chat-rooms and via social media. In other words: we may make[Read More...] → Read More

Christchurch: When Simply Being a Muslim Is Your Biggest Crime

The Christchurch terrorists, who earlier today took the lives of nearly 50 people at two mosques, were clearly consumed by both racism and hatred of Muslims. One posted a lengthy “manifesto” on white nationalism before he committed the crime. They spent significant time online, and were perhaps “radicalized” in chat-rooms and via social media. | By Christian Christensen → Read More

Charlie Rose, #MeToo and the Eternal Possibility of White, Male Redemption

Deep down, even in the most jaded corners of our minds, I think we all knew that it wouldn't take long. That those celebrities accused of sexual harassment and assault during the #MeToo movement would inevitably find a way to re-enter the public sphere, and do so quickly. There would, of course, be claims of newfound humility. Lessons learned. A respect for "social boundaries" previously… → Read More

Are Dead Children The Price of Freedom in America?

A majority of gun deaths in America are not as a result of mass shootings, pining for freedom by combatting gun control is leaving dead children in the wake. → Read More

Media, Racism, And Global "Shitholes" – Countercurrents

We find ourselves in yet another Trump outrage cycle. After famously calling Haiti, El Salvador and the entire continent of Africa “shitholes,” there is a high level of righteous indignation among media outlets against Trump. This will dissipate, soon to be replaced by a new, improved outrage. What is noteworthy about many of these cycles of condemnation is that Trump is often[Read More...] → Read More

Media, Racism, and Global "Shitholes"

We find ourselves in yet another Trump outrage cycle.After famously calling Haiti, El Salvador and the entire continent of Africa "shitholes," there is a high level of righteous indignation among media outlets against Trump. This will dissipate, soon to be replaced by a new, improved outrage. → Read More

You can say what you like on Twitter – as long as you’re US president

Is the social media company so relaxed about Trump’s tweets because it gains so much from them, asks Christian Christensen, journalism professor at Stockholm University → Read More

The #MeToo Movement in Sweden Shows Why We Need Feminism More Than Ever.

It’s not often that you read an article written by 456 people, but on Nov. 8 the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet published precisely that: a piece signed by 456 members of the Swedish film and theater industries. All were women. → Read More

The Silent Terrorism on Our Doorsteps

Let’s begin with two questions.Can you name the location of the two most deadly US mass shootings of 2017? And, can you identify what the two events had in common?The answers? → Read More

The Silent Terrorism on Our Doorsteps –

Can you name the location of the two most deadly US mass shootings of 2017? And, can you identify what the two events had in common? Continue reading → Read More

Trump Keeps His Promise

CD editor's note: The Swedish-language version of this post first appeared in today's Aftonbladet. → Read More

Trump's silence after the London mosque attack speaks volumes

The US president clearly thinks Muslims injured by a white Christian man are not worthy of attention because they do not serve his agenda → Read More

Right-wing provocateurs say they are being silenced. Cry me a river

Its hard to sympathise when arch-capitalists such as Bill O’Reilly, Katie Hopkins and Sean Hannity find themselves at the receiving end of corporate savagery → Read More

Why rightwingers are desperate for Sweden to ‘fail’

Of course Sweden isn’t perfect, but those who love to portray it as teeming with terrorists and naive towards reality, are just cynical hypocrites → Read More

'Last night in Sweden' was a figment of Trump's Fox News-inspired imagination

Donald Trump wants Americans to be very afraid of Muslim immigrants and refugees. He will warp reality to do so if needed → Read More

Europe's biggest paper ran a bogus refugee 'sex mob' story. What now?

No quantity of retractions, excuses or apologies from the outlets that ran with it will heal the damage. That goes for ‘Bowling Green’ and other false stories, too → Read More

Welcome to Your Local NFL Stadium: Home of the Sensitive and Easily Offended

Ultimately, Kaepernick critics are pitching a well-worn trope: that there are correct and incorrect ways in which our rights can be exercised.The right to show your patriotism by standing during the national anthem? Correct. The right to show your disappointment at systemic racism in the US by not standing during the national anthem? Incorrect. Continue reading → Read More