The fact that the 2026 World Cup will be played in the United States, Canada and Mexico is more interesting and symbolically charged because it concerns a continent that has been characterized by various problems and challenges over the past ten years. It is not least about questions and processes about whether the continent should become more politically, culturally and economically integrated or whether the opposite…
Author: Vladan Lausevic
Vladan Lausevic is a writer and social entrepreneur, based in Stockholm. He writes about both local and global issues in, among others, Global Bar Magazine and Tidningen Syre, with a special interest in democracy, migration and citizenship. He is now also an editor at Red Justice.
Amending the Refugee Convention will not solve problems of crime and injustice
In political debate, deportations are often presented as an obvious and simple method for dealing with crime among people without permanent residence in a country. The idea is that if such a person commits a serious crime, the state should immediately deport the person. At the same time, it is important to ask yourself – what happens after deportation?…
When did the Social Democrats stop being “patriots”?
As the Social Democrats' political communication increasingly revolves around security, values and national cohesion, new tensions arise in the party's organization and ideological direction. When the future is described as a preservation of the present, communication risks becoming both exclusionary and visionless. A simplistic view of security and nationalistic communication shifts social democracy away from equality, global responsibility...
Magdalena Andersson and the communication dead end
In recent years, the Social Democrats have communicated more about issues such as migration, values and cohesion. This is no coincidence, given that social policy developments since the late 2010s have been more about topics such as community, crime and security. In a political landscape where the Social Democrats have lost many voters and their previously more obvious position as…