#video on "backstugas", #Sweden’s dugout #housing, of which 50,000 were recorded in the 01885 census. Walls typically timber or stone. Overlapping birchbark sheets over planks waterproofed the roof, held down by sod. Dwellers were “backstugasittare”, who owned no land, the poorest of the rural poor. Mostly stock photos with an AI slop voiceover. The Laga Skifte land reform confiscated the village common land they were built on, and industrialization provided employment.
on 02026-04-04argument by Caitlin Johnstone that what #Assange was accused of was #rape, but that the allegation was not credible. #politics #history #UK #Sweden #USA #WikiLeaks
on 02024-06-26Jemima Khan from 02013 on how #Assange alienated his allies #politics #history #UK #Sweden #USA #WikiLeaks
on 02024-06-26rebutting #Assange #rape allegations from Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture #politics #history #UK #Sweden #USA #WikiLeaks
on 02024-06-26#Sweden’s citizens largely support its espionage at the behest of the NSA. #politics #human-rights
on 02017-01-14