Hans E. Offerdal
@hofferdal.bsky.social
Adviser for international affairs at the University of Bergen (UiB). Latin America, México & liberation theology aficionado. Strong supporter of free speech, academic freedom and a humane world! Opinions are my own. Reposts are not necessarily endorsements
Process launched for selection of next UN Secretary-General, which is certain to be especially contentious & decisive for the viability of the institution amid ruinous reckonings (Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, climate change/ecocide etc) of its 80th anniversary
www.securitycouncilreport.org/whatsinblue/...
www.securitycouncilreport.org/whatsinblue/...
Appointment of the Next UN Secretary-General: Joint Letter from the Presidents of the Security Council and the General Assembly
www.securitycouncilreport.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
So, #BBC is now openly trying to 'compete' with #RussiaToday, #RossiyskayaGazeta, #CGTN / #GlobalTimes, #PressTv, #KCTV, and a large etc.???
It is really, really sad how - once an institution of reference - low the BBC has fallen.
Who will replace the BBC?🥺
#DoNotQuestionAuthority
It is really, really sad how - once an institution of reference - low the BBC has fallen.
Who will replace the BBC?🥺
#DoNotQuestionAuthority
"Bregman, who is giving the BBC’s prestigious annual Reith Lectures, said his claim that Trump was “the most openly corrupt president in American history” had been taken out. He said he had been told that the decision to remove the accusation was taken at the “highest levels within the BBC”.
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censoring his remarks on Trump
Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
So, #BBC is now openly trying to 'compete' with #RussiaToday, #RossiyskayaGazeta, #CGTN / #GlobalTimes, #PressTv, #KCTV, and a large etc.???
It is really, really sad how - once an institution of reference - low the BBC has fallen.
Who will replace the BBC?🥺
#DoNotQuestionAuthority
It is really, really sad how - once an institution of reference - low the BBC has fallen.
Who will replace the BBC?🥺
#DoNotQuestionAuthority
Reposted by Hans E. Offerdal
Course "Criminal Law and Human Rights" is taking place at the IUC this week.
More info can be found on web page🔽
iuc.hr/programme/2059
More info can be found on web page🔽
iuc.hr/programme/2059
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Course "Criminal Law and Human Rights" is taking place at the IUC this week.
More info can be found on web page🔽
iuc.hr/programme/2059
More info can be found on web page🔽
iuc.hr/programme/2059
"The #pope will visit #Turkey and #Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2, his first trip outside #Italy."
#PopeLeoXIV
#PopeLeoXIV
When Pope Leo XIV departs on the first international journey of his pontificate on Nov. 27, he will bring with him the emphasis on unity that has shaped his first six months as pope.
Pope Leo's first trip to spotlight political, religious unity in time of fracture
The Nov. 27-Dec. 2 trip will show how the leader of the Catholic Church steps into the international stage and sets his tone as greets crowds and the press.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"The #pope will visit #Turkey and #Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2, his first trip outside #Italy."
#PopeLeoXIV
#PopeLeoXIV
"Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine—the largest conflict on European soil since the second world war—brought inter-state war on a large scale. It is endangering the whole continent".
This is very well stated, to put it mildly.
This is very well stated, to put it mildly.
Moscow is aiming for the political destruction of NATO and the EU. By eroding trust between member states, sowing economic instability and undermining democratic institutions, it seeks to fragment European unity, writes Nicu Popescu @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/47X57dA
https://bit.ly/47X57dA
Europe's two wars: The danger of the comfort zone | ECFR
Europe's focus on Ukraine's perilous “kill zone” obscures a second front: a hybrid war into the continent's “comfort zone”. Europeans must confront this second
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine—the largest conflict on European soil since the second world war—brought inter-state war on a large scale. It is endangering the whole continent".
This is very well stated, to put it mildly.
This is very well stated, to put it mildly.
25 de noviembre 10:00 a 12:00, ARG, URY, BRA, PRY
📺 Transmisión en vivo por los canales de YouTube y Facebook de @clacso.bsky.social
Participan los Grupos de Trabajo CLACSO Transiciones justas y cuidado de la casa común y Crisis, respuestas y alternativas en el Gran Caribe
@pablovommaro.bsky.social
📺 Transmisión en vivo por los canales de YouTube y Facebook de @clacso.bsky.social
Participan los Grupos de Trabajo CLACSO Transiciones justas y cuidado de la casa común y Crisis, respuestas y alternativas en el Gran Caribe
@pablovommaro.bsky.social
Panel | El empleo en el capitalismo de plataforma. Desafíos y disputas en torno a su regulación
📅 25 de noviembre, 10:00 a 12:00 (ARG, URY, BRA, PRY)📺 Transmisión en vivo por los canales de YouTube y Facebook de CLACSO En un contexto de profundas transformaciones del…
www.clacso.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
25 de noviembre 10:00 a 12:00, ARG, URY, BRA, PRY
📺 Transmisión en vivo por los canales de YouTube y Facebook de @clacso.bsky.social
Participan los Grupos de Trabajo CLACSO Transiciones justas y cuidado de la casa común y Crisis, respuestas y alternativas en el Gran Caribe
@pablovommaro.bsky.social
📺 Transmisión en vivo por los canales de YouTube y Facebook de @clacso.bsky.social
Participan los Grupos de Trabajo CLACSO Transiciones justas y cuidado de la casa común y Crisis, respuestas y alternativas en el Gran Caribe
@pablovommaro.bsky.social
"Visuals are powerful because humans “believe what we see,” at times over the things we are told, said Renita Coleman, who researches visuals and ethics as a #journalism professor at the University of Texas at #Austin."
#UsingHumanBeings!AsPhotoProps
@burningbird.net, the (new) link 👇 works😀
#UsingHumanBeings!AsPhotoProps
@burningbird.net, the (new) link 👇 works😀
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Visuals are powerful because humans “believe what we see,” at times over the things we are told, said Renita Coleman, who researches visuals and ethics as a #journalism professor at the University of Texas at #Austin."
#UsingHumanBeings!AsPhotoProps
@burningbird.net, the (new) link 👇 works😀
#UsingHumanBeings!AsPhotoProps
@burningbird.net, the (new) link 👇 works😀
In an interesting column for @uniworldnews.bsky.social, Professor James Yoonil Auh at Kyung Hee Cyber University in Seoul, sees three possible futures for the #university:
(a) an obedient university
(b) a divided university
(c) a resistant university
Let us hope, against all hope, that it will be C!
(a) an obedient university
(b) a divided university
(c) a resistant university
Let us hope, against all hope, that it will be C!
When universities choose to be silent, societies fracture
Texas A&M University’s restrictions on teaching race or gender reinstall an older moral architecture, asking universities to prepare students fo...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In an interesting column for @uniworldnews.bsky.social, Professor James Yoonil Auh at Kyung Hee Cyber University in Seoul, sees three possible futures for the #university:
(a) an obedient university
(b) a divided university
(c) a resistant university
Let us hope, against all hope, that it will be C!
(a) an obedient university
(b) a divided university
(c) a resistant university
Let us hope, against all hope, that it will be C!
This (great) cover should make #Europe - with less than 10% of the world's population! - rethink their "Europe First" policy, and the misguided talk about 'European' values.
Europe needs to make global friends that are in favour of #democracy, human rights, #freedom and human #dignity!
@ec.europa.eu
Europe needs to make global friends that are in favour of #democracy, human rights, #freedom and human #dignity!
@ec.europa.eu
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This (great) cover should make #Europe - with less than 10% of the world's population! - rethink their "Europe First" policy, and the misguided talk about 'European' values.
Europe needs to make global friends that are in favour of #democracy, human rights, #freedom and human #dignity!
@ec.europa.eu
Europe needs to make global friends that are in favour of #democracy, human rights, #freedom and human #dignity!
@ec.europa.eu
"With many of the #MAGA influencer accounts revealed to originate in Eastern Europe or #Russia, users are questioning the ongoing interference in American politics."
“You got a peek behind the curtain at just how much of the MAGA #hatred is just #Russian #propaganda,” said @adamscochran.bsky.social
“You got a peek behind the curtain at just how much of the MAGA #hatred is just #Russian #propaganda,” said @adamscochran.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"With many of the #MAGA influencer accounts revealed to originate in Eastern Europe or #Russia, users are questioning the ongoing interference in American politics."
“You got a peek behind the curtain at just how much of the MAGA #hatred is just #Russian #propaganda,” said @adamscochran.bsky.social
“You got a peek behind the curtain at just how much of the MAGA #hatred is just #Russian #propaganda,” said @adamscochran.bsky.social
Important to clarify that these are views on #YouTube Channels, as counted by Playboard. Still, a very notable achievement by MeidasTouch Network.
Fox News is still the biggest (on cable), but far behind ABC World News Tonight, and even CBS Evening News on broadcast TV.
playboard.co/en/youtube-r...
Fox News is still the biggest (on cable), but far behind ABC World News Tonight, and even CBS Evening News on broadcast TV.
playboard.co/en/youtube-r...
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Important to clarify that these are views on #YouTube Channels, as counted by Playboard. Still, a very notable achievement by MeidasTouch Network.
Fox News is still the biggest (on cable), but far behind ABC World News Tonight, and even CBS Evening News on broadcast TV.
playboard.co/en/youtube-r...
Fox News is still the biggest (on cable), but far behind ABC World News Tonight, and even CBS Evening News on broadcast TV.
playboard.co/en/youtube-r...
Reposted by Hans E. Offerdal
Please do not let anyone ever tell you that there were not movements of people opposed to slavery, pretty much wherever it existed.
Prince Hall & his collaborators twice endeavored to pass legislation in the Massachusetts state senate to end slavery. In a 1777 petition they argued for “the Natural Right of all Men” & against “the inconsistency of [people] acting themselves the part which they condemn and oppose in others . . .”
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Please do not let anyone ever tell you that there were not movements of people opposed to slavery, pretty much wherever it existed.
Have not read, but just ordered it.
A million thanks for the suggestion!
It is published by @plutopress.bsky.social
@wiegerbakker.bsky.social @coimbragroup.bsky.social @galend.bsky.social @inesmuevo.bsky.social @ykasahara.bsky.social @ravpm.bsky.social @wearehighered.bsky.social
A million thanks for the suggestion!
It is published by @plutopress.bsky.social
@wiegerbakker.bsky.social @coimbragroup.bsky.social @galend.bsky.social @inesmuevo.bsky.social @ykasahara.bsky.social @ravpm.bsky.social @wearehighered.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Have not read, but just ordered it.
A million thanks for the suggestion!
It is published by @plutopress.bsky.social
@wiegerbakker.bsky.social @coimbragroup.bsky.social @galend.bsky.social @inesmuevo.bsky.social @ykasahara.bsky.social @ravpm.bsky.social @wearehighered.bsky.social
A million thanks for the suggestion!
It is published by @plutopress.bsky.social
@wiegerbakker.bsky.social @coimbragroup.bsky.social @galend.bsky.social @inesmuevo.bsky.social @ykasahara.bsky.social @ravpm.bsky.social @wearehighered.bsky.social
"Nordic-Baltic Eight ( #NB8) is a regional co-operation format that includes #Denmark, #Estonia, #Finland, #Iceland, #Latvia, #Lithuania, #Norway, and #Sweden."
"As long as #Russia continues its war against #Ukraine, we will also support strengthening sanctions and wider economic measures."
"As long as #Russia continues its war against #Ukraine, we will also support strengthening sanctions and wider economic measures."
Joint Statement by the Leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eighth, 22 November 2025
"We [...] have [...] stood by Ukraine’s side and we will continue to do so. Our resolve comes from the fact that we know that this is not only about Ukrainian security, it is also about the wider security of Europe."
"We [...] have [...] stood by Ukraine’s side and we will continue to do so. Our resolve comes from the fact that we know that this is not only about Ukrainian security, it is also about the wider security of Europe."
Joint Statement by the Leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight
We – the leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight – spoke with President Zelenskyy today. We have from the outset of Russia’s war of aggression stood by...
www.government.se
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Franco’s body wasn’t removed from his tomb in the Valley of the Fallen until 2019. It was reburied in a family plot at El Pardo at public expense."
‘No one knows how many Republican corpses ended up in the Valley of the Fallen, the monumental necropolis built to Franco’s orders on a mountain outside Madrid.’
Stephen Phelan on the ‘disappeared’ of the Spanish civil war.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stephen Phelan on the ‘disappeared’ of the Spanish civil war.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stephen Phelan · Diary: Spain’s Disappeared
Emilio Silva set up the Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica to improve and formalise the process...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Franco’s body wasn’t removed from his tomb in the Valley of the Fallen until 2019. It was reburied in a family plot at El Pardo at public expense."
I wrote "Although #DilexiTe can be read as a radical text, it is nevertheless a text with a strong Church-based foundation. It seeks to demonstrate that the poor have always been central to the...tradition of the #CatholicChurch."
@theradr.bsky.social @peternimmo.bsky.social @mattbernico.bsky.social
@theradr.bsky.social @peternimmo.bsky.social @mattbernico.bsky.social
For those reading Scandinavian: I argue (behind paywall😢) in the liberal 'Christian' newspaper Vårt Land that #Dilexite strongly shows that also Pope Leo XIV is strongly on the side of #liberationtheology.
#CatholicSocialTeaching #PreferentialOptionForThePoor
#CatholicSocialTeaching #PreferentialOptionForThePoor
(+) «Hans første formaning, viser at Den katolske kirke igjen har fått en frigjøringsteologisk pave»
DILEXI TE: Dilexi te er en alvorspreget teologisk utfordring til alle kirkens medlemmer, inkludert nonner, munker, diakoner, prester og biskoper, om å «identifisere seg med de som er nederst på samfun...
www.vl.no
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I wrote "Although #DilexiTe can be read as a radical text, it is nevertheless a text with a strong Church-based foundation. It seeks to demonstrate that the poor have always been central to the...tradition of the #CatholicChurch."
@theradr.bsky.social @peternimmo.bsky.social @mattbernico.bsky.social
@theradr.bsky.social @peternimmo.bsky.social @mattbernico.bsky.social
Uuuupppssss...
@arstechnica.com @ec.europa.eu @pcworld.com @nasjonalsikkerhet.bsky.social @secdefence.bsky.social
@arstechnica.com @ec.europa.eu @pcworld.com @nasjonalsikkerhet.bsky.social @secdefence.bsky.social
Thousands of Asus routers have been hacked and are under the control of a suspected China-state group that has yet to reveal its intentions for the mass compromise, researchers said.
How to know if your Asus router is one of thousands hacked by China-state hackers
So far, the hackers are laying low, likely for later use.
arstechnica.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Publisher Thomas C. Fox had a moving 2014 column about Penny #Lernoux in @ncronline.bsky.social. She wrote regularly for that important paper.
As Fox wrote: "Thank you, Penny, for all you gave to so many, for being a voice of the #poor in #LatinAmerica."
As Fox wrote: "Thank you, Penny, for all you gave to so many, for being a voice of the #poor in #LatinAmerica."
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Publisher Thomas C. Fox had a moving 2014 column about Penny #Lernoux in @ncronline.bsky.social. She wrote regularly for that important paper.
As Fox wrote: "Thank you, Penny, for all you gave to so many, for being a voice of the #poor in #LatinAmerica."
As Fox wrote: "Thank you, Penny, for all you gave to so many, for being a voice of the #poor in #LatinAmerica."
The White House Press Secretary seems to go to any lenght to defend the president @newsguy.bsky.social of @olemiss.bsky.social tells @en.france24.com
Here's the link to the recording of our Q&A on France 24 about President Trump's increasing insults and threats against reporters and the news media: f24.my/BZfj
Scoop - ‘Quiet, piggy!’: Why press-idential decorum matters
A day after referring to a Bloomberg reporter as "piggy", US President Donald Trump unleashed a new round of insults at another female reporter, this time ABC's White House correspondent Mary Bruce.…
f24.my
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The White House Press Secretary seems to go to any lenght to defend the president @newsguy.bsky.social of @olemiss.bsky.social tells @en.france24.com
For those reading Scandinavian: I argue (behind paywall😢) in the liberal 'Christian' newspaper Vårt Land that #Dilexite strongly shows that also Pope Leo XIV is strongly on the side of #liberationtheology.
#CatholicSocialTeaching #PreferentialOptionForThePoor
#CatholicSocialTeaching #PreferentialOptionForThePoor
(+) «Hans første formaning, viser at Den katolske kirke igjen har fått en frigjøringsteologisk pave»
DILEXI TE: Dilexi te er en alvorspreget teologisk utfordring til alle kirkens medlemmer, inkludert nonner, munker, diakoner, prester og biskoper, om å «identifisere seg med de som er nederst på samfun...
www.vl.no
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
For those reading Scandinavian: I argue (behind paywall😢) in the liberal 'Christian' newspaper Vårt Land that #Dilexite strongly shows that also Pope Leo XIV is strongly on the side of #liberationtheology.
#CatholicSocialTeaching #PreferentialOptionForThePoor
#CatholicSocialTeaching #PreferentialOptionForThePoor
Reposted by Hans E. Offerdal
This is an electrifyingly clear piece on the Nuremberg trials by @robrinder.bsky.social. The importance – the necessity – of holding power to account. And that photo: all of those regular, everyday men, being brought to justice for acts of unspeakable evil. www.independent.co.uk/voices/nurem...
The Nazis on trial: The enduring lessons of Nuremberg, 80 years on
Between 22 November 1945 and 1 October 1946, the Allied Forces tried 22 senior Nazi officials and six organisations – and, in the process, demonstrated that holding power to account is the firmest pro...
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is an electrifyingly clear piece on the Nuremberg trials by @robrinder.bsky.social. The importance – the necessity – of holding power to account. And that photo: all of those regular, everyday men, being brought to justice for acts of unspeakable evil. www.independent.co.uk/voices/nurem...
Reposted by Hans E. Offerdal
Hace 80 años en Nuremberg: el juicio a 24 dignatarios nazis
Hace 80 años en Nuremberg: el juicio a 24 dignatarios nazis
"Nicht schuldig", no culpable: esta fórmula, repetida por la mayoría de los veintiún acusados, marca la apertura del juicio de Nuremberg el 20 de noviembre de 1945. Durante diez meses, ante más de 400 periodistas y cerca de un centenar de testigos, el proceso mostrará al mundo entero la magnitud de los crímenes nazis y oficializará un nuevo concepto: el crimen contra la humanidad. Informe de Olivier Favier, periodista de RFI.
www.rfi.fr
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Hace 80 años en Nuremberg: el juicio a 24 dignatarios nazis
Reposted by Hans E. Offerdal
✨We are happy to announce the IUC call for Interns in 2026!
Check it out🔽
iuc.hr/news/interns...
Please share this link with those you think might be interested.🌍
#iucdubrovnik #internship
Check it out🔽
iuc.hr/news/interns...
Please share this link with those you think might be interested.🌍
#iucdubrovnik #internship
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
✨We are happy to announce the IUC call for Interns in 2026!
Check it out🔽
iuc.hr/news/interns...
Please share this link with those you think might be interested.🌍
#iucdubrovnik #internship
Check it out🔽
iuc.hr/news/interns...
Please share this link with those you think might be interested.🌍
#iucdubrovnik #internship
"The current geopolitical environment calls for diplomats to remain abreast of continuous policy changes, technological advancements, and scientific discoveries while constantly assessing how these developments align with their country’s interests"
@iucdubrovnik.bsky.social @wiegerbakker.bsky.social
@iucdubrovnik.bsky.social @wiegerbakker.bsky.social
Roundtable with Diplomats from Latin America and the Caribbean | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
On Nov. 6, the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy hosted a roundtable with diplomats from Latin America and the Caribbean
www.aaas.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"The current geopolitical environment calls for diplomats to remain abreast of continuous policy changes, technological advancements, and scientific discoveries while constantly assessing how these developments align with their country’s interests"
@iucdubrovnik.bsky.social @wiegerbakker.bsky.social
@iucdubrovnik.bsky.social @wiegerbakker.bsky.social
" #FemalePresidents who shaped #LatinAmerica" by #UPI
Violeta Chamorro (second female president in the whole of the #Americas! - the first was Isabel #Perón)
Mireya Moscoso
Michelle Bachelet
Cristina Kirchner
Laura Chinchilla
Dilma Rousseff
Jeanine Áñez
Xiomara Castro
Dina Boluarte
Claudia Sheinbaum
Violeta Chamorro (second female president in the whole of the #Americas! - the first was Isabel #Perón)
Mireya Moscoso
Michelle Bachelet
Cristina Kirchner
Laura Chinchilla
Dilma Rousseff
Jeanine Áñez
Xiomara Castro
Dina Boluarte
Claudia Sheinbaum
In photos: Female presidents who shaped Latin America - All Photos - UPI.com
A look at the women who have served as presidents of Latin American countries, both elected and interim. This collection highlights the modern female leaders who have shaped national politics across t...
www.upi.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
" #FemalePresidents who shaped #LatinAmerica" by #UPI
Violeta Chamorro (second female president in the whole of the #Americas! - the first was Isabel #Perón)
Mireya Moscoso
Michelle Bachelet
Cristina Kirchner
Laura Chinchilla
Dilma Rousseff
Jeanine Áñez
Xiomara Castro
Dina Boluarte
Claudia Sheinbaum
Violeta Chamorro (second female president in the whole of the #Americas! - the first was Isabel #Perón)
Mireya Moscoso
Michelle Bachelet
Cristina Kirchner
Laura Chinchilla
Dilma Rousseff
Jeanine Áñez
Xiomara Castro
Dina Boluarte
Claudia Sheinbaum