Joel Parthemore
DA Sweden Treasurer
I believe in rigorous, well-informed political discourse based on democratic principles.
lecturer and researcher in philosophy of cognitive (neuro-)science; teacher of computer technology, programming and web design
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Joel Parthemore wants to volunteer 2017-06-12 08:04:34 -0400
Afterwork discusses transgender facts and fictions
Trans people have become a political football in the US. Trans youth find themselves on the front lines of the culture wars. Eleven people attended an afterwork on 31 January ...
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American in Göteborg on a Mission for All Americans in Sweden to Vote
How does one turn out the overseas vote to help decide the US midterm elections coming up on 8 November – elections that could be very close? Göteborg resident Rick ...
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Rick Wicks' Call for all Americans in Sweden to Vote in This Year's US Elections
Seventy-five year old DA Western Sweden member Rick Wicks – a 32-year resident of Sweden and dual US/Swedish national – is biking around Göteborg posting flyers on communal bulletin boards ...
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Democrats Abroad Western Sweden at West Pride!
Our local chapter of Democrats Abroad Sweden proudly marched for LGBTQ pride at West Pride, Saturday 18 June. Remember the ongoing struggles of our LGBTQ brothers and sisters around the ...
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Protect kids not guns! Anti-gun-violence meetup 4 June
We had another fun meet-up – unfortunately in response to the repeated (unending?) mass shootings in the States. Rick, Diane, Cheryl, and Nan were at Condeco on Fredsgatan in Göteborg ...
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May immigration afterwork with advokat Barney Fyman
At our May Last-Tuesday Afterwork, DA Western Sweden member Barney Fyman – a Swedish advokat and US lawyer – described the myriad ways of getting temporary or permanent visas for ...
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Bans Off Our Bodies GOTV event at Condeco Saturday 14 May
In response to the recent leak of a draft Supreme Court decision overriding Roe v. Wade threatening not only the right to abortion but the right to privacy more broadly, ...
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I'll gladly take Sweden over the US #DAresists #Medicare4all
I worked for the US Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, DC, for 3 1/2 years. I bought the best health insurance I thought I could afford from the options we ...
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