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What is Ydin?
Ydin is Finland’s oldest alternative political magazine. Founded in 1966 by a group of committed activists, Ydin covers politics, human rights, democracy and society from a critical standpoint rarely voiced by the mainstream media.
The magazine is run by a collective of writers, photographers and editors who live and work worldwide. Ydin collaborates with other national alternative outlets and international alternative organisations, such as Eurotopia and the World Social Forum movement, to provide a platform for a more plural and participatory media system that is not governed by corporate influence.
History
Ydin was founded as the newsletter of the Finnish Committee of 100 (Sadankomitea), a peace organisation launched to advocate non-violence, democracy and human rights.
In the tense Cold War cultural climate, the Committee conceived Ydin (translation: core, nucleus) as a magazine for open and free debate on domestic and global affairs, civic participation and alternative thought.
The magazine was an immediate success, and Ydin's four-decade publishing history demonstrates the continuing demand for independent journalism in Finland. Through this time Ydin has drawn its content from a pool of activists and individuals that represent a wide cross section of Finnish and international cultural, political and academic life.
Ydin's editorial policy remains dedicated to the ideals of critical and progressive journalism. In recent years, Ydin's editorial team has undertaken an ambitious visual and technical relaunch of Ydin that will ensure its relevance in this age of global and transnational challenges.