At Riverside Church in New York, civil rights advocate Martin Luther King gave this speech 4. April, 50 years ago, where he clearly distanced himself from the Vietnam War. The speech was aimed at the Americans himself, causing him to lose the FBI guard he had received after many killings. On the day one year later he was shot and killed. The speech, translated by John Y. Jones, is greatly abbreviated here.
The world is actually moving forward. It's easy to overlook all the progress that happens when you are bombarded daily with bad news. Many media have also reacted to last year's apocalyptic mood and annus horribilis declarations by turning the tables and listing reasons why 2016 was actually a year where a lot went in the right direction worldwide. As one of the sometimes more serious publications in Norway, it is probably fitting that Ny Tid also delivers a positive realityorientering. 2016 was a very positive year in many ways. Here are our happy points in ecology and peace, respectively: