Øyvind Andresen

MILITARISERING: Extraction of minerals on the seabed will increase the war room, according to the Norwegian company Seabed Solution. As the company writes: "NATO is our most important guarantor of future freedom." In order to strengthen NATO's access to key metals and rare earths that are used for weapons and weapons technology, the argument here is that Norway's most important contribution to the military alliance is to establish offshore mining.

NORWAY: In this essay, we take a closer look at the oil fund's financial capitalism. But capitalism is dirty – characterized by environmental destruction, exploitation, child labour, tax havens and, not least: cynical people who do everything to keep the wars going so that the weapons forges continue to produce their cunning deadly products. Oljefondet is today the largest European investor in companies operating on the occupied West Bank. The oil fund is also among the largest European financial institutions that invest in international arms manufacturers that sell arms to Israel.