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Sigurd Evensmo

Evensmo was formerly editor of Orientering, MODERN TIMES's forerunner.

The poisoning of humanity by militarism

Orientering 1971: In our time of invasion and occupation [read Ukraine], MODERN TIMES brings here Sigurd Evensmo's review of Finn Alnæs' The Fortress is Falling. A book quote reads: "Without blinking, we follow the motto 'the end justifies the means'. Without blinking, we follow a security policy that makes us accept national and international crimes."
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The third position

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Ten days that shook the world

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The Nobel Prize for Chaplin 

The time is not "in" to give Chaplin the Nobel Peace Prize – it's a shame he hasn't received it long ago.
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Our view of the United States

We socialists are often given square opinions about the United States and American politics, Sigurd Evensmo wrote in 1963. A polarized US debate of the kind we see before the election in 2016 is a tradition with strong roots.
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The dream of the people

The simple fact is that a large part of the working class has settled with the capitalist welfare state, and is happy to let the dreams go to Majorca.
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