On mortal mission from Allah
Who are these suicide bombers who are sacrificing their faith, while trying to kill as many unbelievers as possible?
- Meaningless war on terror
This weekend, it's been four years since the September 11 attack on the United States. Terrorism cannot be fought with war, says Björn Kumm. The man behind The history of terrorism believes al-Qaeda is as little a religious movement as the IRA.
An everyday occurrence
No one writes about the victims of climate change until they are rich and white. A Katrina happens every day.
Which Frp Country?
Norwegian journalists are still describing Groruddalen in Oslo as "Frp-land", although the drab cities have a solid socialist majority.
Forever "stupid"
«It's another year for me and you / Another year with nothing to do». This is how James Osterberg, aka Iggy Stooge (later Iggy Pop), chose ...
The ring ended
History rarely repeats itself. But sometimes it's like the story comes to an end. A force, a movement, turns out to find ...
- SV's policy is copied
Veterans Stein Ørnhøi and Kjellbjørg Lunde fight back against allegations that SV adheres to Ap. in foreign policy.
Bets on New Time
Martine Aurdal goes from the feature department in Aftenposten to the debate pages in Ny Tid. At the same time, Fritt Ord allocates NOK 400.000 to weekly newspapers.
Israel: Renewed pope friendship
A few weeks ago, the pope condemned the terror in Egypt, England, Turkey and Iraq, but kept silent about a Palestinian suicide bombing in Israel. Israeli authorities called ...
Steinar Lem's deadline
– Remote control from Brussels is not what the environmental movement needs, says Åslaug Haga about Steinar Lem's new EU position
Living in climate change
In the last week, we have experienced forest fires in Portugal, while almost a hundred people have lost their lives in floods in Central Europe. Hurricane Katrina has devastated ...
Norway should bet on the UN pact, not partnership with Bush.
Now the fight should be raised for loyalty to the UN Charter – and not just to every decision in the Security Council – to be part of ...
Forced cohabitation in Bosnia?
Ny Tid has run a very good series of articles about Bosnia-Herzegovina in connection with the tenth anniversary of the massacre in Srebrenica. Arne Johan Vetlesen ...
Oil prices are stifling developments in Africa
Per Kristian Foss rubs his hands and sees the billions of oil roll in, but who pays the party?
- The fight for tolerance will be important
"We need to have a society with the individuals in focus, and we must put tolerance at the heart of our future society," says Ine Marie Eriksen, Storting candidate for Oslo High.
A more human refugee policy
SV has, point by point, proven to have the most humane policy towards refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants.
Blue-yellow settlement of Norwegian democracy
The Bondevik government wants to use the GATS negotiations to liquidate important parts of Norwegian democracy – in an alley.
Garbo's misinterpretations
Gunnar Garbo prefers to talk about a 1993 peace plan that was never realized.
The battle for the left side's soul
Next week, Samtiden will be launched with a larger essay on the left's challenges, written by Ny Tid's cultural journalist Halvor Finess Tretvoll. We need a social liberal wing with a well-thought-out cosmopolitan project, Tretvoll concludes in this excerpt.
The power of the wall
"The wall of the West Bank is so far Israel's last step to wipe out the cultural landscape of what until 1948 was called Palestine," said writers Nora Ingdal and Anne Hege Simonsen.
Norway oriented before the Srebrenica massacre
There were good relations between the UN sector chief Hagrup Haukland and the Norwegian authorities in the time around the Srebrenica massacre. Ny Tid can today announce that the Chief of Defense on 24 June 1995 flew back to Norway together with a holiday-ready Haukland, two weeks before 8000 Muslims were killed in Srebrenica.
Journalism in squares
With ink as a journalistic tool, three cartoonists go to the bottom of the war in Bosnia, the counterfeit "Zions displayed protocols" and lusts.
Cultural War in Saudi Arabia
Why does Saudi Arabia destroy the cultural heritage of Mecca and Medina in peace and quiet?
Internal humming for the masses
In his second attempt, Hans Christian Green managed to make it extremely internal to something generally recognizable to those who grew up in the 1980s.
Music during the terrorist field
When Dmitry Shostakovich is a difficult-to-access composer, it is not because he has a difficult and untraditional tonal language; it's because his music ...