In the time of the corona: Tourists and roommates
TOURIST OR REFUGEE? It is first and foremost the role of "tourist" that we experience the rigorous Korona initiatives. For the roaming danger there are small changes. Can a crisis also revitalize solidarity?
The mask game in Congo
POLICY: Halle Jørn Hanssen is based on this contribution in his contribution to the new anthology The mask game in Congo - about the campaign for the release of Tjostolv Moland and Joshua French.
Corona night
PROSA POETRY: What are our thoughts, where are we, or any of us, under the danger of epidemics Corona Virus?
Immigration as a means of payment for the sins of the West
TIME OF SETTLEMENT: Why should migrants "respect our borders"? The West never respected theirs. Immigration quotas should be based on how much the West has destroyed other countries.
Digital climate impact
climate crisis: We are on our way into a crisis that is due to over-exploitation of resources, polluting and power-intensive production as well as an overriding market power.
The illiteracy of Pakistan
READING AND WRITING DIFFICULTIES: Pakistan needs to prioritize the citizens' lack of reading and writing skills and should launch a nationwide program that takes into account the country's multicultural and foreign language communities.
What about the victims of large-scale corruption?
REPLACEMENT: A principle of return of funds to victims of corruption should be included in the agreement concluded between the authorities and companies that are convicted.
The pain, the uncertainty and the forgetfulness
Y-Block: The perspective of the Y-block's symbolic value has changed in the time since the demolition decision, without it becoming apparent to central politicians.
"A murderous system is being created"
Assange: "If Julian Assange is convicted, a murderous system is about to emerge right before our eyes. It will be the death knell for the freedom of the press and the legal community, ”says Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
The despair is stronger than hoped
OPTIMISM: By taking positive ideas more seriously, we can give them the same attention that toxic ideologies receive today.
The fire disaster as a turning point
PYROCEN: According to Bronwyn Lay, the catastrophic fires in Australia can be an opportunity to learn from Aboriginal interactions with nature.
New times for war and evil
- Time to prevent more use of biological warfare, autonomous weapons systems and mercenaries.
The Y-block: The tragedy of the nation
ARCHITECTURE: Don't let our elected officials complete what the terrorist bomb failed.
At full speed into an ecological cul-de-sac
5G: It is not documented that 5G is safe. On the contrary, 5G will reinforce the damage we have already inflicted on the biosphere and life on Earth.
Nihilism and individualism replaced with solidarity and community?
AKSELERASJONISME: For the children of the new millennium, conservatism is a dead ideology. And above neoliberalism, a new communist realism is now taking shape among young Britons.
Australia is burning
INFERNO DOWN BELOW: Like the world's tornadoes and floods, Australia's fires have been named over the years. Now we could call them 'eternal fires'. Can the incredible tragedies we witnessed be the start of a brighter future for Australia?
Brexit: The price of dishonesty
CHALLENGES OF EUROPE: The Brexit chaos seems to culminate in the British leaving the EU - now that the election of Boris Johnson has been postponed. Brexit is the price the British have to pay for not having had an honest discussion about immigration, multiculturalism and the British Empire. But are Britain's problems unique?
The coming technological decade
Will increased control or monitoring in this decade eventually leave more to algorithms that carry out actions themselves based on so-called "actionable intelligence"?
"Our existence depends on changing our growth and ...
WOMEN OF CHANGE: MODERN TIMES is talking to experienced Sandrine Dixson-Declève this time about sustainable growth and green development. She is now the leader of the European Commission's Expert Group for Research and Innovation.
«The wild thinking»
Authors: Ursula K. Le Guin - pronounced anarchist, feminist, visionary and prophet.
The people of Lebanon do not give up
LEBANON: "We go home when the government goes home," said the protesters at the Riad al-Solh in Beirut.
Green Deal for Europe
EUROPE The 11. December the European Commission presents the much-debated Green Deal.
Sustainable debt and financial transparency
RESPONSIBLE LOANS: Adopted principles of debt transparency are a step in the right direction for sustainable and legal lending to vulnerable low-income countries. Norway should take the lead as a responsible lender and investor.
The culture of the future of the future and Abiy Ahmed
COMMENT: In the future, people and governments are believed to have learned enough to deal with conflicts without weapons and enemy thinking. If we ever get there, we do not know, but the possibility exists, and how it will be, depends on our choices.
