Why populism?
TRUMP: In the latest issue of Agora with populism as its theme, Donald Trump comes out in two variants: in a very personal version (where he owes almost everything he owns) and as a patrimonial leader in a postmodern United States.
She "hears them" with her eyes
POEM:Nobel Prize winner Louise Glück's poems are surreal, where the imagination can prevail. Beneath the surface – like a frozen lake – is a world of disappointment, sadness, but not resignation.
Bjørneboe celebration with film and debate
JUBILEE Join the debate after the documentary The problem of evil, and see the celebration that took place at Røverstaden about Bjørneboe's life and life's work.
Solidarity, mutual aid, equality and autonomy
COMMENT: What does Bjørneboe mean to you today?
Transhumanism's dream of eternal life and zero pain
THE TECHNICAL POWERS: Two new books on people and technology: We are all influenced by the pressure chamber social platforms that Facebook creates. And what about NRK, should they actively participate in such a development?
Contrary to the will of the Nobel
NOBEL PRIZE: Alfred Nobel's will is a document that the executors by law are obliged to follow. Heffermehl documents that the committee appointed by the Norwegian Storting since 1901 has ignored the will.
From social democracy to neoliberalism
How is the development of society understood? Through ideas, actors and concrete processes, or through discourses, management techniques and projects for societal formation? MODERN TIMES's Svein Hammer picks up two books that are in relation to each other (one his own).
The fires are natural for the landscape!
The ecology of the landscape: Who is responsible for the fires? With this year's forest fire season in California and Oregon, are we witnessing a new kind of "cultural disaster"?
David Graeber (1961–2020)
Obituary: David Graeber died recently. MODERN TIMES chooses for once to bring an obituary – here over the anarchist who wanted to change our usual notions of what is possible and impossible, right and wrong, normal and strange.
The document that started the war in 2001
United States / Militarization: Niels Harrit points out in this article that the participation of European countries in the attack on Afghanistan in 2001 was illegal – according to the UN Treaty. Were a number of countries tricked into the "war on terror"?
Mercedes without engine
Donald Trumps "Deal of the Century" could, in the worst case, end up being a trigger for the original potential for conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.
Freedom, dignity and hope
GAZA: MODERN TIMES meets different voices in Gaza today: About America's new plan, and conditions on the ground.
Recommended literature this summer
Book tips MODERN TIMES's critics and editors recommend books for the summer holidays.
Short film winners with political sting
NORWEGIAN SHORT MOVIE: Many of the films at this year's digital short film festival in Grimstad dealt with current political themes.
Short film program about the Y-block and the vulnerability of architecture
ARCHITECTURE: Two films about the Y-block have, in the shelter of the ongoing demolition, become both documentation of ideological oscillations and mourning hymns over a lost time.
The parliament voted against postponing the demolition of the Y-block
Y-Block: "The seminar must end," said Nicolai Astrup (H) in the Storting today, citing that the Y-block must now be fully discussed. MODERN TIMES follows the fate of the Y-block.
Arrested and put on smooth cell for Y block
Y-Block: Five protesters were led away yesterday, including Ellen de Vibe, former director of the Oslo Planning and Building Agency. At the same time, the Y interior ended up in containers.
A forgiven, refined and anointed basket boy
ROD: The financial industry takes control of the Norwegian public.
On paved paths
COMMENT: Could our military and political leaders wake up and take hold of a fate far more serious than the pandemic that has hit the world?
A Norwegian in Naples
CROWN: The piazza is empty and the pizzerias are closed, but the Neapolitan (above) lives.
Refugees, sports and photography
PHOTO: The refugee crisis in Lesbos is the worst we have seen in a long time.
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 corona 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.
Black Ax is spreading fear all over the world
BLACK AX: The Nigerian mafia is spreading all over the world, including Scandinavia.
To think more coherently about the environment and the economy
GREEN GROWTH: Is it possible for a recycling to extend the life of objects and materials? And what about local circuits and small scale businesses?