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Assange: Ultimately, it is a matter of legal and moral duty to expose war crimes.
John Y. Jones -

Lykkeberg – "a democratic socialist"

SUBJECT: How are we to explain to our children that Trump – against the most odds – became President of the United States?
Niels Johan Juhl-Nielsen -

A counterbalance to today's cruel lack of solidarity

Totalitarianism? The anarcho-communist critic Franco Berardi believes we have overestimated reason and intelligence as a world-changing force.
Anders Dunk -

A digital omnipotence?

The Facebook scandal last year demonstrates how negligent social network providers are bypassing the data of their users – and clarifying what enormous challenges "The Big Four" faces in our democracy.
dolata@nytid.com -

Popular organizations under increasing pressure

In recent years, we have seen an increasing tendency for humanitarian organizations and their employees to be systematically prevented from conducting political or organizational work.
generalsekretaer@npaid.org -

Work-controlled companies?

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Truls Lie -

Peace with Freud 

In a civil war ravaged Syria, Rafah Nached continued his work as a psychoanalyst. It would cost her dearly.
midttunb@online.no -

Cambodia wipes its tears

For the first time in 20 years, the Cambodian People's Party is seriously challenged now for the elections in early June.
Nina Trige Andersen -

The sirens national anthem

The Sirens will revive their presence in a time of pixels and virtual reality.
hildbo@gmail.com -

Trump, the pictures and politics

As early as the 1930s, Walter Benjamin described how politics takes place in images. In Trump's age, there is no longer a difference between television series and politics.
Mikkel Bolt -

A critic's defense speech 

The critic is testing how art can benefit citizens in civil society. We need the criticism more than ever! 
Kjetil Røed -

"The Lady" and the game about the Earth

Will Aung San Suu Kyi and the new government manage to involve the people when fulfilling the promise of a fair distribution of natural resources? It is...
ingeborg.moa@gmail.com -

Third Period syndrome

2016 is a big election year, and so I don't aim for Donald Trump. 
johan@afrika.no -

Military division of power in Myanmar

Despite Aung San Suu Kyi's landslide victory in the November parliamentary elections, she is forced to share power with the military – and that could be her biggest challenge.
susannekempel@gmail.com -

Choice: Politics or administration?

Sometimes one would wish that more people saw red when there were elections, in a certain contempt for the uproar politics has become. The choice ...
Truls Lie -

Socialism and Freedom – Part II

We bring here another part of Jens Bjørneboe's article series "Socialism and freedom".
Jens Bjørneboe -
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Rich full-format MODERN TIMES including the supplement Orientering and Modern Times Review comes out quarterly in early March, June, September and December) with international book reviews (non-fiction) and comments / essays. According to the physical newspaper (and PDF), the articles are published regularly online (see the newsletters).

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