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Wilhelm Reichs updated

Håvard Friis Nilsen: You must not sleep. Wilhelm Reich and psychoanalysis in Norway

monograph: Reich had considerable influence on Norwegian intellectuals. But he was thrown out of both the Communist Party and the International Psychoanalytical Association – and died in an American prison aged just 60.

The Norwegian ideal state

FUTURE: From 2017 to 2019, we traveled around the country in the artist group Alt Går Bra to learn about the Norwegian population's visions for the society of the future. The second most popular theme was climate and sustainability (ten percent). Three percent answered freedom, according to technology optimism, education and the importance of roots. For the vast majority, a completely different factor was most important.

ASIA: "We are the ones who are far away, while they are in the center"

TECHNOLOGY: According to Kevin Kelly, technology writer, photographer and publicist, the best thing you can do sometimes is slow down technology.

The Future of Europe

EUROPE: MODERN TIMES recently visited the European Parliament in Strasbourg, and met one of the founders of the Conference on the Future of Europe – where the following topics have been discussed: democratic values, climate change, social justice and job security, human rights, European defense and digital transformation. This is the basis for ORIENTERING this time, as we on the following pages have asked a number of Norwegian opinion leaders about much of the same. And here with Daniel Freund, who is a member of the party Die Grünen in Germany, we could not help but talk about climate.

Palestine, Portugal, pluralism

MANAGER: When is more independent identity important, and not?

Norway at the top of Europe in nationalism?

CHRONICLE: We constantly hear that Norway is the best country in the world, but it is not necessarily the way it is experienced for the vast majority of Norwegians and people who move here.

With a rental car you can have a unique holiday experience in Norway

: Many are planning to holiday in Norway next summer as well. Then a rental car can help make the holiday flexible, eventful and memorable. However, it pays to plan early. Here we give some tips on how to plan a unique summer for you and everyone in the family.

At the top of Hitler's wish list

Despina Stratigakos: Hitler's Northern Utopia: Building the New Order in Occupied Norway

BUILT NORWAY: Nazi Germany's plans for Norway were extensive. We were to become part of the Great Germanic Empire. In the years 1940–1945, large parts of Norway were a construction site.

The document that started the war in 2001

United States / Militarization:: In this article, Niels Harrit points out 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"?

Low crisis awareness and unresolved climate challenges

Ann Karin Larssen, Gjert Lage Dyndal: Strategic management in crisis and crisis. The Norwegian system

CRISIS: The state's crisis management is not enough, as Norway as an oil-producing nation ignores the recommendations that the oil should remain in the ground.

The Norwegian double standard

Peder Anker: The Power of the Periphery. How Norway Became an Environmental Pioneer for the World

ENVIRONMENTAL PIONEER: The story of the history of Norwegian environmental thinking is an ambivalent portrait of Norway's imagined role as an environmental nation.

Palestine in our century

Palestine Annex: The magazine Palestine in our century has both a current and historical perspective on # Middle East #'s long nuclear conflict over Palestine. Although it is well known, it is often with little detailed knowledge.

The joiner Joe Biden calms down

THE LIE CANDIDATE: The past catches up with presidential candidate Joe Biden, who struggles to refute and downplay what the media describes as lies and fabrications.

The pandemic will create a new world order

Mike Davis: According to activist and historian Mike Davis, in wild reservoirs, such as bats, up to 400 types of coronavirus are just waiting to be transmitted to other animals and humans.

The oil industry is the root of all evil

Rachel Maddow: Blowout

MONEY AND OIL: If you mix corruption and rogue states with the richest and most destructive industry in the world – the oil industry – the result is an explosive mix.

Sustainable debt and financial transparency

RESPONSIBLE LOANS: Adopted principles of transparency about debt is 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.