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To whom it May concern

It is 75 years since the Jews were deported from Vippetangen in Oslo. Can history repeat itself? Yes, author Arnold Jacoby said. 

Between the nursery and the court

Although cultural radicals are allowed to review Kaj Skagen's assessment of "the Norwegian", much of the thinking in the book comes from one of its foremost representatives, namely Jens Bjørneboe. 

It is too profitable to extract oil – for the oil companies

The oil industry has had unfairly good terms for far too many years. 

Norwegian idealism – a foxhole

Orientering 16.mars 1968

The war and the collective memory

Who writes the story? The communist resistance struggle during the war was long diminished.

The art of renewing an enemy image

Both in Norway and among the allies there were forces that would have the communists stronger into the resistance struggle. But the later Labor Party leaders kept them out.

United States blacklist

Ny Tid has consulted a number of experts on how the 301 list works. No one is aware that there are any clear criteria for ending up on the list.

Said no to the US and the pharmaceutical industry

Unprecedented WikiLeaks documents show how the US embassy in Oslo tried to pressure the Norwegian government to crack down on cheaper copier drugs with threats of blacklisting Norway. The then Minister of Business and Trade Dag Terje Andersen, for the first time, talks about the meeting where he set his foot against the Americans.

Johan Galtung: How is Norway going?

How independent and critical can one be? In Part 2 of the double interview with Johan Galtung, we talk about Norway's relationship with the United States, Sweden, Muslims, anarchism and Marxism.

Electric cars with scratches in the varnish

In Norway, the electric car is hailed as a symbol of the green shift. Can it live up to its reputation, also internationally?

I Am Not Your Welfare State

The welfare state offers us only small stories, while we long for the big and transcendent. So what do we do?

Our picture of Africa

Many feel uneasy about how Africa is presented and understood. Lately, there has been an interesting twist in this debate: African voices have seriously joined.

Norwegian in German

60 000 Germans have been entertained by a humorous Norwegian book that no Norwegian publisher will know.

New report: Conversion is possible but will cost

Stripping down the oil industry can mean huge job losses. A new report predicts what the fossil fuel industry will cost.

Fate time for the Paris Agreement

Can we still count on the United States? As for the erratic – yes.

The labor movement of our time

Why are we still talking about the labor movement in today's Norway?