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Oslo – a gold-edged agreement for Israel

: Due to the Oslo Accords, Israel has experienced an adventurous economic growth – at the expense of the Palestinians. Extensive corruption was also the sad result of the Oslo process.
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literature

Obama's loyal advisor

Susan Rice: Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For

MERCYLESS: Democrat Susan Rice was the United States Ambassador to the United States and became National Security Adviser. After tough negotiations with Iran, she got an explosive whistleblower case in her lap: Edward Snowden.
Ranveig Eckhoff -
COMMENT

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.
John Y. Jones -
literature

When Sweden was deceived

Ola Tunander: The Swedish submarine war

ENEMY PICTURES: What do we really know about hidden activities, power games and secret submarine operations in Swedish waters?
John Y. Jones -
fiction (film)

Ground Fascism

: The Plot Against America

ANTISEMITTISM: Although it depicts an alternative story about the United States during World War II, The Plot Against America paints a frighteningly realistic picture of how fascist ideology can play out in practice.
Alexander Huser -
INTERVIEW

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.
Anders Dunk -
COMMENT

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.
Suketu Mehta -
COMMENT

"A murderous system is being created"

ASSANGE: "If Julian Assange is convicted, a murderous system is about to arise right before our eyes. It will be the death knell for freedom of the press and the rule of law, "said Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
John Y. Jones -
literature

A rebel universality from below

Massimiliano Tomba: Insurgent Universality: An Alternative Legacy of Modernity

TRACKING OF THE ORDER: The ruling order does everything in its power to derail the uprisings.
Mikkel Bolt -
literature

Trump's raucous racist rhetoric

Nikhil Pal Singh: Race and America's Long War Author

BIOPOLITICS: Does the public notion of order necessitate extreme violence against certain sections of the population (natives, blacks, Muslims, etc.)? May 5000 poor and displaced migrants be met by a wall and the mobilization of 15000 soldiers?
Mikkel Bolt -
literature

Inside the "white power" of the United States

Vegard Tenold Aase: Everything you love must burn. Inside the rebirth of white nationalism in the United States

NATIONALISM: In Vegard Tenold Aase's new book, we get to know right-wing extremist groups in the United States, where they deny the Holocaust and believe in a new lease on neo-Nazism.
Henning Næs -
documentary

To live side by side with others

Karin Kainer: Kosher Beach

UN BEACH: The gender-segregated beach in Tel Aviv has existed for many years, which little by little it has become a haven for an ultra-Orthodox population.
Hans Henrik Fafner -
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