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Orientering 50 years ago (MODERN TIMES 'forerunner)

The peculiar forms of repression in the Soviet Union

IDEOLOGY: MODERN TIMES brings, due to today's attention to Russia, a look at the Soviet Union 50 years ago. In the book from 1972, Herbert Marcuse describes and assesses the conditions, condition and possibilities of the Soviet Union – and Soviet Marxism as an ideology.
Orientering (1953-75) -
NOTICE (Orientering)

The government did not strengthen whistleblower protection

NOTICE: The government did not follow up on the notification committee's proposal, neither about its own notification ombudsman nor its own notification committee.
Kari Breirem -
ESSAY

A global labor market in motion

WORK: Half a century ago, the first Filipino workers traveled across the globe to work in factories and hotels in Denmark and Norway, among other places. Their journey provides insight into a global labor market in motion.
Nina Trige Andersen -
literature

A society in short supply

Franco "Bifo" Berardi: Breathing – Chaos and Poetry

TECHNOLOGY: Chaos has taken over for order, but can we find a way out of the chaos?
Emma Bakkevik -
documentary

From elite living in Sierra Leone to everyday wear in the American supermarket

Andreas Hadjipateras: A Forgotten Past

SIERRA LEONE: Solomon Juxon-Smith works in a supermarket in New York and may look like any middle-class American. But before this life he had another. He lived in Sierra Leone, and his father ruled the country.
Bianca-Olivia Nita -
literature

Up from the basement, into the war

Carsten Jensen: Kældermennesker. About populism and the hassle of being human

: The basement man must also take part in humanity's transformation. Carsten Jensen forgets this.
Niels Johan Juhl-Nielsen -
internationally

Why capitalism creates meaningless jobs

: There are some out there who do silly jobs just to keep us busy.
David Graeber -

Full 100-page MODERN TIMES including the appendix 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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