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extremism

The showdown with woke

WOKE: The crime community is pushing people over to the right, which is growing because people feel alienated by woke and identity politics. Moreover, the left has become more interested in monitoring each other than forming a common front against the right. Is solidarity and compassion for the suffering of others a limited resource?
Eivind Tjønneland -

Freedom of expression, extremism and the role of the media

DIFFERENCE: An anthology that addresses important topics such as freedom of speech, globalization, extremism, minorities and inequality in the world, but many of the authors want too much.
Ketil Fred Hansen -

Inside the "white power" of the United States

nationalism: In Vegard Tenold Aase's new book, we become acquainted with right-wing groups in the United States, denying the Holocaust and believing in a new giving for neo-Nazism.
Henning Næs -

Can the past explain today's furious young men?

RIGHT EXTREMISM: The novelist and essayist Pankaj Mishra is on his way to Oslo. For this reason comes his global boxing success in the Norwegian pocket edition. Welcome to an inspiring, provocative and at times frustrating book.
Andrew P. Kroglund -

Faith, hope and extremism

CLIMATE / EXTREMISM: Paul Schrader has created a powerful, disturbing and socially relevant portrait of one of God's lonely men, with clear parallels to Taxi Driver.
Aleksander Huser -

Extremist self-portrait

How do you leave communities that expect lifelong fidelity and respond to outbursts of brutal reprisals? Karen Winther portrays in Exit the often dangerous liberation struggle.
Ellen Lande -

Power and resistance

Irene Langemann's documentary on Pjotr ​​Pavlenskij poses the question: Faced with extreme repression by the state, what can an individual do, other than resort to extreme actions?
Dieter Wieczorek -

The war without a front line

Who are the jihadists in the Syrian war? 
Francesca Borri -

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