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interview

The ecocentric man

NATURE: Conversation portrait with author Erland Kiøsterud about our ecological responsibility.
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Ittaf, Palestinian failed suicide bombings after many years in prison

Palestine Appendix: Ramallah (2014:
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- We documented that we had everything in place for a Palestinian state

Palestine Annex: Salam Fayyad, former Prime Minister of Palestine, Ramallah 2014
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A future Palestinian state can only be sustainable if it has a good relationship with Israel

Palestine Annex: Espen Barth Eide, former Foreign Minister, Jerusalem (2013)
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Ehud Barak, former Minister of Defense and Prime Minister of Israel.

Tel Aviv (2014): Interview with Ehud Barak.
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War and hope in the Philippines

INTERVIEW: Ny Tid met the Philippine artist Kiri Dalena during the international short film festival in Oberhausen.
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Whistleblowers – People's Enemies?

UREDD: A vibrant democracy, a vibrant press, and the rule of law are linked and depend on whistleblowers being taken seriously. Ny Tid interviewed whistleblower and lawyer Kari Breirem, current with the book Promoting justice and preventing injustice – about corruption, legal security and whistleblowing.
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The sleazy film professor

"The role of critics is more important than ever," says American film academic and critic B. Ruby Rich. She herself has been instrumental in promoting LGBT movies to a wide audience.
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That talk is taboo

Ziad Doueiri: insult

: When Lebanese-born Ziad Doueiri launched his new film, he considered it highly likely that the Lebanese authorities would ban the film because of its controversial content.  
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From production to reproduction

: Interview with the philosopher Paul Preciado: Old-fashioned workers' struggle was about collectivizing the means of production; today it is about the collectivization of the means of reproduction. 
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The alternative cryptonations – Governance 2.0

: Cryptoanarchists around the world are developing "bitnations" – virtual communities based on blockchain. New Time met Bitnation's founder, Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof. What drives her to create such online communities?
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The struggle for survival

: British filmmaker Kim Longinotto is making documentaries about rebellious outsiders, in which women fighting for their own survival are the celebrated protagonist.
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Full 100-page MODERN TIMES including the appendix Orientering and Modern Times Review comes out quarterly (March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1) with international book reviews, essays and comments – in addition to the physical newspaper and PDF, the articles are eventually published online here (see also the newsletter).

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