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Lenin

Self-staging as an artistic strategy

PHOTO: Frida Kahlo was at the center of a sophisticated international circle of artists, actors, diplomats and film directors. In Mexico, she was early on a tehuana – a symbol of an empowered woman who represents a different ideal of women than that rooted in traditional marianismo. But can we also see the female stereotypes 'whore' and 'madonna' in one and the same person?
Randi C. Solheim -

We can all be like Paul

PASOLINI: The apostle Paul shows the revolutionary power of fighting for a cause that defies the usual way of life. Paul becomes the symbol of creating a new reality and defeating hegemonic power. But can we imagine that there is a Paul in today's Israel?
Ali Jones Alkazemi -

The black dove of peace

BRIEFING: Here we present a unique role model in Norwegian press history.
Truls Lie -

Social Democrats and Leninists

REFORM AND REVOLUTION: Now, in the era of electoral federation efforts, it is perhaps a worthwhile endeavor to try to think through the concepts of reform and revolution.
Dag Østerberg -

Marx's dialectical materialism

MARX/LENIN: The fight against alienation is, after all, the general goal – something that has disappeared in Leninism
Dag Østerberg -

Østerberg and Leninism

PHILOSOPHY: As a contribution to a possible ideological discussion within the Socialist Electoral Association, I think the article about Lenin is not exemplary
Hans I. Kleven -

To leninism

MARX/LENIN: With the formation of the Socialist Election Union, the parties' relationship with Vladimir Lenin's teachings is important. It is human activity, their work, struggle, play, research, which is the source of knowledge.
Dag Østerberg -

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) -

150 years after Lenin's birth

ORIENTATION 1 MAY 1970: The world over will mark the 100th anniversary of Lenin's birth. Today, Lenin is a historical leading figure for rebellious people in the world's poorest peasant countries, writes Hans Fredrik Dahl in this article, emphasizing Lenin's role as dialectical revolutionary, politician and journalist rather than theorist and philosopher.
Hans Fredrik Dahl -

Rich full-format MODERN TIMES including the supplement 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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