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Essays and comments on NATO, Norway, bases, and militarism.

Contrary to the will of the Nobel

NOBEL PRIZE: Alfred Nobel's will is a document that the executors by law are obliged to follow. Heffermehl documents that the committee appointed by the Norwegian Storting since 1901 has ignored the will.
Sonja Krohn -

The document that started the war in 2001

United States / Militarization: Niels Harrit points out in this article that the participation of European countries in the attack on Afghanistan in 2001 was illegal – according to the UN Treaty. Were a number of countries tricked into the "war on terror"?
Niels Harris -

On paved paths

COMMENT: Could our military and political leaders wake up and take hold of a fate far more serious than the pandemic that has hit the world?
FREDRIK S. HEFFERMEHL -

The lie of our time

ORIENTERING APRIL 11, 1970: April 9 was a result of the Norwegian officer corps' remission policy and nasal admiration for Hitler-Germany and all it stood for, says Major Svein Blindheim in this interview.
erling@nytid.com -

The world is out of step

ESSAY: The world has gone completely off the hook and has been doing it for a long time.
Ole Robert Sunde -

Arms exports: A shameful political theater

WAR INDUSTRY:When the oil age is over, we can survive war – if we turn right. Drama series Made in Norway raises ethical issues for the Norwegian arms industry.
Hello there -

The war reporter close to the truth

PORTRAIT FILM: War Reporter Robert Fisk has the courage to monitor and challenge. He is known for reporting from the front lines in violation of the official line of politicians and authorities.
Carmen Gray -

What now, EEA?

The EEA Agreement is 25 year on year. What does Europe mean for Norway, and what does President Macron say about Europe's future?
Truls Lie -

The US plans were real – but the defense minister still won't respond

ORIENTERING 6. SEPTEMBER 1969 On Monday last week, the West German magazine "Stern" reported that it had received a secret American plan for, among other things. ABC warfare in Europe. It states in detail how nuclear, chemical and biological weapons should be used in both Western and Eastern Europe. According to Arbeiderbladet, this has attracted "considerable attention" on the continent.
lars@nytid.com -

Before you know it, you're a terrorist

TERRORIST LIST: An otherwise uneventful late summer day I received a message in my inbox that I was listed on a Turkish list of alleged terrorists.
lasse_tomte@me.com -

Lying and truthfulness

NEWSPAPER'S MANAGER IN JUNE ABOUT HANNAH ARENDT
Truls Lie -

Our dear NATO

MANAGER: Unfortunately, most people want to live under NATO protection – in a self-deception of ignorance.
Truls Lie -

Experience with NATO – 20 years after

OPINION v. NATO: While NATO's foreign ministers are gathered in Washington to hold cheers for the Alliance's excellence, public opinion against NATO is getting stronger in member states.
preben@nytid.com -

The Cold War

When NATO history is written in Norway, it is always the "coup in Czechoslovakia" that is the starting point. (ORIENTERING APRIL 22, 1969)
MODERN TIMES -

Membership in the superpower blocs has become a threat to the countries themselves

ORIENTERING April 22, 1969: Today, it is clearer than ever that it is the power politics of the great powers that threaten the peace of the world.
MODERN TIMES -

"You may not be interested in the war, but the war is interested in you."

BORN: With his new book The NATO Complex, philosopher Jon Hellesnes insists on the honorable dissident tradition of Luxembourg and Liebknecht.
Aslak Storaker -
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