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Norway must say no to contributing militarily in the Gulf of Persia

NO TO USA: The anti-war initiative asks the government to refuse the US request to contribute militarily to the crisis in the Gulf of Persia.
Gitte Sætre -

Is anti-corruption on the political agenda before the municipal elections?

TRANSPARENCY: It is approaching municipal elections, and our municipal elected officials are the ones who make decisions that may be of greatest importance to us in everyday life.
Guro Sletemark -

Purchase process in Harlem

The Norwegian documentary premieres during this year's Berlin festival: A sensory-rich dissemination in Lene Berg's playful, wonder and disturbing False Belief.
Ellen Lande -

"Northern Wind" – an exercise on NATO's terms?

"As long as we are part of NATO, we must use our position to take a clear stance against armaments and war hoaxes," said Marianne Gulli of Red, who believes Norway should stay home under the Northern Wind.
Kaisa Ytterhaug -

The obedient servants

NATO defense is a sector of society that can only meet with total opposition. (Leading in Orientering 22.3.1969)
toreorientering@nytid.no -

Norway is a slow mover in the effort to regulate autonomous weapons

What is the Government doing to help develop new political and legal regulations to ensure human control over killer robots (autonomous weapons)?
Lene Grimstad -

Is it really useful to get involved in peace policy issues?

Today's government no longer supports information efforts for peace.
Anneli Setalo -

- We cannot just call Russia an enemy

Women have taken a bigger place in the Armed Forces in recent years. What does a young female soldier think about Norway's role in the much-talked about NATO exercise?
Kaisa Ytterhaug -

ZERO and the Nobel laureates

If you are one of those who think exhortations about environmental destruction are well exaggerated, you should not read on.
Truls Lie -

AS Norway: A capitalist actor, without sufficient conscience

In his new book Svein Hammer makes many interesting reflections on a greener Norway
Andrew P. Kroglund -

Raus's film about a viable protest gymnast

A bold, Norwegian-born experiment turned troubled sixties youth into high school executives with influence far beyond national borders.
Ellen Lande -
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Proximity to American conventionalism

Of the two new films about the Utøya massacre, it is Reconstructing Utøya which, through four survivors' honest accounts, in all its simplicity allows us to see both the extent of the tragedy and a way forward for those involved.
Ellen Lande -

Mobilizes before Norway's largest military exercise 

Several mobilization meetings are now being organized against the NATO exercise Trident Juncture around Norway. "There is an increasing build-up of militarism in Europe, and it is dangerous," one of the peace activists told Ny Tid. 
Kaisa Ytterhaug -

"Norway has become a war nation" 

Philosopher Jon Hellesnes comments on Norway's contribution to NATO.
Kaisa Ytterhaug -

Power and powerlessness in Norwegian psychiatry 

In Making Sense Together, director Ellen Ugelstad portrays the many dualities of psychiatry, and the powerlessness of patients, relatives and employees in the Norwegian psychiatric system is facing. 
Ellen Lande -

Planless walks

In her quest for the peculiar Norwegian, the Danish author Suzanne Brøgger delivers a very fragmentary and disjointed text.
Steffen Moestrup -
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