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Chaos as governance in the United States

The goal of Trump's policy is chaos, argues American cultural theorist Lawrence Grossberg in a new book.
Mikkel Bolt -

Digital Media: Democratic or Suppressive Political Fighting Instruments?

English media theorist Natalie Fenton warns against equating social media with democracy.
Mikkel Bolt -

The documentary must not die

Undermining official lies is the strength of the documentary, but one is threatened when one goes against established truths. Pilgrim's latest film is The Coming War on China. He now asks us to break the silence.
pilger@nytid.no -

Major political pretext 

Britain's prime minister claims Russia "probably behind" the alleged poison attack on ex-agent Sergey Skripal, but could this indicate a comprehensive plan to have Russia labeled as a criminal state?
Pål Steigan -

Oil – the industry of the past

Several of the world's politicians and money managers are now turning their backs on the fossil industry for climate reasons. Norwegian politicians talk enthusiastically that Norway must take its share of global responsibility, but in the Oil Fund, investments in the fossil industry seem to continue as before.
Victoria Tømmeraas Berg -

After the industry is the industry

The Deindustrialized World analyzes the consequences of the factory and mine closures that have taken place in the West since the 1960 years. 
Nina Trige Andersen -

Secret meeting: The United States pushed Norway into war participation

The United States ran a covert campaign to pull Norway deeper into the Afghanistan war, according to previously unknown WikiLeaks documents.
Eirik Vold -

Three political periods in Serbia

This documentary is a story from "the other side", which is not so common in the dominant narrative of Serbia before, during and after the war.
tina.poglajen@gmail.com -

The third position

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Sigurd Evensmo -

The power of impotence

We need a new activism – not through revolutionary change, but through systematic efforts to develop a humane and free society.
Anders Dunk -

Refugees: Art project stranded

Strong protests made Franco "Bifo" Berardi's planned performance Auschwitz on the Beach on Documenta 14 instead turned into poetry reading and panel debate.
Emma Bakkevik -

Prison in the open air

How does the UNHCR run the refugee camps which together correspond to the size of the Netherlands? How do they manage to meet the needs of the 1000 new refugees who arrive every day? Welcome to Refugeestan.
petra.schlomer@gmail.com -

Kitchen Sink High Conceptualism

Shelly Silver shows no humility when it comes to relevance and sustainability in her project, but takes the space and time and oozes self-confidence.
Ellen Lande -

A violent solution 

Already weeks before the referendum on Catalonia's secession, Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy began to show muscle. On Catalan National Day 11. in September he declared that he would do "everything" to stop it.
Emma Bakkevik -

Development at a high price

The government of Cambodia is tightening its grip on power every day. The highly tense situation makes the documentary film A Cambodian Spring all the more gruesome.
Nina Trige Andersen -

A left wing for the nation-state does not change anything

As global protests accelerated in the wake of the financial crisis, they nationalized the protests and paved the way for authoritarian isolationism
Mikkel Bolt -
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