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Facing our own double standards hurts

“Flight shame” (Swedish “flygskam”) hits the middle class and upper class where it hurts most. Stop pushing “most people” in front of you. Should We Feel Shame of Flying? I really prefer the word responsibility. And for me, the answer…

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Someone asked “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, wrote this magnificent response: “A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility,…

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What if 16-year-olds like Greta could vote?

In UK Brexit would have been canceled after the initial referendum, and the world would be spared for Putin’s puppet Individual 1 as President of the USA as Hillary Clinton is way more popular amongst the young. This Friday, May…

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08.-10. May 1929: Joseph Goebbels speaks at Aryan Media Festival in Bergen

Berlin 1.March 1929 Joseph Goebbels is regarded as one of the most influential figures of our time and has changed the political landscape in Europe. He founded the nazi populist newspaper Der Angriff (The Attack) as a propaganda vehicle fighting the hated “System”…

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‘You did not act in time’: Greta Thunberg’s full speech to MPs at the Houses of Parliament

Video: Greta Thunberg tells MPs: ‘Our future was sold’ Because that future was sold so that a small number of people could make unimaginable amounts of money. It was stolen from us every time you said that the sky was…

Greta donates the Norwegian prize money to a lawsuit against Norway

Week 34 of Greta Thunberg’s #fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate she receives Fritt Ords Pris 2019 together with Natur Og Ungdom. Greta immediately decides to give her part of the prize money to Greenpeace and Natur og Ungdom’s lawsuit People vs. Arctic Oil…

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The Way We Do Equality is Broken in Two Ways.

Brexit and other populist shocks are a sign that our conception of equality is broken. We need to remake it. The UK parliament just rejected *eight* different paths forward when it comes to Brexit, including a no deal Brexit, a second…

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@RepAdamSchiff – You may think it’s okay how Trump and his associates interacted with Russians during the campaign

I don’t.I think it’s immoral. I think it’s unethical. I think it’s unpatriotic. And yes I think it’s corrupt. Watch Adam Schiff speak up to the President and his defenders in Congress with courage and commitment. I say this to…

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The President of the USA is a corrupt, Fascist – the media and every sane person need to #resist fascism

Examples: Trump official Scott Lloyd tracked the menstrual cycle of detained migrant pre-teens to block them from getting legal abortions. In the meantime, the Trump campaign is sending this memo to TV producers:

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“Ways of Seeing” Oslo, Norway

Racism is the exposure of a certain part of the population to premature death Prof. Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Director of Center for Place, Culture, and Politics, The City University of New York. Photo in the play in November 2018: Here is…

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Facing our own double standards hurts

Someone asked “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

What if 16-year-olds like Greta could vote?

08.-10. May 1929: Joseph Goebbels speaks at Aryan Media Festival in Bergen

‘You did not act in time’: Greta Thunberg’s full speech to MPs at the Houses of Parliament

Greta donates the Norwegian prize money to a lawsuit against Norway

The Way We Do Equality is Broken in Two Ways.

@RepAdamSchiff – You may think it’s okay how Trump and his associates interacted with Russians during the campaign

The President of the USA is a corrupt, Fascist – the media and every sane person need to #resist fascism

“Ways of Seeing” Oslo, Norway

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