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DOCUMENTARY: Who Killed the Electric Car? [09.02.2007] In the mid-nineties, California was being suffocated by car exhaust fumes. California Air Resources Board (CARB) therefore established a “Zero Emissions Mandate” (ZEV), which set a requirement that a minimum of 2 percent of all..	FILM: The clash of civilizations at the end of history [04.02.2007] In a Hollywood story, its rich historical background serves merely as the excuse for what the film “really is about” - the initiatic journey of the hero or of the couple. In Reds, the October Revolution is the background for th..
HAMAS: Palestinian Self-determination [03.04.2007] Norway was the first country to end its boycott of Hamas, re-establishing normal economic and political relations with the Palestinian Authority as soon as the new government was formed. Sanctions have helped Hamas consolidate i..	DOCUMENTARY: What makes a «film pledge» visionary? [04.05.2007] It is my hope that the White Paper on Film from «The New Film Institute» is sufficiently open to substantial state support. Unimpeded by Norwegian language, culture or social conditions, Norway is capable of creating and expandi..
FILM: Beyond our Collective Navel [12.06.2007] Does Norwegian-produced psychologically introspective drama fall short in its politico-international content? Could it be that this narrative genre suffers from an under-developed sense of visual and filmatic daring?	POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: The strange rise of zionist anti-semitism [19.09.2007] Eric Marty, {Une querelle avec Alain Badiou}, philosophe, Paris: Gallimard 2007 {{PERHAPS THE MAIN INTELLECTUAL}} event in the last year in France was the well-coordinated attack on the work of Alain Badiou: first a series..
FILM: Third Cinema [09.11.2007] We take a look at this year’s «Films from the South» festival. «Third Cinema» can be an enduringly political and influential resource – a genre of film that captures history itself as a process, the changes, the wealth of contra..	CHINA: The politics of reincarnation [09.11.2007] The Western liberal media had their laugh when, in August 2007, the Chinese State Administration of Religious Affairs passed «Order Number Five», a law due to come into effect on September 1st, which covers «the management measu..
IT PROBLEMS: From Microsoft to Macintosh [16.07.2006] Some experiences with Microsoft help to explain why Bill Gates is stepping down. Perhaps Windows is not the only fulfilling religion one can follow.	9/11TRUTH: Was September 11th an inside job? [01.07.2006] More and more people in the USA are convinced that the American authorities are concealing their involvement in the September 11th tragedy. Statements from witnesses, marked confidential for several years, now show that control..
FIVE YEARS AFTER: Is terrorism a real threat? [06.09.2006] Today Governments in Europe starts to apply anti-terror laws against peaceful demonstrators. But is the terror threat as serious as stated? Statistics goes against this position. The large amounts of money used against terror i..	FIVE YEARS LATER: United 93 – «Let’s Roll!» [05.09.2006] There are several reasons to believe that United Airlines flight 93 was shot down by an American fighter plane. Why are the American authorities being so secretive?
JUSTICE?: How to stifle the opposition [16.01.2007] Those who wield the most power choose to torture their opponents to the point where the oppressed are driven to voice their dissent and strike back. Gotcha! – «The Terrorist.»	INTELLECTUALS: Anti-globalisation and anti-Americanism [05.02.2007] The French have long been negative towards the USA. Now a study of the discourse has been published.
INSIDE AMERICA: An empire in regression [05.03.2007] USA is today not only the world’s largest debitor. It has also wasted much of its political capital. American organizations has been creating a hostile and embittered atomsphere in large parts of the world. Most of the left-wing..	OPEN SOCIETY: Sami, Soros and Støre [10.03.2007] Closed societies function along the same lines as in the Old Testament where enemies were useful tools in the legitimisation of power. Today, 5000 such «enemies» have been imprisoned without charge in the USA.
TORTURE: The rise of the living dead: A modest proposal to rejuvenate Presidental elections [02.04.2007] When Khalid Sheik Mohammed’s confession dominated the headlines of our media, moral outrage at the extent of his crimes was mixed with doubts. Can his confession be trusted? What if he confessed even more than he did, either bec..	WITNESS ACCOUNT: The Explosions that Razed the Towers [01.07.2006] 500 witness statements taken from firefighters and rescue personnel detailing their experiences of September 11th were marked confidential. Will we ever know the full story? Experts now state that glowing metal found amongst th..
Media Polls [01.07.2006] The organisation 9/11Truth currently has around 5000 dedicated members in the USA. They have scant opportunity to disseminate their opinions through the American mass media and therefore represent a tiny fraction of American po..	DEBATE: The Truly Distracting 9/11 Conspiracy Theory [12.03.2007] Alexander Cockburn’s “US: The Conspiracy That Wasn’t,” which is an attack on the 9/11 truth movement, is faulty in virtually every respect. He calls me one of the movement’s “high priests,” as if it were a religious movement, ..