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A working class PRD activist: Meet Salvador
The part of the camp that I stay and eat at is a tent that houses the activists from the Mexican state of Nayarit. I went there after being invited by Salvador. I met Salvador while walking around the AMLO…
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Second Mexican revolution or just another military massacre?
The camp of the leftwing Mexican president candidate AMLO has much of the same feeling as many of the anticamps of the intercontinental governmental conferences: no-one quite know how many protesters will come, no-one quite knows whether the police or…
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Leaving Douglas
So this is it. My third stay in Douglas is over. Tonight I will be taking the bus to Chihuahua where I will hopefully arrive by tomorrow morning. And I am leaving alone. I am really not sure about where…
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On the Margins, 2nd edition
After months of proofreading and editing, the second edition of On the Margins” is finally available at lulu.com. Online stores should be updating their version within a few days. Strangely, this comes somewhat synchronously with me leaving Douglas once more…
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Ethnicity based on economics
Last year (the article should soon be online at http://www.duo.uio.no ) I pointed out that the various changes in border perception both at the Mexican/US and Danish/German border all have their economic underpinnings. National identity and ideology on either side…
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“Super student” – minor corrections…
For those who have read the article on “Super Students” in Universitas (university newspaper of the University of Oslo) here is one minor correction: Update: another thing is that I never was the (national) leder of the Pedagogy Students. The…
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How to avoid security controls and the 90 day Visa waiver limit on your way to the US (for Europeans)
Need to go from Europe to the US but not wanting to go through all the security crap they set up after the uncovering of the socalled “terrorist plot” last week? Annoyed by the 90 day limit on the visa…
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How to get 75% interrail experience without leaving Oslo
Interrailing is great fun and despite low air plane tickets these days, there are still many reasons to engage in interrailing. For example, the fact that you can decide on the spot whether to stay in a place or leave…
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Summer Holidays
Due to the summer holidays there are no updates to be expected in the near future. Also, I will be leaving for Hermosillo, MX taking off from Copenhagen, DK on August 11th, so updates will be scarce also in a…
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Political summer activism
Political acitvist with too much time on your hands during the summer holidays? If you live in Oslo, you should of course join us in the struggle to keep Norway from throwing out the Afghan refugees. However, if you do…