#Klassekampen

[aromantisk-fagforening]

Isnotreal attacked the Iranian consulate in Syria, killing an important general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, among others (1) (2). Isnotreal hasn't confirmed or denied blame for this attack (2).

Iran declared, Wednesday last week, that it would respond (1) (3).

my sources disagree (slightly):(NRK: The Iranian response was sending over 300 missiles and drones (3). ) (Reuters: over 200 drones and missiles, according to Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari(2))

Most of them got cut off, according to isnotreal (3). Iran also said it was a response to multiple crimes by Israel (not just the criminal attack on the consulate) (3).

Iran's allies, including Hizbollah (according to themselves) and the Houthies (according to media), are also supposed to have attacked isnotreal (3).

The USA (Biden) is saying they are assisting isnotreals defence and side with Isnotreal strongly against Iran (3) (2) (link to statement). Donald Trump says he thinks the USA is not doing enough to support isnotreal (2). The Norwegian foreign minister condemned isnotreals attack on Iran (3). Iranians celebrate Irans attack on Isnotreal, saying "death to Israel", "death to usa", according to AFP (4). Iran warns isnotreal not to commit further crimes, or else they will respond stronger, but say they consider the matter concluded (2). Isnotreal wants the UN to move to condemn Iran's retaliation (3). Isnotreal says they will retaliate grandly (2).

Multiple news bureaus report having seen drones from Iraq (3).

The British, Usamerican and Jordanian defenses all report having shot down Iranian drones that were heading to isnotreal (3).

The NRK correspondent in Jerusalem reports having seen missiles being shot down, this being the first time in a while there's been any bombing in the area, videos from Hareetz also show this (3).

For most of the bombing isnotrealis were told to sit in bomb rooms (3). The bombings we're warned about in the app Red Alert (3).

slight disagreement between my sources here, but: (NRK: According to isnotreali ambulances there has been one injury, a ten year old was critically hurt (3).) (Reuters: According to isnotreali authorities there has been one injury, a seven year old girl was critically hurt (2))

edit: Addition that Norwegian newspaper The Class Struggle (Klassekampen) made a two pager on the attack on Iran (published Saturday 13.04.2024), predicting Irans attack and supporting the claim that 7 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. They also added that the UK David Cameron said it would be a misstep for Iran to retaliate. (5)

Sources:

1 NRK link published april 1 2024 18:59 (Norwegian time). No author listed. language: Norwegian bokmål. Accessed April 14 11:12.

2 Reuters link . Published April 14 2024 10:45 GMT+2 (edited 3 hours ago). Written by Dan Williams in Jerusalem, Parisa Hafezi in Dubai, Timur Azhari in Baghdad, Jeff Mason, Eric Beech and Doina Chiacu in Washington and Suleiman al-Khalidi in Amman and Lidia Kelly in Lisbon; Writing by Angus McDowall; Editing by Jonathan Oatis, Daniel Wallis, Chizu Nomiyama, Howard Goller and William Mallard. Accessed April 14 13:54.

3 NRK link published april 14 2024 13:18. Written by Øyvind Bye Skille, Åse Marit Befring, Milana Kenžević, Julia Kirsebom Thomassen, Aud Darrud, Hedda Kurseth and Eivind Molde. language: Norwegian bokmål. Accessed April 14 13:20.

4 NRK link published april 14 2024 12:37. Written by Ida Kristin Rønning, Aid Darrud and Amanda Iversen Orlich. Language: Norwegian bokmål. Accessed April 14 13:22.

edit:

5 Klassekampen. Published April 13 2024. Written by Amal A Wahab. language: Norwegian bokmål. Accessed April 17 2024.

Note about the quality of sources:

NRK generally seem a lot more critical of isnotreal and don't seem to fit the criticisms that have been raised about "western media", I mean I assume most of the people complaining don't even speak Norwegian so yeah, I trust NRK, NRK is btw Norway's official news agency "Norsk rikskringkasting", which is free. NRK doesn't have a rating, but Norway is considered to have "excellent freedom" of press, ranking first globally (MBFC).

Reuters is English language Western media, so I assume they are more biased in favor of isnotreal, however they have a relatively high factuality score and are said to have low bias, though with being from the UK they are only mostly free media (MBFC). Their trust principles are linked here.

Also note about this post, I am mostly translating the NRK article, I skipped some parts (mostly to make this more strictly news) and restructured some parts. This is mostly the work of the journalists in source 3.

edit:

Klassekampen is a left wing paper that I personally consider fairly reliable for Palestine. They have from the start just written more about Palestine, simply enough. Again there's no MBFC score for this paper. This article has not been debunked in the Norwegian fact checker Faktisk.no. Klassekampen has failed fact check before (at faktisk.no), usually about Norwegian politics.

[burlveneer-music]

Lilja - Mirage - Norwegian guitarist brings in international guests for a superb album of world jazz fusion

Oddrun Lilja Jonsdottir is a versatile and innovative composer, guitarist and vocalist from Oslo's jazz scene. As an artist, she tours the world, and has had collaborative projects with musicians in India, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Iceland and New York, among others. She is currently a composer with Tingingsverket (commissioned music) for Vossa Jazz's 50th anniversary in 2023, contributing her work "I".

LILJA's debut album "Marble" (2020) garnered rave reviews with a perfect score (6/6) in Dagsavisen and featured on many lists of the year's best albums, including those by Subjekt, Dagsavisen and Klassekampen.

For her sophomore release, "Mirage", LILJA has collaborated with four traditionalists from different parts of the world: Sara Marielle Gaup from Sápmi, Celio de Carvalho from Brazil, Zakaria Houaoura from Morocco and Ashraf Sharif Khan from Pakistan. These meetings are fused together in LILJA's music, creating from its multifaceted whole a kind of singular vision - mirage - of the world, seen from Oddrun Lilja's perspective.

The album will be released by Jazzland Recordings on 14 April 2023. In addition to Oddrun Lilja on guitar and vocals, the regular LILJA ensemble consists of Sanne Rambags on lead vocals, Bafana Nhlapo on percussion and vocals, Jo Skaansar on bass and Erik Nylander on drums. The album also features guest artists such as Beady Belle on vocals and Bugge Wesseltoft on piano.

[frankplads]

Har NRKs journalistikk blitt bedre etter den skandaløse romkvinnesaken i 2013, et av de aller verste presseetiske overgrepene i nyere norsk tid? Kan man stole på NRK? Nei.

I 2023 ble «Bamsegutt»-produksjonen trukket tilbake av nøyaktig de samme grunnene. Igjen hadde NRK altså holdt igjen sentral informasjon om hovedpersonens kriminelle fortid, kun for å skape «sympati» for deres narrativ.

Morten A. Strøksnes beskrev i 2020 hvordan NRK Nyheter fortsatt bedrev fullstendig partisk kampanjejournalistikk, i denne DAG OG TID-artikkelen om spionen Frode Berg: https://www.facebook.com/mstroks/posts/pfbid0h5xHmuwNLMLpD8k6teETAWzQDCFfasW4U6GhzQyMHTDFZ3FBZm2K3f6hk2g9vrvSl

Husk å ALDRI stole på kun én type journalistikk. Les ALLTID medier fra hele spekteret, fra Klassekampen og Dagsavisen til Minerva og Document.no.

Først da får du med deg alle perspektivene, vinklingene og utelatelsene, og er bedre informert. Og de som ikke gjør dette på jevnlig basis, skal aldri lyttes til.

Dette betyr også at kanskje 95 % av opinionsledere er fullstendig uinformerte, og derfor skal ignoreres fullstendig. Norge fortsetter dessverre å være et ekstremt inkompetent, middelmådig og anti-intellektuelt samfunn.

[jameone]

Baksidebildet i avisa Klassekampen, engang i 2015.

[emblakaridotter]

Sondre på Klassekampen-båten under Trænafestivalen

[bodoposten]

Frp ønsker klart svar fra statsråden – Er statsforvalteren en bremsekloss?

Frp ønsker klart svar fra statsråden – Er statsforvalteren en bremsekloss?

Kommunalpolitisk talsmann i Frp, Helge André Njåstad, sendte nylig følgende skriftlige spørsmål til kommunal- og distriktsministeren: «Synes statsråden at statsforvaltaren er en bremslekloss?» Begrunnelsen for spørsmålet er at Kommunal- og distriktsminister Bjørn Arild Gram nylig uttalte til Klassekampen: “… men sier at dersom det er noen statsforvaltarer som er en bremsekloss for utvikling så…

[jeanine011]

SIFO og deres perverterte spillfekteri - Rettelse

SIFO og deres perverterte spillfekteri – Rettelse

“Forbruksinstituttet Sifos sats for enslige er 7800 kroner.” Sitatet er hentet fra Klassekampen i art. av 17.06.2019.: “Taper på å arbeide”. Og jeg begikk en kardinalsynd: Jeg antok at avisen hadde sine fakta på stell! Det hadde de ikke. OsloMet la ut tabellen for oppdatert SIFO referansjebudsjett 07.05.2019, altså før avisartikkelen ble publisert, og der fremgikk at satsen for enslig kvinne mellom

[aurora-daily]

“I do not have to improve all the time to justify my existence. We don’t have to set the bar higher, constantly. We can, if it’s fun. But I think it can be a bit much.”

AURORA for Klassekampen, translated by amrothian (January 24th 2022)

photos @ The Mayan by Chris Strauss // 17.11.2021 // Los Angeles, USA

[aromantisk-fagforening]

Norwegian newspapers and "pressestøtte"

[unchronological introduction: basically I started this as a "how does the state pay newspapers" but it also is a description of a couple notable Norwegian newspapers, or rather, the ones the state considers notable, but also don't have enough money I think. introduction end, enjoy the "me actively researching while writing" format]

i was looking into something else, but now I'm confused by how newspapers in Norway work.

I already knew the average newspaper is owned by a political party. or like, is related to one. and many, if not all, have a clear center geographically. - NRK is kinda the exception to both, but they basically just have different geographical sections, and they're supposed to be politically independent afaik. (obviously excluding debate articles).

But then I saw some newspaper talking about (not getting) "pressestøtte", which is like, monitory support from the state to the press. and so, I asked myself why they weren't getting it.

[this is long, but it should be formatted well so I hope someone reads this lol]

the requirements are apparently:

[Norwegian to keep the wording]

produksjonen har dagspressekarakter,

har en ansvarlig redaktør,

tar betalt fra leseren og

selger mesteparten av opplaget til abonnenter.

Videre settes det krav til opplagets størrelse

og hvor ofte avisen kommer ut

[translation]

the production (i.e. newspaper) has the character of a daily newspaper

has a responsible editor

takes payment from the reader (i.e. it costs money)

sells most of the papers* to subscribers

Furthermore, requirements are set for the size of the circulation*

and how often it's released

*(translation note: I can't translate this confidently because I don't understand it, but its like what they print, not sure if "size" is pages or number of papers)

considering they said "how often" (Norwegian : hvor ofte) as the last point I think they meant that the news are about current events when they said "the character of a daily newspaper" (Norwegian: dagspressekarakter)

so I took this info from this subjekt.no article, but it's probably just a law, I'll cite that when I'm on PC.

but yeah, they go on to point out this:

There are a total of eight newspapers that receive more than NOK 10 million, while three newspapers receive between NOK 5 and ten million. In total, these 11 newspapers receive more than NOK 220 million in 2021.

The others - a total of about 140 newspapers - share the rest, i.e. NOK 140 million.

(the conversion rate for most major cash to NOK is like 10 NOK = 1 [insert valuta], but lately NOK has been weakened, so it's more like 12 to 1 € etc)

this is not the only monitary support newspapers and such get, but it's like a big one, if I understood correctly.

I don't know exactly how to translate this section but basically you see a name then the amount they get

Klassekampen får cirka 42 millioner kroner. Bergensavisen får 35 millioner kroner. Dagsavisen får nesten 35 millioner kroner. Vårt land får 31 millioner kroner. Nationen får 21 millioner kroner. Dagen får i underkant av 18 millioner kroner. Fiskeribladet får nesten 12 millioner kroner, og Morgenbladet får vel 11 millioner kroner.

[disclaimer for the below statements, I used Wikipedia as a source, the articles seem well-made (especially the tone), but obviously they're not guaranteed to be flawless.]

[second sidenote: I decided not to talk about the WW2 stuff, but obviously when the nazis (upon the request of the Norwegian traitor Vidkun Quisling) invaded/controlled/operated in Norway they made certain newspapers illegal (Norwegian: illegale, as opposed to ulovlig), or every? idk. but yeah. that's a whole 'nother thing. ] [also: Norway in WW2? I'm probably massively misinformed (i.e. seeing Norway in an overly positive light) due to my biggest source of info being the Norwegian education system]

Klassekampen is a leftist newspaper, "the class struggle" / "the class fight" / "the class war". according to Wikipedia they were started as a marxist-leninist paper (not clear whether they're still that, I don't know enough to determine that). they used to belong to the socialist people's party, now they're owned by the party called red (rødt/raudt). they have people in Oslo (capital, east), Bergen (second largest city, west) and Trondheim (third largest city, middle). but yeah, they get the most from this system, 42 million Norwegian krowns (kroner / kr / crowns / NOK).

[link to the Wikipedia article for the above paragraph/newspaper, read 2 september 2023]

Bergensavisen is an explicitly local newspaper, "Bergen newspaper". often shortened to BA, originally titled "Bergens Workers magazine" (Bergens Arbeiderblad). The newspaper was originally belonging to the party that has since been divided into NKP (unpopular communist party, zero seats nationally, some local), and AP (recently less popular and more centre, but previously very popular left party, currently in charge nationally together with the protectionistic centre party SP, previously known as the farmers party). That was a mouthful, but yeah. they get 35 million NOK.

[link to the Wikipedia article for the above paragraph/newspaper, read 2 september 2023]

Next up, Dagsavisen, "daily newspaper" / "day paper". Oslo newspaper. it has been owned by various unions (fag-foreninger / subject-area organizations) historically. This party was also owned by the party that used to be NKP & AP, but this one got kept by AP, because there was little communism (Leninism/ML) in Oslo. If I understood correctly they've been party independent since 1999.

[link to the Wikipedia article for the above paragraph/newspaper, read 2 september 2023. sidenote: this article is long as fuck (in Norwegian at least) so I barely included a fraction of what it says. also there's some repetition cause there's a lot of shared ownerships between these, at least historically]

Vårt land, "our country" (technically could also mean "our land"). this one's a christian newspaper. the Wikipedia doesn't say much more. Their recent news are mostly related to church election thing. And they use viking symbolism in their logo, according to them it's to represent freedom. They're owned by mentor media.

[sources: Wikipedia (barely), their website. september second 2023 still]

Nationen, "the nation" is a newspaper that describes themselves as the districts' (i.e the less populated parts of the country)'s business paper. they have offices in Oslo, Trondheim and a lot of freelancers. They used to be owned by SP (centre party, previously the farmer's party). they're politically independent, and focus on district politics (as mentioned, this basically just means non-city politics, places people live far from each other), agriculture, food production and food security, business and the EU. they used to be right leaning, but now their against centralization, moving from villages and EU-membership. I think that still means SP-like in terms of politics, usually considered centre on the political spectrum and protectionistic. (all/most leftist parties in Norway are against the EU cause of worker's rights* & Norway first thinking).

*an example is that leftist parties like Red don't want temporary employment. (which they managed to work against in the Fylke (political area) around Oslo (Viken) within builders. basically workers (employees) over customers/demand/economics/capitalism.

oh and btw if you're not aware, Norway is currently in EØS/EEA which is like EU-light. basically we get to say no to laws we don't want (for our country only), but we don't get to vote.

[link to the Wikipedia article & Store Norske leksikon [big Norwegian lexicon/encyclopedia] or the above paragraph/newspaper, read 2 september 2023. definition of "district" is from SNL (lexicon).]

Dagen "the day" is a christian newspaper from Bergen. originally made by like two (christian) missionary groups. They are also active in politics. (but don't belong to the christian party (KrF)).

[link to the Wikipedia article for the above paragraph/newspaper, read 2 september 2023]

Fiskeribladet, "the fishing magazine" is a fishing magazine, a "coastal business magazine" (fishing, it's fishing, it's just fishing, and economics & politics of fishing) for the entire country. they print papers thrice a week, but online it's daily.

[link to the Wikipedia article for the above paragraph/newspaper, read 2 september 2023]

Morgenbladet, 'the morning magazine' is a national weekly newspaper for society, culture, debate and research. [direct quote from Wikipedia]. Owned by Mentor media. an old newspaper (like many others on the list). It's a right-leaning paper, being run by Christian Friele for a bit (the Friele name is also a coffee brand and a gay activist's (like 100 years later), it's very Bergen, originating in Germany (Hansa and that) (I still don't know if they're related though)). They seem to be associated with the Steinar philosophy (steiner schools as such, which are freer schools, basically organize your time yourself, but they're private to be clear, people who go there are considered weird by the mainstream) (there are few of those, 43 total in Norway) (apperantly known as "Waldorf schools" other places).

sorry this went on tangents I have been writing this for like 2 hours idk.

[link to the Wikipedia article for the above paragraph/newspaper, read 2 september 2023]

translation note: there's technically "magasin" which means "magazine", but "blad" is also kinda magazine. "avis" is newspaper. "blad" I think can be both idk.

[prisonhannibal]

off-topic but do you have a recommendation for a Norwegian news site? Aftenposten is so conservative, and Klartale is so simplified that it seems kind of flat/dull. Whether you do or not, you're a treasure and thank you for all your content!

thank you! are you norwegian or is it for language learning purposes? the major norwegian newspapers aren’t politically aligned, so I think sticking to VG, dagbladet and NRK and then your local newspaper is a good way to get reliable news. NRK is probably one of the best sources. be vary of smaller more niche newspapers if you don’t want anything biased. I personally like klassekampen but that one is very very far left leaning, it’s literally called class struggle so that’s obvious.

[hana--bi]

26.09.2020

Etter en måneds venting var dagen der, den 24. september. Endelig tok klassen turen til Kilden for å se Mysterier. For min del var dette utrolig etterlengtet. Hadde gleda meg vilt siden dagen jeg bestilte billetten! De gangene jeg har vært på Kilden for å se diverse stykker (les: Jonas fra februar 2020, som jeg så to ganger) har jeg blitt så imponert at det nesten har endret hele min personlighet. Med det sagt, Kilden skuffer aldri, og det gjelder også denne gangen. Jeg skal i dette blogginnlegget ta for meg en liten analyse av dette overraskende stykket.

I Mysterier møter vi Johan Nilsen Nagel, som ankommer en sjenert sørlandsby som mange regner med er Lillesand - dette baseres på at Hamsun skrev Mysterier etter å ha besøkt nettopp denne byen. Forvirrende, fascinerende og ikke minst “on drugs” - stykket setter spor og man forlater salen med like mange spørsmål som forventninger man hadde da man ankom.

Hovedsakelig har jeg lyst å ta for meg spørsmålene som ligger under del 2, av Patrice Pavis’ spørreskjema i denne analysen.

Mysterier ble ikke vist på Kildens hovedscene, noe jeg først ble litt overrasket over. Etterhvert som stykket utspilte, begynte jeg derimot å se på den lille salen som en styrke heller enn en ulempe - romanen tar tross alt plass i en liten kystby. Hva dette betyr på et rent praktisk nivå er at man må bruke sceneplassen på en effektiv måte. Jeg syntes scenen var utrolig fin i dette tilfellet - på venstre side var gulvet dekket av noe man klart kunne se var sopp, og hvis man har helt fullstendig vill fantasi kan man trekke det litt lengre og si at det skal symbolisere narkotika. Det er lett å trekke linjer mellom dette utsagnet og selve stykket, da det er åpenbart at alle fremstilles på en veldig spesiell måte.

Klassekampens Amund Grimstad skrev jo tross alt at dette stykket er “Knut Hamsun på syre” (hele anmeldelsen finnes her, den er utrolig bra).

Hele rommet ble tatt i bruk iløpet av stykket, til og med taket. Skuespillerne beveget seg overalt - de var foran, over og ved siden av oss. I tillegg ble den fjerde veggen brutt et par ganger, blant annet da Nagel drepte Kielland-familiens hund med en av scenes lyskastere, og da Saras karakter flørtet lydløst med publikum. Karakterene var også humoristiske til tider, som engasjerte publikum. I tillegg er tilskuerområdet veldig nærme scenen, som gjør forestillingen veldig intim. Vi kan ordentlig leve oss inn i handlingen og nesten bli kjent med karakterene.

Den scenen som sitter best igjen var da den store, grønne hesten som hang i taket, ble tatt i bruk. I scenen ser vi Dagny og Nagel sammen, og etterhvert klatrer Dagny opp på hesten. Den grønne hesten kan knyttes til Apokalypsens fire ryttere (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse), hvor dødens hest er grønn. Slik jeg tolker dette, kan scenen symbolisere Nagels ønske om å dø (hvite) hester som et dødssymbol) - men også hans kjærlighet for Dagny og derfor også hans livsglede (fargen grønn = liv). Hesten kan altså ses på som en avbildning av både livet og døden. Det er derfor jeg tror Dagny er personen som sitter på hesten. Seinere blir hesten brukt i en scene hvor Nagel og hans kjære Martha Gude blir født - de “kommer ut” av hesten - som kan symbolisere at deres forhold “blir født” (igjen, grønn = liv).

Jeg ønsker å se raskt og i mindre grad på del 6 av Patrice Pavis’ spørreskjema også.

Fremstillingen av karakterene i den dramatiske oppsetningen av Mysterier viker veldig fra den litt (med all respekt) støvete romanen. Befolkningen i den lille sørlandsbyen er eksentriske, høylytte, en smule gale og flatt ut absurde til tider. Karakteren som overrasket meg aller mest var Dagny Kielland (spilt av Isabel Toming, ei skuespillerinne med sjarm og karisma utenom det vanlige). Hun er ikke lengre en standard, vakker blondine i et periodedrama - heller en brølende, sexy (unnskyld meg) og hard karakter som kan minne om en litt for sterk alkoholholdig drink. Hun er kongen av ensemblet, og driver interaksjonene ofte. Jeg får nesten følelsen av at skuespillerne har fått litt kreativ frihet med karakterene sine, da noen egenskaper ved dem er så geniale at det nesten ikke er til å tro.

Mimikk er den nonverbale delen av kommunikasjon (ifølge psykologi) og brukes mye i teater, hånd i hånd med gestikk. Dette er hjelpemidlene skuespillere bruker for å vekke liv i karakterene sine. Overdrevne bevegelser og dramatiserte ansiktsuttrykk er eksempler. I Mysterier blir ting til tider skrullete - Dagny og Nagel går turer sammen hvor de tramper hardt i takt, Reinert Fullmektig sklir rundt på gulvet, ensemblet vrikker på hoftene og spiller på hverandres bevegelser nesten hele tiden. Stykket er så utrolig koordinert og planlagt i forholdene mellom skuespillernes gestikk.

Planen er å se Mysterier igjen så snart jeg har mulighet. Dette er et stykke som må marinere godt i hjernen før man i det hele tatt skal prøve å ta tak i det, men det er nettopp det som gjør det så utrolig tankevekkende, fint og ikke minst morsomt.

“Thank God for Knut Hamsun” - vi snakkes igjen seinere !

[protoslacker]

There is an explicit kinship between plantation slavery, colonial predation and contemporary forms of resource extraction and appropriation. In each of these instances, there is a constitutive denial of the fact that we, the humans, coevolve with the biosphere, depend on it, are defined with and through it and owe each other a debt of responsibility and care.

Achille Mbembe interviewed by Torbjørn Tumyr Nilsen of the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen published in New Frame. Thoughts on the planetary: An interview with Achille Mbembe

Focusing on the global implications of decolonisation, Achille Mbembe calls for the reformation of reason as a shared human faculty towards repairing and caring for life.

[mohamed86a]

Om Dag Sørås, podcast og antirasisme

Men hvorfor vil du ikke gå på podcasten og ha en fin og konstruktiv dialog? Hvorfor ikke akseptere invitasjonen? 

Her om dagen leste jeg et intervju i Minerva hvor komikeren Dag Sørås sier at folk som reagerte på den rasistiske ranten til Tore Sagen er "kronisk lettkrenkede" som ikke forstår intensjon og kontekst. Han bruker SV-politiker Marian Hussein og en tweet hun kom med som eksempel og kårer Hussein for å være vinneren av “flauhetskonkurranse” (kommer tilbake til flauhet og slikt senere i innlegget mitt). Sørås er i det intervjuet og i et annet i VG krenket på vegne av Sagen og Radioresepsjonen. Man kan si og dermed avfeie dette her som bare et kollegialt forsvar - men det er mer enn det. Dette er også et dårlig forsøk på å stilne kritikken av en statskanal. 

Så går jeg til Twitter og spør: Hvem er Dag Sørås? Langt ute på kvelden får jeg en invitasjon til å delta på Sørås podcast. Før vi går videre så må vi først snakke om en uting: Denne greia hvor man inviterer folk på kaffe, til sin podcast og you name whatever - ikke fordi man er genuint interessert i å diskutere tematikken men fordi man har et helt annet premiss: Vedkommende er lettkrenket, “humørløse”, forstår ikke noe osv - så møt meg ansikt-til-ansikt. Dette er en hersketeknikk og ikke en fin gest for å skape bedre dialog og meningsbrytning. 

Med andre ord: Invitasjonen til en podcast i etterkant av ikke noe jeg har skrevet om rasisme (på mange forskjellige steder Morgenbladet, Dagsavisen, Klassekampen, Vinduet osv) eller sagt tidligere om (til og med i en rekke podkaster som Minervas, Morgenbladets og Podcast om Rus). Men en invitasjon som kommer fra en som mener det er “lettkrenket” å reagere på at en mann som får 1,4 mill. i lønn fra statskanalen skal produsere rasistisk innhold. Dette var ikke en invitasjon til å diskutere rasisme i Norge anno 2019 - i all dets omfang og forskjellige manifestasjoner. Det var en hersketeknikk. 

Hva er i grunn flaut? Og hva er denne flauhetskonkurransen som Dag Sørås, Radioresepsjonen og andre snakker om? Jo, hvis man tror antirasisme handler om å gjøre rasister "flaue" (eller vise at rasisme er først og fremst noe flaut) så har man ikke forstått hva antirasisme er eller hva rasisme er. Hvis dette er antirasisme - så vil jeg si at du er ikke så kreativ som komiker - men at du har også som en antirasist misforstått hva dette handler om. Hvis det å komme med rasistisk rant i det hele tatt kan regnes som antirasisme (det er det ikke - men dette har vært vanlig forsvar av Tore Sagens rant blant noen i offentligheten - så jeg aksepterer det premisset i et øyeblikk).

Tilbake til de som Sørås og andre mener er “kronisk lettkrenket”. Marian Hussein er en av de politikere i Norge som har gjort sitt ytterste for å sette rasisme på dagsorden. Først i bypolitikken i Oslo og senere på Tinget hvor hun blant annet har foreslått en handlingsplan mot muslimhat/islamofobi. Marian har snakket om rasisme, opplevd rasisme, har erfaringer med det. Hun har forfattet vedtak, politiske resolusjoner og bidratt til partiprogrammer om hvordan man skal jobbe mot rasisme i Norge i vår tid. Marian har gått på demonstrasjoner mot rasister og nazister, holdt workshop om rasisme, inviterte minoritetsungdom til samtaler og tatt deres bekymring om rasisme på alvor. Hun har brukt mye politiske kapital på å løfte dette opp på nasjonal dagsorden. Det vil si både den klassebaserte rasismen, men også hatkriminaliteten, islamofobien og hverdagsrasismen.

Når jeg, Marian eller andre og legg merke til hvilke komikere (Zane Khan, Jonna Støme og flere) som reagerte kritisk til Sagen og Radioresepsjonen de har samtlige minoritetsbakgrunn. Når vi reagerer mot at en statskanal som i sine egne ordlister blant annet skriver at man ikke skal bruke ordet "neger". Når vi reagerer mot at den samme statskanalen og dets såkalte humorprogrammer produserer negervitser og jødevitser (jødesvin) i 2019 så er det fordi vi forstår at en statskanal i et flerkulturelt samfunn er ment for alle. NRKs samfunnsoppdrag (NRK-plakaten) er å opplyse - ikke produsere rasistiske og antisemittiske innhold. Vi reagerer ikke fordi vi er lettkrenkende, humørløse eller ikke forstår satire/komedie.  Men fordi en statskanal og dets produksjoner fortjener kritikk. Og viktigst av alt: NRK tilhører oss alle.

Jeg skal ikke bruke så mye tid på Radioresepsjonen. Men jeg må nevne noe annet avslutningsvis: Rasisme er for nordmenn som meg, Marian og de komikere som kritiserte Radioresepsjonen ikke først og fremst noe "flaut" - men noe destruktivt. Det rammer våre kropper - det begrenser vårt ytringsrom, det begrenser vår bevegelsesfrihet - det diskriminerer oss ut av arbeidsmarkedet, boligmarkedet og utelivet. Og verste av alt: Det dreper. Det drepte Arve, Benjamin, Johanne og m.fl. 

Jeg vil ikke at du skal finne rasisme som noe "flaut" - noe sagt av din Resett-lesende onkel - men noe destruktivt. Noe som rammer dine medborgere. Ikke finn det flaut - reager aktivt mot det. Ikke vær passiv - ikke reprodusere det. Reager aktivt mot det - særlig når du er i den posisjonen som du er i: En komiker med gedigen plattform og millionlønn. Du trenger ikke å gå ut i gata som mange unge mennesker gjorde i går. De samme unge menneskene som ble anholdt av Oslo-politiet mens nazister i et nabolag i Oslo i 2019 preket om etnisk rensing. I samme nabolaget hvor en mørkhudet foreldre spurte en venninne av meg som er motdemonstrant om det er trygt for hennes barn å bevege seg ut siden nazistene og Breivik-tilhengere (Scandza Forum) har leid lokaler i deres nabolag? Men gjør noe aktivt. Å rante rasistisk i 2019 er ikke det du burde gjøre eller det mest konstruktive. Det er ikke antirasisme - men latskap. Det var aldri antirasistisk å reprodusere rasisme. Det ordet har mange av oss nordmenn opplevd på kroppen så lenge vi har levd. Vi trenger ikke å høre på det når vi skrur på statskanalen. 

Så jeg kommer gjerne på din podcast, Dag Sørås. Men ikke på det premisset om at noen er lettkrenkede fordi de kritiserer et program produsert på en statskanal. Fordi det er ikke bare berettiga kritikk - men også nødvendig å gjøre.

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there’s not a lot I can say about s3 that hasn’t already been said (and articulated 200x better) but! here are some of my (albeit dumb) thoughts :~)

ep1 -isak leaning against the bathroom wall gets me EVERY time its such a powerful scene esp introducing you to s3 and tarjei..... spare some talent for the rest of us please -LiTeN gUtTeN fRa StRaNgEr tHiNgS -isak rly ties his pants w a shoelace...... -isak noticing even for the first time bc of his laugh.. whew.... also. i love this intro SOOO much bc its so non-monumental? theres no dramatic music or whatever but its not subtle.... like you know right away o shit love interest!! hello sir!! bc isak’s expression watching him :’) i could go on -isak is a bad liar HOWEVER this only applies to stupid nontrivial things e.g. the black sweatshirt. but when you look at him lying about like, his sexuality, he hides that shit well -”c00l” isak. i hate u so much -honestly all u have to do is look at even for .2 seconds and u can tell this boy has had a crush for a solid month bc he just looks awestruck (HOWEVER henrik’s acting is *chef’s kiss* bc its subtle enough to go undetected b4 you actually know eVEN SAW HIM ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL) -even isak and emma all sitting on the bench together is funny enough on its on but then a song called threeway comes on and like. julie sdshjsfdjfkjskd ep2 -there’s something so endearing about even’s handwriting idek what -i LOVE even’s video w mikael it reveals so much about him to us- how weird (ok we saw how weird he was w the paper towel thing but) and dorky he is? and his love of film! his view on love stories and how he sees the world :( but it also shows a lot abt isak because he saw even making stupid jokes about vladimir putin and was like yeah we about to fall in LOVE love -isak not using headphones to watch even’s video or r+j?? bde or general incompetence what’s the verdict guys -the isak watching r+j scene hits so hard like yall ever think about isak lying in bed at 3am staring at the ceiling probably thinking about how he’s never gonna get a beautiful world-shattering romance like that like ..... also him changing positions skam get out of my life go away ur too realistic -not to make this even more self-projection-y but isak simultaneously being the least emotionally vulnerable person ever but crying during r+j > -i made a post abt this already but even’s INTENSE staring vs isak’s “i have never looked anyone in the eye in my life” gets me it says so much about their characters -even said i see your bde move (asking me to buy you beer) and i raise u with my own (inviting you to my house after faking not having my id) -”if you listen to music” even is such a dick fsdjhsdff -when the message comes on...... i rlly do owe julie my life huh -”have you heard about my rapping?” “I have actually” have we talked about this enough????? 1. isak finally feels comfortable enough w even to flirt and his first move is to RAP for him jesus christ. keep in mind this is the same man who pulled that smooth af ibuprofen line w emma like...... 2. even has heard about isak’s rapping. either this means im-not-on-social-media even went out of his way to go thru homeboy’s instagram OR isak’s rapping is actually talked about. i- -the group chat messages. cant believe i forgot about the 2016 clown epidemic

ep3  -mahdi is a good friend and i love him. thank u -even wearing isak’s cap until he chucks it at him sjksfjsdjsd -how much yall wanna bet isak’s been listening to illmatic on repeat since last friday thinking abt even (even tho meeting sonja shattered his heart a lil) [also kinda an aside but i think a lot about how isak n even bonded over rap and how some homophobic lyrics in 90s etc rap might have impacted them? or how that little detail ties into julie’s story? e.g. halftime by nas, which is on illmatic] -whats worse. even staring into isaks soul wearing a size xs see-through white t shirt or isak staring at even for five (5) seconds before chugging his beer and immediately making out w emma. OR even crashing that party before it can start “i think you guys are bonding too much” cheesy ass shjhfsdhskdf -yall act like evak didnt invent hands. did even shaking isak’s shoulder telling him his apartment is nice mean nothing to u -im convinced robyn wrote call your girlfriend for this scene specifically bc how could anything fit so perfectly by coincidence -is anything better than egging isak on- even bech naesheim (2016) -idk if yall have read the scripts but i love the sock thing so much bc its soo true to how isak thinks and it makes everything so much more interesting and !!!

ep4  -i will never get over even sending isak bad seinfeld memes -even smacking open isak’s locker. first of all whew second of all u think as soon as he got into the stairwell he lowkey cried bc ow -parallel of isak saying “it’s 2016, why are you religious?” to sana vs. emma’s “it’s 2016, get out of the closet” to isak anyone :( -”takk sanasol!!!!” thank u isak for my life -I wanted to be with you aloneeeee -even’s face when he sees the pool like we get it youre a director -how many times do i need to say even is such a dick sjkfsd “does it look like i care about my hair?” “usually but not right now” like this would only work on isak i love soulmates!! -even just.. fully choking isak out ssdhgfd got em -when the first notes of im kissing you start ooh boy -even going in for the kill kiss and isak going from huh to oooo shit and pushing his lips out at the last minute. phenomenal 

ep5 -ngl as soon as im not in love comes on my heart goes uwu bc like!!!! that song the meaNING.... them......... i jus love this scene sm like theyre in their own little bubble and they both feel so comfortable and at peace :((  -even leaving isak comics about an inside joke of theirs like yall mind if i scream -isak feeling left out from the conversation and his friends whew i felt that... and having them talk about how gross it is to makeout with a girl w facial hair?? blease :( -taking stock of isak’s nicknames: issy k, isabell, izzy, baby jesus, -im not even gonna bother trying to articulate thoughts on Pause bc it’s a literal masterpiece. thank u tarjei henrik and julie for inventing television with this one  -MAGNUS SDFKJSDFJKDSHK "oooh my name is Jonas and I love idealism and reading klassekampen and I don’t like plastic and I skate on a skateboard made of sustainable wood and wear old clothes because new clothes are bad for the environment and I only drink recycled water” screAMMM -what i said abt pause also applies to pride ugh its such a powerful scene and!! the beginning of kicks to isaks stomach. honestly what i fucking love about this episode is how it goes from hell yea best day w even ever to crying in the street within one week (s3 had the best balance of angst and payoff thanks) -even’s Soft Party Flannel... forever tainted by this scene rip -not knowing why even kissed sonja keeps me up at night -speaking of. how used and stupid isak must’ve felt when he saw even completely unbothered, hooking up w his ex at this party?? whew :( -bros is one of my all time favourite clips solely bc of the music?? lift me up gives me chills and when hold my liquor starts i LOSE it -ep5 and 6 remind me of that quote “to see what your characters are really made of you have to break them” because julie rlly goes all in and god it hurts so good

ep6 -never have i ever seen insomnia portrayed as accurately as tarjei did here and i remember when i first watched the cantina scene i was like. winded bc its SO true to sleep deprivation whew -i really like that isak wasnt together with even when he reached out for help and came out to jonas. bc it was him, on his own, being strong enough to talk to his friends and then eventually he was confident and secure enough in himself to be in a good place when even started reaching back out!! -i have no idea what its like to come out to someone, to be afraid of your friends rejecting you, everything isak went through. but tarjei’s acting of when, like, you have something you KNOW you have to tell someone, and youve put yourself in the position where youre going to have to tell them, but youre terrified and eventually just force yourself SAY the words??  -and isak’s smile when he realizes jonas is gonna be his bro no matter what :’)))

ep7 -weirdly one of my favourite isak looks (black t-shirt grey snapback c-c-c-combo) -”what’s your name again?” have i mentioned i love sana and isak bc i love sana and isak -jonas truly is the best friend oh man. perceptive, thoughtful, loving, laidback, a friggen BRO. tbh i was wary of him in s1 and thought he didn’t treat eva well (tho I recognized he loved her a lot, he was just bad at being a boyfriend) but jonas in s3?? just goes to show how powerful your perspective of someone can change viewing them in a different role!! because while jonas was a crappy bf, he literally is SUCH an incredible friend and his actions and words and just! him! in s3 completely redeemed any illwill I had towards him :’) -maybe im a little gay (up there with other s3 comedy classics such as “thats a boys name”) -mahdi season WHEN ugh a legend -’when someone asks isak if hes going to a family party’ literally what other reason for living do i have if not to read the boy squad text convos -isaks locker finally opening and his smile at evens drawing whewwwwwww!! also even rlly is that guy who wont text you back but will leave hand written love letters in ur locker -also. another stellar look from valtersen -slutt a meld meg is a whole masterpiece like what other piece of media has the RANGE -eskild: play hard to get. jonas: no smiley!!! isak: nah fam im good B)

ep8 -this episode is BEAUTIFUL bc you feel practically euphoric?? like hell yeah theyre finally together!! isak is out and accepted and even is done with sonja! but theres also this unsettling undercurrent of worry bc you know deep down something isnt right? why is sonja calling isak? why is even acting kinda strange? whats going on? yknow?? -literally never going to get over 5 fine frokner :~) even is such a goddamn nerd and he’s the man of isak’s dreams can u believe!!  -sana’s little speech is SO important in so many ways ooo i love her so much -also have we discussed eskild making evak do a photoshoot for him. highkey those are my favourite pictures of ALL time u can tell even was like hm strange but im down while isak was more omg guys stop🙄 omg haha eskild i cant believe youre making me cuddle with even for a photo🙄 i cant believe ur making me snuggle this dude for a pic!!!! definitely would not have done this otherwise!!! -magnus only realizing it’s THAT even after seeing how isak looks at him. whew -isak is so brave i rlly love that kid! his text to his mamma <3 -no r*make will EVER nail text conversations like mari/julie did w evak’s this week thanks for coming to my ted talk. i'd quote the best ones but it would literally double the length of this post (ok ill cave. “hahaha shut up❤️” GETS me) -you dont know whats in store but you know what youre here for. hallo -isak running around oslo with even’s clothes looking for him :( his heart is so big he cares about even so so much -when Part II (on the run) comes on in the credits its like a kick in the teeth honestly

ep9 -ive already screamed enough about cherry wine but god it fucks me up -cannot put into words how much I love eskild and how good of a person he is, he just has so much love in his heart  -”wait they have waffles here? see ya” -this convo is why i love skam so much!!!! magnus giving insight and good thoughtful advice to isak was such a brilliant move by julie (also truLy heartwarming) bc like. magnus is a flawed layered character! he’s dumb and ignorant and not very careful with his words BUT hes also such a sweet guy. i genuinely dont think he would hurt a fly and him talking about vilde (in ep10) is ;-; bc he really likes her and respects her and wants to be a gentleman! hes so loving and just. yeah. also i wonder if isak and magnus (and vilde) ever talked about having mentally ill parents and lent on each other for support bc like....<3 [sidenote- this is why i HATE b***** like they absolutely massacred magnus’s character and magnus did not deserve that!] -det er bare slutt........ very cool of tarjei to invent acting here. also the character development makes me WEEP like at first isak lied and told his pappa it was over bc its easier to brush stuff off and say you were joking than be vulnerable especially about 1. having a boyfriend and 2. saying youve already broken up?? but then isak was like hey im done with lying about who i am bc i want my life to be REAL and he told his dad the truth even if it was hard and even if he was trying rlly hard not to cry  -isak reaching out to even<3 standing up for even<3 -o helga natt. another scene i genuinely cannot comment on bc u cant really put into any written language how magical and breathtaking and heartbreaking and powerful and brilliant this scene is. so. -jk. obvs i cant say anything intelligent enough to give this scene justice but probably the most stunning piece of television i have ever had the privilege of watching. even’s text breaks my heart every gd time (esp since we never really see this side of him before finding out he’s bipolar? his guilt, insecurity, feeling like a burden, being scared of losing everyone in his life because he thinks he’ll hurt them). the music is SO beautiful i cry real tears as soon as the strings start. also the brilliance of JUST o helga natt playing and no dialogue except for isaks one line? isak’s realization when he sees the cross. him RUNNING across oslo to go to even. the FLASHBACKS all going backwards in chronological order until them smoking on the bench. isak looking at the bench and not seeing even and u can feel his heart breaking and urs breaks too! but then he remembers the bathroom and he turns and theres even and whewwww. du er ikke alene<3

ep10 -minutt for minutt is THE most healing clip im telling u. and like.. seeing even depressed really is hard and as someone who was very very depressed for 4-ish yrs of their life it rlly hits me? like when youre in an especially bad funk and you cant get out of bed and youre just numb and exhausted and feel so shitty and u want to be alone but you really dont???? could go on but literally i owe henrik holm my life for his portrayal of even  -not to be a soft bitch on main but when isak tucks the blanket over even and it keeps getting pulled off his back so isak just. covers that spot with himself? -i do love that call between sonja and isak bc once again! a flawed (realistic) human being -and isak thinking its his fault even is depressed? it means a lot that sonja told him its no ones fault, even is just bipolar. and i wonder if isak felt that way about his mamma as well, guilty for her being ill, and if what sonja said made him feel better about that situation too :( -lowkey random but when isak is rambling really fast and he goes “maybe we’ll get bombed tomorrow and talking about all this is a waste of time” it continually punches me in the throat bc that is /exactly/ how i ramble and think like tarjei........ pls -like eskild said. there really is so much love in isak’s little grumpy teenage body<3 -isak no longer just passively accepting life as its given to him, now he fights for him and even!!!!!  -isak is such a forgiving person and seeing him able to just accept things and move on? incredible -i remember when i first watched ep1 i was like oooo even and isak are gonna be kosegruppa partners and thats when theyll first get together, cooking food or smth!! but lmfao after episode 3? kosegruppa whomst???? also hilarious vilde thought isak of all people would willingly sign up for kosegruppa just to go to revue parties -even and linn friendship!!!! -cannot articulate how mf heartwarming it is to see even smiling and being more himself after being depressed (also thank u julie for having ups and downs coming out of his depression- its so true to life having one day when youre feeling awesome and then the next you feel awful again for no reason and its SO frustrating) -I had to stop watching passe pa meg cause it made me toooooo crazy! it would just be like: “I like seeing you laugh” and I was like: *SCREAMS* -im the fucking master of lying 😤 -literally don’t know why isak and even ragging on kosegruppa is so funny but “did you think I joined to have fun” gets me every time -I SAW YOU THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL -also even literally radiating love @ isak watching get snarky w vilde on the phone bc it reminded him of the first time he saw him! even rly is that boyfriend who thinks isak being pissy is the Best Thing he has Ever seen -halla boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiz -literally the glo up of isak telling his friends the order in which he’d bang them -No filter! wow I love symbolism -so nice to see the girls together for a lil bit :) -the boys hyping up mags while also telling him to be respectful awwwwww -take desperate to a whole new level- Confucius  -who’s going to show isak how to properly hold a beer can -literally evak banter gets me thru the day. thank u tarjei and henrik for having phenomenal chemistry + improvisation skills + making isak and even the dumbest nerdiest boys i have ever seen -biology partner. and friend. ;-; -even literally is the biggest stoner blease -isak’s talk with eva is just sooooo<3 and not to be emo on main but every single word of the last few sentences he says hit me so gd hard because i feel the exact same way in my BONES -livet er nå 💛

final thoughts :( <3 -this season is so special. it feels like one really long oscar-worthy movie or smth?? i cant even exblain, its just magical. ALSO very dear to my heart. -julie really said you guys have seen isak sad and alone and repressed for the past two seasons so heres him falling in love with the best person in the world and coming to terms with who he is and being brave and opening up and finally being happy and living a real life -this season definitely feels different from s1/2/4 to me editing or production or music smth wise? as in, its got a lot fewer aesthetic shots and the cinematography seems a bit different if that makes any sense???? I also think this is the season most focused just on the main (i.e. not many- if any? sideplots going on) -literally will never get over the thought, love, and detail put into this season. when i say there is literally nothing i would change about it, i mean it and coming from my nitpicky ass??? means a lot lmfao. the acting, directing, music choices, symbolism...... sublime -s3′s cold rainy autumn aesthetic makes me ACHE for fall and also nostalgic for a highschool experience I never had lmao?? also. all the nighttime clips >>> -don’t know what else to say except thank u skam for my life