håvard mokleiv nygård
Director of Knowledge the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Norad. Former peace researcher at PRIO. Science for a better, sustainable, and more just world.
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- Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdSir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdNEW: Meta paid an income tax rate of just 3.5% last year. That’s the company’s lowest tax rate since it went public. Mark Zuckerberg's social media giant avoided $13.7 billion of federal income taxes in 2025. itep.org/meta-tax-bre...
- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdOnly 10 cases of Guinea worm disease were recorded *globally* last year. It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.
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- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdso I'm about halfway through my re-read of "the rise and fall of the third reich," world war 2 is about to kick off, and one notable thing is how many times hitler would start off speeches and meetings talking about how badly he/germany had been treated, usually by countries he planned on crushing
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- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdShould be up in the shop soon. Creativebyrovelo.com/shop
- Problemet vi nå står i er en ‘feature, not a bug’ av monarkiet. Det er uunngåelig at folk som Epstein trekkes mot kongelige, vi har ingen garanti for at de kongelige har ‘skill set’ til å håndtere dette, og vi har ingen mekanismer for å fjerne de. Vil skje igjen. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kom...
- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdSteve Levitsky, the co-author of How Democracies Die, on the dangerous place we have reached as Trump escalates: “Orbán doesn’t arrest journalists,” he said. “And in Hungary if you walk the streets of Budapest or other Hungarian cities, you will not find heavily armed masked men abducting people."
- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdreposting both for underlying insight and for solid use of "zugzwang"
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- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdToday’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons
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- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdTom Morello leads the crowd in ‘Killing in the Name’ at First Ave 🎸🎶 🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
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- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdI wrote something... Hope it’s helpful ☮️ I’ve studied Nonviolent protection movements in war zones for 2 decades. Here’s what I’m seeing in the U.S. theconversation.com/anti-ice-pro...
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- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdI get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygård"We'll take our stand for this land & the stranger in our midst..." Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis. Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫 1/
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- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdcover of The Economist this week
- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdDo better. Call your buddy George W. Bush and show up together in Minneapolis. Don’t just write statements. DO something with your megaphone.
- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygård“What we are seeing is the weakness of strong states. Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy.” Gift link
- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdLive footage of Hannah Arendt's dichotomy between violence and power.
- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdIf you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdWe are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights. There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us. This is my favorite guide.
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- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdFour-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
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- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdSo great to see @mariajstephan.bsky.social on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social. First half below, second half here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Wv...
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- Litt sårt tiltrengt fakta i debatten om innvandring servert av @hjortj.bsky.social her: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdPeople want to have their basic needs met. They want to be paid a living wage. They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives. They do not want Venezuela. They do not want Greenland. They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
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- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdCarney: "In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
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- Reposted by håvard mokleiv nygårdTrump’s Board of Peace logo is basically the UN logo, except dipped in gold and edited so the world only includes America.
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