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Michael Tapper
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PhD/Docent in cinema studies, MA in journalism, teacher and film critic for a million years. Living in Malmö. Soon to be retired. (Well, a film critic never quits. Ever.) Check out my home page at:

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The comfort of belonging to the suicide club.
Is climate change really something we need to stress about? | Fiona Katauskas
We could just wait until it all boils over
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November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Not only the dark forces, but our elect politicians who should represent the public interest.
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Ännu ett fakta- och expertresistent beställningsjobb från SD-regeringen.

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Omfattande kritik mot sänkt straffgräns –ingen säger ja - Ekot
Hittills har ingen av remissinstanserna ställt sig bakom förslaget om att straffbarhetsåldern ska sänkas till 13 år. Flera kritiserar också att regeringen ...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Knappast förvånande

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Världens 50 bästa universitet – Sverige åker ut
Svenska Karolinska institutet (KI) fortsätter att backa medan lärosäten i Danmark, Finland och Norge avancerar.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Together forever

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The Trump-Epstein statue is back on the National Mall, days after its abrupt removal
The statue honors Trump's "long-lasting bond" with Epstein, which the president denies. The National Park Service took down the statue after one day last week, saying it didn't comply with its permit.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Becky Barnicoat on the growth of fascism in Britain – cartoon
The far right never seizes power. It’s always politely invited in by nice people
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October 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Sadly, I couldn't agree more.
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
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August 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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North Korea, USA.

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Opinion | Trump’s Cabinet Members: A Rorschach Test for America
In his second term, Trump is remaking America. These are the 22 people charged with carrying out his vision.
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May 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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The battle for academic freedom has begun in the US.

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Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Threats to Cut Funding
Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.
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April 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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The Sombrero!

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Hubble Provides New View of Galactic Favorite - NASA Science
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope takes an updated look at the Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104), with new data and image processing techniques.
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April 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Migration, a much more complex issue than in the political debate.

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Opinion | To Understand Global Migration, You Have to See It First
These estimates, drawn from the location data of three billion Facebook users, provide a view of human migration in extraordinary detail.
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April 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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This is a global fight and we need to get the middle-class to wake up to the fact thet they are not the economic, thus ideological, allies to the one percent elite of the world but an expendable working class with a better paycheck.

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LIVE: Fighting Oligarchy Tour with AOC And Bernie Sanders (LOS ANGELES, CA)
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April 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Medan många lever i vanföreställningen att Sverige fortfarande är ett demokratiskt folkhem, har politiker och välfärdsindustrin byggt en ny, korporativ stat.

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RECENSION: Sverige har blivit en bananrepublik med korruption och inavel
Johannes Klenell avslöjar banden mellan politik och näringsliv i ny bok.
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April 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Min kulturartikel i SDS/HD om Leni Riefenstahl med anledning av biopremiären av Andres Veiels dokumentär Riefenstahl. Här läsbar för alla via min hemsida.
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Leni Riefenstahl: Nazitysklands konstnärliga galjonsfigur (lång version) – Michael Tapper
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April 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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50 shades of Trump, 49 more than the real thing.

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Oscarsvinnande regissören fick över tusen nya Trump-porträtt
Den amerikanska dokumentärfilmaren och vänsterdebattören har alltid varit bra på att retas. Nu har han fått in över tusen porträtt av Donald Trump.
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April 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Gene Hackman, Oscar-Winning ‘Unforgiven’ and ‘French Connection’ Actor, Dead at 95
The performer was found dead alongside his wife, Betsy Arakawa, in their Santa Fe home
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February 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Despoten och hans förebilder.

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Under Trump, America’s New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus
When it comes to the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds common cause with the world’s outlier states and stands against traditional U.S. allies like Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and Ital...
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February 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Synonymer.

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Apple to fix iPhone dictation bug that replaces word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’
Tech company blames ‘phonetic overlap’ for problem where US president’s name appears
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February 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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En text om två sevärda filmer.

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Så vill extremhögern ta över samhället
Michael Tapper ser två nya filmer: ”The order” och ”Infiltrationen av extremhögern”.
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February 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Bra annons.
February 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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We who stand for democracy must come together to push back the old-new wave of fascism and its brute force stupidity (in which ignorance is strength).

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Chris Murphy Emerges as a Clear Voice for Democrats Countering Trump
The third-term senator from Connecticut is eschewing caution and throwing out the traditional political playbook as he seeks a broader audience for his critiques of the president and his agenda.
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February 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Get organized, resist before its too late!

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There is a clear Trump doctrine. Those who can’t see it won't have a say in reshaping the world | Nesrine Malik
The sooner the US’s former friends realise the old global order is over, the sooner they can organise to regain power and agency – the only language Trump understands, says Guardian columnist Nesrine ...
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February 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Högaktuell dokumentär om den växande nynazismen utan uniformer och med en försåtlig, pseudovetenskaplig rasistretorik. Och med rika sponsorer.

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Dokument utifrån - SVT2 söndag 9 feb 22:00 | Alla TV Kanaler
Dokument utifrån på SVT2 söndag 9 feb kl 22:00. Brittisk dokumentär från 2024. Sommaren 2024 skakas Storbritannien av rasistiska upplopp.
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February 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Demokratiska Pressunionen (Yekitiya Ragihandina Demokratîk, YRD) meddelar att den kurdiske journalisten Aziz Köylüoğlu har dödats i en turkisk drönarattack i Ranya i södra Kurdistan.
Turkiet dödar kurdiska journalisten Aziz Köylüoğlu
Demokratiska Pressunionen (Yekitiya Ragihandina Demokratîk, YRD) meddelar att den kurdiske journalisten Aziz Köylüoğlu har dödats i en turkisk drönarattack i Ranya i södra Kurdistan. “Vår värdefulla k...
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February 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Great actor, great film.

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Adrien Brody Doesn't Want AI Controversy to Detract from 'The Brutalist': “We All Know the Truth”
The ‘Brutalist’ star talks Wes Anderson, ‘Succession,’ the aftermath of winning an Oscar, and the “misappropriated” controversy surrounding his new contender: “There was no technology implemented that...
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February 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM