MUSEO LEON TROTSKY -LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO

Mexico city. The year is still 2011.The date is November 18. The international conference : " Quinto seminario internacional de archivos sonoros y audioviusales " is finished set up by Fonoteca Nacional situated in Mexico City. My friends take me to the museum where Leon Trotsky worked and died.To my surprise Photos from Leon Trotskys stay in Norway from 1935 -1936 were attached on the walls in the museum. One photo on the wall had no content description. I knew I had seen the photo
earlier in Norway. The picture shows a group of people who are having nice time at the southern coast of Norway ( Sørlandet), Stangnesholmen, August 1936.I contacted the library of the Norwegian Labour movement situated in Oslo. Splendid research work was done and a splendid service too. The wanted photo was to be found in the
digitalized photo archive of the library. One copy was forwarded me together with all
the missing names of the people having a nice time in Norway.The photo had been used
in 1974 in connection with a book titled: " Verdensrevolusjonen på Hønefoss. En beretning om Len Trotskijs opphold i Norge ".The book was written by Yngvar Ustvedt
and published in 1974.The new information about the content of the photo has been forwarded to the house and museum of Trotsky in Mexico City.I bought a DVD at the museum about Trotsky. The wanted photo is used in the film but no information about the content of the photo. An important person who is sitting in a chair at the right side of the photo is missing in the film: Olav Scheflo who supported Leon Trotsky in Norway. Supporters of the Norwegian National Socialist Party and pro- nazi groups were active in making his time in Norway as nasty as possible.The result of the fight against him was that he had to leave Norway to be welcomed by the Mexican government and president who had a tolerant attitude to people with different political opinions.Thank you Mexico! Sorry Norway!.If you want to got to Mexico City
I recommend you to pay the museum a visit.

A HISTORICAL WAKE-UP CALL

" A HISTORICAL WAKE-UP CALL " in the field of television journalism and production should have been the title of the last book written by Bjørn Nilsen. The title of his book in Norwegian is : " Journalist og aktivist. Mediestreif ".The Norwegian television journalist and producer, the poet and the writer and the former politician
has done it again: Written a provocative book or a personal report about his life as
a television journalist while working for The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). The main issue dealt with in the book is the conflict between the daily
work making programmes for the company and being an active political citizen. Bjørn
Nilsen is not a young man. Age: 76. He has not asked for a national admiration or
a personal attention that might be the issue for men passing the age of 70.No.He is still young in mind and spirit. In year 1964 the former high school teacher and poet
began to work for The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation(NRK).Fiction,poems, literature were among his main interests. No radical political man at all. To let him work for NRK should not make any problem for the management who was dominated by
the Royal Norwegian Labour Party for years. A change in his personal attitude to the society took place gradually.I met him for the first time in 1977 after having started to work as the Head of the Television Archive. The Union was a strong body at that time and we all joined to fight for better working conditions.Bjørn Nilsen
was also active. He tells about his different programmes made for television in his book. No personal reports about private life. Only facts about the problems in making good products for the television. At the end of his career he wanted to make programmes about the secret service of Norway including activities initiated by
The Labour Party. The former and late Director of NRK, Einar Førde, supported him in
his work to do so. But no programme was made. It was to dangerous to investigate in
the business where even the director himself could have been accused for taking part
in political support for the official enemy- U.S.S.R -The Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics - a game not made for emotional journalists or politicians.
I assisted Bjørn Nilsen while he was working to make a controversial programme about the secret services of Norway and the connections between the Labour Party and the secret bodies.Bjørn Nilsen left Oslo in anger (not the first one who left NRK in anger) and settled on an island close to the city of Trondheim.The book should be read by all who want to challenge those who are in charge of ruling the country.
The question is: Do we talk about censorship or selection of information in making
a realistic documentary about issues not on the agenda of the government? Read the book and think for yourself.

BJØRN NILSEN: JOURNALIST OG AKTIVIST. MEDIESTREIF

The Norwegian poet, writer and television journalist, Bjørn Nilsen has published a new book about his experience working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). After having read his book: " Journalist og aktivist ", I remembered two poems that might
give you a realistic description of his attitude to work, politics, society and to those who have power and about all: His approach to facts and research work and archives. Later on in a new blog I will comment on his interesting book about the conflict between working for a national information corporation and being active politically in Norway.
Do not believe just because
wise men say so.
Do not believe just because
it has always
been that way.
Do not believe just because
others may
believe so
Examine and
experience yourself.

The Buddha ( From Kalama Sutra)

The name of the poet of the second poem is unknown.

Do not follow
where the path may lead
Go instead
where there is no path

And leave a trail.


Bjørn Nilsen(b. 1934-)has written about 19 books.

PARIS 2010:JEAN LEON JAURES

In Montmarte in Paris you find a site, a small cafe, which is very interesting with
reference to terror as a method to put an end to diplomatic talks. I paid a visit
to the cafe some days ago. The French Sosialist leader, Jean Leon Jaures, was assassinated at the cafe in year 1914. Cafe Restaurant Historique is the name of the site. Street: 146 Rue Montmarte. He was killed by a French nationalist called Raul Villain.Why was he killed? Jean Leon Jaures tried to promote an understanding between
France and Germany to prevent the war - The First World War. He failed. To fight for peace is still dangerous and some are killed for making peace. Jean Leon Jaures was
educated at the Lucee Louis-le-Grand in Paris.Later he was lecturing at the University of Toulouse.If you go to Paris, pay a visit to the cafe to remember a man
who did all he could to prevent the war- but invain.

FORGOTTEN AND NOT WANTED: NORWEGIAN FRONTFIGHTERS

What happened to CHRISTIAN SEVERIN ANDRESEN? A Norwegian frontfighter.Age 19. Killed
in Ladzyn, Poland and buried at Vaivara in Estonia.He was born October 27, 1924 and he died August 1, 1944. I do find the information about him confusing: Killed in Poland and buried in Estonia. The book titled : " De som falt " ( Those who were killed) has been up-dated by the author, Eirk Veum and the photo editor, Geir Brenden.The book was published in year 2009. Eirik Veum and Geir Brenden have written
a very interesting book. But I do not find any new information about Christian Severin Andresen in the up-dated version? Why asking the question? After having viewed a television programme about the gravestones at Vaivara in Estonia, I saw his
name on one of the gravestones? Are we talking about the same person? About 12000
young Norwegian men wanted to support the German fight to dominate the world.5500
of them joined the fight and about 852 were killed.The mentioned book contents the history of those who lost the war. Not wanted in Norway and the history of the frontfighters should have been written 60 years ago.I appreciate the history of
the young Norwegian soldiers even if I have problems in understanding the reasons for
the fight.