Med anledning av Nobelprisutdelningen återpublicerar jag tidigare post om Tomas Tranströmer. Glädjande att inte Jimmie Åkesson inbjudits att solka ner högtidligheterna. Det vore en synnerligen osmaklig kombination, särskilt med tanke på att polisen rustat sig till tänderna för att till varje pris försvara nazisternas samtidiga manifestation i Stockholms innerstad. Att man ger tillstånd just denna dag visar att polismakten är mer angelägen om att skydda högerextremismens manifestationer än att garantera ett värdigt Nobelprisfirande.
Äntligen fick Tomas Tranströmer Nobelpriset i litteratur. Synd bara att det dröjde så länge. Hoppas han kan njuta av det lite i alla fall.
När litterär kvalitet mer eller mindre blivit liktydigt med kommersiell framgång framstår utnämningen som en helt nödvändig kulturell markör.
Att konstarter som poesi hamnat så i skymundan bådar inte heller gott för för vare sig den språkliga utvecklingen eller människovärdets ställning, som tillsammans med naturen, livets mening och språkets själva innebörd hamnat på strykplats. Att Nobels fredpris går till kvinnors fredsarbete framstår också det som angeläget – om än i elfte timmen, för att inte säga sista stund.
Så detta var välkommet. Och framför allt – Grattis, Tomas Tranströmer!
Nu väntar vi bara på jazzens återkomst till blickpunktens centrum.”
Tänk om det inte är mer ‘positivt tänkande’ vi behöver, utan mer negativt tänkande?
I Spanien är arbetslösheten 20 %, bland ungdomar 40 %. När folk protesterar mot detta i Barcelona 27 maj, pucklar polisen på dem så brutalt, att det ser ut som att en ny Franco-regim redan är installerad. Bilderna i den här länken är upprörande, så jag varnar känsliga tittare.
Världens samlade expertis och nobelpristagarsamhälle håller med dem, och anser att fortsätter vi på samma blinda väg som hittills, så hotar inom kort miljökollaps och ekonomisk undergång. Det krävs utjämning av inkomstskillnader, mer skatt på utsläpp och kapital och mindre på arbete, istället för mer räddningspaket till banker och storfinans.
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