Gerry McGovern on Nostr: "Who in the Nordic countries can have an interest in the destruction of Europe’s ...
"Who in the Nordic countries can have an interest in the destruction of Europe’s last wilderness area? Who can be willing to sacrifice the preconditions for the Indigenous people, the Sámi, to survive to the altar of economic growth and entertainment? What kind of conscience allows us to preach freedom and equality when we ignore the slow agony of an entire people at our doorstep, the far north of Europe?"
Kalervo Siikala, 1977
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