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About Aksel Nærstad
- Aksel Nærstad (born 1 January 1952) is a Norwegian political activist and advicor.
- He chaired the Red Electoral Alliance from 1987 to 1995.
- From 1995 to 1997 he chaired the board of the newspaper Klassekampen.
- He chaired the Norwegian Social Forum /Globaliseringskonferansen from first forum in 2001 and for 8 years.
- He was also the first chair of the Norwegian Trade Campaign (Handelskampanjen www.handelskampanjen.no) - a network og Norwegian labour unions and NGOs fighting against neo-liberal trade agreement, from 2003 until 2012, and is still a member of the board.
- He is senior policy advisor in the Norwegian NGO, the Development Fund (Utviklingsfondet, www.utviklingsfondet.no).
- He is also international coordinator of the More and Better Network (www.moreandbetter.org) - a global network of farmers' and fisherfolks' organizations and NGOs. He resides in Asker, Norway.
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