Originally published in Independent World report 2011/4. Supporting Revolutions The nonviolent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt dominated international news in early 2011. Given their adherence to the principles of nonviolence and massive public participation, these revolutionary movements are unique and…
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Kampen mot terrorismen får nye dimensjoner
Ursprungligen publicerad på TFF den 14 sept 2001. Läs den där. Kampen mot terrorismen får nye dimensjoner USA passerte noen år siden Romerriket i antallet militære intervensjoner i andre land. Av de rundt to hundre og tyve ganger USA…
Tagged with: kriget mot terrorismen, September 11, terrorism, TFF, USA
Posted in På norsk, Political comment and analysis
Posted in På norsk, Political comment and analysis
Waves of Nonviolence and the New Revolutionary Movements
Source: Johansen, Jørgen. 2009. “Waves of Nonviolence and the New Revolutionary Movements.” In Seeds of New Hope, Pan-African Peace Studies for the Twenty-First Century, edited by Matt Meyer and Elavie D. Ouédraogo, 69-124. Asmara: African World Press. In recent years, we…
Tagged with: A. O. Hirschman, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Europe, Elavie D. Ouédraogo, Estonia, GDR, Georgia, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Madagascar, Matt Meyer, Moldova, Mongolia, nonviolence, Nonviolent revolutions, Philippines, Poland, revolution, Russia, Seeds of New Hope, Serbia, South Africa, Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uruguay
Posted in In English, Nonviolence, Peace Research, Social Movements
Posted in In English, Nonviolence, Peace Research, Social Movements
Armadillo er en film om krigsforbrytelser
Ursprungligen publicerad i Religion og livssyn Nr 1/2011. Armadillo er en film om krigsforbrytelser Janus Metz og Lars Skree fulgte i et halvt år en gruppe danske soldater før, under og etter deres utplassering som soldater i Helmand-provinsen i Afghanistan.…
Tagged with: Afghanistan, Armadillo, film, Irak, Janus Metz, Lars Skree, religion
Posted in På norsk, Political comment and analysis
Posted in På norsk, Political comment and analysis
Israeli Peace Movement
Source: Johansen, J. (2007). Israeli Peace Movement. Encyclopedia of activism and social justice. G. L. Anderson and K. Herr. Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sage Publications: 762-765. Israeli Peace Movement The peace movement in Israel has roots back to the creation of the state in 1948.…
Tagged with: Ihud, Israel, Judah Magnes, Martin Buber, Moshe Dayan, Palestine, peace movements, Peace Now, PLO, Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, Zionist movement
Posted in In English, Peace Research, Social Movements
Posted in In English, Peace Research, Social Movements
Vad gör vi nu?
Ursprungligen publicerad på http://www.fred.dk, den 15 sept 2001. Läs texten där. Vad gör vi nu? När nu George W Bush och den amerikanska kongressen konkurrerar om att bevilja mest pengar till militären och underrättelsestjänsterna så är det patetisk. Det…
Tagged with: kriget mot terrorismen, September 11, USA
Posted in På svenska, Political comment and analysis
Posted in På svenska, Political comment and analysis
Hitler and the challenge of non-violence
Originally published at opendemocracy.net, 26 March 2010. Read it there. Hitler and the challenge of non-violence What was done to counter the ’rise and rise’ of Adolf Hitler, fascist German leader, in the 1930’s? What could have been done? …
Tagged with: Adolf Hitler, Civil Resistance, German fascism, Germany, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, Open Democracy
Posted in In English, Nonviolence
Posted in In English, Nonviolence
Breivik er et ektefødt barn av ”Krigen mot Terror”
Ursprungligen publicerad i xxx Breivik er et ektefødt barn av ”Krigen mot Terror” Breiviks planer om 22. juli angrepene ble påbegynt for ni år siden. Det var mitt i den mest intensive propagandabølgen for ”Krigen mot Terror”. Islam ble…
Tagged with: Breivik, kriget mot terrorismen, September 11
Posted in På norsk, Political comment and analysis
Posted in På norsk, Political comment and analysis
Atomkraft mitt i byen
Ursprungligen publicerad i Halden Arbeiderblad 2011 Atomkraft mitt i byen Det kommer ingen tsunami inn Ringdalsfjorden og jordskjelvene kommer ikke opp i 9,0 på Richters skala i Østfold. Men det er heller ingen andre i verden som har kommet…
Tagged with: atomkraft, Halden Arbeiderblad, kärnkraft
Posted in På norsk, Political comment and analysis
Posted in På norsk, Political comment and analysis
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Labelling opposition “terrorists” – Delegitimising dissent against Israeli policies
This article will present the Israeli governments efforts to delegitimise opponents by making ordinary political actions illegal and labelling them ”terrorism”. Three recent events have escalated this process. The elections in Palestine 2006, the growth of boycotts and sanctions, and…
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