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Environmental protests in Norway

Source: Johansen, Jørgen. 2009. “Environmental protest, Norway, 20th century.” In International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest, edited by Immanuel Ness. New York: Blackwell Publishing. Buy the book here.   Environmental protest, Norway, 20th century In 1996 the Norwegian Parliament decided to build

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Conscientious Objection

Source: Johansen, J. (2009). Conscientious Objection: Legal Rights, in The Oxford international Encyclopedia of peace. N. Young. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1: 461-463. Buy the Book here. Conscientious Objection (CO) is to refuse participation in a system of obligatory service when

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Brott och straff

Ursprungligen publicerad i Sydsvenskan den 15 juli 2008.  Läs i Sydsvenskan. Brott och straff När Sudans president Omar Bashir nu efterlyses av åklagaren i Haag så är det ett mycket känsligt steg som tas i försöken att skapa en rättvisare värld.

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Acts of Omission in the “War on Terrorism”

Originally published as Johansen, Jørgen, “Acts of Omission in the “War on Terrorism”” in The ethics and efficacy of the global war on terrorism : fighting terror with terror, edited by Charles Webel and John A. Arnaldi. New York: Palgrave Macmillan,

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Högt spel med dollar och vapen

Ursprungligen publicerad i Sydsvenskan den 3 augusti 2007  Högt spel med dollar och vapen  George W Bush föreslår att USA skall sälja och ge bort krigsmateriel för motsvarande 400 miljarder svenska kronor till Israel och arabiska stater. För de rika

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World War II and Peace Movements (1939–1945)

Originally Published in International Encyclopedia of Peace xxx Having been broken by the outbreak of war in 1914 (and 1917 in the USA), peace movements in Europe and North America had grown in strength after 1918 The established peace organizations faced

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War Resistance in a international perspective

Originally Published in xxx There are two basic strategies regarding nonviolent resistance in general and war resistance in particular. The first one is based on the fact that Power is dependent on cooperation. Power can then be broken by refusing

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Vekk med verneplikten

Intervju med Jørgen Johansen i Baldermagasin, den 16 dec 2002. Tekst: Eirik Arne Engebråten     Det er en bred oppfatning blant folk og folkevalgte i Norge at det er verneplikten som skal sikre rekrutteringen til Forsvaret. Til tross for dette

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Valget i Sri Lanka. Presidenten vant første runde

Ursprungligen Publicerad av TFF, den 19 april 2004.   Det er lite vann i bassengene etter fire måneder uten regn. Men Colombo har ikke opplevd mange “power-cuts” den siste tiden. Grunnen er ganske enkelt at myndighetene ikke vil vise at

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Utfordring fra en grenselos värld

Ursprungligen publicerad i Klassekampen den 23 augusti 2003. Norge ble for noen uker siden utropt som et av verdens beste land å leve i. I den forbindelse ble jeg kontaktet av en journalist som ønsket å nyansere dette bildet. Mitt

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