Ursprungligen publicerad i xxx Det svenska folkets självbild som det humana världssamvetets centrum krossas om man besöker Grozny. Då drygt en miljon sunnimuslimer deklarerade sig självständiga samtidigt med de femton andre delarna av det forna Sovjet var önskemålet en…
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The Intifada of the Elections: some reflections on the elections in Palestine and the tasks ahead
Originally published in xxx Elections in Palestine major achievement. All Palestinians and friends of Palestine should be congratulated on the elections! Despite occupation, travel restrictions, checkpoints and a number of other obstacles from the Israeli side, the PA, the political…
Tagged with: Fatah, Hamas, intifada, Israel, Palestine, PLO, UN, United Nations
Posted in In English, Political comment and analysis
Posted in In English, Political comment and analysis
Terrorism and nonviolence
Orginally published in xxx Terrorism studies are growing fast since 2001[1] but suffers from three fundamental problems. Firstly, it is dominated by state and military oriented counter-strategies focused on terrorist actors and immediate crisis-preventions. Secondly, it suffers from conceptual…
Tagged with: nonviolence, Stellan Vinthagen, terrorism
Posted in In English, Nonviolence, Political comment and analysis
Posted in In English, Nonviolence, Political comment and analysis
Sub Saharan Africa
Originally published in xxx Benin 1989-1991 From 1974 to 1989, dictator Mathieu Kérékou ran Benin as a socialist state, earning it the nickname “Africa’s Cuba.” After 17 years of rule by the Marxist-Leninist Kérékou, an economic crisis and massive…
Tagged with: Africa, African National Congress, ANC, apartheid, Benin, Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, Mathieu Kérékou, Nicéphor Soglo, South Africa
Posted in In English, Political comment and analysis
Posted in In English, Political comment and analysis
Sri Lanka: Splittelse på alle sider
Ursprungligen Publisert i Ny Tid den 17 april 2004. Läs texten i Ny Tid. Valget i Sri Lanka 2. april gav støtte til president Kumaratunga, men uten eget flertall i parlamentet er det langt frem. Presidenten vil forsøke å få gjennom en grunnlovsendring…
Send alle soldater hjem
Ursprungligen publicerad i Klassekampen den 10 juni 2004. Skillet mellom de militære enheter som okkuperer og de såkalte stabiliseringsstyrkene bidrar til å skjule det ansvar okkupasjonsmakten har. Den pågående «krigen mot terrorismen» har mange fronter. De to tydeligste er i…
Tagged with: FN, Irak, Klassekampen, kriget mot terrorismen, Norge, terrorism, USA
Posted in På norsk, Political comment and analysis
Posted in På norsk, Political comment and analysis
SAC hundra år
Ursprungligen publicerad i xxx Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation blev ett hundra år 2010. Något försenad kom en bok som dokumenterar stora delar av det röd-svarta fackliga alternativet. Det har blivit en riktig fin bok. Fyra hundra sidor i stort format…
Tagged with: Arbetaren, arbetarrörelsen, Evert Arvidsson, frihetlig socialism, Janne Flyghed, SAC, Stig Dagerman, Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation
Posted in Book Reviews, På svenska, Social Movements
Posted in Book Reviews, På svenska, Social Movements
Resist and build alternatives!
Originally published in xxx Our world is far from perfect. The gap between those on the top and those on the bottom of the societal pyramid is deeper and broader than just some decades ago. The nature is reduced…
Peace research needs to reorient
First published in xxx 7th of February 2005 “Peace research concentrates on the question of violence. In particular, it has come to focus on organised violence on societal conflicts.” (Wallensten, 1988). In the literature the most used term…
Tagged with: Fredsforskning, Gene Sharp, John W Keltner, nonviolence, Nonviolent revolutions, Patric Brogan, Peace Research, Peter Wallensteen
Posted in In English, Peace Research
Posted in In English, Peace Research
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Turkey and the Kurdish negotiation
Originally published in xxx Not enough is publicized to know in detail what has and is going on between the Turkish state and PKK. As in all such processes there are leaks to media, circulation of rumors, and some…
Posted in In English, Political comment and analysis