Just a week after his 90th birthday Gene Sharp passed away. The journal New Statesman once described Gene Sharp as the “Machiavelli of Nonviolence” and Thomas Weber labelled him “the Clausewitz of Nonviolent Action.” Who was this man and what…
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Eyewitness to the liberation of Aleppo Thoughts on Peace in Syria Jan Øberg, director of TFF – Transnational Foundation Litteraturhuset fredag 21 april 18:00 – 21:00 Jørgen Johansen fra FMK vil lede den etterfølgende debatt. Jan Öberg and TFF have…
Ramstein, Germany, is the hub for America’s global drone war, from North Africa to South Asia. Kilde: The Most Important US Air Force Base You’ve Never Heard Of | The Nation
Demonstrations are being held in Brussels, Luanda, Pretoria and Paris to mark one year since the arrest of an Angolan book club’s members. Kilde: Protests mark a year since #Angola17 arrests – Index on Censorship | Index on Censorship
Åpent møte på Litteraturhuset (Nedjma-rommet) i Oslo 11. mai kl 19:00. Aktivisten Asma Khalifa fra Libya forteller om livet under og etter krigen. Asma er en aktivist som var engasjert i kvinne- og fredsarbeid før NATOs bombing av landet hennes…
Letter from high-profile signatories including Caroline Lucas and John McDonnell warns prison sentences would be unjust and disproportionate Jailing the 13 activists who last year chained themselves on Heathrow’s northern runway in protest at the airport’s expansion would represent…
About 2,000 women in Bosnia have protested against a ban on wearing Islamic headscarves in courts and other legal institutions. The ban includes all religious symbols but explicitly mentions the hijab. The women marched for around an hour through the…
Dozens of nonviolent protesters suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, Friday, after Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Photo By Mohammed…
Catalan regional president Artur Mas appeared in court today in Barcelona after calling an independence vote Mas, 59, wants the region to sever ties with Madrid and form its own independent state as soon as 2017 The politician accused the…
Our response to events in Syria must be built on an understanding of the lessons of history. Azaz, Syrian, Voice of America News: Scott Bob report from Azaz, Syria. Public Domain photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Azaz_Syria_during_the_Syrian_Civil_War_Missing_front_of_House.jpg Finally, after half of Syria’s population has…
FMK avholder et kort årsmøte og har invitert Brian Martin fra Australia til snakke om sin seneste bok: Nonviolence Unbound. Møtet holdes på Fredshuset Møllergata 12 i Oslo kl 19:00 onsdag 14 oktober.
The court also summoned two other members of his former regional administration to appear on October 13. With nearly 100 percent of the vote counted, the “Together for Yes” group of secessionists headed…
Pro-Palestine activists plan to protest against Israel at the country’s European Championships soccer qualifier against Wales next month. Israel will play the Welsh team at Cardiff City Stadium on Sunday, September 6. The Palestine Solidary Campaign (PSC) will demonstrate against…
For almost three months in late 2014, what came to be known as the Umbrella Movement amplified Hong Kong’s bitter struggle for the democracy its people were promised when China assumed control of the territory from Britain in 1997.…
UDW editorial note by Armando Carmona: From May 2nd to May 9th the Zapatistas hosted a tribute to fallen comrades, a celebration of resistance, and a seminar to “provoke thought, reflection, critique.” On May 2nd and May 3rd 2015 the…
On Saturday, June 20, authorities came to the home of Observer and Angola activist Luaty Beirão. He was arrested in a sweep that included 14 other activists. Their crime? Reading subversive literature, which the state has linked to “rebellion”, “attempted…
