
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…
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…
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.
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.…