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…
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…
