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TFF Associates' articles The 20.000 $ Campaign - to reach only the 2008 level of donations! So far $ 15.867 has come in. Many thanks. Please continue! Just give 2, 5 or 10 dollars here - easy, fast and secure ! Gunnar Westberg Let me tell you why I support TFF! Urgent funding appeal to every visitor here. We fight war. But we can not do it without you. Support TFF today! Jan Oberg Is free peace research possible anymore? Is TFF? A longer analysis of the structural impediments that grow by the day and, possibly, in the end will destroy both TFF and a fundamental aspect of democracy. NEW Stephen Zunes, February 9, 2010 Obama's human rights record is a disappointment Jan Oberg, February 7, 2010 Ikke til at bære - Enkefru Plums Støttefond i graven Personlig kommentar til at Danmarks-historiens vigtigste fond af sin slags nu må lukke. Stephen Zunes, February 5, 2010 Obma's State of the union Disappointed, we need a much more moral global agenda Jonathan Power Tony Blair's obfuscation on Iraq war Michel Chossudovsky September 11, 2001: America and NATO declare war on Afghanistan. NATO's doctrine of collective security Jan Oberg The U.S. is now a dictatorship Pentagon's new strategy and budget is enough as evidence and reason for a worldwide confrontation with the U.S. MIMAC - Military-Industrial-Media-Academic Complex. Hans von Sponeck, February 1, 2010 America's AfPak Strategy From Bush to Obama - From Failure to Resolution? Farhang Jahanpour How to end the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan Jonathan Power Can there be peace now between India and Pakistan? Jonathan Power Communism in India Annette Schiffmann, TFF Board member strongly urges you to sign this petition: Mumia Abu-Jamal and the global abolition of the death penalty Annual Activity Report 2009 Now more than 200 article links on TFF World Affairs on Twitter New TFF Associate Joelle Rizk, 22, from Lebanon & working in Afghanistan when circumstances permit her to. Jan Oberg recommends Stealth Conflicts - Why do the media and politicians ignore some of the most deadly conflicts (and engage heavily in the much less deadly)? Virgil Hawkins is a very innovative and meticulous researcher with a blog and a video you must see. Stephen Zunes Yemen - latest U.S. battleground? Jonathan Power Obama's peace and war Jan Oberg Proposal to World Press Photo - Reconciliation and Peace Photography Stephen Zunes - Human Rights Day The tale of two human rights awardees Stephen Zunes The power of nonviolent action in Honduras Stephen Zunes Reagan did not end the Cold War - Leftist intellectuals did Evelin Lindner - New book: Gender, Humiliation and Global Security: Dignifying Relations from Love, Sex, and Parenthood to Global Security No less than a world event in social science including peace research! Gunnar Westberg recommends Learn About Nuclear Weapons here Jonathan Power Why not Turkey in the EU? Biljana Vankovska Newspaper column by Mr. Solana and Mr. Rehn Is this a mafia-type proposal or just an ordinary blackmail - by these representaitves of European democracy? Håkan Wiberg Greece and Macedonia: What's in a name? Biljana Vankovska Open Letter to Colleagues: Another European deficit: Does responsible scholarhip exist? Håkan Wiberg Kriget i Afghanistan, Palme och Orback: Någonting måste ha gått fruktansvärt fel Replik till chefen för Palme-Centret, Jens Orback, som varmt försvarar kriget i Afghanistan. Jake Lynch Message to Nobody: "Make way for the tourists" In solidarity with the Jerusalem Centre for Women against the discriminatory policy of Israel. Good news - Stephen Zunes joins TFF Professor Stephen Zunes joins us as new TFF Associate Stephen Zunes Weapons of Mass Democracy Nonviolent resistance is the most powerful tactic against repressive regimes Dietrich Fischer Peace studies at university level About a new Master's program at the the World Peae Academy in Basel Jonathan Power The arm of the terrorists is not that long Hazel Henderson interview by IPS The Global Development Goals and how to replace the Gross Domestic Product measure quickly The Stieglitz & Sen report moves far too slowly in the right direction. Jake Lynch Mapping the 'military-industrial-media-entertainment-network. Review of path-breaking book People Power - Unarmed Resistance and Global Solidarity New book with analyses from Serbia, Burma, Zimbabwe, Columbia, India and Palestine. Two TFF Associates, Jørgen Johansen and Stellan Vinthagen among the contributors. Jake Lynch Notes on media and the military Or, rather, stirring up trouble... Johan Galtung China and the global economic crisis TFF Board Shocking secret UN-NATO Cooperation Declaration Published earlier, but still unknown to most: The TFF Board statement with 9 questions that express our deep concern about this document and its implications for the future of the UN. Her på dansk Gunnar Westberg, Newsmill Hemlig samarbetsavtal mellan FN och NATO äventyrar FN:s självständighet Hans von Sponeck The United Nations and NATO: Which security and for whom? Daisaku Ikeda Building global solidarity toward nuclear abolition Gunnar Westberg More Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones! Jake Lynch How America is always at war - and why What is it about America that keeps it at war and what is now intensifying the pressures to expand the wars? Jake Lynch Women's business and the media About male and female perspectives on and in media work, peace and war journalism. New book by Associate David Krieger The Challenge of Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Håkan Wiberg - recension "Nobels Vilje" skriven av Fredrik Heffermehl Michel Chossudovsky's new book America's war on terrorism. In the wake of 9/11 Farhang Jahanpour What future for nuclear weapons? Jan Oberg A 10 min. argument for nuclear abolition About mega-terrorism, how the Ballistic Missile Defence really works and what is needed to get rid of nuclearism. And the most illuminating international opinion poll on nuclear weapons: World Public Opinion.org Publics around the word favour international agreement to eliminate all nuclear weapons Gunnar Westberg Learn About Nuclear Weapons Michel Chossudovsky US-NATO military agenda: The destabilization of Pakistan Daisaku Ikeda Faith in revolution TFF's Board Towards Peace In and With Iraq - A 10-Point Plan Jan Hjärpe The power of a Jewish-Muslim narrative • • •

TFF Video Channel YouTube Riane Eisler Speaking to the World Future Council Climate change, women and the need for a new economics Aljazeera - Riz Khan Waging Peace Conversation with Johan Galtung and UN mediator Alvaro de Soto Richard Falk speaking at the Kant Foundation on Jeff Halper, awarded the Global Citizenship Prize, and on the conditions of a lasting peace in the Middle East   Farhang Jahanpour The necessity of global nuclear disarmament   Armand Giramahoro The Amahoro Youth Club, AYC in Burundi - TFF Video Channel   Jan Oberg Transcend Media Service The collision of a French and a British nuclear submarine in the Atlantic in early February 9 and the inadequate media coverage   Jan Oberg Transcend Media Service Nuclear abolition more important than non-proliferation - and why the Ballistic Missile Defence is offensive. 50 years with peace studies Johan Galtung Johan Galtung 50 Years With Peace Studies A short looking back to when Galtung decided to dedicate his life to peace in 1951, the two tracks in his life; the 5 basic requirements he sees in peace research - and why he is both happy and not so happy with peace research today. Japan's future Johan Galtung Johan Galtung Can Japan become sovereign and peaceful?   Future world order Johan Galtung Johan Galtung Galtung's "True Worlds" - As Told Between Two Planes International law and the nature of security Richard Falk Richard Falk International law and the nature of security - a talk before the U.S. war on Iraq   Nuclear abolition David Krieger David Krieger On the necessity of a nuclear-free world - and what the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is all about. Media, war & Iraq - Jake Lynch Jake Lynch - Part I of III Conflict in media - Coalition of the Unwilling (I) All TFF Associates on video All TFF Associates Some 30 videos on global affairs   Playlists, for instance... Iraq Iran Globalization Media, war and peace Inspiration, fun, surprising..

Other writings & videos Facebook & Twitter As of October 2009 we post materials daily on Facebook and Twitter that you won't find on this homepage. You do not have to be a member of Twitter or Facebook to access the materials. Just click below!     TFF-Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research on Facebook     Must reads... China's PM Wen Jiabao speaks Most important conversation with Fareed Zakaria of CNN - politics as well as philosophy on the global situation and China's role. Full of thought-provoking perspectives and a delightful piece of decent journalistic dialogue. So the US shall use the military to combat climate change? Is there in fact any security challenge that can not be met by violent means? New York Times Global Issues The place to go when you need comprehensive info and analyses about our trubled world - and solutions. PIPA's important new poll Global Poll Finds Widespread Belief that Afghans Want NATO Forces Out The REAL News G-20 or G-192: Which is more 'global'? UN General Assembly vying for leadership over the global economic crisis, despite objections from the West. But did you hear about the G-192 in the mainstream news?? John Hilary End the G8 charade - we need G192 David N. Gibbs on Tikkun Was Kosovo the good war? The Western propaganda about the Balkan wars is falling apart. Here is another evidence that truth was a bit more complex and the West complicit in atrocities. Pepe Escobar on Asia Times Liquid war: Welcome to Pipelineistan Our good ol' friend the nonsensical "global war on terror", which the Pentagon has slyly rebranded "the Long War", sports a far more important, if half-hidden, twin - a global energy war. Anita Dancs on FPIF The cost of the global US military presence No empire can cary that indefinitely.. Sherwoord Ross, Nonviolent Change Journal Military-industrial complex calls shots in America today Winslow T. Wheeler, Counterpunch How Obama will outspend Reagan on defence. The Pentagon Spigot is wide open... Middle East - Iran & Iraq Michael Klare on Tom Dispatch Will Iraq be a global gas pump? The (re)making of a petro-state Has it all come to this? Sam Dagher, NYT Kurds defy Baghdad, laying claim to land and oil Erik Leaver, FPIF Iraq - A withdrawal in name only The simple and very discouraging truth about Obama's "witdrawal" Aljazeera Panel discussion, June 29 Iraqi's Oil for sale A mind-boggling backgrounder. And the type of discussion largely suppressed in Western media. Jeremy Hammond, Foreign Policy Journal Has the U.S. fomented unrest during Iran's election? It certainly seems possible, even likely, that the U.S. had a significant role to play in helping to bring about the recent turmoil in an effort to undermine the government of the Islamic Republic Stephen Zunes, FPIF Obama's speech: How not to support democracy in the Middle East "Imagine the positive reaction Obama would have received throughout the Arab and Islamic world if, instead of simply expressing eloquent but vague words in support of freedom and democracy, he had said something like this..." Paul Craig Roberts in CounterPunch Are the Iranian protests another US orchestrated "Color Revolution"? Is this the culmination of two years of destabilization? Paul Craig Roberts in Counterpunch Are you ready for war with a demonized Iran? Patrick Cockburn in CounterPunch Who will control Iraq's oil? Current Concerns - Special The 10th Anniversary of NATO aggression on Serbia. "It began with a lie - and the lie continues." Al Burke Open Letter to the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI): The Institute and USA/NATO An analysis of the consistent pro-NATO/US bias of the institute that prevents it from being independent and fulfil its obligations to the public. The response by director Tomas Ries is an intellectually poor denial of the obvious. Centre d'Estudis per la Pau JM. Delàs Barcelona Alliance of Barbarities. Afghanistan 2001-2008. 10 Reasons to question (and rethink) foreign involvement. If you are looking for one report that offers all the documented facts, this is it! Jonathan Schell on The Real News Network Obama's world without nuclear weapons Schell: It is yet unclear whether Obama's commitment to a world free of nuclear weapons is real Part 2: Obama must take concrete steps Stephen Zunes The U.S. budget's foreign policy handcuffs Hopes that a Democratic administration might lead to a more ethical, rational, and progressive foreign policy are challenged - read all the provisions on the Middle East! Berghof Stiftung Handbook for Conflict Transformation Particularly # 7: Peacebuilding at a Crossroads, built arund Simon Fisher's and Lada Zimina's pathbreaking 2008 article. Jonathan Steel, The Guardian Nato is deeper in its Afghan mire than Russia ever was Two decades after the Soviet withdrawal, ever more resources are being poured into a war with scant chance of success. Global Issues Today, over 26,500 children died around the world One of the best collections of knowledge and insights on the global economic crisis Frederik Heffermehl Nobels Vilje - Nobel's Will En orienterende samling lænker om Heffermehls sensationelle analyse af Nobel-fredsprisen og den mediedebat den skabte fra oktober 2008 og fremad. Nordic & English Chalmers Johnson, The Real News Three conversations about the Military-Industrial Complex: The famous historian with the Blowback trilogy speaks about The encirclement of Russia - The Last Days of the US Republic - Massive US budget just passed. John Pilger The new world order - the silence is a lie WorldPublicOpinon.org International doubts about 9/11 perpetrators Paul B. Farrell 'America's outrageous war economy!' Mother Jones - Interactive map U.S. Military presence Worldwide

 

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