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What makes a protest effective? Heads of government are coming to town. Let’s organise a protest! We’ll have a massive rally and march. Those who want to can blockade the venue. We’ll make our concerns about inequality, exploitation and aggression known far and wide.But wait a second! Is this sort of protest going to be effective? Read more.

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Kinas myndigheter klarar inte av att hantera oroligheterna i Tibet. Read more.

Civil Resistance to the wrongdoings of U.S. regimes has a long, and honorable, history. In his well documented tome, “Protesting Power: War, Resistance, and Law,” Professor Francis A. Boyle captures the essence of that story. He explains how “civil resistance” differs from “civil disobedience.” He also cites cases, where he was involved as an attorney and/or expert witness. Read more.

Treasures – TFF Associates’ productions Topical contributions – some for debate, some for theoretical discussion, much about conflict-resolution, the UN and other themes central to international affairs. TFF Video Channel on YouTube All videos in which TFF Associates participate Articles 2008 Francis A. Boyle, Baltimore Indymedia, March 6, 2008 Civil resistance in the age of Bush and Cheney Civil Resistance to the wrongdoings of U.S. regimes has a long, and honorable, history. In his well documented tome, “Protesting Power: War, Resistance, and Law,” Professor Francis A. Boyle captures the essence of that story. He explains how “civil resistance” differs from “civil disobedience.” He also cites cases, where he was involved as an attorney and/or expert witness. Michel Chossudovsky, March 5, 2008 The US-NATO Preemptive Nuclear Doctrine: Trigger a Middle East Nuclear Holocaust to Defend "The Western Way of Life" With a few exceptions, there’s a scientific and intellectual vacuum: No...

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Text of speech at the Indo-Japan joint symposium arranged by the Oriental Institute of Philosophy, Tokyo on 3rd April 2007 to mark the Centenary of the Satyagraha movement under Gandhi. We publish it as one TFF Associate’s hommage to another, Daisaku Ikeda. Read more.

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The is the greatest opportunity for meaningful transformation in Burma-Myanmar in 10 years. It is a historic moment that should not be lost. Read more.

By Jonathan PowerTFF Associate since 1991 Comments directly to JonatPower@aol.com October 5, 2007 LONDON – The kind of non-violent protest we are now witnessing in Burma/Myanmar doesn’t always bear edible fruit – see Ukraine where last weekend’s election has just confirmed the country’s inherent instability. Neither does this holier-than-thou approach always politically disarm the enemy. It did often enough for Gandhi and for Martin Luther King but it certainly didn’t for the students of Tiananmen Square who were brutally and unsparingly crushed, despite their success in opening up immense fissures in the ruling Communist Party elite. In Czechoslovakia in 1968 the unarmed demonstrators certainly demoralised the local Soviet soldiers and the satraps in the Czech administration. They also succeeded in bringing the economy almost to a halt but they did not undermine the hard men in Moscow who simply piled on the pressure until the resistance cracked. But we should...