Forum

Fredsforsker efterlyser læren fra Hiroshima Eftertanken efter atombomberne over Japan for 60 år siden er udeblevet, siger fredsforskeren Jan Øberg Af ELSE MARIE NYGAARDnygaard@kristeligt-dagblad.dk I morgen vil verden mindes 60-året for atombomben over den japanske by Hiro-shima. Men ifølge fredsforskeren sociolog Jan Øberg er eftertanken efter atombomberne over Japan, der kostede over 210.000 mennesker livet, udeblevet. – Vores måde at tænke på er uændret, og atomvåben er nu nærmest blevet indpasset i moderne, amerikansk, strategisk tækning, som var de konventionelle våben. Vi har rationaliseret atomvåbnene og kommet dem ind i teorier om, at de kun var til for at afskrække fra krig. Men de skal faktisk bruges under visse omstændigheder, siger han og fortsætter: – Hvis vi havde forstået følgerne af 6. og 9. august 1945, ville vi i Vesten have nedrustet. I dag er der ingen i vores del af verden, som vil forsvare kannibalisme eller slaveri, for det...

Lille bog fra Ny Agenda Kommentarer direkte tiltff@transnational.live Lund, Sverige, 5. august 2005 Originalversionen, der er mere detaljeret end den version NyAgenda har udgivet, downloades her. NyAgendas trykte, kortere, version. ANMELDELSER & OMTALE Poul Smidt i Information 5. september 2005 Staffan Dahllöf i Notat 19. august 2005 Resumé af udredningens hovedkonklusioner Denne enmands-udredning indeholder en makroanalyse af områderne forsvar, sikkerhed, udenrigspolitik, konflikthåndtering og fred i EU’s politik og i forslaget til forfatning. Den går bevidst ikke i detaljer med enkelte lande eller enkeltstående problemområder, men ser på begreber, værdier og målsætninger på det overordnede plan. Den opstiller først et teori og analyseapparat. Derefter analyserer den hvad der faktisk siges og gøres i EU-regi og kritiserer det ud fra et antal eksplicitte kriterier. Den gennemgår tillige hvad der ikke står men kunne have stået i forfatningsforslaget. Udredningen arbejder på EU’s egne præmisser i den forstand at den tage tre vigtige fakta om EU...

 Af Drude Dahlerup, Stockholms Universitet& Tænketanken Ny Agenda Lund, Sverige – 1. august, 2005 Miniseminar 4.august 2005 i København Fremmer EU freden? I anledning af udgivelsen af Tænketanken NyAgendas rapport “Fremmer EU freden?” afholdes et miniseminar for særlig indbudte påRestauant Kap HornNyhavn, 1.salTorsdag d. 4.august kl.14-16.30. Rapportens forfatter, den dansk-svenske fredsforsker Jan Øberg, der direktør for Den Transnationale Stiftelse, TFF, i Lund præsenterer rapportens hovedkonklusioner. Om rapporten EU betegnes ofte som et fredsprojekt, men hvad menes i EU egentlig med fred? I denne rapport analyserer Jan Øberg EUs politik, herunder forfatningsforslaget, når det gælder forsvar, sikkerhed, udenrigspolitik, konflikthåndtering og fred. Rapporten viser, at forfatningsforslaget og andre centrale EU-dokumenter giver udtryk for en fredsforståelse, hvor vægten lægges ensidigt på en militært baseret og domineret sikkerhedspolitik. I den forståelse findes der således ‘god vold’, der skal balancere eller udrydde ‘ond vold’. Derimod spiller konflikthåndtering og problematisering af volden som sådan stort set ingen reel rolle. Jan...

The collection marks the 100th anniversary of Dag Hammarskjölds birthday on July 29, 1905. Vicky Rossi, TFF Peace Antenna, July 29, 2005World problems need world order reformsVicky Rossi interviews Mr James Ranney who is chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of Citizens for Global Solutions. Interview about federalism, a world constitution, the EU, nuclear abolition, a UN People’s Assembly, and more – with references to Dag Hammarskjöld and Albert Einstein. The interview marks the 100th anniversary of Dag Hammarskjölds birthday on July 29, 1905. Richard Falk and Andrew Strauss (TFF 1997)For a Global Peoples’ AssemblyWe need a popularly elected Global Peoples’ Assembly, which would provide the world’s citizens for the first time with a forum to express their planetary aspirations and grievances outside the traditional nation-state context. Richard Falk (TFF 2002)The UN system: Prospects for UN Renewal“For the next fifty years the challenge will be to incorporate non-state actors. The UN...

with references to Dag Hammarskjöld and Albert Einstein. The interview marks the 100th anniversary of Hammarskjölds birthday on July 29, 1905 TFF’s Vicky Rossi interviews Mr James Ranney who is chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of Citizens for Global Solutions. It is organizing a four-day Global Constitution Forum to be held in Philadelphia on 14-17 September 2006 (with a preliminary, preparatory session in September 2005). Participants at this conference will focus on issues surrounding the creation of a Constitution for Earth. Given the current controversy surrounding ratification of the European Constitution, I thought it would be a timely opportunity to request an interview with Mr Ranney.* Vicky Rossi: There is currently a great deal of controversy in the European Union with regards the proposed European Constitution. What similarities and differences do you see between what is being proposed by the EU and the concepts underlying the idea of a global constitution?...

LONDON – The critics of President George W.Bush’s new nuclear deal with India have got it back to front. They appear to have no understanding of the history of U.S.-Indian nuclear relations. They draw their pessimistic and sanctimonious conclusions about how this new policy of relaxing the supply of advanced nuclear materials to India will further undermine the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as if no water had ever flowed under the bridge. Let’s go back to the head of that river. The first mistake in dealing with India was for President Richard Nixon to make it unambiguously clear in the early days of his opening-to-China policy that a major reason for taking China seriously was China’s possession of the bomb. The second mistake was the famous Nixon-Kissinger “tilt” towards Pakistan during the India-Pakistan war of 1971. It was at that time that the Indian prime minister, Indira Gandhi, gave the go...

LONDON – Returning to London after a month away what astonishes me most is how sotto voce is the debate that links the bombings and Britain’s ‘pillion passenger’ role in the American-led war in Iraq. Apart from a few predictable voices, most political contributors have maintained a kind of becalmed dignity, concentrating attention on defeating the homegrown terrorists. This is all very well. It is decorum at its best. The upper lip may be pierced by an earring or two but it does not easily quiver. But there comes a point when Britain has to take its head out of the sand because the whole sorry, very much intertwined, mess of the ongoing war in Iraq and the mushrooming of Islamic terrorism seems to be out of rational control. There is no debate, for instance, about the legacy of empire. By that I don’t just mean the double crossing of...

Fred är det när det inte är krig. Klart som korvspad? När det är fred, sa min pappa till mig, då ska vi köpa det där pianot som du längtar efter. Jag var åtta år och slutet på det andra världskriget var nära. När det är fred, då köper jag jordbruksmaskiner för sparpengarna, och startar en affär. När det är fred, behöver bönderna sådana maskiner. Bara det blir fred, så… Men innan dess hann fler bomber falla på vår by och min pappa blev skjuten, om med tysk eller rysk kula är ovisst. Och min storebror återvände inte från Ryssland. Men så blev det ju fred i alla fall. Fast det var inte alls ett sådant jubel jag senare såg på film från Kungsgatan i Stockholm. Den fred som kom då i maj 1945 till vår by i Österrike smög sig på lite peu à peu liksom. För mig var...

TFF’s Erni Friholt is among the women nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. So are 999 others in this fascinating worldwide initiative to promote the idea of “1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005”! We are so proud of this initiative! Erni Friholt is the only one from Sweden – the other Nordic women being Annelise Ebbe (Denmark), Barbro Sundback (Finland) and Ingrid Eide (Norway). Read about Erni and Ola Friholt’s life together in peace and for peace. The TFF founders and the Friholts have been friends for more than 20 years and they are also advisors of the foundation. More than anyone else, these two people practise the Gandhian principle that “we must be the change we wish to see.” Having said that, there is the much larger framework. Erni Friholt has been nominated together with 999 other strong women for the Nobel Peace Prize. It’s a fantastic...

Based on police record, there have already been 808 victims of violence in Southern Thailand during the first six months of 2005, with 607 people injured and 207 other killed mostly in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. Among those who lost their lives were 6 soldiers, 15 policemen, and 186 civilians. (Bangkok Post, July 2, 2005). Judging by both the growing number of those fallen victims and the ways in which some of them were killed from January 1 to June 20, 2005 , including 8 cases of beheading, the killings of three religious teachers (ustazs) while praying in Pattani on June 21, and the first case of a deliberate killing of a woman who is also a teacher and a local school administrator on June 24, it could be said that the situation of violence in the South has worsened. In light of the intensified violence, amidst rumors about more...

This is Galtung’s speech to the World Tribunal on Iraq, Istanbul Final Session, June 24-26 2005. Distinguished Members of the Jury of Conscience, Fellow Advocate, Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends! The testimonies have brought the reality of an Iraq tortured by the US/UK (and a coalition of willing clients) illegal attack, and illegal occupation, into our minds and hearts. With a sense of deep anger at the continued aggression and deep compassion with the victims we have witnessed the reality of crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity, including nuclear war through the use of depleted, radioactive uranium, on top of the genocidal economic sanctions, and the general “softening up” of Iraq for a quick, decisive war and remolding to the taste of the aggressors. Members of the Jury! What we are witnessing is the geo-fascist state terrorism of US imperialism, following the defunct British Empire, soon to follow...

Human rights and the illegal US/UK attack on IraqBy some counts the attack on Iraq is US aggression no. 239 after the Thomas Jefferson start in the early 19th century and no. 69 after the Second world war; with between 12 and 16 million killed in that period alone. All of it is in flagrant contradiction of the most basic human rights, like the “right to life, liberty and security of persons” (Universal Declaration, UD:3) and the condemnation of the “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” (UD:5). Johan Galtung, TFF Associate, July 14, 2005 The Korean Peninsula: From the DMZ to a Zone of PeaceWhat world conflict formations are the two divided Koreas part of? How can we envisage them coming closer to each other? Can the present 2+4 talks be supported by a parallel process? And how can today’s De-Militarised Zone be turned into a Zone of Peace...