At 2018 the UN S-G issues Red Alert for the whole world

At 2018 the UN S-G issues Red Alert for the whole world

    Jan Oberg comments: This is certainly important, although there are limits to what António Guterres can say. I wish he would have said “reduction of all kinds of violence” or emphasised the UN Charter’s Article one that says that peace shall be built by peaceful means. But anyhow – I applaud him for […]

Where are the mediators in the US/North Korea conflict?

Where are the mediators in the US/North Korea conflict?

By Jan Oberg PressTV, December 25 – 2017  

Julia Bacha: Pay attention to nonviolence • TED Talk

Julia Bacha: Pay attention to nonviolence • TED Talk

  By Julia Bacha A spot-on talk about nonviolence in conflict in general and the role it plays in the Palestine-Israel conflict. Most often the people who struggle with non-violent means are simply overlooked by the media.   See more…

“TFF Live” & Videos

TFF embraces the technologies that permit us, without money but with hard work, to say ‘peace’ to more people worldwide. We, therefore, increasingly produces videos and not only texts. And we are commenting more than ever on international media – comments that later turns up as video clips. This trend will expand further in years […]

Fighting with nonviolence

Fighting with nonviolence

By Scilla Elworthy Via ted.com • How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need — as nations and individuals — to fight extreme force without using force in return. To answer the question of why and […]

Om krigen mod terror og hvorfor den er håbløs

Af Jan Øberg   I år 2000 blev der på verdensplan dræbt 400 mennesker og såret 700 ved terror angreb. I 2015 var tallet steget til 32 000 mennesker! Dvs sige at antal ofre for politiskle terrorhandinger er steget 80 gange siden man påbegyndte “den globale krig mod terror”. Vi i vesten synes at vi […]