February 2005

Till Klaras huvudsida

Öppet brev till Statsrådsberedningen ifrån TFF-rådgivare om EU:s säkerhets- og fredspolitik 10 februari, 2005 Erni & Ola Friholt Denna artikel finns också på engelska Stocken på Orust, 3 februari 2005 TillStadsrådsberedningenoch särskilt till Göran Persson,Bosse Ringholm och Leni Björklund Hej! Er arbetsbörda är stor, och ni missar säkert det mesta av allt som rör sig i folkdjupet. Hatet mot manipulationerna i EU-frågor är enormt. Men få människor finner det meningsfullt att fördjupa sig i konstitutionen när de inte får en chans att yttra sin mening i en folkomröstning. Men det gäller trots allt en konstitution vi ska leva med resten av våra liv. Vi har gjort ett försök att granska ett enda avsnitt: det säkerhets- och försvarspolitiska. Resultatet av detta och av det vi uppsnappat på vägen överlämnar vi nu till er. Vi hoppas personligen slippa leva med en konstitution för nittonhundratalet, med allt dess eländiga makt- och våldstänkande. Något...

On its resolute road towards NATO membership, via Afghanistan and Iraq, and with the blessing of its mighty ‘ally’ and ‘lobbyist’, the Macedonian Government has frequently demonstrated its cooperative spirit. One question remains surface: is there any limit that should not and will not be crossed on that road? The small Macedonian contingent in the Operation “Freedom for Iraq” is supposed by its Government to be a bargaining card for entering NATO, on top of the – rather cosmetic – security reforms. The new Minister of Defence recently announced quite an original way to support its ‘Ally’: in Skopje (and/or in neighbouring states to Iraq) Iraqi citizens will be trained for three months in rescue operations, medical help and crisis management. That’s something for a country like Macedonia in which a mere ‘crisis’ would be bliss! These training periods are to be given “as long as there is a need for them” – which...

Much valuable stuff is left unread or forgotten just because it was written some time ago and, thus, we may lose our sense of history and of a pattern or logics to what happens around us.Each of the articles in this TFF Collection is relevant for an understanding of the conflict, the war and the occupation.They are analyses, viewpoints and comments with lasting qualities; they should not be put in the archives before we have witnessed the end of this crisis. They offer perspectives on what to learn and what to remember when they build up the next crisis… TFF produces Feature Collections to assist public awareness and education. You may search for more facts and analyses from these links. However, TFF accepts no responsibility for the content of these articles. On the resistance to the occupation Wikipedia – The Free EncyclopediaThe Iraqi resistance M. Junaid Alam, CounterPunchDo the Iraqis...