This is the first and second of five TFF-created idea portfolios designed to curb the global reach of the United States and, in both the short and long term, help catalyse a worldwide nonviolent resistance to what many observers describe as the Trump administration’s uniquely confrontational, destructive and world-threatening policies.

These portfolios outline what governments and citizens across the world can do through dynamic diplomacy, creative initiatives, and strictly nonviolent means. They are typical TFF works in that we do not only tell what the problem is and how bad it will go – as 90+% of all commentators, experts and scholars do – we tell what we think can be done, inviting you to think of what you think you can do.

It seems painfully clear to me that the current political dynamics in Washington increasingly resemble the most dangerous pattern that ended in 1945 and was supposed to never happen again.

If that assessment holds, then passivity is no longer an option. A coordinated, global, nonviolent mobilisation is essential — not least because nonviolence is the one type of power and language a heavily militarised superpower is least prepared to counter.

The proposals in this first portfolio are not limited to preventing the attempted acquisition of Greenland, though Greenland naturally occupies a central place here. Many fear that, without meaningful global resistance, such an acquisition could be carried out with little more than verbal protest from the international community — emboldening further unilateral ventures.

Think also of the so-called Gaza Peace Board that does not even mention Gaza. It is a cynical vehicle for establishing a new, personalised global “peace” structure intended to replace the United Nations with Trump himself as lifetime leader and the man who appoints his successor. Further, it is built on money, deals, and favours.

Only fools believe this is anything but Empire-building disguised as peace-making. Beyond any doubt, it is world-threatening.

It should now be evident that the ability to shape global perceptions — to persuade people of the inherent benevolence of U.S. power and of the current administration, in particular — relies heavily on information dominance: narratives, propaganda, disinformation, and outright falsehoods. The Greenland argument, framed as a defensive move against China’s and Russia’s intentions to take it, is one such example. It is also a psycho-political projection of the US/Trump’s own dark sides.

For these reasons, curbing U.S. information power is essential, as is countering its cultural and intellectual influence platforms. Therefore, this first Nonviolent U.S. Resistance Portfolio focuses on these domains. The succeeding portfolios will address additional forms of power that must be challenged and replaced through peaceful, principled means.

Part 1:
Media, Culture and Information Sovereignty

Part 2:
Diplomacy, Law and Nonviolent Power

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I am very grateful if you share because you also see the writing on the wall. We need to very rapidly build critical mass and stop Trump, whose tempo continues to take people by surprise – and then he will move on to the next mad, unlawful and indecent project.