Ethics and values

1068 – Eurovision: Europe Chooses Israeli Crimes Over Original Peacemaking: Boycott it!

12 May, 2026

This issue is much worse than you may think! Spread this, please! Eurovision once symbolised a Europe committed to peace, dialogue, and cultural exchange.

If you lie long enough, you begin to believe you are telling the truth

5 January, 2024

“It is enough that a lie is believed for three days – it has then served its purpose.”Marie de Medici, 1573-1642, queen consort and

The TFF Statement on the Genocide in Gaza

17 December, 2023

TFF Associates Lund, Sweden – December 17, 2023 As the brutal slaughtering in Gaza unfolds in increasingly horrific proportions, we, as an experienced research

The burning of holy books: Freedom of speech or phobia?

5 April, 2023

A couple of weeks back, I was invited to the London-based “Kalimahorra” (“Free Words”) program at the independent Arab satellite news channel, Al-Mayadeen, which

Of course, Nordstream was blown up by the US and NATO allies: A US economic war on submissive allies.

12 February, 2023

Cover of Seymour Hersh’s article on Substack Jan Oberg February 12, 2023 The Chinese news agency, Xinhua, asked me to comment – in text

On entering 2023

31 December, 2022

In case you expect a kind of celebrative champagne toast-like text here, my apology at the outset. For me, this is a very different

En almindelig travl dag for fred i mørke tider

8 March, 2022

Glad for at være i Kristeligt Dagblad i dag – den mest læste artikel den 9. marts. Fredsforsker: “Nato har uden grund ekspanderet helt

What shall we call a state that lets its soldiers kill lots of innocent people without punishing even one?

27 December, 2021

Did you hear about it? See it on your Western prime time news? Here is the heart-breaking report about “No US troops will be

Set Julian Assange free and investigate the suspicious procedures of Swedish authorities

26 November, 2021

An alert about UN torture rapporteur, Nils Melzer’s absolutely essential investigation and its shocking findings I want to alert you to an extremely important

Two everyday stories about the US’ ongoing militarist perversity and spiritual death

15 November, 2021

• The US military in 2019 was hiding Syria airstrikes that killed dozens of civilians The two attacks in 2019 led to the deaths

Pathbreaking analysis of the West’s new Cold War against China

11 August, 2021

I’d like to direct your attention to a new comprehensive analysis from The Transnational Foundation for Peace And Future Research, TFF, called “Behind The

It’s time leading climate activists address militarism as a major problem

7 May, 2021

Greta Thunberg has an impressive following – on Instagram alone, over 11 million. A post in which she just holds her now classical sign

Facebook censorship spells the end of free speech, of democracy, if allowed to continue: JFK Jr’s Insta account

11 February, 2021

N E WListen to this as a podcast on one or more channels Some time ago I referred my readers to my rather extensive

Goodbye Facebook, Goggle/YouTube and Twitter

25 January, 2021

📌 Announcement on social media use TFF and I, Jan Oberg, will change how we use social media from 2021 and onwards. The change

Vestlige og østlige perspektiver på Coronaen

23 November, 2020

Denne artikel kunne jeg selv have skrevet – og havde sikkert gjort det hvis jeg havde siddet to uger i karantæne på et hotelværelse

MeToo, MeOnly og nypuritanismens elendighed

21 October, 2020

Sex har altid været noget, der kunne pirre lidt og sælge meget. MeToo ved alle hvad er. MeOnly vil jeg gerne introducere som betegnelse

Den hvide mands og kulturs destruktivitet i en nøddeskal

19 October, 2020

“This is my message to the western world – your civilisation is killing life on Earth“ 19. oktober 2020 Det sker ikke så ofte.

What if? Talks on migration. A series of video essays

2 March, 2020

3. marts 2020 Hvad vil der ske hvis al ind- og udvandring blev givet fri – worldwide? I posten med den overskrift skrev jeg

Jyllands-Posten dumsmarte corona-flag

28 January, 2020

28. januar 2020 Jyllands-Posten publicerede i dag dette billede: Så snart jeg så det, skrev jeg på min Facebook profil: “Havde man gjort sig

A happier, less violent 2020

30 December, 2019

December 30, 2019 Each and every problem humanity faces is rooted in violence. Why do so many continue believing in violence, the most counter-productive,

It’s something about the U.S. Trumps

26 December, 2019

December 26, 2019 It’s something about their eyes – and not only that they are reading. It’s something about the main celebration – the

Verdens gang de sidste 50 år og de næste 50 år

15 September, 2019

15. september 2019 50 års jubilar-tale holdt på Aarhus Katedralskole den 28. juni 2019 Kære studenter og øvrige elever – nuværende og tidligere lærere

War without remorse: A callous tweet about a tasteless celebration

24 August, 2019

August 23, 2019 Yesterday, the US Ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, tweeted the following: As will be seen below, there were four photos from

Hvad vil ske, hvis al ud- og indvandring blev givet fri worldwide?

6 July, 2019

Om en tidsvigtig video-baseret kunstinstallation af Gudrun Steen-Andersen i Aarhus 7. juli 2019 Invandring og det fremtidige, blandede, multikulturelle samfund er et af tidens

Time to stop visiting the United States

1 June, 2019

June 1, 2019 I’ve never been “anti-American.” I work with (North) Americans every day at the Transnational Foundation and much of my academic training

Denmark’s Prime Minister admires a killing soldier’s simplistic view of good and evil

11 April, 2019

April 11, 2019 It’s Friday, April 5, 2019, at 9 PM. An entertaining talk show, “Skavlan”. A dialogue between a prime minister and a

Fire danske pensionsselskaber har store investeringer i atomvåben

2 April, 2019

2. april 2019 …fortæller dagbladet Information den 30. marts, 2019 i en fremragende, research-baseret artikel af Lasse Skou Andersen, Sebastian Gjerding og Bo Elkjær.

Peace illiteracy

1 February, 2019

And why I am switching balances from the most noble and important – but momentarily meaningless – job to something more rewarding… February 1,

DIIS Information – om russisk og dansk desinformation

29 November, 2018

Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier (DIIS) udgav den 27. november 2018 en slags analyse af Flemming Splidsboel Hansen med titlen “Russisk desinformation på skærmen.

Genialt af Skovgaard Museet

27 September, 2017

Det er genialt af Skovgaard Museet at bevidst fravælge islamofobiens kendemærker og dermed marginalisere dens tilhængere. Debatten om Muhammed-tegningerne handler jo ikke om ytringsfrihed

You’re invited to the Nuclear Denial Party

6 August, 2017

By Jan Oberg Lund, Sweden – Hiroshima Day, August 6, 2017 Welcome to the Nuclear Denial Party!! Since marketing, omitted and fake news have

How many Americans has al-Assad killed?

25 July, 2017

I read dozens of articles every day about various conflict zones, commentaries, war reports and – the few times it happens – possibilities of

Intellectual nonsense about Syria

9 June, 2017

There should be a lower intellectual level to the statements by a US Secretary of Defence. There should be a debunking of the unethical

Terroren: Der er bedre veje end udenrigsminister Samuelsens krigskaffe

5 June, 2017

Udenrigsminister Anders Samuelsen siger til DR den 4. juni 2017 at det ikke dur med “dialogkaffe” når man skal bekæmpe terrorisme. Efter at 7

May 1: Where are the workers in the struggle for peace? Nowhere it seems!

1 May, 2017

What foreign policy if the US had no weapons?

1 May, 2017

Just a thought…

The Meaninglessness of War: Aleppo

27 March, 2017

Here my 6th photo series from Aleppo – hashtag #keepfocusonaleppo.   Lund, Sweden – March 24, 2017   Can the almost total destruction of Eastern Aleppo

“Vittnesrapport från Aleppo, en annorlunda konfliktanalys och vägar till fred i Syrien”

3 March, 2017

Videoinspelning av Jan Öbergs föredrag i Stockholm februari 2017 Inspelningen är uppdelad i två delar: Del 1: Vittnesrapport från Aleppo60 min. Del 2: Debatt

Keep focus on Aleppo and global dimensions of Syria

24 February, 2017

TFF PressInfo # 405 Lund, Sweden – February 24, 2017Failed conflict analysis To analyse a conflict is as necessary as the diagnosis for

On Trump endorsing torture

1 February, 2017

Human rights is not my field but we have to speak up against Trump’s personal endorsement of it. This is nothing new, the US

Faces of Aleppo

26 January, 2017

Fourth photo story from Aleppo: “Faces of Aleppo. Just out of 4,5 years of occupation hell” January 25, 2017 Unique photos from Eastern Aleppo

MS – Markedsført Sandhed og Syrien? Med tillæg om en god dialog

11 January, 2017

Introduktion tilføjet den 7. februar 2017 Som det fremgår i en kommentar under denne artikel blev både MS’ forkvinde, Helle Munk Ravnborg og generalsekretær, Tim Whyte,

The little girl from Eastern Aleppo

1 January, 2017

New year’s night, January 1, 2017 This girl had come out of Eastern Aleppo after four dark years of occupation by Western-backed terrorists – too

As we move into the new year – 2017

31 December, 2016

The old years went – in as little a time as it takes to turn around and see who is tapping you on your shoulder.

Thanks for the friends’ and followers’ boom

22 December, 2016

During the last two weeks I have received almost 800 friend requests on Facebook and about 1000 new followers. It’s overwhelming and warms my

Udefinerede menneskelig fejl da danske F-16 var med til at dræbe snesevis af syriske soldater. Ikke andet?

29 November, 2016

Den 29. november fortæller Danmarks Radio på sin hjemmeside at det var et antal sammenfaldende og beklagelige menneskelige fejl, der forårsagede at danske F-16

Why on earth renew old sanctions on Iran?

28 November, 2016

It’s destructive for all! It’s difficult to see this as rational policy-making. It’s more of an indication of the grumpy super-power feeling that it’s