[E-rundbrief] Info 1485 - Nobel Foundation Peace Price on court

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 1485 - Jan Oberg (S): The Nobel Foundation taken to 
court on the Peace Prize (for EU).

Bad Ischl, 11.12.2015

Begegnungszentrum für aktive Gewaltlosigkeit

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The Nobel Foundation taken to court on the Peace Prize

  By Jan Oberg, TFF co-founder and director

  TFF PressInfo # 351

  Lund, Sweden, December 10, 2015

  On the day of the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony at Oslo City Hall

  Alfred Nobel decided to give one fifth of his fortune for a prize to 
promote disarmament and resolution of all conflicts through 
negotiations and legal means, never through violence.

It should go to "champions of peace" - to reducing or abolishing 
standing armies, promoting peace congresses and creating fraternity 
between nations...

  The Nobel Committee in Oslo has, over the years, awarded this prize 
to several people whose activities are in clear violation of those 
goals, even with a broader, updated interpretation.

Can such a prize, with a so clearly stated goal, be changed to serve 
the opposite idea and be given again and again to recipients who 
promote arms races and believe in militarism and war?

This question will soon be answered, after Mairead Maguire, Jan Oberg, 
David Swanson, and Lay Down Your Arms took the case to the Stockholm 
District Court on Friday 4th of December 2015.

The specific case to be tested is the 2012 award to the European Union....

Here is the full text of the summons:
http://blog.transnational.org/2015/12/the-nobel-foundation-summons-dec-4-2015/

Full text of TFF PressInfo # 351:
http://www.icontact-archive.com/uY4CWN-9Ks3n5LBkjUdhzcSF0DGar6JK?w=4

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Honoured by the (Austrian) "Journalism-Award from below 2010"