Here are five newly posted articles by TFF Associates that bring you fresh perspectives - political, philosophical and theoretical:


David R. Loy
-Why we love war
http://www.transnational.org/Resources_Treasures/2007/Loy_WhyWeLoveWar.html
A profound, philosopical piece on why war seems attractive to so many. It has to do with a deep civilisational feeling of lacking something in our lives, with our craving for identity and community. Here is a Buddhist perspective, eminently readable by anyone - and non-Buddhists will get an extra benefit from this professor and Buddhist teacher.


Jonathan Power
- Non-violent resistance in Burma has history - but not all of it - on its side
http://www.transnational.org/Columns_Power/2007/38.Burma.html


Kai Frithjof Brand-Jakobsen
- What we can do to support genuine democratization and peaceful transition in Burma-Myanmar
http://www.patrir.ro/burma/nonviolent.shtml
The is the greatest opportunity for meaningful transformation in Burma-Myanmar in 10 years. It is a historic moment that should not be lost.


Thomas Weber
- Gandhian nonviolence and its critics
http://www.transnational.org/Resources_Nonviolence/2007/Weber_Gandhi_critics.html
I attempt to show from were some of the major criticisms of satyagraha have come, criticisms that in many cases need to be taken seriously if the, as Gandhi called it, ³science of satyagraha² is to develop.Satyagraha is one of the Mahatma¹s great gifts to the future and it deserves to be articulated effectively, and this in turn means seriously considering valuable criticisms and being able to answer less valuable ones.


Stellan Vinthagen
- Theory says the Burma Regime is falling?
http://resistancestudies.org/?p=219
My prediction, built on contemporary revolution theories, is that the regime of Burma will fall and/or accept democratisation during October. I speculate but build my thinking on John Foran (1997, Theorising Revolutions) and Jørgen Johansen (2007, forthcoming). Foran builds a theory of revolution on about 35 cases from the last 100 years and Johansen show the pattern of a ³wave² of ³nonviolent revolutions²built on a study of all irregular regime changes the latest 20 years. Burma seems to fit all criteria. Thus a ³nonviolent revolution² is approaching!

Kindly

Jan Oberg




TFF
- for peace with passion