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Ingeborg Breines

Breines is an adviser, former President of the International PEACE Bureau and former UNESCO Director.

People want welfare, not war.

CULTURE OF PEACE: A culture of peace is not accepting the enemy images that are primarily created by the military-industrial complex – which is fully aware that if people are not afraid, they will not accept the crazy arms race we are in.
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A converted military industry

CULTURE OF PEACE: MODERN TIMES prints here an extract from the book Fredskultur. Utopia or security policy alternative? Is it possible to envisage a change of the military industry to more safeguarding of civilian purposes and preparedness?
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"The army as a permanent institution is prohibited"

Peace: With the possible further escalation of war and the mentality of the time for military rearmament, it is important to know alternative peace policies. Costa Rica is a role model here, a country that uses its resources on education, health and the environment – rather than on weapons
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"NATO's ears in the north"

CHRONICLE: The American bases are a huge power factor that enables the US military hegemony in the world. Our geographical location should indicate a less provocative approach.
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What is security today?

Debate: If we want peace, we must prepare for peace, not war. In the preliminary party programs, no party in the Storting is in favor of disarmament.
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When the Nobel Peace Prize winners meet

NOBEL PEACE SUMMIT: Are there any joke to such meetings, or are they just for a narrow circle?
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Don't kill!

Why the KrF must vote this government out.
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What are we going to do with NATO?

Ingeborg Breines makes a strong settlement with the "security strategies" of the authorities, NATO and the military industry. A secure future is not built with weapons, but with a peace culture based on dialogue and solidarity, she writes.
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Pope against nuclear weapons

The Vatican no longer provides any moral acceptance for a military nuclear deterrence doctrine.
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