AMERICANS DOMINATE THE 2017 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE NOMINATIONS
The Committee, appointed by
Norway's parliament, that selects the Nobel Peace Prize Winners will
also for 2017 have a good range of candidates that fulfill the intention
of Alfred Nobel; the Nobel Peace Prize Watch has posted its list of
21candidates qualified to win in 2017 here: http://nobelwill.org/index.html?tab=8. The guidelines for our screening, are found here: http://nobelwill.org/index.html?tab=8#guidelines.
One country dominates the
Nobel Peace Prize Watch, NPPW, list. Of the 19 persons nominated, 13 are
US Americans. In addition we have 5 organizations, all engaged in
freeing the world of nuclear weapons.
Presumably the NPPW list is
fairly complete. The NPPW estimates that in the hundreds of other
nominations the committee will receive not more than 5 more will be
qualified. The following are missing in our list: Tony de Brum, Dennis
Muskwege, Pope Francis, Bill Pace, Federico Mayor/UNESCO and we appeal
to each committee member to, if necessary, use their right to add them
in the first committee meeting 2017.
Five candidates are directly pursuing the core idea of Nobel, helping liberate all nations from weapons, warriors and war:
David Swanson, USA: http://nobelwill.org/index.html?tab=8#swanson2
Johan Galtung, Norway/World: http://nobelwill.org/index.html?tab=8#galtung2
Richard Falk, USA: http://nobelwill.org/index.html?tab=8#falk2
Medea Benjamin, USA: http://nobelwill.org/index.html?tab=8#benjamin
Daniel Ellsberg, USA: http://nobelwill.org/index.html?tab=8#ellsberg2
The other candidates are
either pursuing the all-important topic of nuclear disarmament, decisive
to planetary survival, or have revealed aspects and consequences of
militarism that show the mandatory urgency of demilitarizing
international affairs, such as:
Edward Snowden, USA in exile: http://nobelwill.org/index.html?tab=8#snowden2 and Chelsea Manning, USA
Kathryn Bolkovac, USA: http://nobelwill.org/index.html?tab=8#bolkovac2
We attach our letter to the committee hoping it will help keep the selection within the Nobel mandate in 2017.
Our move means that the selection process is no longer secret – for candidates that are eligible.
Sincerely
Nobel Peace Prize Watch
Fredrik S. Heffermehl, Oslo, Norway - fredpax@online.no
Tomas Magnusson, Gothenburg, Sweden gosta.tomas@gmail.com
Questions? Phone: +47 917 44 783
The Nobel Peace Prize Watch
is a project under the «Lay Down Your Arms» association in Sweden.
Based on Norwegian lawyer Fredrik S. Heffermehl´s extensive research
into the original meaning of the peace prize, we are seeking to correct
many years of gross deviation from the visionary peace plan Alfred Nobel
intended to support.
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David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson's books include War Is A Lie. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org. He hosts Talk Nation Radio. He is a 2015, 2016, 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee.
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