Statement of the No to war – no to NATO network on NATO2030
The No to war – No to NATO Network condemns the proposals for a new NATO agenda, outlined in NATO 2030: United for a New Era. The report presents a dangerous expansion plan that will increase tension and the risk of war.
Introduction
In 2020 NATO-Secretary-General Stoltenberg commissioned a group of 10 ‘experts’ to reflect on the future of NATO. In their report NATO 2030: United for a new Era they come up with 138 proposals that are supposed to help the military alliance meet key challenges in the next decade. The report, while not yet formally adopted by NATO, will be used to inspire the next NATO summit scheduled to be held in Brussels later this year. Continue reading →
Vorbereitung der Anti Defender 2021 Proteste mit Alexander Neu, MdB
Aufzeichnung der Online-veranstaltung am 10.05.2021 www.no-to-nato.org/
2021-05-10%2019.32.54%20Defender%202021.mp4
2021/05/19 online
‘Global Britain’ and the Integrated Review
On 19th May at 6pm, Greater Manchester CND is hosting a briefing event on ‘Global Britain’ and the Integrated Review (here). Following the publication of the UK’s Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy 2021, this event will introduce some of its implications. There will be presentations from: Dr Kate Hudson(Gen. Sec., CND) on nuclear weapons policy changes in the Review, including warhead increases. Dr Jenny Clegg(CND Council) on UK-China relations and provocative plans to sail HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier to the … Continue reading →
2021/06/19 online
Abolition 2000 Annual General Meeting
You’re invited you to the AGM of Abolition 2000 Register here The COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate countries and populations showing the complete uselessness of nuclear weapons when it comes to dealing with global security threats. On January 27, 2021, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists kept their Doomsday Clock at 100 seconds to midnight, the closest we’ve ever been to global oblivion. In their remarks this year they said: “By our estimation, the potential for the world to stumble … Continue reading →
2021/09/04 Essen, Germany
Friedensdemo gegen die NATO-Konferenz
Gegen die Vorbereitung eines großen Krieges in Europa gemeinsam vorgehen!
Friedensdemonstration in Essen am 4.September 2021, 100 Sekunden vor 1200 Uhr Mittag Stadtgarten: Auftaktkundgeb. // Anschließend: Demonstration über: Brunnenstr., Paulinenstr., Franziskastr. > zur Phillipp Müller-Brücke, Rüttenscheider Str. dort ca. 14 Uhr Abschlusskundgebung.
2021/05/23-27 online 3.00pm – 6..30pm CEST
Reworlding
Can we co-create a new collective decision making processes for a better world?
I’d like to invite you to be part of Reworlding, an online gathering starting soon (23th – 29th of May!)
2021/05/27 online 7.00pm – 8.30pm BST
Saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war
Join us online as we celebrate MAW’s 20th birthday! BRUCE KENT and MAW Chairperson TIM DEVEREUX will be joined by expert guests, looking back briefly on our achievements and, more importantly, thinking about the future. PAUL INGRAM in conversation with MERERID HOPWOOD will consider: The challenges of war and peace in the 21st century Alternatives to war – including the UN, conflict transformation and international law The role of the armed forces and their carbon bootprint Come and join the … Continue reading →
Protest as the nuclear submaring enters Tromsø 10’th of May, 2021
Protest as the nuclear submaring enters Tromsø 10’th of May
https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/hit-kommer-den-omstridte-atomubaten-om-kort-tid-1.15488585
Geir, Norway
Follow-Up – Webinar “SIPRI Figures on Military Expenditure – Developments in Germany and Worldwide” (
Dear participants and registrants, with this email, we would like to give you a short overview of our German webinar “SIPRI Figures on Military Expenditure – Developments in Germany and Worldwide”, which we held via Zoom on April 28. This event was one in a series leading up to the Second World Peace Congress in Barcelona being held from October 15-17, 2021, for which we have just published our second programme draft. Find more information about it here: https://www.ipb2021.barcelona/ We … Continue reading →
„Verteidigungsfonds“: Heute knallen Sektkorken bei der Rüstungslobby, morgen Waffen in aller Welt
aus: Özlem Alev Demirel MdEP * Newsletter * 7. Mai 2021 Zur finalen Abstimmung des EU-Parlaments zur Einrichtung eines Europäischen Verteidigungsfonds (EVF) habe ich zusammen mit Andrej Hunko, dem europapolitischen Sprecher und stellvertretendem Vorsitzenden der Fraktion DIE LINKE im Deutschen Bundestag, die hier (https://oezlem-alev-demirel.de/2021/04/29/verteidigungsfonds-heute-knallen-sektkorken-bei-der-ruestungslobby-morgen-waffen-in-aller-welt/) nachzulesende Erklärung abgegeben. zudem habe ich eine Rede im EU-Parlament gehalten, die hier angesehen werden kann. (https://youtu.be/tyU_RwdnF-k)
Continue reading → 2021/09/01-13 online and offline Europe
European month of action – September 2021
Call-for-Actions-NuclearWeaponsFreeEurope.pdf
We appeal to everyone in Europe to act and to take part in a European month of action – September 2021. We ask health care and social organisations, trade unions, environmental, youth and woman’s movements, north-south and political organizations, people of all faiths and persuasions to join, endorse, promote and support the appeal for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Europe. Continue reading →
Aktionsaufruf: Für ein Nuklearwaffen-freies Europa September 2021 in ganz Europa
Die Welt steht an einem Scheideweg. Für Europa ist es an der Zeit, angesichts existenzieller Bedrohungen strategische Entscheidungen zu treffen. Zwei Jahre in Folge hat das Bulletin for Atomic Scientist die Doomsday Clock auf 100 Sekunden vor zwölf gestellt. Nie war diese symbolische Uhr näher an einem möglichen nuklearen und klimatischen Albtraum. Die Atomwaffenstaaten investieren massiv in neue Atomwaffen. Die USA wollen neue B61-12 Atomwaffen in Belgien, Deutschland, Italien, den Niederlanden und der Türkei stationieren. Die COVID-19-Pandemie hat uns gelehrt, … Continue reading →
GCOMS press release April 26th, 2021
170 Civil Society Organizations from 33 different countries demand that governments around the world drastically reduce their military expenditures, which reached almost 2 trillion $ in 2020, a 2.6% increase over the previous year. World military expenditure amounted to $1981 billion in 2020, a 2.6% increase over the previous year. In 2020, the biggest spenders were the US, China, India, Russia, the UK and Saudi Arabia. Except for Saudi Arabia, they all increased their expenditure over 2019. Military expenditure … Continue reading →
Afghanistan, the US plan for a new catastrophe
by Manlio Dinucci The Afghanistan US and Allied Forces commander General Scott Miller announced on April 25 the beginning of foreign troops withdrawal that should be completed by September 11, according to President Biden’s decision. Is the US ending a war waged for almost twenty years? In order to understand this communication, it is first of all necessary to consider the results of the war. The toll in human lives is largely unquantifiable: the “direct deaths” among the US military would … Continue reading →
Partnerschaft mit US-Militär: Microsoft und die Pentagon-Milliarden
tagesschau.de https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/microsoft-us-militaer-auftrag-101.html Partnerschaft mit US-Militär: Microsoft und die Pentagon-Milliarden Stand: 27.04.2021 14:20 Uhr Microsoft wird am Dienstagabend voraussichtlich wieder gewinnträchtige Quartalsergebnisse vorlegen. Der Software-Gigant profitiert dabei auch zunehmend von Erlösen aus einer Partnerschaft mit dem US-Militär.
Continue reading → 2021/06/11-13 online and offline Cornwall, UK
The G7 is coming to Cornwall . . .
. . . and so is resistance!
International days of action – 11th-13th June, 2021
Mass Day of Action – 12th June (https://resistg7.org/day-of-action/)
Alternative conference – tbc
Die Produktion von biologischen Waffen ist nur den USA erlaubt
von Dr. Wolfgang Schacht Veröffentlicht von LZ ⋅(Linke Zeitung) 27. April 2021 Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (USA), wohl wissend, dass sie in der Welt die Stärksten, die Klügsten, die Gewissenlosesten und Skrupellosesten sind, produzieren tödlich wirkende Viren, Bakterien und Toxine für biologische Waffen. Sie können das, sie dürfen das und tun das, weil derartig gefährliche Tätigkeiten auf dem Territorium der USA nicht erlaubt sind, weil sie das Genfer Protokoll vom 17. Juni 1925 („Protokoll über das Verbot der Verwendung … Continue reading →