IPB Petition: INVEST IN HEALTHCARE INSTEAD OF MILITARIZATION

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 International Peace Bureau has launched this petition to the General Assembly of the United Nations.

We, the signatories, call on the world leaders meeting at the General Assembly of the United Nations*, to dramatically reduce military spending in favor of healthcare and all social and environmental needs.

*Signatures will be brought to the United Nations General Assembly on the 1st day of the next session opening on September 15th 2020

https://www.change.org/p/general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-invest-in-healthcare-instead-of-militarization

Download the statement in English, Spanish, French, German, Swedish, or Finnish.

Read the full IPB newsletter www.ipb.org/?na=v&id=74

Press Release – Launch of an Appeal for a Nuclear Weapons Free Europe

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On the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a new campaign is being launched to make Europe a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone. The campaign is being initiated by 8 campaigning organisations: the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation; Church and Peace; the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES); the International Peace Bureau (IPB); the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); the European section of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW); Pax … Continue reading →

2020/09/12 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Runder Tisch zur Konversion u.a. Air Base Ramstein

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Mit Trumpf Ankündigung des Teil-Truppenabzugs muss die Debatte um Konversion wieder Fahrt aufnehmen. Die Dringlichkeit, sich bereits vor Beginn von konkreten Konversionsmaßnahmen mit Weitsicht vorzubereiten, zeigt aktuell das Beispiel des Konversionsprojektes des ehemaligen US-/NATO-Militärflughafen Sembach, der bis 1995 in Betrieb war. Die Böden und damit perspektivisch auch das Grundwasser sind noch stärker mit vermutlich krebserregenden Schadstoffen belastet als bisher angenommen (Rheinpfalz, 18.7.). Die Größenordnung des kontaminierten Areals (ca. 230 ha) übersteigt die Möglichkeiten einer Entsorgung und Deponierung der Böden, obwohl … Continue reading →

„AirBase Ramstein: Pfälzer Initiative „Entrüstet Euch!“ erwirkt Einsichtnahme in Konversionsordner

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Pressemitteilung der Pfälzer initiative “Entrüstet Euch” 20.07.2020 „AirBase Ramstein: Pfälzer Initiative „Entrüstet Euch!“ erwirkt Einsichtnahme in Konversionsordner Entgegen der Aussage von Ralf Hechler, Bürgermeister von Ramstein-Miesenbach, einen Ordner zur zivilen Mitnutzung der AirBase Ramstein nicht zu veröffentlichen (Rheinpfalz, 9.7.20), erwirkte die Pfälzer Initiative „Entrüstet Euch!“ (PIEE) die Einsichtnahme im Rathaus von Ramstein-Miesenbach. Am Donnerstag, den 16. Juli konnten Connie Burkert Schmitz und Achim Müller von der PIEE den Ordner einsehen und kopieren, nachdem sie über die Internetplattform „Frag den Staat“ … Continue reading →

Forward Operation Location (Hato) in Curaçao

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June 20, 2020, David Cenciotti

The U.S. Air Force will temporarily deploy four aircraft and crews to Curaçao to support drug-interdiction operations.

An E-8 Joint STARS (JSTARS) and an E-3 Sentry Airborne Early Warning aircraft, supported by two KC-135 Stratotankers, will soon fly detection and monitoring missions in international airspace to support U.S. and international law enforcement authorities fighting criminal organizations trafficking illegal narcotics in the Caribbean region, the U.S. Southern Command has announced.

https://theaviationist.com/2020/06/20/usaf-to-deploy-e-8-jstars-e-3-sentry-and-kc-135s-to-support-counter-narcotics-operations-in-the-caribbean/

AFRICOM as the colonization of Africa by the US

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BAP (Black Aliance for Peace) is intensifying the work against  the U.S. African Command (AFRICOM, Stuttgart Germany) as we link the work against the war being waged on African people in the U.S. by the domestic army we call the police and U.S. militarism abroad against African people and other colonized peoples’ and nations.  

BAP’s U.S. Out of African Campaign has developed an international network of over two hundred activists from around the world – the U.S. Out of African Network (USOAN). 
 
Tunde Osazua, BAP Network coordinator discusses the project and the issues driving AFRICOM and the U.S. basing and command structures. 
 
 

Link to Authoritarianism or Democracy Recording

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With Massachusetts Peace Action, last night CPDCS held what I think was a uniquely important webinar last night titled “Authoritarianism or Democracy” with Noam Chomsky, the historian Van Gosse, and the African-American (BLM & Poor People’s Campaign) organizer Ty dePasse.
 
It was, I think, uniquely excellent and had 640 people registered from across the U.S. and four other countries, and I thought to share it with you  I was the lead organizer, but didn’t have to appear online.
 
Noam’s analysis will likely  be quite familiar to you, but Van Gosse’s presentation was comprehensive and chilling and concluded with a dose of hope. And Ty described the daily experiences of white supremicist authoritarianism for People of Color, beginning with a terrible example here in Boston.
 
In any event, I think you will appreciate seeing it. You can listen in at:  https://youtu.be/UH0v9pjo-I0

Link to Webinar — Why there should be a “Pivot to Peace not war with China” (Video)

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Hi all,  Here is the link to the webinar on “Why there should be a Pivot to Peace not war with China.”  that was broadcast on July 11. It has a lot of good information.  I hope you will watch it and circulate it.  https://www.facebook.com/peacepivot/videos/923494844819562 I spoke about the provocative RIMPAC naval exercises, the largest naval war practice in the world that will be in August in the waters off Hawaii with 20 countries, 200 ships, submarines and aircraft–for practice with a … Continue reading →

Konversion: US Army raus und zivile Nutzung rein

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Deutschland braucht einen Masterplan für die Zeit nach Corona, wozu auch bisher militärisch genutzte Flächen gehören. Ein Kommentar zu den Konsequenzen einer US-Truppenreduzierung in Deutschland.   Karl-Heinz Peil https://weltnetz.tv/story/2367-konversion-us-army-raus-und-zivile-nutzung-rein

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Michael Klare on U.S. & China, A New Tonkin Gulf Incident in the Making?

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recommended by Joseph Gerson Friends, It’s no surprise that Trump is working hard to distract our attention from his monumental failures by scapegoating China. He is desperate not to lose November’s election. And, Beijing’s leadership has certainly created its openings for Trump. BUT, missing from the barrage of daily news reports is what Col. Lawrence Willkerson, formerly Secretary of Defense Colin Powell’s chief of staff, has described as Trump dangerously sticking his finger in China’s eye with aircraft carrier deployments … Continue reading →

The Trident nuclear armed submarines

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by Rae Street As many of you know the UK’s fleet of 4 Trident nuclear armed submarines are ‘integrated’ into NATO. Just to remind you of the horrors of Trident. Each submarine can carry up to 8 missiles; each missile can carry up to 5 warheads, with each warhead having 8 times the killing power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. One submarine patrols the seas at all times and, as they have a huge range, could be under the … Continue reading →

2020/07/11 INTERNET
online Aktionskonferenz und Konzert 11.07.2020

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Virtual action days July 8th – 11th 2020 Lec­tures + Ac­tion Con­ference + Be­ne­fit Con­cert

14.00 – 16.00Uhr Online-Ak­tions­kon­fe­renz / online ac­tion mee­ting

Hier pla­nen wir zu­sam­men unseren Pro­test im Sep­tember in Berlin

ab 18Uhr

Online-Konzert Stopp Air Base Ramstein

weltnetz präsentiert das Konzert der Stopp Air Base Ramstein Kampagne

weltnetz.tv/video/2368-online-konzert-stopp-air-base-ramstein

u.a. mit: Allmann | Äon | Courtier | Diether Dehm | Glücksgriff | Kilez More | Morgaine | Seom + Annika Dietm

Niederländische Armee wegen Sozialaufstand auf Antilleninsel Curaçao mobilisiert

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Willemstad. Nach mehreren übereinstimmenden Berichten hat die Regierung der Niederlande Soldaten auf der Antilleninsel Curaçao mobilisiert. Infolge der Corona-Pandemie ist es zu massiven sozialen Verwerfungen auf der Insel gekommen. Vergangene Woche war es zwei Tage in Folge zu sozialen Protesten gekommen, die sich zu einem Aufstand entwickelten. Vor allem Jugendliche und Müllwerker wandten sich gegen angekündigte Sozialkürzungen. Protestierende hatten Barrikaden errichtet, Feuer gelegt und den Regierungspalast gestürmt. Dies berichtet heute das Lateinamerika-Portal amerika21. Curaçao leidet heftig unter den Auswirkungen der … Continue reading →

2020/07/16 zoom webinar
9am EDT | 2pm BST | 3pm CEST | 10pm JST
Nuclear weapons in the NATO Strategy

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We invite you to our second webinar: Nuclear weapons in the NATO Strategy The webinar is held in remembering to the 16 July 1945 – ‘Trinity’: world’s first nuclear test (https://www.ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/16-july-1945-trinity-worlds-first-nuclear-test/) We will discuss the topics, bomb sharing France/Germany, nuclear tests by the USA, modernization of nuclear weapons by EU and NATO with our ICC (international coordinating committee) members: Luda De Brabander, Belgium, Spokesman Vrede vzw Claudia Haydt, Germany, Regional Director of DIE LINKE. Baden-Württemberg, Member of the Executive Board … Continue reading →

2020/07/16 zoom webinar 2pm Eastern, 11am Pacific, 8pm CEST
“Strengthening Solidarity between Social Movements in Venezuela and the United States”

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The Embassy Protection Collective invites you to an important virtual meeting:

“Strengthening Solidarity between Social Movements in Venezuela and the United States”

Thursday, July 16 at 2:00 pm Eastern/11 am Pacific

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER (zoom)

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Short report of the no to NATO network meeting on June 30th, 2020 (via zoom)

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Dear activists and members of the no to war – no to NATO network Minutes of the zoom network meeting June 30th, 2020 minutes taker kristine about 15 persons attend the meeting we discussed four points 1. Social media work 2. Questions to the EU parliamentarians regarding EU militarization and NATO 3. Short report from a zoom call for the next WSF 4. Next steps 1. Social media work we are using twitter (223 tweets, 83 following, 108 followers) and … Continue reading →