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Category Archives: NATO Summit 2014 Newport

Woman in Black – London vigil on NATO – September 3rd 2014

No to war - no to NATO Posted on September 20, 2014 by

We want you to know that Women in Black devoted our Wednesday evening central London vigil on Wednesday Sept 3 to “women say no to NATO”, and I attach a couple of photos you might want to add to the website report of the events, together with our leaflet – those leaflets that passersby signed we sent onwards as a petition to David Cameron.           Leaflet Signatures No to NATO 2014.pdf … Continue reading →

Report from NATO Summit in Newport, Wales, 4-5 Sept 2014

No to war - no to NATO Posted on September 16, 2014 by

Disbanding NATO would be the alternative On September 4-5 in the normally peaceful little Welsh city of Newport, the latest NATO Summit took place, more than two years after the last summit in Chicago in May 2012. Once again we saw the same images: vast areas sealed off, no-traffic and no-fly zones, and schools and shops being forced to shut. Safely shielded in their 5-star Celtic Manor Hotel resort, the “old and new warriors” held their meetings in surroundings far … Continue reading →

No to War – No to NATO* Statement on NATO troops in Finland and Sweden

No to war - no to NATO Posted on September 3, 2014 by

Finland and Sweden are about to sign a new cooperation agreement with NATO this week. It is called a “Host NATO Support” and allows the NATO Response Force to enter Sweden and Finland at their request. This pushes Sweden and Finland even closer to full NATO membership. Even during the height of the Cold War, Finland and Sweden remained neutral. Now, without public discussion and debate, they are moving further from neutrality into a much closer relationship with the NATO … Continue reading →

Moskau sieht in NATO ein Sicherheitsrisiko

No to war - no to NATO Posted on September 2, 2014 by

Russland kein strategischer EU-Partner mehr / Umstrittene Aussagen der Präsidenten Putin und Gauck Die ukrainische Krise weckt zunehmend den Eindruck wachsender Bedrohungen – das gilt auch für manche Äußerungen. http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/944573.moskau-sieht-in-nato-ein-sicherheitsrisiko.html … Continue reading →

Ein Ring um Russland (NATO-Gipfel)

No to war - no to NATO Posted on September 2, 2014 by

German foreign policy Newsletter vom 03.09.2014 – Ein Ring um Russland WASHINGTON/BERLIN (Eigener Bericht) – Auf ihrem morgen beginnenden Gipfeltreffen wird die NATO eine Vergrößerung ihrer militärischen Schlagkraft und eine verschärfte Einkreisung Russlands beschließen.

Women say no to NATO!

No to war - no to NATO Posted on September 2, 2014 by

Women say no to NATO! Position paper originating at the women’s workshop at the Counter Summit “No new Wars – No to NATO” Newport, September 1st, 2014   As women of the No to War, No to NATO international action network we join in wholehearted condemnation of NATO as an aggressive, expansionist, nuclear armed military alliance. Its creation fostered decades of Cold War, its continued existence has perpetuated armed conflicts and wars, and its intention is clearly to assure long-term … Continue reading →

Nato summit: First protests in Newport and Cardiff

No to war - no to NATO Posted on September 2, 2014 by

This clip includes interviews with Joseph Gerson and our friend Ludo de Brabander from Ghent who will be our host there. 1 September 2014 Last updated at 11:11 BST There have been protests over the weekend by those opposed to the Nato summit in Newport. On Saturday, hundreds gathered in Newport city centre for an anti-Nato march. And on Sunday in Cardiff, around 150 people came together at Cardiff’s county hall for what was described as a counter-summit. Stephen Fairclough … Continue reading →

Some links to reports before the NATO summit

No to war - no to NATO Posted on September 1, 2014 by

News Updates from CLG 29 August 2014 http://www.legitgov.org/ All links are here: http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news Lockdown in Cardiff: City turned into high security ‘prison’ with 10 mile ‘ring of steel’ ahead of Nato conference 27 Aug 2014 Cardiff city centre has been turned into a high security ‘prison’ with 10 miles of fencing – which is being dubbed the ‘ring of steel’ – ahead of the Nato conference next week. Police have erected the nine feet high security fencing around Celtic Manor resort in Newport where … Continue reading →

Workshop: women and war during Counter Summit NO NEW WARS – NO TO NATO

No to war - no to NATO Posted on August 29, 2014 by

NATO talks about women rights but it destroys life’s! A Workshop during the counter summit  (programm counter summit.pdf) in Wales, Sunday, August 31st, 2014, 12:30-13:30 h, Cardiff County Hall, Atlantic Wharf Cardiff CF10 4UW We should discuss, why with NATO no gender justice can be achieved, even if it implements UN Res 1325 and talks about women rights. NATO is a military organization, which need for its survive hierarchical structures, with commandingandobedience, creates and need concept of the enemy (Feindbilder). … Continue reading →

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