Category Archives: Actions around NATO Summits
2021/06/14 zoom webinar 21:00 UTC
ICAN is calling on NATO to take steps to become a “non-nuclear alliance”
Comment by tine: this can only be a first step, the goal is clear: Dissolution of NATO – for solidarity, sustainability and disarmament As leaders from NATO states prepare for a summit in Brussels on 14 June, ICAN has released a major report arguing that members of the transatlantic alliance should embrace the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which entered into force this January. ICAN is calling on NATO to take steps to become a “non-nuclear alliance”, … Continue reading →
NATO – SUMMIT MEETING JUNE 2021
by Rae Street The Morning Star, UK based daily paper, published the article today, 10th June Recently, in reporting on the diversion of the Belorussian aircraft, an ITV commentator said of NATO, ‘seen as the world’s policeman’. So let us unpick that phrase. Firstly, ‘the world’s’ and therefore global. From the time at the end of the Cold War when NATO began to expand its membership to include the former Soviet states up to the Russian border to in more … Continue reading →
2021/06/14 zoom webinar 15 – 17 UTC
Global NATO: a Threat to Peace
Voices for Peace – you !!! can protest against NATO
5pm to 7pm CEST | 5-7am PST | 11-1pm EDT | 4-6pm UK
Calling for 2 minutes “protest greetings against NATO”
2021/06/14 zoom webinar 11 am-12:30 pm UTC
Global NATO: a Threat to Peace
2. Dissolution of NATO – for solidarity, sustainability and disarmament Monday June 14th: 1pm to 2.30pm CEST | 1am-2:30am PST | 7am-8:30am EDT | 12pm-1:30pm UK Interpretation: English, French and Spanish By diverting attention and resources to militarism, NATO will also make it difficult to achieve the urgent Paris Agreement climate targets and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Global solidarity and international cooperation is needed to solve common challenges: the pandemic, the climate emergency, and inequality. With … Continue reading →
2021/06/13 zoom webinar 6am PDT | 9am EDT | 3-6:30pm CEST
Global NATO: a Threat to Peace
1. Global NATO – the threat of war Sunday June 13: 3pm to 6:30pm CEST Interpretation: English, French and Spanish Introduction Heinz Bierbaum, Germany, President – European Left Part I NATO2030 – NATO’s new global vision: Ludo De Brabander, Belgium, vrede vzw Nuclear weapons – abolition or new arms race?: Kate Hudson, UK, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) Military spending on the rise: Cloe Meulenwaeter, Barcelona, Centre Delàs d´Estudis per la Pau War on terror – 20 years on: Lindsey … Continue reading →
2023/02/23 zoom webinar 17:00 CET*
The role of NATO in the Ukrainian war (Final program update 2022/02/15)
*new time Thursday, 23rd February 2023 at 17:00 CET (to avoid collisions with other events)
We will address the role of NATO and NATO’s responsibility in this war. No war falls from heaven, they have always a prehistory including provocations by NATO and the Ukrainian governments and elites.
Organized by the No to NATO network. A contribution to the action weekend against the Ukrainian war. Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdu2srjkpH9Ltevuz00q-H3UDd3or7QX8
Women say no to NATO – 2 T-Shirts are missing!
The 2 T-Shirts (women sign) and (blank) in the middle are missing.
I ask all women reading these lines, please try to find the 2 missing T-Shirts.
Please send them back!!!
We need them for counter actions
against the “NATO security conference“
Please send them back to CND (Kate Hudson), 162 Holloway Road, London N7 8DQ
Zombie NATO Is Obsolete; Militarists Try To Revive It Through Expanded Targets
https://popularresistance.org/zombie-nato-is-obsolete-time-to-end-it/
Continue reading →NATO Summit and 2020 planned Aggression
By Peter Koenig, December 12, 2019
https://www.globalresearch.ca/nato-summit-2020-planned-aggression/5697496
” […] President Macron has undoubtedly succeeded in getting himself talked about before the summit and he has obtained that is indicated in the joint statement the opening of a group of “prospective reflection” on the strategy of the Atlantic Alliance; in fact, France will remain in NATO an unconditional ally of the strategies decided in Washington.
The pacifist counter-summit decided to intensify its actions in 2020 to denounce NATO as a factor of war and insecurity and to demand its dissolution, in favor of a security alternative that includes all the countries of the continent. European. The Defender 2020 maneuvers will be the occasion for the mobilization of public opinion against NATO, an instrument of war in the service of North American hegemony, in favor of a Europe of peace in a safer world.”
Mouvement de la Paix / The Peace Movement (France)
Mouvement de la Paix / The Peace Movement (France) Communique 2019.12.11 Contrary to the media preparation cleverly orchestrated by President Macron, the NATO summit held in London on December 5 and 6, 2019 has not led to a questioning of this military alliance dating back to the Cold War. , on the contrary. After celebrating 70 years of NATO at Buckingham Palace, the Heads of State and Government unanimously adopted a final declaration stating that “terrorism in all its forms … Continue reading →
No to NATO Activities in London
by Kate Hudson, CND Secretary General and member of the ICC of “No to war – no to NATO”
Hundreds of peace activists from across Europe gathered in central London on 30th November to challenge the NATO war machine and discuss alternatives to current policies which are taking the world closer to war. ‘The New World Disorder’ was the counter-summit organised by the No to War – No to NATO network, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Stop the War Coalition. In a packed hall draped with banners from our movement, participants welcomed the veteran writer and broadcaster Tariq Ali, well-known for his pivotal role in the campaign against the Vietnam War. He was joined in the opening plenary by Ludo de Brabander from Vrede vzw in Belgium, Lindsey German from the Stop the War Coalition, UK, and Kristine Karch from the No to War – No to NATO network in Germany. Arielle Denis, the French IPB and anti-nuclear activist, well-known to many in the audience, was in the chair for the session.
http://www.ipb.org/activities/2019-activities/no-to-nato-activities-in-london/
NATO is the main Threat of War
Press Release: NATO is the main Threat of War 3/12/2019 As the 29 members of the NATO military alliance meet in London this week, we are informed of growing tensions between US president Donald Trump, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel on the best strategy for defending Europe, against those aggressors who threaten us. However, a more important NATO Counter Summit was held last weekend in London organised by a broad range of anti-war and human … Continue reading →
Aufrüstung trotz Streit
NATO erhöht Einsatzbereitschaft und nimmt China ins Visier
BERLIN/BRÜSSEL (Eigener Bericht) – Ungeachtet heftiger innerer Auseinandersetzungen erhöht die NATO ihre Einsatzbereitschaft, steht vor ihrer nächsten Erweiterung und nimmt China als neue “Herausforderung” ins Visier. Das sind zentrale Ergebnisse des gestern zu Ende gegangenen Jubiläumstreffens des Kriegsbündnisses, zu dem dessen Staats- und Regierungschefs in London zusammengekommen waren.
Talk Nation Radio: David Gibbs: Get Rid of NATO
Talk Nation Radio: David Gibbs: Get Rid of NATO, interview by David Swanson http://davidswanson.org/talk-nation-radio-david-gibbs-get-rid-of-nato/ https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-david-gibbs-get-rid-of-nato David Gibbs is a Professor of History at the University of Arizona and has published widely on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and NATO. His publications have appeared in both academic and popular venues, such as the London Guardian, Los Angeles Times, and Le Monde Diplomatique. He also recently debated the topic of humanitarian intervention at the Oxford Union Society … Continue reading →
Pacifisti oggi a Buckingham Palace | Pacifists today at Buckingham Palace (03.12.2019)
Pubblicato il 3 dic 2019 di Gregorio Piccin
70° della Nato. A Londra va in scena anche il controvertice. Tariq Alì: con Corbyn vince la pace.
Lo scorso sabato si è tenuto il contro-vertice “New world (dis)Order” presso la chiesa battista di Bloomsbury solidale con i contenuti pacifisti della giornata. L’evento organizzato dal coordinamento europeo “No to War-No to Nato” col sostegno della Sinistra europea è stato la prima risposta della Londra antimilitarista al vertice Nato ospitato dal governo di Boris Johnson.
http://www.rifondazione.it/primapagina/?p=40265
The article in https://ilmanifesto.it/search/Pacifisti+oggi+a+Buckingham+Palace is behind a pay-wall, at least a registration-wall.
The Guardian: President Macron is right: it’s time Nato came to an end
Nato now provides the US with a captive market for its weaponry, writes Anthony Matthew, while Rae Street* highlights its nuclear ambitions
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/04/president-macron-is-right-its-time-nato-came-to-an-end
*Rae Street is part of the no to NATO network and attended the international Counter summit the New World Disorder held in London last Saturday.
Here is her letter published in the UK Guardian on Thursday, 5th December (see link above).
2019/12/02 Oslo, Norway
Manifestation against NATO
Stopp NATO Norway plans on
2nd of December there will be a manifestation outside Parlament against NATO adressing the NATO-meeting in London.
Kristine Mollø-Christensen (for Stopp NATO) Norway https://stoppnato.no/
2019/11/30 London, UK
Counter Summit: The New World Disorder
Final programme is online
2019/12/01 London, UK
Annual Meeting Network “No to war – no to NATO”
2019 December 1st in London 10am – 1pm community centre in Bloomsbury Chadswell Centre, Harrison St, London WC1H 8JF As agenda we propose: Opening by Kristine Karch and Lucas Wirl, co-chairs of No to war – no to NATO Greetings and information about the UK election by Chris Nineham, Stop the war coalition, UK Last years activity report of the last year, including counter actions in Washington and London Activities of the network in 2020/2021 Elections of the ICC (international … Continue reading →
2019/12/03 London, UK
No to Trump – No to NATO Demonstration
03 December 2019
Assemble: Trafalgar Sq, London – 4PM
March to Buckingham Palace
Organised by: Stop the war coalition Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
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2019/12/03+04 London, UK
NATO summit – Let us protest
Registration and Tickets on eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-new-world-disorder-tickets-76928839229
2019/12/03+04 London, UK
First announcement: NATO summit, 3rd and 4th Dec. 2019
Let us protest in London and elsewhere
Finally, NATO-General secretary Stoltenberg announced the exact days for one of the important NATO-summit. It will be December 3rd and 4th 2019 in London.
Let us prepare protest in London and everywhere
Save the date:
London 30 Nov 2019 counter summit | 1 Dec 2019 Annual Meeting International Network “No to war – no to NATO | 3 Dec demonstration “No to NATO no to Trump”
Counter Summit Washington 2019: Real Russia in the real world
Real Russia in the real world Myths, conflicts and provocations Anna Ochkina Western perception of Russia is distorted by propaganda, traditional myths and stereotypes. The same can be said about Russian perception of the West. The difference, however, is that in Russia considerable section of society doesn’t take official propaganda seriously and stereotypes are very much undermined by practical experience given the fact that millions of Russians travel abroad, many lived abroad and many people have relatives living abroad. Moreover … Continue reading →
Counter Summit Washington 2019: EU militarization & NATO
EU militarization & NATO Ludo De Brabander (Vrede vzw) Washington, 2 april In June 2016, Federica Mogherini, the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, presented the Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy. It came thirteen years after the first European Security Strategy (2003) and is supposed to give direction to the EU foreign and security policy in the coming years. Absence of European responsibility Mogherini’s Global Strategy offers little room for self-criticism. The … Continue reading →
Counter Summit Washington 2019: Common Security Talk
Common Security Talk Joseph Gerson NATO Counter-Summit Conference – April 2, 2019 This is not going to be a traditional peace movement talk. I want to begin by naming a contradiction that I have long lived with. I am a pacifist and anti-imperialist. I also think that we must walk and chew gum at the same time: pressing broad and urgent demands like ending the Yemen War, preventing war with Iran and Venezuela, and demanding nuclear weapons abolition and ending … Continue reading →
Counter NATO Article in The Nation
A friend called an article in the Nation about the counter-NATO events to my attention. It’s based on a press release that David Swanson put out, and included a good quote from me that caught my friend’s attention. You’ll find it at: https://www.thenation.com/article/nato-turns-70/
FYI, The Nation is probably the most important and widely read left magazine in the country, with its hard copy probably reaching 100,000 subscribers or more. (It has 60,000 people who send donations to it, over and above their paid subscriptions.)
Pictures and materials from the 70 YEARS OF NATO – international conference in Florence
Pictures and materials from the 2019/04/07 Florence, Italy 70 YEARS OF NATO – international, about 600 people attended. NATO-Exit: Dismantle NATO, Close Down 800 US Military Bases, Prosecute the War Criminals by Prof Michel Chossudovsky April 04, 2019 DECLARATION OF FLORENCE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL FRONT NATO EXIT The book: BOOK 70 YEARS OF NATO.pdf ji
Continue reading →DECLARATION OF FLORENCE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL FRONT NATO EXIT
The risk of a vast war which, with the use of nuclear weapons, could mean the end of Humanity, is real and growing, even though it is not noticed by the general public, which is maintained in the ignorance of this imminent danger. A strong engagement to find a way out of the war system is of vital importance. This raises the question of the affiliation of Italy and other European countries with NATO. NATO is not an Alliance. It … Continue reading →
Anti-NATO Actions in Washington in TRT WORLD Channel
The report about the Anti-NATO Actions in Washington startet at ~ 4:10 min
Déclaration : Pour les 70 ans de l’OTAN, demandons sa dissolution
Le 4 avril 1949 était créée par 12 pays l’Organisation du Traité de l’Atlantique Nord, l’OTAN, donnant un contenu permanent au Traité unissant les vainqueurs occidentaux de la deuxième guerre mondiale. Cet anniversaire sera célébré à Washington D.C. La décision des Tchécoslovaques de se doter d’un gouvernement socialiste, le « coup de Prague », en a été un des déclencheurs. Il s’agit d’une alliance préventive à la fois militaire et politique. Composé de membres de l’OTAN, le G7 a des … Continue reading →
NATO-Exit oder : NATO- Nobel War Price
Ein Bericht über die 2019/04/07 Florence, Italy70 YEARS OF NATO – international von Leonhard Schaefer* (11.04.2019) NATO-Exit oder : NATO- Nobel War Price Der 70. Geburtstag der NATO wurde von 29 Außenministern gefeiert, die nicht im Hauptquartier der NATO in Brüssel, sondern im Außenministerium in Washington zusammentrafen. Zeremonienmeister war Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg, der aber lediglich die Eröffnungsrede des Aussenministers Michael Pompeo ankündigte. Es ist also das US-Außenministerium selbst, das uns klar zeigt, dass die NATO ein Instrument der Vereinigten Staaten … Continue reading →
Martin Luther King Memorial
At 9:30, we’ll walk 15 minutes to the MLK Memorial for a rally there at 10 a.m. with speakers and musicians including: Graylan Hagler, Luci Murphy, Art Laffin, Jaribu Hill, Omali Yeshitela, Karlene Griffiths Sekou, Kevin Zeese, Ben Grosscup. (Full list of speakers and musicians)
Here a selection of some short video clips.
Ben Grosscup “We Say NATO’s Got to Go”
Luci Murphy & Ben Grosscup “We shall not be moved”
Protesting the NATO’s 70th anniversary: The peace movement’s counter-actions in Washington & the NATO’s Ministerial Summit
Protesting the NATO’s 70th anniversary: The peace movement’s counter-actions in Washington & the NATO’s Ministerial Summit by Reiner Braun & Kristine Karch, “No to war – no to NATO” International Network On the 30th of March 2019, with wonderful spring weather, about 1000 people demonstrated near the White House, in Washington DC, for the overcoming and dissolution of NATO. This was the prelude to several protest actions that would take place throughout the week, on the occasion of the NATO’s … Continue reading →
Presentation at the annual meeting 2019 in Washington DC
Actions and activities of the last 2 years
Presentation at the annual meeting 01.04.2019 in Washington DC
2019/04/06 Madrid, Spain
“70 años de guerra. OTAN no, bases fuera” | Embajada de los EEUU
Internationalist Front (FAI) has organised a rally in front of the US embassy in Madrid, Spain. We are forwarding the report from the rally and the statement that was read. After an intense but brief hailstorm, some 50 people accompanied the representation of “the NATO clown”, with a satirical interpretation of the role in security and stability that politicians and the mass media try to convince us NATO plays and of the complicity of the Spanish state and the cession … Continue reading →
No NATO in Washington quoted in AFP
An AFP story, picked up by Reuters, JIJI in Japan, and lord knows what other outlets quotes me to the effect that NATO should have been retired and is now a global alliance.
You’ll find it at https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/03/31/world/donald-trump-critical-nato-looms-bodys-70th-anniversary-meeting/#.XKLMyZhJFPY
Foreign minister meeting April 4th, 2019 (Video)
The foreign minister meeting took place at State Department / Harry S. Truman Building. At the beginning, when the foreign ministers arrived, we could demonstrate without barriers, later they put some between us and the entrence, because some of us made a sit-in on the street. Here a selection of some short video clips.
Continue reading →Foreign minister meeting April 4th, 2019
We gathered at 7:30 a.m. at the Albert Einstein Memorial (2101 Constitution Ave NW) or across Constitution Ave if need be — very near where the NATO foreign ministers will be meeting. At 8:00 a.m. we heared from our speakers and musicians outside the State Department, protest NATO, and greet meeting attendees. Speakers and musicians will include: Ben Grosscup, Luci Murphy, Megaciph, Art Laffin, Ludo De Brabander, Kristine Karch, Phil Wilayto, Medea Benjamin, Ann Wright. ©
Continue reading →NATO-Exit: Dismantle NATO, Close Down 800 US Military Bases, Prosecute the War Criminals
NATO-Exit: Dismantle NATO, Close Down 800 US Military Bases, Prosecute the War Criminals
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky April 04, 2019
“This text prepared in the context of the April 7 2019 Florence International Conference: No War, No NATO will centre on the key relationship between US-NATO military operations directed against targeted countries and the imposition of far-reaching neoliberal economic reforms both before and in the wake of US-NATO military interventions. …”
NATO Interrupted
Report by David Swanson about an action. Wednesday (03.04.2019 Washington) morning an event was held in a building overlooking Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., at an organization called the Center for European Policy Analysis, which is funded by: FireEye, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Bell Helicopters, BAE systems, the U.S. State Department, the Pentagon, National Endowment for Democracy, the U.S. Mission to NATO, and NATO’s own Public Diplomacy Division.