Category Archives: English
2026/07/03+07 online pre-counter summit + post-counter summit
2026/05/12 online
Video is online now Webinar: NATO: Still Going Global?
Watch the recording here: Speech América Latina: No a la Guerra, No a la OTAN (Latin America: No to War, No to NATO) by Pablo Ruiz
Continue reading →From Helsingborg to Ankara: Global Voices on NATO, Militarization, and Welfare
Overview This online gathering takes place alongside the NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden (May 21–22), which is expected to emphasize increased defence spending. Such commitments risk undermining efforts toward peace, social justice, and effective responses to the climate and environmental crisis. There is an urgent need to critically examine NATO’s expanding role, as it increasingly extends its influence beyond the military into areas such as natural resources, technology, finance, and media. This raises concerns about global power imbalances, … Continue reading →
2022/07/20 Online event 18:30 BST
Escalating War in Europe could Lead to WW III
US, NATO, UK and their allies are determined to prolong the Russia-Ukraine war which could lead to World War III. Peace is the answer.
The underlying issue: Nuclear weapons and their proliferation & Letter for nuclear non-proliferation in Germany
The underlying issue: Nuclear weapons and their proliferation By Pablo Ruiz* The fundamental question is not up for debate: Should countries possess nuclear weapons? There are nine nuclear powers. In the current landscape, France will expand its nuclear arsenal; the Finnish government is set to introduce a bill to allow the country to acquire them; and Germany already has the capability to produce them whenever it chooses. While the world follows the Israeli-American war against Iran through the media, and … Continue reading →
Urgent: Stand in solidarity with Yurii Sheliazhenko
Yurii Sheliazhenko, Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement and a conscientious objector, was detained by Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv on March 19 without proper legal basis or due process. This is a serious human rights violation. Many of you know Yurii’s work advocating for nonviolence and conscientious objection. Now is the time to stand with him. We call for his immediate release and urge you to sign the petition demanding that the Ukrainian government drop all charges. Sign the … Continue reading →
Japan Should Not Violate Laws for the United States
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, March 19, 2026 As Ms.Takaichi, the Prime Minister of Japan, meets with the U.S. President on this anniversary of the attack on Iraq with the attack on Iran underway, she should agree to nothing that violates 1. The peace Constitution of Japan, imposed on Japan by the United States. Article 9 of Japan’s constitution states: “Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign … Continue reading →
The world is closer to Armageddon
By Pablo Ruiz* In January 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists stated that we are 85 seconds away from midnight—or the “Doomsday Clock”—due to the threats of nuclear war and climate change. As the war—which resumed in late February against the Islamic Republic of Iran—intensifies, with new attacks carried out by the United States and Israel against Tehran, we must once again raise the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons in this conflict, in a context where international … Continue reading →
Ukraine needs peace! Stop the bloodshed!
The war in Ukraine is entering its fifth year. Since Russia invaded the country in violation of international law, death and destruction have reigned. NATO’s confrontational policies and its long-standing refusal to seek a lasting and peaceful solution through diplomatic channels have contributed to the loss of so many lives. The people of Russia and Ukraine are fed up with war. Mothers no longer want to feed the war machine with their children. It is good that negotiations are taking … Continue reading →
2026/02/25 online
Webinar: Latin America and the Caribbean, Peace Under Threat
This coming February 25th, we invite you to participate in this webinar “Webinar: Latin America and the Caribbean, Peace Under Threat”. Continue reading →
YURII SHELIAZHENKO*, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR TO MILITARY SERVICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER, UNDER IMMEDIATE THREAT
JOINT PRESS RELEASE | 23 January 2026 The undersigned organizations express serious concern regarding the continued persecution of Ukrainian human rights defender Yurii Sheliazhenko, a conscientious objector to military service. He is currently under an alarming threat of being arrested and forcibly conscripted under Ukraine’s system of universal military registration, which is enforced through coercive measures including arbitrary detentions and forced transfers to conscription offices. Such practices effectively compel conscientious objectors to act against their beliefs and directly violate Article … Continue reading →
Μανιφέστο κατά του Παγκόσμιου ΝΑΤΟ και Έκκληση για Κοινή Ασφάλεια
Το ΝΑΤΟ είναι ένα αυξανόμενο εμπόδιο για την επίτευξη της παγκόσμιας ειρήνης. Δεν είναι πλέον ο Βόρειος Οργανισμός Ατλαντικού Συμφώνου. Είναι η μεγαλύτερη στρατιωτική συμμαχία στον κόσμο, με συμμάχους και εταίρους στην Ασία, την Αφρική και τη Λατινική Αμερική. Από το τέλος του Ψυχρού Πολέμου, το ΝΑΤΟ έχει επανεφευρεθεί ως εργαλείο στρατιωτικής δράσης, ψυχολογικού πολέμου και πρόσβασης σε πόρους και αγορές, από τη «διεθνή κοινότητα» και τις παγκόσμιες στρατιωτικές και πολιτικές παρεμβάσεις. Με τις συνεργασίες και τις κοινές επιχειρήσεις, αποτελεί … Continue reading →
Manifesto: No to Global NATO – Yes to Common Security
NATO is an increasing obstacle to achieving world peace. It is no longer an organization confined to the North Atlantic: it is the world’s largest military alliance, with allies and partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has reinvented itself as a tool for military action, psychological warfare, worldwide military and political interventions, and accessing resources and markets; it often claims to undertake these actions on behalf of the “international community”. With … Continue reading →
NATO means militarisation and war – it also mean corruption!
At the end of October 2025, a consortium of French, Belgian and Dutch journalists (La Lettre, Le Soir and Knack, Follow The Money) published a three-part investigation revealing a huge corruption scandal affecting NATO, particularly within the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). The investigations uncovered a whole system of bribes obtained by Alliance consultants in exchange for arms and fuel procurement contracts. The revelations indicate the extent of rigged public procurement, involving corrupt officials, crooked industrialists and suitcases full … Continue reading →
2025/06/21+22
Upcoming events: counter-summit in The Hague
Full details of the counter-summit on the 21st and the demonstration on the 22nd, are on the new website of the Counter-Summit Coalition for Peace and Justice.
Already ten buses are going from Belgium. Please share the link and mobilise to participate. We look forward to seeing you there.
2026/06/23-24 Brussels, Belgium
International Forum for Peace is taking place in Brussels
Following on from the counter-summit events in The Hague, an International Forum for Peace is taking place in Brussels on the 23rd and 24th June. It’s timed exactly fifty years after the signing of the Helsinki Accords and aims to build on that legacy. Peoples from across the world will gather to challenge the rapid rise of militarism and build a global movement behind a common vision of dialogue, diplomacy, and sovereign equality among nations.
2025/06/22 from 10 am to 1 pm The Hague Peace Projects, Netherlands
offline Open Meeting of the No to War – No to NATO International Network
When: On 22nd June from 10 am to 1 pm Where: The Hague Peace Projects, Paviljoensgracht 20, 2512 BP, The Hague, Netherlands During the weekend of events against the NATO Summit, the No to War – NO to NATO Network will be holding a discussion session to which all those interested are invited. This will include an exchange of information and discussion on further actions against militarisation and NATO. This will take place on the morning of Sunday 22nd June, … Continue reading →
Invest in peace – not war!
Appeal: Support the protests at the NATO Summit in Den Haag, June 2025 – please join us!
If you would like to sign up to support this Appeal, please click here.
Trump’s foreign policy agenda – the isolation and defeat of China – is nothing new, but his determination to end NATO’s proxy war with Ukraine, to detach Russia from alliance with China, has thrown most European leaders into turmoil. Continue reading →
2025/06/25-26 Den Haag Official NATO Summit
Let’s protest against the summit.
Appeal Invest in peace – not war!
Read the appeal in the different languages
2025/06/24+25
official NATO summit in the Hague
As NATO leaders prepare to meet for a Summit in The Hague on the 24th and 25th June, the movement in the Netherlands, backed by the peace movement internationally, is organising a series of events over the weekend of 21st and 22nd of June.
Trump’s Second Term: NATO, war, and the economy *Watch Now*
Watch back our recent timely and interesting webinar, featuring in-depth analysis and up-to-the-minute assessments, with expert contributions from:
Continue reading → 2025/02/18 webinar
The True Face of NATO: Trump’s Second Term: NATO, war, and the economy
international webinar Tuesday February 18th at 6pm UK time; 7pm CET; 1pm EST Register here Donald Trump has returned to the presidency demanding that NATO nations increase their military spending to 5% of GDP, and threatening massive tariffs. His commitments to NATO remain uncertain, and his administration is changing the previous US approach to the Ukraine War,
Continue reading →The True Face of NATO: international webinar *Watch Now*
Watch back our recent fascinating and popular webinar, featuring great analysis and action planning, with the following contributions: Continue reading →
2024/11/21
The True Face of NATO: international webinar
Thursday 21st November at 6pm (CET) REGISTER HERE NATO claims that its existence is based on its member countries’ common values of individual liberty, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
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2024/07/0/ NYC, USA
🇵🇸 THIS 4TH OF JULY: ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE!
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2024/09/21-28
Action for Peace and Climate Justice
As part of efforts to unite the peace and environmental movement towards the 1st Global Week of Action for Peace and Climate Justice: 21–28 September 2024 (more info and link see below): 2024/06/29
Disarmament, Welfare and Climate – Cooperation West, East and South
As part of efforts to unite the peace and environmental movement towards the 1st Global Week of Action for Peace and Climate Justice: 21–28 September 2024 (more info and link see below):Disarmament, Welfare and Climate – Cooperation West, East and South
CEST (UTC+2, Paris time) 15:30 – 17:30
– Oleg Bodrov, Ryssland, Soumya Dutta Indien, Marianne Laxén, Finland
– Oleg Bodrov, Ryssland, Soumya Dutta Indien, Marianne Laxén, Finland
2024/07/15 webinar
Join Medea Benjamin, Oleg V. Bodrov, Shirine Jurdi, Jeffrey Sachs, Yurii Sheliazhenko, and Tamara Lorincz on Saturday, tomorrow, June 15th.
Massive escalation by NATO
With a deadly poisonous cocktail of self-righteous arrogance, radical ignorance, complete denial of reality and gigantic megalomania, NATO is war-drunk, openly and intentionally heading into a direct confrontation with Russia in full view of everyone. Not only does it want to continue the war on its behalf, it wants to directly confront its own soldiers in Ukraine vis-à-vis Russian soldiers and attack Russia with its own nuclear-capable weapons.
2024/06/09
If NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization then why are official members, their allies and their devastating military invasions and occupations all over the globe?
A webinar of the Resist NATO Coalition
🗓️ Sunday June 9th
⏱️ 9am Pacific Time / 11am Central Time / 12pm Eastern Time
🤔 If NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization then why are official members, their allies and their devastating military invasions and occupations all over the globe? Continue reading →
USA: Between war and the courage to negotiate
by Pablo Ruiz Espinoza, USA: Between war and the courage to negotiate USA: Between war and the courage to negotiate President Joe Biden’s recent decision to approve a $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan is very bad for the world because it assures us that conflicts and military escalation will continue, with undoubted consequences for everyone. Before this presidential approval, DW News reported that the US House of Representatives had approved the military aid package, showing … Continue reading →
2024/06/16 webinar 6pm CEST
“NATO IN THE ARCTIC”
military tensions, resources, environment, climate, equity, cooperation, peace keeping
Supporters: IPB, GWUAN, space4peace, WBW, No-to-NATO, WILPF-Canada, VOW, Public Council of the South Coast of the Gulf of Finland – Russia, Women for Peace – Finland Continue reading →