by Angelo Cardona,Ibero-American Alliance for Peace
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded in 1949 as an intergovernmental military alliance with the aim of defending its allies and stopping the expansion of the then Soviet Union. NATO was founded more than 70 years ago and currently has 30 member states and 9 global partners outside of Europe.
The focus of this meeting is for us to familiarize ourselves with NATO’s new campaign “NATO 2030: United for a New Era”. Please visit the web site here: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/176155.htm and if you can please read in advance 67-page report (in English and French) here: https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2020/12/pdf/201201-Reflection-Group-Final-Report-Uni.pdf and https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2020/12/pdf/201201-Reflection-Group-Final-Report-Fre.pdf Our No to NATO Network needs to discuss this terrible plan and develop a strategy of resistance. Many of us believe that NATO 2030 will prevent the international community from achieving the Paris … Continue reading →
The “job” of the ICC is to develop the Network, f.e. in exchanging information and communicate frequently. At least twice a year the ICC (or parts of it) should meet in person. The ICC has the responsibility to intensify/ coordinate communication within the network, to coordinate the work of the network on specific topics, and to develop and conduct events with the network. The ICC fulfills the decisions of the annual meeting. The work in the ICC is voluntary (honorifique, … Continue reading →
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Lista con los enlaces a las sesiones del Día de la Paz del FSM sólo en inglés. Liste avec les liens vers les sessions de la Journée de la Paix du FSM uniquement en anglais. Lista com os links para as sessões do Dia da Paz do FSM somente em inglês. List with the Links to the Peace Day Sessions of the World Social Forum.pdf With https://zoom.us/test you can test your connection to a zoom room. Is your mic working, … Continue reading →
Creating a Department/Ministry of Peace
January 24th, 2021, at 9:00 – 11:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organised by IPB
*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
by Pablo Dominguez, 11 January 2021
After a mobile blockade lasting almost two months, a small group of traditional herders and activists has successfully repelled NATO and the Montenegrin military’s efforts to occupy the territory of Sinjajevina in Montenegro – the largest mountain grassland in the Balkans and the second in Europe.
In an archetypal David and Goliath encounter, Sinjajenivan herders have braved and adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns, driving snow and sub-zero temperatures to keep numerous military incursions at bay.
COVID-19 Global Solidarity Manifesto
January 24th, 2021, at 21:00 – 23:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organized by COVID-19 Global Solidarity Coalition
join: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscOuupjkjHdcDXDSaDvceXe23_a-PUo_p
Global NATO – All Countries Are Affected
January 24th, 2021, at 21:00 – 23:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organized by international network No to war – no to NATO (No to NATO)
Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86938577515?pwd=QzU2b2VzSnA2N1hpSVFXc1R6a0JXZz09
Divest-Reinvest: Towards a Local Peace Economy
January 24th, 2021, at 19:00 – 21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organized by World Beyond War (WBW)
Join: https://actionnetwork.org/events/webinar-divest-reinvest-towards-a-local-peace-economy?clear_id=true
Military Bases: Environment and Geostrategic Impacts
January 24th, 2021, at 19:00 – 21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organized by Campign Stopp Air Base Ramstein, No to NATO, IPB
join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86300952443?pwd=Rlhvb3JDbE8wMUxmcGp1dzFNRGE5UT09
Nuclear Weapons: Challenging This External Threat Together
January 24th, 2021, at 19:00 – 21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organized by Organised by International Peace Bureau (IPB)
Join: https://zoom.us/j/97474310623?pwd=MTdPcHFQcDNYK1dVV1hqVW1xaTAwQT09
For Peace, Justice & Democracy: U.S. Movement Perspectives
January 24th, 2021, at 17:00 – 19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organized by Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security (CPDCS)
Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r5PdLlVPTgiyNlJn_WpTrQ
Military Spending Costs Us The Earth – GCOMS
January 24th, 2021, at 17:00 – 19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organized by Global Campaign on Military Spending (GCOMS) and IPB
join: Self-Organized: Links Coming Soon!
Militarization and Migration – the world of Human Right Defenders
January 24th, 2021, at 17:00 – 19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organised PragueSpring2
join: https://zoom.us/j/94598083927?pwd=b2E1NGVTZUxUZjkyZnVjUnJYY2VpUT09
Militarism and Climate Change
January 24th, 2021, at 11:00 – 13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organized London Students for Yemen
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Military: Environment and Climate Killer January 24th, 2021, at 13:00 – 15:00 CET (UTC+1) Organized by Campaign Stopp Air Base Ramstein and International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES) Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81327220855?pwd=WGd0MXJNeEg4VWFQaURVK2cyaHd1dz09 Speakers: Claus Montonen (Finland), INES Board, University of Helsinki Tamara Lorincz (Canada), Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, IPB Council, No to NATO Moderator: Karl Heinz Peil (Germany), Campaign Stopp Air Base Ramstein Description: This webinar will address the damages of military and military installations to … Continue reading →
Militarism: Violence against Women as a Weapon of war
January 24th, 2021, at 11:00 – 13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organized by Women against NATO
join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82735709540?pwd=QmYwSHdMR3dIeXBLemFCTjFadm4wUT09
Preventing War Through Collaboration And Dialogue
January 24th, 2021, at 11:00 – 15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organised by PragueSpring2
Join: https://zoom.us/j/99394487928?pwd=MHdjS3FBdkZUVCtxanZGYW5Odll3QT09
People’s Voices for Disarmament in Asia
January 24th, 2021, at 9:00 – 11:00 CET (UTC+1)
Organised by IPB
Join: https://zoom.us/j/97388517995?pwd=OUJKa1ZXakxROTRjUTYwOVFXelNhdz09
Universal Disarmament for Social and Ecological Transformation
January 24th, 2021 at 15:00 -17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Central Penal Discussion
Join: https://zoom.us/j/94334029186?pwd=UkU1cGU5TkxWVjlXMnR2WjdGOXN1dz09
The No to War – No to NATO Network denounces the North Atlantic Treaty Association’s (NATO) continuing efforts to obstruct the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) that comes into force on January 22, 2021.
On December 15, NATO issued a statement that once again voiced its groundless opposition to the TPNW. NATO reiterated its commitment to remain a nuclear alliance “as long as nuclear weapons exist”. Continue reading →
See also: www.no-to-nato.org/wsf2021/
Read: List-of-WSF-Peace-Events-final.pdf
See the links for the sessions: https://www.no-to-nato.org/2021/01/list-with-an-overview-of-the-links-to-the-different-sessions/
Sign the petition to John Kerry and the U.S. Congress here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-excluding-military-pollution-from-climate-agreements
Also the IPB Youth Network (http://ipbyn.org/) has its own mobilization for the International Peace Congress in Barcelona 2021
With more than 100 events and several thousand participants, the day of action and protest organized by the Abrüsten statt Aufrüsten campaign (Disarm instead of Rearm) was a great success, despite the difficult conditions created by Covid-19.
Peace initiatives all over the country were joined by trade unions and – in a new showing of solidarity— environmental organizations who made this day theirs and, full of ideas and imagination, took to the streets for peace and disarmament while keeping with the nation-wide Corona-related restrictions. Human chains, rallies, vigils, public events, signature campaigns, and information stands characterised the more than 100 actions.
by Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.
29 December 2020
One of the pre-conditions for Soviet support for the reunification of East & West Germany was the promise from the US that NATO would not expand ‘one centimeter’ toward the Russian borders. The Soviet Union’s Warsaw Pact alliance folded after its collapse thus making no need for NATO. Instead since those days NATO has been on steroids and is now working to become a global alliance.
Read more on http://space4peace.blogspot.com/2020/12/why-is-nato-going-global.html
More information about events around the globe on January 22nd, 2021
are here: www.icanw.org/events
You also can register your event there.
NATO report makes recommendations to reduce internal conflicts and strengthen the alliance against Russia and China.
BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Own report) – NATO must strengthen its cohesion and take new steps to position itself against Russia and China, according to the report “NATO 2030” officially presented by the military alliance at its meeting of foreign ministers that ended yesterday. Vetoing inconvenient decisions by the Alliance will be made more difficult. Cooperation with countries at Russia’s borders and in China’s vicinity should be intensified. The report was commissioned last December to settle openly escalating dissension within the Alliance, which French President Emmanuel Macron previously denounced in blunt terms (“brain death of NATO”). The report was drawn up under the aegis of former German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière and US diplomat Wess Mitchell. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has highly praised the report, intended to provide the basis for a “Strategic Concept,” whereas experts dismissed it as a “security policy hawker’s assortment.”
The Doomsday Clock is historically for the first time 100 seconds to midnight. The Nobel prize winners “The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists” justify this aggravation with the dangers of the atomic war and the consequences of the climatic changes. The dangers of a great – all-destroying – war have increased in view of the rivalries of the great powers, as have the quantity and quality of regional conflicts and wars over resources and as consequences of climate change. Wars are inseparable components of the “new normal.” Continue reading →
Dear friends and comrades,
The Doomsday Clock is historically for the first time 100 seconds to midnight. The Nobel prize winners “The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists” justify this aggravation with the dangers of the atomic war and the consequences of the climatic changes. The dangers of a great – all-destroying – war have increased in view of the rivalries of the great powers, as have the quantity and quality of regional conflicts and wars over resources and as consequences of climate change. Wars are inseparable components of the “new normal.” Continue reading →
US-STRATCOM stands for United States Strategic Command. It’s one of the eleven combatant commands in the Pentagon, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Traditionally, STRATCOM’s mission was to direct a nuclear war, if it were ever to occur. If that wasn’t dangerous enough, STRATCOM experienced a tsunami of changes after 2001. https://youtu.be/67JdFXTa8LA
Continue reading →WSF.2021 | LET’s BUILD TOGETHER AND TOGETHER THE NEXT WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
Week of January 25-30, 2021 | (Virtual – and face-to-face when possible)
Organizations and social movements from all over the world are invited to build together the next edition of the World Social Forum and to participate in its activities that will take place in the week of January 25-29, 2021, basically virtually, but also in places where it is possible to carry them out with sanitary security. https://wsf2021.net/ Continue reading →
Following up with our previous discussions, we would like to invite you to the next International Action Meeting for a nuclear weapon free Europe.
We will focus on the impact of next the entry into force of the TPNW on January 22nd, especially in European nuclear weapon hosting states and nuclear weapon owning states.
The key note speaker will be Susi Snyder from PAX (Nederland), member of ICAN International Steering Group, and Director of Don’t Bank on the Bomb Campaign.
Visit www.ipb2021.barcelona to register and for all the latest details on the 2nd IPB World Peace Congress.
https://www.ipb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IPB-World-Peace-Congress-Programme-Draft-4.pdf
Congress Teaser (Feat. Noam Chomsky) https://youtu.be/yfMSOOKghd8 Subtitles available in English, Spanish, and Catalan.
https://www.facebook.com/events/700058380890318
„The European Spring is Necessary“
Prague & online, the 5th + 6th of December 2020
Organized by: Prague Spring 2 – European network against right-wing extremism and populism – together with UNITED for Intercultural Action, transform! europe, Activist for Peace, Continue reading →
