Category Archives: English
2020/08/02-09 zoom webinar
Link to Webinar — Why there should be a “Pivot to Peace not war with China” (Video)
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 →
Michael Klare on U.S. & China, A New Tonkin Gulf Incident in the Making?
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
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 →
2020/07/16 zoom webinar
9am EDT | 2pm BST | 3pm CEST | 10pm JST
Nuclear weapons in the NATO Strategy
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”
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
Find it on Facebook here.
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Short report of the no to NATO network meeting on June 30th, 2020 (via zoom)
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 →
2020/07/08-11 INTERNET
Camp and concert now in the internet
Online Protest Camp und Konzert vom 8.-11. Juli 2020 im Internet
The video of the concert is here: weltnetz.tv/video/2368-online-konzert-stopp-air-base-ramstein
Virtual action days July 8th – 11th 2020 Lectures + Action Conference + Benefit Concert
Ramstein Airbase Online days of action
Even in the Corona crisis, the military-industrial complex wants to inform the world that it is armed to the teeth. Germany has reported to NATO its 2020 defense spending of more than 50 billion euros (2015 figure: 35.5billion euros). This is money that is urgently needed for health care, education, social issues and nature conservation. Continue reading →
The art of war Facebook surrounds Africa
by Manlio Dinucci Many industries and service companies are failing or downsizing due to the lockdown and subsequent crisis. Instead, there are those who gained from all this. Facebook, Google (YouTube owner), Microsoft, Apple and Amazon – The New York Times writes – ” since the coronavirus pandemic has made them almost essential services, they are aggressively making new bets “. All these “Tech Giants” are from the United States. Facebook – is no longer defined as social network but … Continue reading →
Damned depleted uranium.
by Marco Consolo and Gregorio Piccin Damned depleted uranium. On the use of depleted uranium ammunition by NATO, General Roberto Vannacci, former commander of the Italian contingent in Baghdad, refused to be part of that acquiescence chain that for decades has involved high military leaders and Defence Ministers Vannacci filed a regular complaint with the Public Prosecutor of Rome and the Military Public Prosecutor reporting “serious and repeated omissions in the protection of Italian military contingent health and … Continue reading →
2020/07/10 zoom webinar 1pm US Eastern, 6pm UK, 7pm South Africa, 8pm Palestine
And Still We Rise!
Minneapolis, Soweto, London, occupied Jerusalem & beyond: United against Racism & Colonialism!
2020/07/26 webinar 7 am EDT
Fund Healthcare Not Nuclear Warfare
July 26, 7:00-8:00 pm
Fund Healthcare Not Nuclear Warfare
During the pandemic, the lack of investment in public health infrastructure, including health care for all, has had deadly consequences for tens of thousands of people. The $22.42 billion the U.S. will be spending this year to upgrade its first-strike nuclear arsenal could pay for 624 million corona virus tests, 747, 633 covid-19 hospital stays, or 6.6 BILLION N95 masks. This has to change. Our lives and security depend on it. Continue reading →
2020/07/13 INTERNET zoom
7pm EDT; 6pm CDT; 5pm MDT; 4pm MST; 4pm PDT
75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings – Deconstructing the Myths and Promoting a Nuclear Weapons-Free & Just World
Join three extraordinary speakers as we build 75th anniversary commemorations of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bombs to build a nuclear-free and just world. Continue reading →
Video Webinar: Authoritarianism or Democracy?
with Noam Chomsky, Van Gosse, Ty dePass
You can hear a recording of the webinar at: https://youtu.be/UH0v9pjo-I0
2020/07/01 webinar
10am EDT | 4pm CEST | 7:30pm IST
People Power &emp; the Pandemic
more on
www.tni.org/en/event/people-power-the-pandemic
- Thenjiwe McHarris, Movement for Black Lives (USA)
- Hakima Abbas, Assocation for Women’s Rights in Development (Senegal)
- Rafeef Ziadah, Palestinian performance poet/Professor at SOAS
- Josua Mata, Secretary General, SENTRO trade union, Philippines
- Vrinda Grover, Human rights lawyer, India
Moderator: Hilary Wainwright, author of A New Politics from the Left (2018)
Angela Davis in anti-racist video
Angela Davis together with sixteen leading racial justice activists, environmentalists, trade unionists, feminists, artists and academics from around the world call for solidarity in order to build a more just and dignified world, and defeat the racism and other injustices exposed by COVID-19 (https://youtu.be/RVaVeBLOkuI)
2020/08/06-09 international on- & off-line
Be part of the Peace Wave 2020
Starting from Hiroshima at 8:15 am on Aug. 6, the time the bomb was dropped, waves of many creative forms of actions will encircle the globe westward along with its rotation until 11:02 am on Aug. 9, the time the A-bomb was dropped over Nagasaki.
Webinar on The Extreme Right and Militarization in Latin America
Documents and video on www.ipb.org/news/webinar-on-the-extreme-right-and-militarization-in-latin-america/
Continue reading →Webinar on Anti-Racism Protest in the United States: No Justice, No Peace
Documents and video on:
http://www.ipb.org/news/webinar-on-anti-racism-protest-in-the-united-states-no-justice-no-peace
2020/06/29 INTERNET zoom 7:00 pm EDT
Authoritarianism or Democracy?
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Authoritarianism or Democracy? Monday, June 29, 7:00 pm EDT |
Cancel RIMPAC Webinar
The full video recording is here (https://youtu.be/Z2fPTaM6g7w)
2020/06/30 Webinar
10am HST | 2pm EDT | 8pm CEST
Follow up meeting of the webinar “NATO in deepest crisis?”
No-to-NATO network meeting
Online network meeting of “No to war – no to NATO” to discuss consequences of the webinar and our further activities as well as our media presence.
Agenda
- social media work of the network
- questions provided to European parliamentarians to the EU authorities about US troops / NATO troops in Europe and EU militarization
- short report from the international zoom call for preparing the next WSF in January 2021 in Mexico city (20 years anniversary) * AOB
For registration please send an email to Keyword “Network Meeting”
Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92163400682?pwd=MGN2am1PQnVKUlJBQ1UwaWhlWXBzQT09
News about the NATO Nuclear Planning Group and U.S.-Russia arms control talks
by Alicia Sanders-Zakre Hope you are hanging in there. I wanted to send an update about some recent nuclear policy news that provide opportunities for campaigners to be speaking up and taking action on eliminating nukes. Here you will find the Media Backgrounder_ 22 June 2020 U.S.-Russia arms control meeting in Vienna.pdf NATO Nuclear Planning Group First, as you may have already seen, NATO held a nuclear planning group meeting this Wednesday. You can read more about it in … Continue reading →
german-foreign-policy: NATO Setting Sights on East Asia
The western alliance is assuming a stronger posture in relationship to China. US experts call for NATO operations in the Pacific.
BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Own report) – NATO should systematically expand its military exercises and operations into the Asia-Pacific region, an expert of Washington’s Atlantic Council think tank proposes in the intensifying debate on the posture the western war alliance should assume in relationship to the People’s Republic of China. China’s “presence in the Arctic, in Africa and in the Mediterranean” calls for a response, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Think tanks suggest that NATO should more closely monitor Chinese investments in the European infrastructure, because “civilian roads, ports and rails” under construction with Chinese participation “are an integral part of NATO’s plans for military mobilization.” NATO is also strengthening its relations with “global partners” such as Japan, South Korea and Australia. For the first time, Australia’s defense minister participated at the meeting of the NATO Ministers of Defense that ended yesterday. The Atlantic Council is also suggesting the establishment of a NATO military headquarters in the Asia-Pacific region.
2020/06/24 Webinar
11:00-13:15 EDT (17:00-18:15 CEST)
75th Anniversary of UN Charter: Special webinar on peace, disarmament and role of women
Dear friends, On June 26, 1945, the United Nations Charter was adopted in San Francisco with the principle aim to ‘save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.’ We invite you to join a very special webinar on Wednesday June 24 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the UN Charter, and to discuss concrete and effective ways to achieve UN objectives to prevent war and advance disarmament for public health and sustainable development. The webinar will also commemorate 20 years … Continue reading →
2020/06/23 Webinar 2h
5am HST | 9am EDT | 3pm CEST | 6:30 IST
Nuclear Weapons and Peace Activism in Germany and Worldwide Copy
Peaceworkshop Mutlangen (Friedenswerkstatt Mutlangen e.V.) invites you to our first internationalen webinar
„Nuclear Weapons and Peace Activism in Germany and Worldwide”
23. June 15:00-17:00 h CEST
23rd June 2020 at 5am HST | 9am EDT | 3pm CEST | 6:30 IST
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2020/06/19+20 Webinar 2h (across Int’l Date Line)
CANCEL RIMPAC online Seminar
Friday, June 19, 3pm to 5pm • Hawaiʻi | 9pm-11pm EDT | Saturday, June 20, 3am to 5am CEST | 1pm to 3pm • Auckland, Wellington
The webinar will be recorded for those in early morning time zones.
Join us for a free online webinar. Speakers will include:
Dr Margie Beavis (Australia), Ann Wright (USA), Maria Hernandez (Guam), Virginia Lacsa Suarez (Philippines), Kawena Phillips (Hawaii), Valerie Morse (NZ). Continue reading →
The military is poisoning the Chesapeake Bay
Front page article in the Baltimore Sun today. Maryland to begin testing drinking water, Chesapeake Bay oysters for harmful ‘forever chemicals’ known as PFAS Wisconsin limits fish consumption when waters reach 12 parts per trillion (ppt) of PFAS. My creek, directly across from a Navy base in Maryland, has 1,894.3 ppt of PFAS and people can eat all the oysters, crabs, and fish they want. 1 ppt may threaten human health, especially the developing fetus. There is tremendous concern that … Continue reading →
STARS and STRIPES: How the Pentagon could cut forces in Germany, and which bases might be affected
Wolfgang Jung, Luftpost Kaiserslautern (Friedenspolitische Mitteilungen aus derUS-Militärregion [Peace policy messages from the US military region] Kaiserslautern/Ramstein | LP 044/20 – 12.06.20), has translated the article from STARS AND STRIPES “How the Pentagon could cut forces in Germany, and which bases might be affected” into German and provided it with his own notes, explanations and links.
Here the original: https://www.stripes.com/news/how-the-pentagon-could-cut-forces-in-germany-and-which-bases-might-be-affected-1.632891
Below are the links from the Luftpost article, which are in English language. Continue reading →
Human security for public health, peace and sustainable development
A global women’s appeal to commemorate International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament (May 24) and the 75th anniversary year of the United Nations
Human security for public health, peace and sustainable developmentA global women’s appeal to commemorate International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament (May 24) and the 75th anniversary year of the United NationsInitiated by: ParliamentariansforNuclearNon-proliferationandDisarmament,WomenLegislators’Lobbyand WorldFutureCouncil
Together we reject the new tests of M 51 nuclear missile in Brittany
DECLARATION Together we reject the new tests of M 51 nuclear missile in Brittany (machine translation) In the midst of a health crisis, the government insists on developing its new nuclear weapons programs to the detriment of health, social and environmental priorities. This obstinacy is expressed through a new campaign of tests of the Nuclear Missile M51 (1) organized, from 9 June and over several weeks, from the point of Penmarc’h in Brittany. These weapons of mass destruction, dangerous for … Continue reading →
M51 missile tests between June 9 and July 8
The Ministry of the Armed Forces announced on 9 June the M51 missile launches: «The window of fire for these tests is scheduled between early June and mid-July», the ministry said. “There will be no detailed communication on these activities as operational activities and weapons systems testing related to nuclear deterrence are covered by defence secrecy,” the Ministry of the Armed Forces added. The Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic has issued an order, “on the occasion of a test launch organized … Continue reading →
2020/06/17 Webinar
10am EDT | 4pm CEST | 7:30pm IST
WALLS MUST FALL: Ending the Deadly Politics of Border Militarisation
Webinar June 17 – Walls Must Fall 
Dangerous US Military Presence In Poland And Eastern Europe
https://popularresistance.org/dangerous-us-military-presence-in-poland-and-eastern-europe/
2020/06/25 Webinar 2h
10am HST | 2pm EDT | 8pm CEST
Is NATO in its deepest crisis in history?
Do we have the historical chance to overcome NATO? What does this mean for war and peace in the world?
Live stream: https://www.facebook.com/NotoWAR.NotoNATO
Together with peace friends from different countries we will try to find answers to these questions. We expect an input of max. 7 minutes from
- Ajamu Baraka, Black Alliance for Peace,US
- Reiner Braun, IPB, ICC no to war – no to NATO, Germany
- Jun Chisaka, Japan Peace Committee, Japan (per video)
- Kate Hudson, CND, ICC no to war – no to NATO, UK
Moderation: Kristine Karch, co-chair no to war – no to NATO, Germany and Ingela Martensson, Women for Peace, ICC no to war – no to NATO, Sweden Continue reading →
CANCEL RIMPAC: Stop War Games in the Pacific!
Ann Wright, Hisae Ogawa from CODEPINK Japan and guests discuss the naval attacks on Hawaiin waters – RIMPAC, how it endangers Hawaiian citizens, and the actions that will be taken against it. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcuMaIlr9og)
Goodbye US troops – Less military means more peace
Newsletter of the campaigne “Stopp Air Base Ramstein”, Germany What we must think of Donald Trump’s announcements, we have known at least since his statements about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and Syria. He’s lying through his teeth. But if he should ever take a right political step out of personal disgruntlement about Germany’s military spending, for reasons of revenge or for strategic orientation towards China, we welcome the withdrawal and celebrate it with a big party at Ramstein Air Base … Continue reading →
solidarity statement to the protesters in the US demanding justice and peace and overturning a racist system that murders and criminalizes Black people
Dear Friends of justice and peace,
As an international network fighting against the biggest most destructive war machine in the world, we stand in solidarity with the protests taking place across your country demanding justice and peace and overturning a racist system that murders and criminalizes Black people. Continue reading →
2020/06/05 Webinar
11am EST, 5pm CEST
Anti-Racism Protest in the United States: No Justice, No Peace
Friday, June 5, 2020 | 11am EST, 5pm CEST
George Floyd’s atrocious murder at the hand of the police in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25 represents only the most recent incident of racism and police brutality in the United States. The resulting protests have spread not only across major US cities, but have gone global.
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France will test missiles for its nuclear submarines in June 2020
According to the regional newspaper Ouest-France, the French army has planned missile testing between 9 and 11 June off the coast of Penmarc’h (Finistère/Brittany), like in 2016 or 2018. In spite of the global pandemic, France continues imperturbably to test weapons and swallow huge sums of money that will fail to meet the necessary budgets for health, education and the satisfaction of social needs. 1 missile “M 51” = 120 million euros, the gross salary of 7500 nurses. A French … Continue reading →
Cyber Valley, MPI und US-Geheimdienste
IMI-Studie 2020/03 Cyber Valley, MPI und US-Geheimdienste Ein militärisch-forschungsindustrieller Komplex? von: Christoph Marischka | Veröffentlicht am: 15. Mai 2020 Cyber Valley, MPI und US-Geheimdienste
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Despite the danger of COVID 19, the US Military Continues War Practice in Europe and Pacific and plans for more in 2021
By Ann Wright
During the COVID-19 pandemic, not only will the U.S. military have the largest maritime military maneuvers in the world, with Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) coming to the waters off Hawaii August 17-31, 2020 bringing 26 nations, 25,000 military personnel, up to 50 ships and submarines and hundreds of aircraft in midst of a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, but the U.S. Army is having a 6,000 person war game in June 2020 in Poland. The State of Hawaii has the most stringent measures to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus, with a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all persons arriving in Hawaii — returning residents as well as visitors. This quarantine is required until at least June 30, 2020. Continue reading →
Stop! DEFENDER-Europe 20 Plus!
Dear friends of peace!
My name is Alvis Petus.
Obviously, you were disappointed with the news about the resumption of the DEFENDER-Europe 20 exercise, which will be held at the Dravsko-Pomorsk training area in Poland from June 5 to 19 in a new “+” format, so was I.