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Stop the declarations of war! It is time for diplomacy!

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Stop the declarations of war! It is time for diplomacy!

At a European summit in Paris last month, French President Macron declared that ground troops from NATO states could be deployed in Ukraine. His statement is symptomatic of the dangerous logic of war into which we have fallen. He is contributing to the self-fulfilling prophecy of militarism that threatens security and stability across the European continent. While no serious support for this irresponsible statement has been forthcoming, such proposals risk fuelling the escalation of violence. It has rightly been observed that sending NATO troops to Ukraine would be a fast track to world war three – likely a nuclear war. Continue reading →

US nuclear weapons are returning to Britain

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RAF Lakenheath: US nuclear weapons are returning to Britain

CND opposes any return of United States nuclear weapons to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. 110 nuclear bombs were stored at the airbase until they were removed in 2008 following persistent popular protest, and they must not be allowed back.

Lakenheath.pdf and the campaign: https://cnduk.org/lakenheath/

Latin America: the implications of U.S. militarization in Ecuador

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Ecuador, like many Latin American nations, is being militarized by the United States – the main NATO country – which continues to impose its hegemony and dominance on the world through military pressure and force.
Ecuador has unfortunately signed an agreement with the US and will send its Russian-made weapons to the war in Ukraine. Latin American countries are against war and support peace negotiations to resolve international conflicts.
No more US and NATO Militarization!!!! We invite you to read this article in Spanish at: (Translated with DeepL.com (free version))
https://www.derechoalapaz.com/america-latina-las-implicancias-de-la-militarizacion-de-eeuu-en-ecuador/

Killing Oneself to Try to Stop a War

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Aaron Bushnell and Ann Wright’s excellent piece on

by Ann Wright, 26 Februar 2024. Common Dreams

In the wake of Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation, Ann Wright recalls other suicides committed in protest against U.S. policies, including by five Americans opposed to the U.S. war in Vietnam.   Continue reading →

Anu Chenoy: NATO Expansion – What is global NATO

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2024-02-22_FL-Webinar_NatoExpansion.pdf

Anuradha Chenoy is Professor Emeritus at the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies at the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

The complete documentation of the webinar in German is here: Beiträge aus Webinar: EU-Militarisierung und Globale NATO

Contribution by Anuradha Chenoy as part of a webinar organized by the Peace-Left Initiative on 22.2.2024

A new start for the World Social Forum

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by Tord Bjork, 23.02.2024*

A new start for the World Social Forum

On the surface, things look very good. Trees are covering more and more areas. In pictures from above, the Himalayan valleys are green, two-thirds forest. But 90 per cent are conifers. Below them there is hardly any vegetation, biodiversity is being lost, the soil is becoming more and more sterile, dry, unusable and unable to store water. The Himalayas are rapidly becoming what is known as a green desert. There is also less and less snow. This is accelerating the melting of the glaciers.

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World Social Forum in Nepal 2024 (fact box)

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The WSF in Nepal on 15-19 February was the 16th time the meeting was held. 18000 registered participants took part in 400 activities from over 1100 organisations. The organisers estimate that people from 98 countries participated and that 50,000 people passed through the Forum during the meeting days. The march on the opening day was attended by 12,000 to 15,000 people. Participants came primarily from Nepal and neighbouring countries in South Asia, mainly India but also Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka … Continue reading →

International compromise agreed in Tunis December 2022 (fact box)

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International compromise agreed in Tunis December 2022 one, and if there is interest several assemblies, bringing together different popular movements could be established as permanent features of the global WSF family. They can make statements in their own name during the WSF and on their own mandate between meetings. The first of these is the WSF World Assembly of Struggles and Resistance of WSF, which had a small beginning before and during the WSF in Kathmandu. Several other thematic World … Continue reading →

The International Committee (fact box) and a conflict

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The elected board the International Committee  The WSF is governed by the International Committee which consists of many of the original Brazilian initiators and organisations that are elected if they are active internationally. Conflict between Open Space and a forum that takes decisions. One conflict that has hampered the WSF is between groups who want the forum to be able to make decisions and those who have favored a strict interpretation of what is meant by open space. At a … Continue reading →

Guidelines adopted in Porto Alegre (fact box)

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Declaration adopted in Porto Alegre The WSF is guided by a declaration adopted in Porto Alegre that seeks alternatives to imperialism, capitalism, patriarchalism and a better relationship between man and nature. The declaration favours what is called an open space where no decisions are made in the name of all participants. Popular movements and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) can participate, but parties and armed groups such as the Zapatista EZLN in Mexico cannot, even though the Zapatistas were the unifying force … Continue reading →

World Social Forum (fact box)

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World Social Forum The WSF started in Porto Alegre in southern Brazil in 2001 with an estimated 15000 participants as a parallel forum to the World Economic Forum in Davos. The first time the meeting was held outside Brazil was the fourth time in Mumbai, India in 2004, this time with 150,000 participants. Since then, the meeting has been held in Venezuela, Mali, Pakistan, Kenya, Senegal, Tunisia twice and several times again in Brazil. The first and so far only … Continue reading →

US Holocaust Memorial Museum calling to “Never Again” tolerate genocide for anyone

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NVI along with Jewish Voice for Peace DC-Metro, and Friends of Sabeel North America, projected photographs and slides [1] on the exterior walls of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum calling on the world to “Never Again” tolerate genocide for anyone.

https://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/letter_by_nvi_director_to_the_holocaust_museum_silence_death

Why Israel’s Violence Gets So Much Notice (It’s Not Antisemitism)

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The question of Israel is whether European colonialism can ever make peace with the rest of the world.

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Partisans of Israel have often asked: On a planet overflowing with war, famine, and cruelty, why does the world pay so much attention to what’s happening in Gaza (and the West Bank) in comparison with other horrors? The implied or explicit answer is that this must be due to antisemitism.

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/20/israel-colonialism-europe/

Resilience 2049

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In this powerful 5 minute video future children talking to us about our inaction on climate change and environmental destruction. It could apply to war as well.

How Nato seduced the European Left

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The anti-war movement has fallen for a progressive circus

BY May 16, 2023

In January 2018, Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg held an unprecedented press conference with Angelina Jolie. While InStyle reported that Jolie “was dressed in a black off-the-shoulder sheath dress, a matching capelet and classic pumps (also black)”, there was a deeper purpose to this meeting: sexual violence in war.

https://unherd.com/2023/05/how-nato-seduced-the-european-left/

For God’s Sake Joe, What the Hell Are You Doing?

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From U.S. military attacks on Syria, Iraq, and Yemen to the related complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank, Biden’s course of action is a danger to U.S. national security.

2024/02/19 session 3
Continuation of Case studies on permanent neutrality

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Session 3: Continuation of Case studies on permanent neutrality

Content Session 3

Continuation of Case studies on permanent neutrality – how do states practice permanent neutrality and what are the threats? Continue reading →

2024/02/12 session 2
Case studies on permanent neutrality

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Session 2: Case studies on permanent neutrality

Content Session 2

Case studies on permanent neutrality – how do states practice permanent neutrality and what are the
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Israeli government poisons the region with firefighting foams containing PFAS

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Israel is also a world leader in the production of deadly brominated flame retardants.

By Pat Elder January 27, 2024

An obscure 2022 report by the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection on PFAS provides shocking data on levels of PFAS contamination in the groundwater near oil installations in Haifa, Ashdod, and Kiryat Haim.

https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/israeli-government-poisons-its-own-people-and-the-region-with-firefighting-foams-containing-pfas

Poisoning Gaza

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By Pat Elder January 31, 2024

Joshua Frank’s article, Making Gaza Unlivable ought to be read by everyone. Frank is the managing editor of CounterPunch. He describes the collapsing infrastructure and dire circumstances of Gaza in this January 12 story:

“Like the Allied forces of World War II, Israel is killing indiscriminately. …

https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/poisoning-gaza

2024/04/26-28
Euro­pean Com­mon Space for Alter­na­ti­ves

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SAVE THE DATE // Join us in Marseille from the 26th-28th of April 2024

Info call (6 Feb, 5pm CET) on the European Common Space for Alternatives

For a social, feminist, antiracist, ecological, peaceful and democratic Europe
To face the rise of the far right we need to build inclusive societies

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Joseph Gerson : Gaza Cease-Fire Now! No Wider War

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we must join the majority of the world’s nations in building pressure on Biden and Netanyahu to declare a ceasefire, to deluge Gaza with the food, water, medicines, and fuel essential for life. We must do this with everything we’ve got and we must do it now.

Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/gaza-ceasefire-now-no-wider-war

2024/04/27-07/07 Washington DC, USA
Starting April 27 Walking from Augusta, Maine, to Washington, DC, for Peace

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updates 2024/04/21

Starts April 27 in Augusta, Maine, ends in Washington, DC before the events “No To NATO/Yes to Peace” for July 5-7. The NATO 75th Anniversary is July 9-11 in Washington, DC or nearby.

https://peacewalk2024.org https://nonatoyespeace.org/

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