In recent years, the US and NATO have been militarizing the Arctic through Norway as a means to confront Russia. This militarization is increasing tensions between nuclear-armed nations. As the Arctic melts away, these powerful nations are competing for dominance in the region as new routes are established, building new military bases, constructing new radars, and less efforts are placed in diplomacy.
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Category Archives: English
Save Sinjajevina: how a movement took on the military, and won a first crucial battle
In late 2020, a coalition of national environmental and rights’ activists, pastoralists, and international NGOs resisted a military training exercise taking place in the unique Sinjajevina highlands. Following the first phase of the campaign, WRI staff met Pablo Dominguez, an eco-anthropologist who collaborated with the Save Sinjajevina Association, and shared with us the significance of this precious place, the movement that led its defence, and their plans for the future. The campaign website is available here: https://sinjajevina.org/ You can sign … Continue reading →
[PM] Befremden über Auftritt von NATO-Generalsekretär und Minister a.D. de Maizière beim Kirchentag Copy
Frieden-links.de Press release May 14, 2021 Astonishment at appearance of NATO Secretary General and former Minister de Maizière at Church Congress in Germany (3rd Ecumenical Kirchentag) Frankfurt/Bremen. As part of the third Ecumenical Church Congress, some 80 digital events will be broadcast from May 13 to 16, 2021. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will be represented at an Ecumenical Church Congress (Kirchentag) for the first time. We – activists from the peace movement – see with great disconcertment that the … Continue reading →
2021/05/29 Brussels, Belgium
NATO – USA: Hands off Kurdistan – Hands off the Middle East!
The No to war – no to NATO network supports the action, please participate!!!
We call all organizations against militarism, war and aggression to
support our protest gathering on May 29, 2021,
at 13.00-14.30 in front of the US Embassy
in Boulevard du Régent 27, 1000 Brussels.
NATO – USA: Hands off Kurdistan – Hands off the Middle East! Continue reading →
Blurring the monopoly on violence: Private Military and Security Companies and coercive state power
Blurring the monopoly on violence: Private Military and Security Companies and coercive state power
©Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Carlos Díaz, Ekaterina Zepnova, Felip Daza, Giulia Campisi and Nora Miralles. Observatorio de Derechos Humanos y Empresas del Mediterráneo (ODHE)
The state’s role in security has been progressively privatised, from the military to the prison system. The result is a shadowy corporate world in which violence is facilitated, accountability is diminished and human rights violations and impunity abounds.
No business without enemies: War and the arms trade
Jordi Calvo Rufanges, Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau
STATE OF POWER 2021 May 2021
The arms trade is one of the world’s most successful corporate enterprises. Not only has it created an economic system that grows regardless, it has normalised war and security responses to every social crisis.
https://longreads.tni.org/stateofpower/no-business-without-enemies-war-and-the-arms-trade
2021/09/24-25-26 Friedensradfahrt 2021
Aachen – Volkel – kleine Brogel
Friedensradfahrt 2021 – Aachen – Volkel – Kleine Brogel: 24. – 26. September 2021
Es wird eine Delegation von 10 Menschen aus Deutschland zu den Aktionen in Volkel https://doemee.sp.nl/volkel/?ref=stopkernwapensnl und Kleine Brogel https://vrede.be/nl/kalender/bikes-not-bombs fahren.
Peace Bike Ride 2021 – Aachen – Volkel – Kleine Brogel: September 24 – 26, 2021.
There will be a delegation of 10 people from Germany to the actions in Volkel https://doemee.sp.nl/volkel/?ref=stopkernwapensnl and Kleine Brogel https://vrede.be/nl/kalender/bikes-not-bombs.
Ukrainian-US Sea Breeze 2021 exercise with 27 countries including 16 NATO members
Livorno, Italy May 2021by Jeannie Toschi Marazzani Visconti In recent days at the port of Livorno (Tuscany) the Liberty Pride ship of the US Army’s Maritime Security program has docked. The ship must load weapons and equipment from Camp Darby. Camp Darby is located between Pisa and Livorno and is the fourth largest US arsenal outside the United States. Liberty Pride will deliver its cargo to the port of the Romanian city of Constanta on the Black Sea on the … Continue reading →
2021/05/26 zoom webinar 9am CEST (UTC+2)
Feminist critiques of militarisation
Feminist critiques of militarisation
Connect with WILPF Sections from across the globe as they expose increased militarisation in Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Italy, and Australia. Come along to envision an alternative future based on feminist peace!
Interpretation will be available in English, German, Italian, and Japanese.
May 26, 2021 09:00 AM in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
https://bit.ly/3eijAVy (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIuf-6uqTItHtZQBDlQtg339cQQuhuhSEsM)
US Military Bases, Training and “New Threats”
by Pablo Ruiz* (Abr 15, 2021)
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the Army, the DEA, the CIA, and other U.S. agencies have innumerable bases of operations, facilities, offices, as military agreements that allow them to operate at any time in our territories.
https://www.derechoalapaz.com/us-military-bases-training-and-new-threats/
*Pablo Ruiz is a Journalist and part of the Observatory for the Closing of The School of the Americas (SOA Watch).
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 →
Europe is a war-games ground for the US / NATO strategy
by Manlio Dinucci In 2020, people’ land mobility in the European Union was paralyzed by lockdowns, mainly following the tourism blockade. The same happened in air mobility: according to a study by the European Parliament (March 2021), it suffered a net loss of 56 billion Euros and 191,000 direct jobs, plus over a million in related industries. In 2021, the recovery is promising to be very problematic. Only one sector has greatly increased its mobility against the ongoing trend: … Continue reading →
2021/05/22 online 10am Colombia | 11am Venezuela (UTC-4)
A Webinar on Haiti, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela
African Liberation in the Americas: A Webinar on Haiti, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fkzIEc-cTEWYIxSNDx1oNA
Official press statements on NATO summit issues and meetings in beforehand (nato.int)
Official press statements on NATO summit issues and meetings in beforehand (nato.int) NATO Secretary General: Summit to future-proof Alliance 18 May. 2021 – Last updated: 18 May. 2021 13:58 https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_183706.htm NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday (18 May 2021) told allied defence chiefs that the NATO Summit in June ”will be a unique opportunity to future-proof our Alliance, reinvigorate the transatlantic bond and demonstrate our commitment to transatlantic solidarity. Not just in words, but in deeds”… Mr Stoltenberg set … Continue reading →
2021/05/19 online
‘Global Britain’ and the Integrated Review
On 19th May at 6pm, Greater Manchester CND is hosting a briefing event on ‘Global Britain’ and the Integrated Review (here).
Following the publication of the UK’s Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy 2021, this event will introduce some of its implications. Continue reading →
2021/06/19 online
Abolition 2000 Annual General Meeting
You’re invited you to the AGM of Abolition 2000 Register here The COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate countries and populations showing the complete uselessness of nuclear weapons when it comes to dealing with global security threats. On January 27, 2021, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists kept their Doomsday Clock at 100 seconds to midnight, the closest we’ve ever been to global oblivion.
Continue reading → 2021/05/23-27 online 3.00pm – 6..30pm CEST
Reworlding
Can we co-create a new collective decision making processes for a better world?
I’d like to invite you to be part of Reworlding, an online gathering starting soon (23th – 29th of May!)
2021/05/27 online 7.00pm – 8.30pm BST
Saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war
Join us online as we celebrate MAW’s 20th birthday! BRUCE KENT and MAW Chairperson TIM DEVEREUX will be joined by expert guests, looking back briefly on our achievements and, more importantly, thinking about the future. PAUL INGRAM in conversation with MERERID HOPWOOD will consider: The challenges of war and peace in the 21st century Alternatives to war – including the UN, conflict transformation and international law The role of the armed forces and their carbon bootprint Come and join the … Continue reading →
Protest as the nuclear submaring enters Tromsø 10’th of May, 2021
Protest as the nuclear submaring enters Tromsø 10’th of May
https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/hit-kommer-den-omstridte-atomubaten-om-kort-tid-1.15488585
Geir, Norway
Follow-Up – Webinar “SIPRI Figures on Military Expenditure – Developments in Germany and Worldwide” (
Dear participants and registrants, with this email, we would like to give you a short overview of our German webinar “SIPRI Figures on Military Expenditure – Developments in Germany and Worldwide”, which we held via Zoom on April 28. This event was one in a series leading up to the Second World Peace Congress in Barcelona being held from October 15-17, 2021, for which we have just published our second programme draft. Find more information about it here: https://www.ipb2021.barcelona/ We … Continue reading →
