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2021/03/01 zoom webinar 18:00 CET
No to NATO second network meeting about NATO2030 and China | NATO2030 and EU

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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

In this session we will focus on the topics

  • NATO and the new enemy image China
    Ann Wright, Hawaii, USA, Veterans for Peace, CODEPINK
  • New relation NATO and EU
    Alain Rouy, France, Movement de la Paix

The discussion will also reflect on the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels, 17-18 February 2021

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The U.S. Military Is the World’s Biggest Climate Destroyer.

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No to War and Occupation! No to Environmental Degradation

Emerging Dynamics of Antiwar and Climate Justice Movements

Talk by Alison Bodine at the United National Antiwar Coalition National Conference held from February 21–23, 2020, at the People’s Forum in New York City.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-military-world-biggest-climate-destroyer-no-war-occupation-no-environmental-degradation/5717658

Early implemntation of NATO 2030

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Joseph Gerson shared the following slightly edited version of a CNN report.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-and-france-flex-muscles-in-south-china-sea-raising-beijing-e2-80-99s-ire/ar-BB1dwUK0 U.S. and France flex muscles in South China Sea, raising Beijing’s ire CNN – Feb. 9,2021 CNN reports that two U.S. carrier groups are conducting exercises in the South China Sea, reinforced by  France which announced one of its attack submarines had sailed through the zone. According to CNN: The Navy reported that “The aircraft carriers Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz “conducted a multitude of exercises aimed at increasing … Continue reading →

NATO 2030 – United for a New Era

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Rae Street, February 2021 NATO recently commissioned a report on the future of NATO from ten experts appointed by the Secretary- General, Jens Stoltenberg.   It opens with congratulations to themselves, as according to the authors, NATO is the ‘most successful alliance in history’.  I guess it depends on how you define ‘success’.  Provoking conflict by expansion?  Not short on arrogance, the report claims that it is ‘indispensable’ with its ‘peace ensuring role’ in a world of ‘competing great powers’. Throughout … Continue reading →

US Air Force bomber unit sets up shop in Norway

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COLOGNE, Germany — The U.S. Air Force is temporarily deploying 200 personnel with an expeditionary B-1 Lancer squadron to Norway to help manage bomber training flights in the region, U.S. European Command announced Tuesday. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2021/02/02/us-air-force-bomber-unit-sets-up-shop-in-norway/

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NATO, Europe, US & China

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31“….the rise of China is fundamentally shifting the global balance of power;heating up the race for economic and technological supremacy; multiplying the threats to open societies and individual freedoms; and increasing the competition over our values and our way of life.” This is how NATO chief, Jens Stoltenberg,speaking in June 2020, introduced his outline for NATO 2030, https://www.spokesmanbooks.com/Spokesman/PDF/146Clegg.pdf

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NATO countries including Canada thwarting new nuclear weapons ban treaty

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by Tamara Lorincz January 31, 2021 The most significant multilateral treaty for nuclear disarmament in fifty years came into force on January 22. The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has now been ratified by over 50 countries and signed by more than 80 countries. https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/nato-countries-including-canada-thwarting-new-nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty-op-ed

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Protesters hold back military takeover of Balkans’ largest mountain pasture

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Montenegro’s military — and maybe NATO — want the Sinjajevina Highlands for maneuvers; traditional herding communities want these biodiverse alpine pasturelands conserved.

by on 18 January 2021

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https://news.mongabay.com/2021/01/protesters-hold-back-military-takeover-of-balkans-largest-mountain-pasture/

Towards 2030, NATO is shaping our future

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by Manlio Dinucci NATO is looking to the future. For this reason, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg summoned students and young leaders of the Alliance countries via video conference on February 4, proposing “new ideas for NATO 2030.” His initiative is part of the growing involvement with universities and schools, also with a competition on the theme: “What will be the greatest threats to peace and security in 2030 and how will NATO adapt to counter them?” To carry out the theme, … Continue reading →

2021/02/09 zoom webinar 9pm (EST)
Asia-Pacific Political Economy: Dynamics and Their Implications

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Asia-Pacific Political Economy: Dynamics and Their Implications, Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9 p.m. (EST)     Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qr3Ctt6WRYyX0KXm6-O6hQ In recent decades, the Asia/Indo-Pacific region has been transformed by unprecedented economic growth, driven in significant measure by globalization, law wage production, growing economic inequality, repressive labor laws, technological coemption and disregard for the environment.  With the world’s three largesteconomies the region is responsible for 60 percent of global gross domestic product. Impacting these dynamics are the impacts of the pandemic, the U.S.-Chinese trade war including … Continue reading →

New generations should advocate for the abolition of NATO

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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.

Why abolish NATO?

Read more https://iberoamericanalliance.medium.com/angelo-cardona-new-generations-should-advocate-for-the-abolition-of-nato-aacff0769072

2021/02/04 zoom webinar 18:00 CET
No to NATO network meeting about
NATO’s new campaign “NATO 2030: United for a New Era”

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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 →

What is the job of the ICC?

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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 →

Save Sinjajevina: Herders and activists protect Montenegrin pastures from military occupation

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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.

https://www.vrede.be/nieuws/save-sinjajevina-herders-and-activists-protect-montenegrin-pastures-military-occupation