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2016 U.S. Presidential Election — Trump’s Victory and the Urgent Imperatives Before People’s Peace, Justice, and Environmental Movement

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Statement U.S. Peace Council, November 25, 2016 Executive Summary: Regarding the election victory of Donald Trump, the US Peace Council first of all salutes the massive demonstrations that call for improving workers’ lives, saving the environment, respecting women, opposing racism, supporting immigrants and rejecting Islamophobia. While much of what Trump said during the campaign and what he stands for is divisive and destructive, it is unlikely that a majority of Trump supporters voted based on Trump’s scapegoating statements. Many if … Continue reading →

NO to TRUMP and his Racism! NO to the War at Home!

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Statement from United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), USA

We stand in solidarity with all oppressed people under attack at  home and abroad!
We urge full participation in the anti-Trump demonstrations!

In reaction to Donald Trump’s election victory, tens of thousands of people, most of them youth, have taken to the streets across the country in militant protests to condemn the racism, sexism, Islamophobia and anti-immigrant bigotry that Trump represents. Many are fearful, especially immigrants, Muslims and LGBT people. Their rage and that of their supporters signify the movement that needs to be built to end racism, wars and the attacks on working people endemic in the U.S. today.

http://nepajac.org/UNAC_111116.html

Superpower Europe

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German Foreign Policy 2016/11/16 WASHINGTON/BERLIN (Own report) – Under German pressure, the EU is pushing toward the establishment of military structures, independent of NATO, as is evidenced by recent decisions taken by its defense ministers. At their meeting, ending yesterday, the defense ministers decided, as a first step, that particular EU countries should enhance their military cooperation. The EU will establish a logistic hub and explore the creation of a European Medical Command. They planned the setting up of a … Continue reading →

NATO Publics Blame Russia for Ukrainian Crisis, but Reluctant to Provide Military Aid

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Even that this article from is more than a year old, I published it now, because I think the figures are still right and interesting. kristine In Russia, Anti-Western Views and Support for Putin Surge By Katie Simmons, Bruce Stokes and Jacob Poushter http://www.pewglobal.org/2015/06/10/nato-publics-blame-russia-for-ukrainian-crisis-but-reluctant-to-provide-military-aid/

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Resolution starting negotiations of treaty banning nuclear weapons is out

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Dear friends, What a day! Today, a group of states put forward a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly to start negotiations towards a new treaty that would prohibit nuclear weapons. What does that mean? It means our hard work is starting to pay off. The states leading this initiative are Mexico, Austria, Ireland, Brazil, Nigeria and South Africa. While a majority of states have expressed support for developing a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, fierce opposition to this resolution … Continue reading →

The next NATO summit will take place in Brussels in 2017 and will also be used to inaugurate the new NATO HQ building.

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NATO is now, more than ever, a destabilizing war machine threatening peace and security in the world, not least because it continues with its first strike nuclear policy. This war machine is plundering the treasuries of member states, and is jointly responsible for the fact that millions of people are fleeing from war. The lucky survivors arrive in Europe and succeed in their applications for asylum – but increasingly often they do not even survive the Mediterranean crossing. In addition, … Continue reading →

NEXT ICC meeting on October 2nd in Berlin

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The icc meeting in Berlin on the weekend of the IPB world congress “Disarm! For a Climate of Peace”. The meeting will take place on Sunday, October 2 at 8 am. We will meet in the main building of the TU Berlin at the registration desk. As an agenda we suggest: – short exchange – next NATO Summit 2017 in Brussels – latest news from Ludo on Belgian meeting and the official summit – next steps and decisions We are … Continue reading →

Shannon Airport & 21st Century War 2016

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shannon-airport-21st-century-war-2016As you know my country was partitioned by British Imperialism in the early 20th Century and the six counties of Northern Ireland has been part of NATO since its foundation which is one of the reasons why we strongly congratulate the N0-to NATO grouping in all its campaign activity.

However as you know since 2002 the Republic of Ireland ( the other 26 counties) has been a de facto US Airforce Base and has allowed well over 2.5 million US troops land in Shannon Airport as they take part in its Doctrine of Perpetual War.

PANA/IAWM/Shannonwatch has published a new pamphlet, ‘Shannon Airport and 21st Century War’.

Download the broschure  shannon-airport-21st-century-war-2016.pdf

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Obama’s Drone Lies

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Late last week the Obama administration released shockingly underreported numbers claiming that the U.S. government has caused only 64 to 116 civilian deaths by drone strikes. These numbers simply don’t add up. Independent organizations estimate that the number of civilian deaths is closer to 8 times that amount! Take action: Call on the Obama administration to release the names of the civilian drone strike victims as well as its methodology for determining who is a civilian. At CODEPINK, we agree … Continue reading →

IPB World Congress: please support

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Dear Friends and colleagues, please find below an information of the World Congress of the International Peace Bureau. Our network will participate in the congress by organizing a workshop on “NATO and Militarization – Mobilizing for the next NATO Summit in Brussels 2017”. Please participate in the thunderclap for mobilization and spread the word outside the social networks as well. Greetings, Lucas Dear friends and colleagues, the IPB world congress Disarm! For a Climate of Peace – Creating an Action … Continue reading →

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Statement on Ukraine

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Dear friends for peace As we agreed I forward this draft for an Ukrainian statement negotiated by participants at the Ukraine session at the Peace meeting in Warsaw 10th of July 2016. Statement on Ukraine We participants at the NATO Alternative Summit “No to War – No to Militarism – Yes to Refugees” are inspired by the reports from opponents of war in Ukraine. We demand an end of the systematic violations of human rights in Ukraine often directed against … Continue reading →

Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World

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Following presentations and discussions in Peace and Planet’s (August 10th) assembly at the World Social Forum in Montreal, we adopted the following Declaration. Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World As citizens of this planet inspired by the Second Thematic World Social Forum for a Nuclear-Fission‐Free World, conducted in Montreal from August 8 to August 12, 2016, we are collectively calling for a mobilization of civil society around the world to bring about the elimination of all nuclear weapons, to put … Continue reading →

EU: tell Erdoğan, enough is enough!

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campact!s european sisters organisation WeMove launched a signature campaign and demands:hat eine Unterschriftenkampagne gestartet und fordert: The European Union should immediately suspend all accession negotiations with the Turkish administration, while at the same time taking decisive steps to ensure that human rights and the rule of law are upheld in Turkey. Please read and support this important Europe wide action! (act.wemove.eu/campaigns/turkey)  

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An answer from the Peace & Neutrality Alliance Ireland

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The Peace & Neutrality Alliance has been campaigning for Irish neutrality since our foundation in 1996, so it w was great to get this email from World Beyond War. Please email it on to all your contacts and any Irish Embassies and consulates in your country and encourage all the other contacts in No to War No to NATO to do so as well.. The last public opinion poll survey by RedC ( one of Ireland’s major polling companies in … Continue reading →

The World Must Support Ireland Against U.S. Wars

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A Letter to Ireland from World Beyond War Add your name here. Those of us outside Ireland, and in particular those of us in the United States, have a pressing and urgent responsibility to lend all the support we can to our brothers and sisters in Ireland who are resisting U.S. wars. Despite Ireland’s officially neutral status and its claim to have not gone to war since its founding in 1922, Ireland allowed the United States to use Shannon Airport … Continue reading →

Aufruf Doppel-Aktion Kalkar/Essen 2016

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Doppelaktion Kalkar / Essen 3. Oktober 2016 Bundeswehr und NATO: Krieg beginnt an Rhein und Ruhr An vielen Orten der Welt herrscht Krieg. Menschen sterben, sie flüchten, um ihr Leben zu retten und den Schrecken des Krieges zu entkommen. Waffen aus Deutschland werden in allen Kriegen zum Töten benutzt, aber auch deutsche Soldaten sind im Krieg: in Syrien, in Mali, im Irak und immer noch in Afghanistan. Die andauernde Konfrontation zwischen der NATO und Russland im Ukraine-Konflikt birgt die Gefahr … Continue reading →

Join A- & H- Bomb Survivors Launch Petition Campaign Seeking HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF SIGNATURES

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Three of Peace & Planet’s Japanese partner and other organizations here have launched an audacious campaign, a signature campaign titled “Appeal for a Total Ban on Nuclear Weapons” for which they are seeking HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of petition signatures worldwide. The goal is to add global force to the door that has opened toward nuclear weapons abolition by the United Nations Open Ended Working Group, whose draft report will be issued tomorrow, and which for the first time will lead … Continue reading →

Declaration: International Meeting of World Conference against A- & H- Bombs

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The Declaration was adopted on the morning of August 4, 2016, with represenatives of several member organizations of Peace & Planet participating (Gensuikyo, International Peace Bureau, Mouvement de la Paix, and AFSC.) With the help of Alyn Ware of Unfold Zero, the Declaration was delivered to the Open Ended Working Group in Geneva yesterday, the day that the OEWG’s Draft report was released. 2016 World Conference against A & H Bombs Declaration of the International Meeting Seventy one years ago, … Continue reading →

Crimea Trip and Center for Citizen Initiatives

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It was great to see you in Warsaw for the excellent No to NATO conference! After our roundtable on Sunday with the discussion about citizen diplomacy, I thought it would be good to send you some information about the trip to Russia including the Crimea that I was on two weeks ago–, It was great to see you in Warsaw! Here are some links to the Crimea and Russia trip. Sharon Tennison was the group leader for the trip.  She … Continue reading →

Former Soviet premier says Nato is escalating the Cold War ‘into a hot one’

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Former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev has accused Nato of preparing for “offensive operations” against Russia. As the Western alliance held a summit in Warsaw, Poland, Mr Gorbachev criticised Nato’s decision to deploy 4,000 more international troops in Eastern Europe. Tensions have been mounting between Russia and Nato member states, in particular the US, as diplomatic spats and military excercises have increased in frequency. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nato-chief-russia-soviet-mikhail-gorbachev-ukraine-eastern-europe-tensions-jens-stoltenberg-unified-a7128521.html

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„Ausstieg aus der NATO oder finis Germaniae“ – Rolf Hochhuth im RT Deutsch-Gespräch

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Jasmin Kosubek hat den Autoren und Dramaturgen Rolf Hochhuth in Berlin-Mitte besucht. Dessen neues Buch trägt den Titel „Ausstieg aus der NATO oder finis Germaniae“. Soll heißen: Für Deutschland ist eine neue Verteidigungspolitik überlebenswichtig. Das Interview in voller Länge. https://deutsch.rt.com/inland/39410-ausstieg-aus-nato-oder-finis/

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What a 21st-Century Peace Movement Looks Like: Article on July 9 NATO demo, Times Square

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Here’s an article I wrote on our Saturday demo against NATO which is on the Nation website. It has a great quote which is a rewrite of NJ Peace Actiion’s Madelyn Hoffman’s great talk!    Please spread the word if you know others who were at the rally or if we have a list of invitees. Many thanks!!     Alice Slater https://www.thenation.com/article/what-a-21st-century-peace-movement-looks-like//?nc=1  

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Statement from the German Section of IALANA

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Open Appeal to the German Government and to the Council of Europe, OSCE and NATO I In February 2016 the Turkish Constitutional Court revoked the pre-trial imprisonment imposed upon two journalists who had uncovered support provided by Turkish authorities to militant Islamists in Syria. In response, the Turkish President Erdogan threatened the judges: “I don’t need to accept [this decision], I want to make that clear. I don’t obey or respect the decision.”[i] Deeds have now followed these words. The … Continue reading →

Report: NATO Protest Actions in Warsaw

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Six organizations of the Polish peace and social movements together with the international Network Not o War – No to NATO conducted the alternative summit “No to War – No to Militarism – Yes to Refugees“ and the demonstration “Money for the Hungry not for Tanks“ in Warsaw from July 8th to 10th. Aim of the protests actions was the continuous delegitimation of the largest military organization of the world which is permanently and worldwide engaged in wars. The international … Continue reading →

A brief report on our solidarity demonstration against NATO in New York.

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Around 150 people protested outside of an Army recruiting center in Times Square in New York City as NATO met on July 9th in Warsaw, Poland. Speakers included some of the people on the No to NATO list including Al Marder of the US Peace Council, Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and myself, Joe Lombardo of the United National Antiwar Coalition.  Other organizations that supported the action included Code Pink, Veterans for … Continue reading →

NEW!!! – Updated Programm Alternative Summit Sunday July 10th

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Sunday July 10th 10:15 – 10:45 Special Panel on Ukraine 11:00 – 13:30 Roundtable with open microphone: Future of Peace and Anti-War Movement in Poland and the world Introduction: Ewa Groszewska, Poland │Lucas Wirl, No to War – No to NATO 13:30 END Location Conference Center „Copernicus” / Centrum Konferencyjne Kopernika The debates, plenary debate and workshops will all take place at the Conference Center „Kopernik” (address:  Kopernika 30, 00-336 Warszawa). OpenStreetMap® is open data, licensed under the Open Data … Continue reading →

Initial Report from NATO Counter-Summit – Warsaw

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Friends, As a number of you know, I am in Warsaw for a Counter-NATO Summit conference held yesterday and tomorrow, and for a demonstration later today. Yesterday’s conference, initiated by the No to NATO/No to War Network, on whose Steering Committee I serve, was attended by 150 people from 14 countries. The majority were obviously Poles, but there were a good number of Germans, as well as people from the U.S., Britain, Russia, France, Spain, the Czech Republic, Austria and … Continue reading →

Short impressions from the demonstration in Warsaw 2016 July 9th

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NATO Counter Summit demands the dissolution of the military alliance and the creation of a cooperative security system

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Warsaw, July 9th 2016 Six Polish organizations of the peace and social movements as well as the international network No to War – No to NATO conducted a NATO Alternative Summit “No to War – No to Militarism – Yes to Refugees” in Warsaw on Friday July 8th. The aim of the conference was to continue the delegitimization of the largest military alliance of the world which permanently and globally is involved in wars. About 150 persons from 18 countries … Continue reading →

On the Eve of the NATO Summit

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Friends, This weekend the NATO heads of state, including President Obama, will be meeting in Warsaw. The summit comes as the U.S., NATO and Russia are ratcheting up military tensions with new deployments of troops and weapons (the U.S. is quadrupling its military spending in Europe,) dangerously provocative military exercises, and nuclear saber rattling reminiscent of the Cold War. The NATO summit’s agenda will include increasing the U.S. and NATO presence across Eastern Europe, the Baltics and the Black Sea; … Continue reading →

Appeal to the International Peace Movement – participate in the protests in Warsaw against NATO’s summit

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In the interest of peace – participate in the protests of the international network “No to War – No to NATO” against NATO’s summit taking place from July 8th until July 10th, 2016, in Warsaw We protest for the end of confrontation with Russia! No troops and maneuvers at Russia’s Western border; no further armament in the NATO member states! It can only be financed by sharply reducing spending on education, health care and social security systems; no new nuclear … Continue reading →

Logistical information: Actions around the NATO summit

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CONFERENCE: NO TO WAR – NO TO NATO –YES TO REFUGEES Warsaw, 8-10.07.2016 Venue, travel and accommodations information Conference Center „Copernicus” The debates, plenary debate and workshops will all take place at the Conference Center „Kopernik” Kopernika 30, 00-336 Warszawa). OpenStreetMap® is open data, licensed under the Open Data Commons Open Database License target=”_blank” (ODbL) by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF). The conference center is located in the Old Town. Close the Warsaw University Campus, right next to the All-Poland Alliance … Continue reading →

Program of Alternative Summit July 8th and 10th

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Friday July 8th 12:00 opening of the alternative summit Piotr Ikonowicz Poland│Kristine Karch, No to War – No to NATO 12:15 – 14:00 Plenary: Why we are against Militarism Magda Qandil, Poland (tbc)│Ludo de Brabander, vrede, Belgium │Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, GB │Joseph Gerson, American Friends Service Committee, USA │Yves-Jean Gallas, Mouvement de la Paix, France│Claudia Haydt, Information Centre Militarization, Germany │ Jan Majicek, Czech Republic│Ewa Groszewska, Poland LUNCH 15:00 – 17:00 Working groups (additional workshops are possible, … Continue reading →

New NATO supreme allied commander: Alliance should arm Ukraine

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U.S. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti’s comments are US-Russia game changer By L. Todd Wood – – Wednesday, May 4, 2016 In a little covered news story that could have major ramifications for the geopolitical landscape, the new Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, U.S. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, says the alliance should possibly arm Ukraine in its struggle against pro-Russian separatists in East Ukraine. This is a game changer for the Kremlin and for U.S.-Russian relations. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/4/l-todd-wood-new-nato-supreme-allied-commander-alli/

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Peace & Planet – Video of NATO Panel at Left Forum

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At the urging of the Peace & Planet coordinating and advisory committees, we organized two panels at the Left Forum in New York late last month, and we collaborated with the militarism and military spending workshop organized by United for Justice and Peace. The NATO workshop was video taped by Joe Friendly and provides essential background information on the history, aggressions and dangers of NATO.  With the NATO summit and counter-summit activities coming up next month, I thought that some … Continue reading →

Russia’s got a point: The U.S. broke a NATO promise

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Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson Moscow solidified its hold on Crimea in April, outlawing the Tatar legislature that had opposed Russia’s annexation of the region since 2014. Together with Russian military provocations against NATO forces in and around the Baltic, this move seems to validate the observations of Western analysts who argue that under Vladimir Putin, an increasingly aggressive Russia is determined to dominate its neighbors and menace Europe. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-shifrinson-russia-us-nato-deal–20160530-snap-story.html

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Move Away from Nonstop War. Close the Ramstein Air Base.

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Located in southwestern Germany, the U.S. government’s Ramstein Air Base is serving key functions for nonstop war that has been hugely destructive in many countries. The Ramstein base is essential to drone warfare and many other forms of military intervention, from Pakistan and Afghanistan to the Middle East and Africa.ramsteinWEB

Please become a signer of the petition at this link and share it with your friends. This is a global campaign to close the Ramstein Air Base and challenge agendas for perpetual war.

The petition is scheduled to be delivered to the German government in Berlin by U.S. drone whistleblowers in a presentation sponsored by RootsAction.org, in coordination with a conference organized by World Beyond War. The petition will also be delivered to the U.S. government in Washington.

http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12254&tag=WBW20160602&track=WBW20160602

No to NATO / no to war on the Left Forum in New York

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Friends, For those of you in the New York Metropolitan Area and those coming from afar for the Left Forum, I am writing to let you know that Peace & Planet has organized two workshops. The No to NATO/No to War workshop, with Bahman Azad, Jackie Cabasso (chair) and myself will be this coming Saturday afternoon, May 21 from 3:30 to 5.  We’ll be in room 1.123 of John Jack College, 534 W. 59th St.  Two few people understand NATO … Continue reading →