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/
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.
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/
When the Norwegian Atlantic committee meets to celebrate NATO at the university of Oslo, then we have to protest.
See my poster.
Stay well!
warm regards
Ingeborg
https://bit.ly/NeutralityRegistrationSession 6: Weaving the past, present and future of permanent neutrality
https://bit.ly/NeutralityRegistrationSession 5: The role of civil society in neutrality
https://bit.ly/NeutralityRegistrationSession 4: What does it mean to be neutral in the 21st century?
https://bit.ly/NeutralityRegistrationSession 3: Continuation of Case studies on permanent neutrality
Continuation of Case studies on permanent neutrality – how do states practice permanent neutrality and what are the threats? Continue reading →
https://bit.ly/NeutralityRegistrationSession 2: Case studies on permanent neutrality
Case studies on permanent neutrality – how do states practice permanent neutrality and what are the
threats? Continue reading →
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.
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. …
The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must cease its warmaking in Gaza — cease committing and inciting genocidal acts — and that the case charging Israel with genocide must proceed.
War and the Environment Online Course Starts March 4: Register today!
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
https://www.stopwar.org.uk/
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.
Joseph Gerson Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/gaza-ceasefire-now-no-wider-war
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.
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Start: Thursday, March 28, 2024• 7:00 PM
Location:Cinema du Parc•3575, av. du Parc, Montreal, QC H2X 3P9 CA
Host Contact Info:
From: “‘Kate Kheel’ via GN List serve: Keep Space4Peace”
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots robot at the United Nations in New York in October 2019. © 2019 Campaign to Stop Killer Robots/Ari Beser
On October 5, Secretary-General Guterres & President of the IC Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric issued a joint appeal for UN member states to negotiate a new international treaty by 2026 to ban and regulate autonomous weapons systems.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/03/killer-robots-un-vote-should-spur-action-treaty
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America’s Longest War – A Brief Timeline of US Military Campaigns in the Middle East
https://www.antiimperialista.org/en/…
Details 3 hr 30 min
Photo: Protest tonight in Times Square in New York City
BREAKING: Protests Held Tonight at the White House & Times Square
Photo: Demonstration tonight outside of the White House
Continue reading →
Some pictures of past UNAC conferences
Save the Date April 5-7, 2024
UNAC Conference
Decolonization and the fight against Imperialism
A conference for the entire movement Continue reading →
(compiled by the AFSC Action Center–American Friends Service Committee)
On January 10th @ 7:00 PM EST