April 26, 2013 NEWS RELEASE Three women and one man from the Berlin Peace Coordination intervened yesterday during the parliamentary debate in Berlin regarding possible German acquisition of weaponized drones.
Continue reading →introduction on “militarization and crisis”, which was pronounced at the Ghent meeting of No-to-Nato-network on March, 9th 2013 by Georges Spriet Impoverishment of millions of people, mass unemployment, the collapse of public social regulations and programmes, people driven out of their houses : the crisis is taken deep roots in many regions of the world. It is slowing the rise of emerging economies.
Continue reading →Friends, Two more Korea crisis posts to follow on the article’s sent out earlier today. The Guardian in London reported this morning that North Korea is willing to join talks with the U.S. when it halts “brandishing a nuclear stick.”’ While neither the U.S. nor North Korea are in any rush to get to the negotiating table, if provocative actions and miscalculations can be avoided the crisis may have passed a peace. And then to point you to an important … Continue reading →
Friends, We convened a meeting here at the AFSC yesterday to talk about how best to respond to Monday’s terrorist attack. I was asked to write up our thoughts and initial prescriptions and thought I’d send them on to you. As indicated in the article, with the dead and severely wounded here, it’s too early to be pressing the point that this is what the U.S. does on a day to day basis, though I’ve pointed in that direction. http://afsc.org/story/out-marathon-bombings-conversation-boston-area-peace-activists … Continue reading →
Friends, The U.S.-Korean crisis continues. While we can be relieved by the dog that didn’t bite – Pyongyang didn’t launch a missile test on the anniversary of Kim Il Sung’s birthday as anticipated by the U.S. media. But the crisis could grow more intense as the U.S. and South Korean navies move into the third military “exercise” near or in West Sea waters claimed by both North and South Korea.
Continue reading →It includes short information about the first preparatory meeting for the Peace Event in Sarajevo 2014, held in Sarajevo in February 2013. Peace Event Sarajevo 2014.pdf
Continue reading →Friends, Thought you’d want to see the attached article. Global alliances….. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/16/national/nato-chief-abe-pledge-closer-security-cooperation/#.UW46zUrLsVo jg
Continue reading →We note with concern the current escalation of tension in the Korean Peninsula and are categorically opposed to any state threatening to use aggressive action against another, especially if that threat involves the possible use of nuclear weapons. We denounce the implication that nuclear weapons can be used as a way of conducting international relations. We recognise that if such a situation were to escalate to involve violence then it would be the innocent citizens of those states who would … Continue reading →
October, 11th – 13th, 2013 Strasbourg Statement of Intent The war in Afghanistan has taken a terrible toll on the Afghan people. Over the last 33 years, it is safe to presume that no Afghan within or outside of Afghanistan has failed to be impacted by the war.
Continue reading →We, the members of social organizations, movements and networks of the peoples of the Americas and Europe, gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, host the principles of peace and self-determination, threatened by the military, political, economic and cultural intervention from the United States and the European Union, promoters of militarism.
Continue reading →Pictures from the workshop at 27th March 2013 13h-1530h Revision Espace 2, El Manar University Tunis
Continue reading →Pictures from the WSF at the campus of El Manar University Tunis
Continue reading →Pictures from the workshop 28th March 2013 16h-1830hSoutenance 1, El Manar University Tunis
Continue reading →Special the numbers of Greece are interesting… Best wishes Tobias http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/world/europe/08iht-letter08.html?_r=2&
Continue reading →Wednesday, 03 April 2013 12:40 By David Krieger, Truthout | Op-Ed http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15513-the-game-with-north-korea-nuclear-roulette-has-no-winners
Continue reading →protest action against Montenegro joining NATO by the No to NATO Alliance in Montenegro in a shopping center at Podgorica. action de protestation contre le Monténégro adhésion à l’OTAN par alliance Non à l’OTAN au Montenegro dans un centre commercial à Podgorica. Protestaktion gegen NATO-Beitritt Montenegro durch das Bündnis No to NATO in Montenegro in einem Shopping Center in Podgorica. Protesta de acción contra adhesión de Montenegro a la OTAN par el Alianza No a la OTAN en Montenegro en … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →international conference 26th April – 28th April 2013 in Bremen From 26th to 28th April 2013 the international conference „Quo Vadis NATO – Challenges for Democracy and Law“will take place in Bremen. The Main organizer of this event is the German section of the IALANA in cooperation with the Centre of European Law and Politics at the University of Bremen, chaired by Professor Andreas Fischer-Lescano.
Continue reading →A contribution by Kristine Karch at the World Socila Forum in March 2013 in Tunis Food production and conflicts – Land use not land exhaustion.pdf
Continue reading →Dear Friends, Here’s my article in Common Dreams that gives an overview of the new anti-drone campaign in Germany: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/27-6 Lots of press in German can be found here: http://drohnen-kampagne.de/uber-uns/pressespiegel/ Wishing everyone a happy Easter/Passover weekend. Best, Elsa
Continue reading →A contribution by Reiner Braun at the World Social Forum Tunis 2013 Reiner_Braun_disarmament_for_sustainability_Tunis2013
Continue reading →The lecture by Christiane Reymann at the public event “For gender justice peace and solidarity No to war – no to NATO, stop militarization” of the annual meeting of the international network “No to War – no to NATO” in Gent March 8th International womens day 2013
Continue reading →Here the presentation discussed in Gent on Sunday with the topics: Activities 2013 / 2014, Network developments, Awareness rising, Campaigns. Activities and time schedule 2013 and 2014 of the international network No to war – No to NATO as pdf
Continue reading →Ein Film von Elsa Rassbach, Neufassung aus 2012, 23 Min., Englisch mit deutschen Untertiteln A video from Els Rassbach, new version in 2012, 23 min. English with German subtitles download: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1l4Y4PGE0w https://vimeo.com/61959387
Continue reading →Friends, Following on my brief overview of the U.S. Pivot to Asia and the Pacific and Peiter’s presentation about nuclear weapons moderization and the F-35, I though the following article from tomorrow’s Japan Times might be of interest to you. For peace & Justice, Joseph Gerson Ka-ching!: Abe to bargain with NATO for Japanese role in F-35 Kyodo – Japan Times Mar 19, 2013 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/19/national/ka-ching-abe-to-bargain-with-nato-for-japanese-role-in-f-35/ Ka-ching!: Abe to bargain with NATO for Japanese role in F-35 Kyodo – Japan Times … Continue reading →
Friends, Apologies if it seems like you are being barraged by e-mails. When we met in Gent, I made reference to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the U.S. effort to create the world’s most intense free trade area, in part to wed Korea, Japan and other Asia-Pacific nations – but NOT China – not only to the U.S. economy, but to further integrate these societies.
Continue reading →Friends, I thought that you might find the following disturbing article about U.S. simulated nuclear attacks on North Korea as part of the current war games of interest. I don’t normally look at the Washington Free Beacon, but in seeking to confirm the veracity of an e-mail message, I was channeled there by the conservative Weekly Standard,. There seem to be enough stories- including Business Week- on the web to confirm the following report and statements by Pentagon press secretary … Continue reading →
Preventing an Arctic Cold War One of the four New York Times op ed articles today helped to put the rising resource competition in the Arctic and the lack of diplomatic structures to address them on the public map here. You can find it at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/opinion/preventing-an-arctic-cold-war.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
Continue reading →The High North and International Security Conference June 27- 29, 2013 Kiruna, Sweden
Continue reading →Press release, March 14th 2013 From March 8th – 10th 2013 the annual meeting of the International Network “No to War, No to NATO” was held in the Belgian city of Ghent. The Network has more than 650 partners and organizations from over 20 countries.
Continue reading →We wanted a short, hard-hitting video showing what the Global Day of Action on Military Spending is all about. Well, now we’ve got it! The GDAMS 2.0 promotional video is now at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn3XsxKVPvI It lasts 5 minutes and shows actions taken in different continents. Many thanks to our collegues at IPS for putting this together. Please feature it on your websites, Facebook pages, e-lists etc. We think this deserves to go viral… The current list of planned events/contacts is under … Continue reading →
Information from the website of the American Friends Service Committee http://www.afsc.org/category/topic/military-spending
Continue reading →Information from the website of the American Friends Service Committee http://www.afsc.org/resource/stop-f-35
Continue reading →Presented at the annual meeting in Gent March 9th 2013 by Reiner Brown
Continue reading →The greetings from Angie Zelter at the public event March 8th 2013 International womens day Dear All, it seems like the skype connection is not working. That is a shame. But here is a copy of my welcome speech. I hope you have a productive meeting. Love Angie.
Continue reading →All initiatives, organisations, groups who signed the Appeal from Stuttgart are member of the network. For signing the appeal send an email to . Flyer Stuttgart Appeal with signatures.pdf
Continue reading →Minutes of First Preparatory meeting for an Afghanistan conference (October 2013), Strasbourg, February 16th 2013
Continue reading →On October 13/14 2012, the Cooperation for Peace, a network of more than 50 German peace organizations, together with about 20 peace initiatives comprising of German and European Afghanis living in exile are conducting an international peace conference on Afghanistan for the first time. On this occasion, the organizers release this declaration: Afghanistan: Challenges for Peace, Democracy and Development
Continue reading →Public event: March 8th 2013 Gent: For gender justice peace and solidarity No to war – no to NATO, stop militarization Download the leaflet here: international-women-day-march-8th-2013.pdf
Continue reading →updated version!!! Program of the Annual Meeting, Gent, March 9th – 10th 2013 [as of March 04, changes to the program may occur]
Continue reading →Declaration French-German Peace Seminar on the occasion of 50 years Élysée Treaties
Continue reading →Minutes with ELECTION Procedures of ICC elections in March
Continue reading →50 Years of Élysée Treaties: A German-French Peace Seminar, Berlin 19./20. January
Continue reading →ANNOUNCEMENT: creation of the Working Group for Peace and Demilitarization in Asia and the Pacific
Continue reading →The International Network No to War-No to NATO, together with the Latin American Circle of International Studies and the Argentinian Permanent Assembly for Human Rights, is organizing, in Buenos Aires, Argentina an Inter-Continental Conference from December 13th to 14th 2012, focused on the global policies and strategies of NATO and their implications for the Global South, especially in Latin America, and the political, social and human alternatives that the Global South offers for peace, security, and the environment.
Continue reading →Peace congress 2012 “Stop the War – Ways to peace in Afghanistan” Friedens congress 2012 ” Stop den Krieg – Wege zum Frieden in Afghanistan” Program in English and German Delcaration of the Conference: French, German, English
Continue reading →2012 world conference against atomic and hydrogen bombs (Declaration of the International Meeting)
Continue reading →“Some facts about Iran’s nuclear activities” by Dr David Morrison (Peace & Neutrality Alliance)
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