By Reiner Braun Nothing is harder and nothing requires more character, than to be in open opposition to its time and to say to say loudly: No. I put this quote from Kurt Tucholski at the beginning of my remarks because it is also about countering the narrative of mainstream politics and media reporting with clarification and facts.
Continue reading →“The 500 additional troops being sent to Germany are not just ordinary GIs, meant to bolster frontline formations, but rather highly trained specialists intended for “multi-domain operations” involving cyber and space combat as well as “long-range fires” employing hypersonic missiles” https://www.thenation.com/article/world/forever-wars-austin-germany/ By Michael T. Klare April 20, 2021 From the Forever Wars to the Hypersonic Wars The United States bolsters high-tech forces in Europe
Continue reading →By Angelo Cardona –April 16, 2021 Washington has long helped fuel the devastating conflict in Colombia that goes back to the era of La Violencia in World War II https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/04/16/colombia-an-ideal-u-s-client-state-in-the-western-hemisphere/
Continue reading →What is going on?? And how dangerous is the situation? Speakers are Bruce Gagnon, Elizabeth Murray, Yuri Sheliazhenkol, Reiner Braun Events in the U.S./NATO/Ukraine challenge to Russia have been moving at a frenetic pace. Ukraine increased deployment of military troops to the eastern provinces on the border of Donbass. Russia predictably responded by mobilizing a large part of its military to meet the Ukraine threat. In another incident, the US publicized two U.S. warships heading into the Black Sea; Russia … Continue reading →
+++ SAVE THE DATE +++ SAVE THE DATE +++ Topic: NATO is weaponizing the UN resolution 1325* women, peace, and security (WPS) The women against NATO network meeting will take place on 25. April 2021 (Sunday 11am PDT (UTC-7) / 2pm EDT (UTC-4) / 8pm CEST (UTC+2). Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81992604540?pwd=aGFNK3dwQnVKK1dIaWZPbXdFT0lxQT09 The following speakers will give us a short input and afterwards will have a discussion, with the aim to strengthen our activities against the war machine NATO.
Continue reading →ICC No to NATO, 7 April 2021 Participants: Kristine, Lucas, Reiner, Ludo, Kate, Tamara, Joseph, Ann, Alain, Yves-Jean Next NATO summit: Ludo gives first information: Date not confirmed: June/ July (14 July?) 2021 NATO Summit Brussels First Belgium zoom call about what can be done Ideas: Online counter summit similar to world social forum Small actions: bike tour, city guide tours Demonstration will not be possible due to corona restrictions Discussion: Hybrid events, decentralized protests connected via internet Series of … Continue reading →
by Manlio Dinucci The Aviano base US F-16 fighters are engaged in “air operations” in Greece, where the Iniochos 21 exercise began yesterday. They belong to the 510th Fighter Squadron stationed in Aviano, whose role is indicated in its emblem: the atom symbol with three lightning strikes the earth, flanked by the imperial eagle. Nuclear attack aircraft are therefore those engaged by the US Air Force in Greece. Greece granted the United States the use of all its military bases … Continue reading →
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and People’s Campaigns
Date and Time: April 16 (Fri) 17:00-19:00 JST
16:00-18:00 Philippines | 15:00-17:00 Vietnam/Southeast Asia |
10:00-12:00 Europe
English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided.
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Tuesday, April 13, 5 pm PT/8 pm ET
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Organizing Notes Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He offers his own reflections on organizing and the state of America’s declining empire…. http://space4peace.blogspot.com/2021/04/history-lesson-in-pictures-nazis-inside.html
Continue reading →As much as any place around the world the current situation in Ukraine could be a trigger for nuclear war. With the recent construction of US Aegis-Ashore ‘missile defense’ (MD) bases in Romania and Poland (that could also fire nuclear-capable Tomahawk cruise missiles that could reach Moscow in 10 minutes) as well as current deployment in the Black Sea of Navy Aegis destroyers with MD systems on board, it seems crucial that world citizens should have a greater understanding of … Continue reading →
NATO press release from 23 March 2021 PR (2021) 043 Issued by the NATO Foreign Ministers Brussels, 23rd-24th March 2021 We are meeting in Brussels to reaffirm the enduring transatlantic bond between Europe and North America, with NATO at its heart. We are bound together by our shared democratic values, and by our adherence to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. NATO is the foundation of our collective defence: together we reaffirm our solemn commitment to the … Continue reading →
The Annual Report for 2020 covers NATO’s work and achievements throughout the year, including NATO’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, its efforts to ensure the health crisis did not become a security crisis, and the NATO 2030 initiative to future-proof the Alliance. …
The Annual Report includes the results of new polls on the public perception of the Alliance. These show that, in a year of upheaval, overall support for the NATO Alliance, the transatlantic bond and collective defence remains strong.
The Report also includes the details of estimated 2020 national defence expenditures for all 30 NATO Allies.
The full Report is now available online. (https://nato.cmail19.com/t/r-l-tlqhykl-oykqxlhd-k/)
16 March 2021 PR (2021) 030 NATO collects defence expenditure data from Allies on a regular basis and presents aggregates and subsets of this information. Each Ally’s Ministry of Defence reports current and estimated future defence expenditure according to an agreed definition of defence expenditure. The amounts represent payments by a national government actually made, or to be made, during the course of the fiscal year to meet the needs of its armed forces, those of Allies or of the … Continue reading →
Webinar during the War & Peace Day of the Virtual World Social Forum January 2021
Zoom Webinar on the Occasion of International Day of Action in Solidarity with Venezuela
April 18, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Bilingual (English and Sanish)
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Pentagon establishes air bridge to Ukraine
More deadly equipment may be on its way to Donbass [likely drones, communications devices, ammunition]
Another U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster military transport aircraft has recently arrived in Kiev from the Ramstein airbase in Germany.
The nature of the cargo on board the American transporter is unknown. But there is no need to guess since the U.S. military authorities have more than once stated and proved support of the Ukrainian [Nazi] forces.
Donetsk International (https://www.facebook.com/DonetskInternational/?hc_ref=ARRikpZNhazUKSVJgpGbSZQgy0qsI47u__7HKpYoBQIDsvLdz2n3s3ZBPrNn_ARBPBA&fref=nf&__tn__=kC-R)
— Bruce K. Gagnon Coordinator Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
I certainly realize that there are more than a few neo-Nazis and fascists in the powerful and influential right-wing of Ukraine. As Faulkner wrote, the past isn’t dead, it isn’t even past. That said, as we prepare a webinar about Ukraine, we do need to take accounts like the one that follows here into consideration. Reality is rarely either/or or black and white. Joseph Gerson ‘Some stay, some die’: The horror of Ukraine’s war camps Survivors give grisly … Continue reading →
by Manlio Dinucci Joe Biden had announced it in his electoral program: “While President Trump has abandoned allies and partners, and abdicated American leadership, as president I will immediately take steps to renew the alliances of the United States, and ensure that America, one more time, lead the world “( il manifesto, 10 November 2020). He kept his promise. The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and its battle group, made up of 5 missile launchers, “attacked Islamic State positions in … Continue reading →
by Manlio Dinucci Not everything in Europe is paralyzed by the anti-Covid lockdown: in fact, the mammoth annual exercise of the US Army, Defender-Europe, which until June mobilized on European territory, and beyond this, dozens of thousands of soldiers with thousands of tanks and other means, has been set in motion. The Defender-Europe 21 not only resumes the 2020 program, resized due to Covid, but amplifies it. Why does the “Europe Defender” come from the other side of the Atlantic? The 30 … Continue reading →
Invitation: Nuke Free Europe Open Meeting
Discussing Actions & Activities in 2021 for a Nuclear Weapons Free Europe
April 27th, 2021 06:00 PM CEST
To learn more about the networks appeal and call for actions visit: www.nukefreeeurope.eu
For your interest this is the response to the UK’s Integrated Defence Review (IDR) written by Trident Ploughshares’ Dialogue and Negotiation Team. It has been sent to the Prime Minister and other parliamentarians in Scotland, England and Wales. In peace and love, Angie Zelter, Trident Ploughshares.
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A response to the official
NATO Reflection Group
February 2021
Published
Common Road Map to End Nuclear Sharing in Europe With the entry into force of the TPNW (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons) the governments in European nuclear sharing countries, i.e. Belgium, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, are confronted with a new reality: nuclear disarmament is now on the agenda in security politics. This gives the peace movement in Europe an important chance to shape a new strategy to put pressure on European governments and NATO countries to rethink … Continue reading →
Call for support and participation in the 2021 World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
“With the Hibakusha, Let us Achieve a Nuclear Weapon-Free, Peaceful and Just World – For the Future of the Humankind and Our Planet.”
Just a few weeks ago, we and many other groups around the globe have celebrated the official entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Meanwhile, others tried to delegitimize it and to minimize its success.
The conference webpage: https://www.japcc.org/conference/
More information about the counter actions are coming soon here no-to-nato.org and in German here: https://essener-friedensforum.de/themen/japcc-kalkar/
Webinar: “Path to Peace–The Case for a Peace Agreement to End the Korean War”
Thursday, March 18, 8 pm ET l 5 pm PT
Friday March 19, 1am CET (Brussels) | 9 am Seoul Time
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eTohlkHJSRGsZxrZ84FzzA
by Manlio Dinucci Ten years ago, on March 19, 2011, US / NATO forces began the air-naval bombing of Libya. The war was directed by the United States, first through the Africa Command, then through NATO under US command. In seven months, the US / NATO air force carried out 30,000 missions, 10,000 were attack missions, with over 40,000 bombs and missiles. Italy – with Parliament multipartisan consent (Democratic Party, PD, in the front row) – participated in the war … Continue reading →
Witness For Peace Southwest, CODEPINK & Addicted To War invite you to join: THE COLD WAR TRUTH COMMISSION A Day of Education, Testimonials & Action Come spend the day with us while we put the COLD WAR on TRIAL! This Sunday, March 21st 3-10p CT (1-8p PT, 4-11p ET, 9pm-4am+1 CET ) FREE EVENT ON ZOOM Register Here:www.codepink.org/03212021 For More Information Contact Rachel: – 310-971-8280 or Frank at: – 310-838-8131 Register Here:www.codepink.org/03212021 For More Information Contact Rachel: … Continue reading →
First International Day of Action against Foreign Military Bases April 30th
organized by the campaign Stopp Air Base Ramstein, the international “No to War – no to NATO” network, the International Peace Bureau
with the support of GCOMs
Peace movement condemns Bloody Sunday in Myanmar. Military brutality is on the rise. (1 March 2021)
The military is targeting political parties, the trade union movement and civil society. The military is forcing people at gunpoint to return to work. They are in fundamental breach of ILO labour standards.
We make a call to action to the peace movements worldwide to take action. https://www.ipb.org/ipb-statements/ipb-calls-for-solidarity-with-the-people-of-myanmar/
Taps for America’s empire of bases? Reducing the U.S. global bootprint Mar 10, 2021 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) organized by the Quincy Institute For Responsible Statecraft The panel will include David Vine, professor of political anthropology at American University and board member of the Costs of War Project; Christine Ahn, Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ; and John Glaser, director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. Quincy Institute President Andrew Bacevich will moderate. … Continue reading →
by Ludo De Brabander, March 2021 Last year a 10 member-group of “experts” published the report, ‘NATO 2030: United for a New Era’ on the request of NATO-Secretary-General Stoltenberg. He tasked them to reflect on NATO’s future and its challenges after French President Macron called the military alliance “brain dead” on the eve of the NATO summit in London (3 and 4 December 2019). The ‘experts’ put forward 138 recommendations on how NATO should adapt for the next decade. This … Continue reading →
by Manlio Dinucci The NATO Dynamic Manta anti-submarine warfare exercise took place in the Ionian Sea from February 22 to March 5. Ships, submarines, and planes from the United States, Italy, France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Belgium, and Turkey participated in it. The two main units involved in this exercise were a US Los Angeles class nuclear attack submarine and the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle together with its battle group, and a nuclear attack submarine was also included. … Continue reading →
https://usrussiaaccord.com/e-martin-schotz-md-the-logic-of-the-nuclear-age-and-the-illogic-of-us-nuclear-weapons-policy/
Continue reading →They are dressed in black in the desert heat at Creech air force base, one of the US command centers for armed drones. In their hands are the small coffins marked with Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen — countries where American drones have extinguished several lives. https://www.opednews.com/articles/When-robots-decide-on-life-by-Olof-Klugman-China_Death-Civilians_Murder-By-Drone_Peace-210223-867.html
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A response to the official NATO Reflection Grouphttps://popularresistance.org/what-planet-is-nato-living-on/
Satellites, rockets, and 5G on earth and in sky.
with a recommendation by Ann Wright 
