“The Pentagon reported Monday the redeployment of an F-16 fighter squadron from Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany to Al-Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi in what an Air Force commander told the media was a demonstration of “CENTCOM’s commitment to allies and partners to bolster security and stability in the region.”
2020/11/26 jitsi online 18:30 CET
Gegen die Etablierung von Drohnentechnologie für Krieg, Überwachung und Unterdrückung!
FRIEDENSTREFF STUTTGART NORD
Liebe Friedensfreund*innen,
am Donnerstag, den 26. November 2020 findet der nächste Friedenstreff statt, dieses Mal in digitaler Form.
Das Thema lautet: Gegen die Etablierung von Drohnentechnologie für Krieg, Überwachung und Unterdrückung! Keine bewaffneten Drohnen in der Bundeswehr!
4° Congresso Internazionale contro le Basi e le Guerre Militari
Lezione di Vincenzo Santiglia, NO MOUS Sicilia
Il movimento NO MUOS è composto da una rete di Comitati locali i quali costituiscono il coordinamento regionale, e da altre realtà organizzate. Nella sua Carta d’lntenti, approvata il 18 novembre 2012, si definisce “un movimento apartitico e aconfessionale, ad adesione individuale, fatto di persone e culture, estrazioni sociali e convinzioni politiche differenti, ma che si riconoscono nei valori imprescindibili della libertà, dell’uguaglianza, della solidarietà, dell’antifascismo, dell`antimilitarismo, dell’antirazzismo e della lotta alla mafia e all’omofobia”. Scopo principale del movimento, sin … Continue reading →
2020/12/06 digital internet 11-18:30 PM CET
Weltkriegsgefahren entgegentreten – Wandel zum Frieden einleiten!
Wir freuen uns wirklich sehr, euch doch noch zum 27. Friedensratschlag einladen zu können. Er kann aus bekannten Gründen 2020 nur digital durchgeführt werden. Wir haben ihn unter das Motto gestellt: Weltkriegsgefahren entgegentreten – Wandel zum Frieden einleiten! Sonntag, den 6. Dezember 2020, 11:00 -18:30 Uhr Wir glauben, euch ein spannendes und hochinteressantes Programm anbieten zu können, das ihr bequem von zu Hause aus per YouTube-Livestream konsumieren aber auch per Videokonferenz aktiv mitgestalten könnt. Ihr findet es im beigefügten Flyer. … Continue reading →
2020/12/05-06 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT | 18-19:30 CET
Youth Fight Back: An Anti-Imperialist Response to the 2020 Elections
Attend the next webinar of the Youth Against Empire
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020 AT 4 PM EST – 5:30 PM EST
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MerhQsIsT2C2X0Icb09EKA
Weltraumzentrale der NATO in Deutschland
Die Weltraumpläne der Nato werden konkreter: Die Verteidigungsminister der NATO-Staaten haben angekündigt, ein „Space Center“ (Weltraum-Zentrum) aufzubauen. Das Zentrum soll in Ramstein in Rheinland-Pfalz entstehen, wo bereits das Luftwaffenoberkommando der Nato seinen Sitz hat.
Hamburger Abendblatt vom 19.10.2020:
https://www.abendblatt.de/politik/article230704112/Verteidigung-im-Weltall-Nato-plant-Space-Center.html
German Foreign Policy, 23.10.2020: Ein militärischer “Kompetenzcluster Weltraum”
Die NATO-Zentrale für Weltraumoperationen wird in Deutschland angesiedelt. Berlin will zudem einen Weltraum-Think-Tank der NATO an den Niederrhein holen.
https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/8420/
aus dem Rundbrief 14/2020 ver.di-Arbeitskreis Frieden 
Was geht uns denn Ramstein an?
Pressemitteilung 17.11.2020
Verwaltungsgericht Neustadt verhandelt über Verweigerungshaltung rheinland- pfälzischer Behörden im Umgang mit Petitionen zur Rolle Ramsteins im US- Drohnenkrieg
Das Verwaltungsgericht Neustadt an der Weinstraße verhandelt am Montag, 23.11.2020, 09:00 Uhr (Robert-Stolz-Straße 20, 67433 Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Sitzungssaal C 07), über mehrere Klagen eines Friedensaktivisten.
https://www.ramstein-kampagne.eu/was-geht-uns-denn-ramstein-an/
2020/12/04 zoom webinar 2pm EST | 7pm London | 8pm CET
Peace Is Not Just For Xmas – Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp
Peace Is Not Just For Xmas – Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp
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2020/12/16 zoom webinar 3pm (EST) | 8pm (UK) | 21 (CET)
Divest from War through Farming, Permaculture, & Simple Living!
Join us on December 16 at 3:00pm ET (GMT-5) for an interesting webinar on “Divest from War through Farming, Permaculture, & Simple Living”!
https://actionnetwork.org/events/webinar-divest-from-war-through-farming-permaculture-simple-living
The Biden White House: What Will It Mean for Peace? (Video)
The IPB organized the event and invited four US peace and social activists to share their insights with us:
Joseph Gerson, president of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security | Emily Rubino, Director of Policy and Outreach at Peace Action New York State | Paul Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action | Daunasia Yancey, founder and organizer of the Boston chapter of the Black Lives Matter Global Network | The event will be chaired by Lisa Clark, IPB Co-President. (https://youtu.be/-MqXHUmIGsk)
4th International Congress against Military Bases and Wars
Lecture by Vincenzo Santiglia, NO MOUS Sicily
The citizen movement NO MOUS is composed of a network of local committees, which are responsible for regional coordination, and other organized groups. In the founding declaration, adopted on November 18, 2012, MUOS is described as “a non-partisan and non-denominational movement that can be joined individually; it is composed of different people and cultures and diverse political beliefs, but all of them have committed themselves to the indispensable values of freedom, equality, solidarity, anti-fascism, anti-militarism, anti-racism and the fight against … Continue reading →
Beitrag von Vincenzo Santiglia, NO MOUS Sizilien
4. internationaler Kongress gegen militärbasen und Krieg
Die Bürgerbewegung NO MOUS setzt sich aus einem Netzwerk lokaler Komitees zusammen, welche die regionale Koordinierung übernehmen, und aus anderen organisierten Gruppen. In der Gründungserklärung, die am 18. November 2012 beschlossen wurde, wird MUOS als „eine parteiunabhängige und konfessionsfreie Bewegung bezeichnet, der man einzeln beitreten könne; sie ist zusammengesetzt aus verschiedenen Personen und Kulturen und diversen politischen Überzeugungen, aber alle haben sich eingeschworen auf die unverzichtbaren Werte von Freiheit, Gleichheit, Solidarität, Antifaschismus, Antimilitarismus, Antirassismus und den Kampf gegen die Mafia … Continue reading →
Will the Biden Team Be Warmongers or Peacemakers?
by Medea Benjamin – Nicolas J. S. Davies November 11, 2020 COUNTERPUNCH Congratulations to Joe Biden on his election as America’s next president! People all over this pandemic-infested, war-torn and poverty-stricken world were shocked by the brutality and racism of the Trump administration, and are anxiously wondering whether Biden’s presidency will open the door to the kind of international cooperation that we need to confront the serious problems facing humanity in this century. www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/11/will-the-biden-team-be-warmongers-or-peacemakers
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2020/12/03 zoom webinar 8:00AM (EST) | 14:00PM (CET) | 19:00PM (IST)
Webinar on Military Spending and Global (In)Security
On December 3 (14 hours Central European Time) we willl be hosting together with the Asia-Europe People’s Forum a webinar on Military Spending & Global (In)Security to discuss how current levels of military spending condition our global emergencies. Speakers include: Michael T. Klare, Binalakshmi Nepram, Tarja Cronberg and Walden Bello, and moderators will be Jordi Calvo and Corazon Valdez Fabros. More details will come soon. Please save the date. Continue reading →
Jeremy Corbyn is No Antisemite | Andrew Feinstein
I Lost 39 Members of My Family in the Holocaust, Jeremy Corbyn is No Antisemite | Andrew Feinstein (https://youtu.be/VMc_0gaeoBU)
Successful dialogue between Jeffrey Sachs and Zhang Weiwei
On 24 October, No Cold War hosted a very successful and interesting dialogue between Zhang Weiwei (professor of international relations at Fudan University, former interpreter to Deng Xiaoping, and author of several books including the best-selling The China Wave: Rise of a Civilizational State) and Jeffrey Sachs (a leading expert in sustainable development, former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, and author of several books including the influential The End of Poverty). The online event was attended by … Continue reading →
2020/11/07 zoom webinar 9am (US Eastern), 2pm (UK), 10pm (China)
Uniting Against Racism and the New Cold War
Uniting Against Racism and the New Cold War Saturday 14 November 9am (US Eastern), 2pm (UK), 10pm (China). A webinar on forging unity between the anti-racist and anti-war movements, building together towards a future of peaceful cooperation. Neoliberal capitalism in crisis is simultaneously leading to a rise in racism and driving towards a potentially disastrous New Cold War on China. No Cold War is pleased to host a webinar on forging unity between the anti-racist and anti-war movements, building together … Continue reading →
2020/11/07 zoom webinar 7am (US Eastern), 12pm (UK), 8pm (China)
Will the US Presidential Election Change the New Cold War?
Will the US Presidential Election Change the New Cold War? (Saturday 7 November) Saturday 7 November 7am (US Eastern), 12pm (UK), 8pm (China). US, Chinese and other experts opposing a New Cold War will analyse the consequences of the outcome of the US presidential election. President Trump launched a New Cold War against China which has led to a dangerous rise in global tensions. It is a decisive part of an aggressive ‘America First’ foreign policy which has also involved … Continue reading →
Vormarsch des Militarismus: Vom Mythos der Reife
Ist politisch erst erwachsen, wer Truppen ins Ausland schickt? Ein törichtes Narrativ, von den Grünen erfunden, bedrängt nun die Linkspartei.
von Charlotte Wiedemann
Wir rufen auf zum bundesweiten dezentralen Aktionstag für „Abrüstung und neue Entspannungspolitik“ am 5. Dezember 2020. Mitmachen!
Erklärung der „Initiative abrüsten statt aufrüsten“ FRANKFURTER APPELL ABRÜSTEN STATT AUFRÜSTEN – NEUE ENTSPANNUNGSPOLITIK JETZT! Das Gespenst des Kalten Krieges ist zurück. Die Welt steht am Rande des Friedens, denn sie wird zu einer zerbrechlichen Einheit. Das Krebsgeschwür des Nationalismus breitet sich aus. Soziale Ungleichheiten spitzen sich zu. Die globale Klimakrise bedroht die Menschheit. Kriege und Naturzerstörung sind entscheidende Gründe für Flucht und Vertreibung. Die Corona-Pandemie ist ein Beleg dafür, dass die sozialen und ökologischen Schutzschichten des menschlichen Lebens dünn … Continue reading →
Abrüsten statt Aufrüsten (disarming instead of investing in arms) – a new policy of détente now!
Abrüsten statt Aufrüsten (disarming instead of investing in arms) – a new policy of détente now! The ghost of the Cold War has returned. The world is on the verge of peace, for it becomes a fragile entity. The cancer of nationalism is spreading. Social inequalities are becoming more acute. The global climate crisis is threatening humanity. Wars and destruction of nature are crucial reasons for flight and expulsion. The Corona pandemic is proof that the social and environmental layers … Continue reading →
2020/12/04 Free zoom Webinar 11:00AM (PT) | 2:00PM (ET) | 07:00PM (Nigeria Time) | 08:00PM (CET)
AFRICOM & Human Rights in Africa
What: Free Webinar: AFRICOM & Human Rights in Africa
When: Friday, December 4 at 11:00AM PT / 2:00PM ET / 7:00PM Nigeria Time
How to join: Register here for the Zoom info (https://actionnetwork.org/events/free-webinar-africom-human-rights-in-africa)
Invite your friends and share it on Facebook! (https://www.facebook.com/events/3569356163123820)
The Uncertain Election: Defending Constitutional Democracy and Human Surviva
Joseph Gerson* November 4, 2020 In the run up to the U.S. election, Daniel Ellsberg, the courageous whistleblower who risked 115 years in prison in the early 1970s for revealing the Pentagon’s secret in his effort to stop the killing, wrote that the country was “facing an authoritarian threat to our democratic system of a kind we’ve never seen before.” Despite differing with Biden on many issues, he urged people to vote for Biden “to free the nation from Trump’s … Continue reading →
Declaración del 4to Congreso Internacional contra Bases Militares y Guerra
Declaración del 4to Congreso Internacional contra Bases Militares y Guerra organizado por la campaña “Stop Base aérea Ramstein” (Stop Air Base Ramstein), con el apoyo de la red internacional “No a la guerra – no a la OTAN” (No to War – no to NATO), la Oficina Internacional de Paz (International Peace Bureau) y el Partido de la Izquierda Europea, el 25.09.2020, celebrado tanto de manera presencial (Berlín), como de manera virtual (a nivel mundial), en un evento híbrido debido … Continue reading →
Open letter to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Dear NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, We want to voice our opposition to the fact that you will host the NATO 2030 Youth Summit on November 9th. As young people concerned about our future and the future of our planet, we are very concerned that the focus of the event is ‘keeping NATO strong militarily, making it stronger politically and more global’. We do not believe that strengthening NATO is the best way to secure our future. Instead we would … Continue reading →
2020/10/27 zoom event 17:00-1900 CET
Holocaust and the rewriting of History
Holocaust and the rewriting of History –
Webinar 27th of October 2020 17:00 – 19:00 Stockholm, Berlin and Prague time.
UN Nuclear Treaty achieves 50th ratification for Entry into Force on 75th anniversary of UN’s founding
UN Nuclear Treaty achieves 50th ratification for Entry into Force on 75th anniversary of UN’s founding London, 24 October 2020: The United Nations has confirmed that the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has been ratified by its 50th state party, Honduras, and will therefore enter into international legal force 90 days later, on 22 January. “This Treaty bans nuclear weapons production, testing, possession and use, along with other activities that could enable and assist anyone … Continue reading →
50. Staat ratifiziert UN-Atomwaffenverbot
ICAN veröffentlicht am 25. Oktober 2020 Atomwaffen international geächtet Heute Nacht, am 24. Oktober New Yorker Zeit, hat Honduras als 50. Staat den UN-Vertrag zum Verbot von Atomwaffen ratifiziert. Kurz zuvor sind Jamaica und die Republik Nauru beigetreten. Damit wird das Inkrafttreten des UN-Atomwaffenverbots binnen 90 Tagen augelöst. Für die Mitwirkung an dem Vertrag wurde ICAN 2017 mit dem Friedensnobelpreis ausgezeichnet. “Ab dem 21. Januar 2021 sind Atomwaffen völkerrechtlich geächtet. Ein historischer Moment für einen Jahrzehnte alten Kampf. Während … Continue reading →
NATO is a threat to the climate
Rapidly reducing carbon emissions impossible with rising militarism and military spending
TAMARA LORINCZ (Dec 06, 2019)
2021/01/25 worldwide
Global Day of Action over Yemen
Stop the War has been working with a number of organisations on a call for global protests against the war on Yemen on January 25. www.stopwar.org.uk/ Over 200 organizations from over 15 countries have signed the statement, which is in 5 languages.
Register your event here: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/world-says-no-to-war-on-yemen-25-jan-2021Militär – katastrophal auch für die Umwelt
Lesen oder Download Tarantel#89.pdf
Zeitschrift der Ökologischen Plattform bei der Partei DIE LINKE.
Militär – auch katastrophal für die Umwelt
France made its first cruise missile launch since a submarine
France launched a cruise missile from a submarine, the French Armed Forces Department announced on Tuesday, October 20. The Suffren, a new generation of nuclear attack submarines, has “successfully carried out” this Naval Cruise Missile test fire off Biscarrosse (Landes), he said in a statement. “This success gives a new strategic capability to our Navy, it is among the best in the world”, welcomed the Minister of Armies, Florence Parly. “Until now, French submarine forces could hit submarines and surface … Continue reading →
Bombs can’t kill viruses
‘Bombs can’t kill viruses’: Hawaii faces backlash as international war games approach
As coronavirus case numbers soar, the state prepares to host Rimpac, the world’s largest international maritime military exercise
Interview with Jon Mitchell about his new book “Poisoning the Pacific”
Jon Letman has been writing a lot, thank goodness! Here is his interview with Jon Mitchell about his new excellent book “Poisoning the Pacific” (Ann Wright)
“POISONING THE PACIFIC”
An Interview with journalist Jon Mitchell.
New US Command for NATO Naval Battle in Europe
by Manlio Dinucci (the manifesto, October 20, 2020) The art of war: New US Command for NATO Naval Battle in Europe A new NATO command was born in Norfolk (Virginia, USA): the Norfolk Joint Force Command, called “Atlantic Command,” is a clone of Naples Joint Force Command with headquarters in Lago Patria (Naples). Its constitution was approved by the North Atlantic Council at the Defense Ministers level (for Italy the first Conte Government’s Minister Elisabetta Trenta ), in June 2018. Just as the NATO command in Naples … Continue reading →
DEFENCE INDUSTRY INFLUENCE IN GERMANY
DEFENCE INDUSTRY INFLUENCE IN GERMANYAnalysing Defence Industry Influence on the German Policy Agenda
The study by Transparency International can be downloaded here: https://www.transparency.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/Publikationen/TIDS-DefenceIndustryInfluenceGermany-DIGITAL.pdf
Einfluss der Rüstungsindustrie auf die Politik in Deutschland
Hier der Link zur deutschen Zusammenfassung der neuen Studie von Transparency International zum Einfluss der Rüstungsindustrie auf die Politik in Deutschland, im Internet unter
https://www.transparency.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/Publikationen/TIDS-ShortPaper-AnalysingDefenceInfluence-German-DIGITAL.pdf
Die vollständige Studie in englischer Sprache kann unter
https://www.transparency.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/Publikationen/TIDS-DefenceIndustryInfluenceGermany-DIGITAL.pdf heruntergeladen werden.
Bremer Friedensforum: Pandemie wird für Militarisierung missbraucht
PRESSEMITTEILUNG 23.10. 2020 Warnung vor Weltraumrüstung Bremer Friedensforum: Pandemie wird für Militarisierung missbraucht Bremen. Das Bremer Friedensforum warnt vor einer neuen Runde im Rüstungswettlauf. Während viele administrative und medizinische Einrichtungen der Staaten damit befasst sind, die Corona-Pandemie zu bekämpfen und dafür riesige Steuermittel eingesetzt werden müssen, beschließt die NATO, ein eigenes Weltraumzentrum einzurichten. Dieses militärische Weltraumzentrum soll beim Luftwaffenkommando in Ramstein, nämlich auf der dort befindlichen Air Base der USA angesiedelt werden. Mit diesem Schritt der NATO soll die Rüstung … Continue reading →
https://www.ramstein-kampagne.eu/friedenscamp-kampfdrohnen-fuer-die-bundeswehr-14-newsletter-2020/
2020/12/01 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT | 18-19:30 CET
Missile and Nuclear Insecurity in East Asia
Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar Series
Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30) | 18-19:30 CET
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1: Missile and Nuclear Insecurity in East Asia
REGISTER HERE https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6Um61UbXTKOoGsI9NWOwNQ.
2020/11/24 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT | 18-19:30 CET
What’s next for the US-India strategic partnership?
Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar Series
Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30) | 18-19:30 CET
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24: What’s next for the US-India strategic partnership?
Register here: https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ro-gCaJiRe-eQILnq2Sfzg
2020/11/17 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT | 18-19:30 CET
Ten years after Fukushima: The Future of Nuclear Power in Japan
Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar Series
Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30) | 18-19:30 CET
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 6:00PM-7:30PM EST (Please note differnt time): Ten years After Fukushima: The Future of Nuclear Power in Japan Continue reading →
2020/11/10 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT | 18-19:30 CET
The Non-Proliferation Treaty at 50: A Mid-Life Crisis?
Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar Series
Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30) | 18-19:30 CET
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10: The Non-Proliferation Treaty at 50: A Mid-Life Crisis?
Speaker: Paul Meyer, Adjunct Professor, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament Continue reading →