Rheinland-Pfalz lebt von und mit dem Militär. Mit den Soldaten ist viel Wohlstand gekommen. Doch der Fluglärm und vor allem die Verschmutzung der Felder und Wälder durch Schadstoffe bringt die Menschen auf. In Binsfeld will man sich das nicht länger gefallen lassen.
The Dangerous US / NATO Strategy in Europe
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 →
Deutschland übernimmt größeren Anteil an Nato-Kosten
Ab 2021 wird Deutschland einen gleich hohen Beitrag an die Nato überweisen wie die USA. Die Regierung in Paris lehnt den neuen Verteilungsschlüssel jedoch ab.
Klammheimliche Ausweitung der Bundeswehr-Mission in Irak
Alexander Neu ist Abgeordneter der Partei Die Linke im Deutschen Bundestag und Obmann im Verteidigungsausschuss. Vor wenigen Tagen erlebte er eine Überraschung: Die NATO hat ihre Mission im Irak von 500 auf 4.000 Soldaten aufgestockt, obwohl das irakische Parlament den Abzug aller ausländischen Truppen aus dem Irak gefordert hat. Die Abgeordneten im Verteidigungsausschuss waren nicht informiert. In den Medien wurde dieser Entschluss kaum thematisiert. Karin Leukefeld sprach für die NachDenkSeiten mit Alexander Neu.
E. Martin Schotz, MD: The Logic of the Nuclear Age and the Illogic of US Nuclear Weapons Policy
E. Martin Schotz, MD: The Logic of the Nuclear Age and the Illogic of US Nuclear Weapons Policy
Continue reading →When robots decide on life and death
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
Continue reading →Kampagne »Stopp Air Base Ramstein« kündigt Protest vor Gericht an
Das Landgericht Siegen verhandelt am Freitag, 26.2.2021, 10.00 Uhr (Sitzungssaal 029, Berliner Straße 22, 57072 Siegen), über eine Anklage der Staatsanwaltschaft Siegen gegen den Friedensaktivisten Hermann Theisen (Hirschberg), der Mitglied der Deutschen Friedensgesellschaft – Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen ist und von Rechtsanwalt Martin Heiming (Heidelberg) verteidigt wird. Theisen hatte im Sommer 2019 vor dem US-Stützpunkt Ramstein, am United States Africa Command in Stuttgart, am Bundesverteidigungsministerium in Bonn und an der Hachenberg-Kaserne im Siegerland militärkritische Flugblätter verteilt.
Peace research perspectives on NATO 2030
A response to the official NATO Reflection Group
Hat Trump bei Hospital Rotstift angesetzt?
Nachgehakt: Im Jahr 2022 sollte das neue US-Hospital ursprünglich fertig sein, doch wer an der Baustelle bei Weilerbach vorbeifährt, sieht anno 2021 hinter dem Zaun nichts als planierte rote Erde. Von Krankenhausbauten keine Spur. Wie steht es um das Projekt, das rund eine Milliarde Euro kosten soll und um das es in letzter Zeit ziemlich still geworden ist? Von Gabriele Schöfer RHEINPFALZ, 26.2.21
Continue reading → 2021/03/19 Hawthorne, California, USA
5G SpaceX Satellite Protest
Satellites, rockets, and 5G on earth and in sky. What is the cost to health and the environment?
5G SpaceX Satellite Protest
March 19, 2021
5G SpaceX Satellite Protest
March 19, 2021
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
1 Rocket Road, Hawthorne, California
Parking limited—Uber or bus recommended
1 Rocket Road, Hawthorne, California
Parking limited—Uber or bus recommended
2021/03/09 online zoom
The hidden footprint of war: 800 bases worldwide
How to join: Click here to register for the Zoom link!
Tuesday, March 9 at 7:00pm-8:00pm Eastern Time (UTC-5) Continue reading →
‘A reckoning is near’:
America has a vast overseas military empire. Does it still need it?
The U.S. has enjoyed global military dominance for decades. But in the face of emerging threats, some say a new strategy is in order.
Interview with Ann Wright on US Assassin Drones by Swedish journalist
Three days after the US attack on the senior military Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian amen published this picture showing an Iranian drone. Iran’s retaliation is a matter of time, says former diplomat Ann Wright. Photo: AP / TT
The original is here: https://www.no-to-nato.org/2021/02/nar-robotar-bestammer-over-liv-och-dod/ and here: https://tidningensyre.se/2021/21-februari-2021/nar-robotar-bestammer-over-liv-och-dod/
Published February 20, 2021
When robots decide on life and death Continue reading →
Get Your Troops Out of Afghanistan
A Global Demand to 35 Governments: Get Your Troops Out of Afghanistan / A Thank You to 6 That Already Have
Target: Governments with Troops Occupying Afghanistan
Cuba demands multilateralism to achieve nuclear disarmament
Havana, Feb 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Monday noted the urgency of negotiating multilateral agreements in order to achieve nuclear disarmament and guarantee peace.
In his virtual speech at the High-Level Segment of the Conference on Disarmament, being held in Geneva, Switzerland, the head of Cuban diplomacy noted the threats to international peace and security due conflicts; predatory and non-conventional wars; acts of aggression and regime change attempts.
Why NATO Needs to Go
After three quarters of a century, it’s clear the alliance has done much more harm than good.
February 24, 2021
The February 17-18 meeting of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Defense Ministers, the first since U.S. President Joe Biden took power, revealed an antiquated, seventy-five-year-old alliance that, despite its military failures in Afghanistan and Libya, is now turning its military madness toward two more formidable, nuclear-armed enemies: Russia and China.
https://progressive.org/dispatches/why-nato-needs-to-go-benjamin-davies-210224/
2021/03/07 zoom webinar 11am PT / 2pm ET / 8pm CET
NATO and The Patriarchy with Ray Acheson
Webinar: “NATO and the Patriarchy” with Ray Acheson
Sunday, March 7
(11am PT/ 2pm ET / 8pm CET)
In celebration of International Women’s Day
Ray Acheson is the Director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program of the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF). Ray will be speaking about her chapter “The patriarchal militarism of NATO’s reflection group” from this recent NATO Watch report: https://natowatch.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/peace_research_perspectives_on_nato_2030.pdf
Join us in our discussion to challenge NATO’s patriarchal militarism, military spending and plan for 2030. Following Ray’s talk we will hear briefly from five discussants: Kristine Karch (Germany), Ann Wright (United States), Rae Street (UK), Ingela Mårtensson (Sweden) and Tamara Lorincz (Canada). The webinar is organized by the No to War-No to NATO Network (www.no-to-nato.org) and endorsed by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Hawai’i Peace and Justice, and Veterans for Peace Chapter 113-Hawaii, Women for Peace in Sweden, Women for Peace in Finland, Women Against Nuclear Power, and Les Artistes pour la Paix.
Escalating the new Cold War with Russia
via Ukraine: Biden’s Unprincipled Stands Involving Covert Operations, Blackmail, Corruption, Nepotism and State Terrorism ByJeremy Kuzmarov – February 20, 2021 https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/02/20/escalating-the-new-cold-war-with-russia-via-ukraine-bidens-unprincipled-stands-involving-covert-operations-blackmail-corruption-nepotism-and-state-terrorism/
Continue reading →US-China Relations: Challenges & Prospects for Disarmament in Asia-Pacific
On 18 February 2021, in preparation for the Second IPB World Peace Congress in Barcelona this fall, IPB held a roundtable discussion on US-China Relations, featuring Dr. Joseph Gerson of the US and Prof. Wang Danning of China, with commentators from across Asia. https://youtu.be/JYig1wnOGFQ
Short minutes of our productive ICC meeting on Monday, 16.02.2021
here are short minutes of our productive ICC meeting 16.02.2021 participants: Alain Rouy, Ann Wright, Ingela Martensson, Kate, Hudson, Kristine Karch, Ludo De Brabander (at the beginning), Medea Benjamin, Reiner Braun, Tamara Lorincz (later), Yves-Jean Gallas. Agenda: paper NATO2030 evaluate the webinar about NATO2030 we had a very interesting and productive webinar with about 35 persons. It is important to take more attention to this paper, even if the topics are not new, but never announced in this confrontational way. … Continue reading →
France must get out of NATO and demand its dissolution
PRESS RELEASE
After the reintegration of France into the NATO integrated command decided by Nicolas Sarkozy in March 2009, the government has just taken a new step by proposing to NATO to host in Toulouse a new NATO Center of Excellence exclusively dedicated to space. Continue reading →
La France doit sortir de l’OTAN et exiger sa dissolution
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE
Après la réintégration de la France dans le commandement intégré de l’OTAN décidée par Nicolas Sarkozy en mars 2009, le gouvernement vient de franchir un nouveau pas en proposant à l’OTAN d’accueillir à Toulouse un nouveau Centre d’Excellence OTAN (CEO) exclusivement dédié à l’espace. Continue reading →
Déclaration du réseau « Non à la guerre – Non à l’OTAN » sur le nouvel agenda OTAN 2030
Le réseau Non à la guerre – Non à l’OTAN condamne les propositions pour un nouvel agenda de l’OTAN, exposées dans OTAN 2030: Unis pour une nouvelle ère . Ce rapport présente un dangereux plan d’expansion qui augmentera les tensions et les risques de guerre. Introduction En 2020, le secrétaire général de l’OTAN, Stoltenberg, a chargé un groupe de 10 « experts » de réfléchir à l’avenir de l’OTAN. Dans leur rapport OTAN 2030:Unis pour une nouvelle ère, ils présentent 138 propositions censées aider l’alliance militaire à relever les … Continue reading →