from Joe Gerson Shortly after the Marathon bombings lockdown of the Boston metropolitan area and siege of Watertown, I did an interview with Jessie Jackson and Professor Charles Ogletree of Harvard Law School.
Continue reading →I am writing this from the Frankfurt, Germany airport where I have a three-hour layover on the way back to Boston. I flew early this morning from Kiruna to Stockholm and then Frankfurt.
Continue reading →by Elsa Rasbach For the official visit of President Barack Obama to Berlin on June 18th & 19th, ca. 800 people protested against US policies in a lively demonstration through central Berlin. The main banner reads: “Against War, Repression and Racism!” The call for the demonstration was by a broad coalition of peace, civil rights, and solidarity movements and takes as its theme the red penalty card, used in many sports, indicating that a player has committed an offense so serious … Continue reading →
From a world of violence to a world of peace June 2014 new website: http://peaceeventsarajevo2014.eu/home.html
Continue reading →German-Afghan information and action conference April, 25th in Hannover, Germany afghanistanprotest.eu
Continue reading →Next meeting July 7th from 11:00 to about 17:00. The location is 19, Bd de Nancy 67000 Strasbourg At the end of the court take the door to the left and go to the top floor. (Next to the paint shop “workshop of Noah”) October, 11th – 13th, 2013 Strasbourg an international Afghanistan conference Dear friends and colleagues, we had to cancel our last preparatory meeting for the Afganistan Conference due to sickness of Karim and Claire. Now we would … Continue reading →
We must be alert, looking at Latin America. The Mexico-U.S. border, that is, the Latin America-NATO border, could be the next battlefield for the criminal alliance… http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/us/us-military-firms-eye-border-security-contracts.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130607&_r=0 Best, Luis Gutierrez-Esparza
Continue reading →De: PRENSA PÉREZ ESQUIVEL [mailto:] Enviado el: Martes, 04 de Junio de 2013 05:10 p.m. Para: Asunto: Santos no puede convertir a Colombia en un país invasor Agradecemos su difusión
Continue reading →by QYOZOU ENOLM <> Abstract 1 – A decadent Europe shows its decaying teeth 2 – A quick glance on the Pentagon/NATO’s last brave interventions 2.1 – Libya 2.2 – Iraq 2.3 – Afghanistan 2.4 – Syria 3 – What is left from tragedies and comedies of the recent past? 4 – Iran, the rich target of the Westerners 4.1 – Recent history of Western’s interventions in Iran 4.2 – The Iranian foreign relationships matrix 4.3 – The Iranian nuclear … Continue reading →
This email is to request that your organization consider sending short statements of solidarity to the High North and International Security Space Conference being held in Kiruna, Sweden on June 27-29. The three days of events are being sponsored by Women for Peace, the Folke Bernadotte Academy, and the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. You can learn more about the event at http://space4peace.blogspot.com/2013/06/news-release-intl-space-conference-in.html Your statements will be shared with those at the event. Please send your statements not … Continue reading →
Last week, in my weekly column in Mexico City’s daily newspaper Excelsior, I (Luis Gutierrez-Esparza) wrote about a theme that should be of concern to every Latin American and to the peace and disarmament movement worldwide: the presence of active chemical weapons, abandoned by the U.S. in Panama, and the reluctance of Washington to recognize its responsibility and destroy and remove those weapons from Panama.
Continue reading →Report and Appeal to the International community to support a process of dialogue and reconciliation in Syria between its people and Syrian government and reject outside intervention and war. BY Mairead Maguire, Nobel peace laureate. Spokesperson for Mussalaha International Peace delegation to Lebanon/Syria l-llth May, 2013,
Continue reading →Interesting and India moves to reinforce its influence in Afghanistan jg Afghan leader Hamid Karzai to push for Indian military aid Submitted by kerry.nelson on May 21st 2013, 3:54pm Afghan President Hamid Karzai will try to secure more military aid in talks with Indian leaders on Tuesday as he looks to beef up his security forces after international troops pull out next year. Karzai is to hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee after … Continue reading →
Dear friends and colleagues, please find below a link to the video of an event on Ireland obstaining becoming a NATO member of our Irish collegues: NATO or Neutrality? Debate by Irish Anti-War Movement Greetings, Lucas PS: congratulations to our Irish colleagues for this event
Continue reading →Hope you find this article useful. The U.S. internet newspaper Truthout has a fairly wide reach in progressive circles there. Elsa Sunday, 05 May 2013 00:00 By Elsa Rassbach, Truthout | Op-Ed http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16100-on-the-struggle-to-keep-weaponized-drones-out-of-europe
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