NATO’s Lack Of Any Serious Purpose Means It Should Retire

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I’m moved to write to share a significant article – most significant because of the corporatist magazine in which it appears – urging the retirement of NATO. thought you’d want to see it: http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougbandow/2013/04/22/natos-lack-of-any-serious-purpose-means-it-should-retire/ Joe

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Militarization and economic crisis

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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.

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Asia-Pacific working Group – Additional Article & Interview

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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 →

Out of the Marathon Bombings – A Boston Peace Movement Converstation

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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 →

Asia-Pacific Working Group – Recent Articles

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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.

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Statement on the situation in the Korean Peninsula April 8th 2013

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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 →

Compte-rendu du séminaire Quel internationalisme pour construire la paix?

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Organisé par Transform! avec le Mouvement de la Paix  FSM Tunis 27 mars 2013 9h-11h30 Le séminaire s’est tenu le premier matin du FSM 2013 de Tunis. Il rassemblait, sous une tente aux couleurs de la Palestine, un public assez important, autour des intervenants : Youssef Habash (Palestine), Lydia Samarbakhsh (France), Reiner Braun (Allemagne) et Willy Meyer (Espagne).

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