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
What Planet Is NATO Living On?
https://popularresistance.org/what-planet-is-nato-living-on/
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 →‘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/
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