The No to war – No to NATO Network condemns the proposals for a new NATO agenda, outlined in NATO 2030: United for a New Era. The report presents a dangerous expansion plan that will increase tension and the risk of war. Continue reading →
David Swanson Talk Nation Radio: Pablo Domíngues on Defeating a Military Base
Pablo Domínguez spoke also in the WSF webinars ‘Global NATO – All Countries Are Affected’ and in ‘Military Bases: Environment and Geostrategic Impacts’
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-pablo-domingues-on-defeating-a-military-base
The U.S. Military Is the World’s Biggest Climate Destroyer.
No to War and Occupation! No to Environmental Degradation
Emerging Dynamics of Antiwar and Climate Justice Movements
Talk by Alison Bodine at the United National Antiwar Coalition National Conference held from February 21–23, 2020, at the People’s Forum in New York City.
Vom Himmel hoch (daserste.de Tatort)
Dr. Steinfeld wird erschlagen in seiner Praxis gefunden. Der renommierte Psychiater war spezialisiert auf Kriegstraumata, unter seinen Patienten finden sich zivile Opfer von kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen wie auch traumatisierte Militärangehörige der US Air Base in Ramstein. Menschen mit unterschiedlichsten Gewalterfahrungen, von denen sich einer möglicherweise gegen seinen Therapeuten gewandt hat.
Early implemntation of NATO 2030
Joseph Gerson shared the following slightly edited version of a CNN report.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-and-france-flex-muscles-in-south-china-sea-raising-beijing-e2-80-99s-ire/ar-BB1dwUK0 U.S. and France flex muscles in South China Sea, raising Beijing’s ire CNN – Feb. 9,2021 CNN reports that two U.S. carrier groups are conducting exercises in the South China Sea, reinforced by France which announced one of its attack submarines had sailed through the zone. According to CNN: The Navy reported that “The aircraft carriers Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz “conducted a multitude of exercises aimed at increasing … Continue reading →
NATO 2030 – United for a New Era
Rae Street, February 2021 NATO recently commissioned a report on the future of NATO from ten experts appointed by the Secretary- General, Jens Stoltenberg. It opens with congratulations to themselves, as according to the authors, NATO is the ‘most successful alliance in history’. I guess it depends on how you define ‘success’. Provoking conflict by expansion? Not short on arrogance, the report claims that it is ‘indispensable’ with its ‘peace ensuring role’ in a world of ‘competing great powers’. Throughout … Continue reading →
Glutkern des Westens | NATO-Manifest aus der Böll-Stiftung
von: Jürgen Wagner | Veröffentlicht am: 27. Januar 2021
US Air Force bomber unit sets up shop in Norway
COLOGNE, Germany — The U.S. Air Force is temporarily deploying 200 personnel with an expeditionary B-1 Lancer squadron to Norway to help manage bomber training flights in the region, U.S. European Command announced Tuesday. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2021/02/02/us-air-force-bomber-unit-sets-up-shop-in-norway/
Continue reading →NATO, Europe, US & China
31“….the rise of China is fundamentally shifting the global balance of power;heating up the race for economic and technological supremacy; multiplying the threats to open societies and individual freedoms; and increasing the competition over our values and our way of life.” This is how NATO chief, Jens Stoltenberg,speaking in June 2020, introduced his outline for NATO 2030, https://www.spokesmanbooks.com/Spokesman/PDF/146Clegg.pdf
Continue reading →NATO countries including Canada thwarting new nuclear weapons ban treaty
by Tamara Lorincz January 31, 2021
The most significant multilateral treaty for nuclear disarmament in fifty years came into force on January 22. The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has now been ratified by over 50 countries and signed by more than 80 countries.
Protesters hold back military takeover of Balkans’ largest mountain pasture
Montenegro’s military — and maybe NATO — want the Sinjajevina Highlands for maneuvers; traditional herding communities want these biodiverse alpine pasturelands conserved.
by John C. Cannon on 18 January 2021
Mongabay Series: Covering the Commons, Land rights and extractives
Towards 2030, NATO is shaping our future
by Manlio Dinucci NATO is looking to the future. For this reason, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg summoned students and young leaders of the Alliance countries via video conference on February 4, proposing “new ideas for NATO 2030.” His initiative is part of the growing involvement with universities and schools, also with a competition on the theme: “What will be the greatest threats to peace and security in 2030 and how will NATO adapt to counter them?” To carry out the theme, … Continue reading →
Las nuevas generaciones deberían abogar por la abolición de la OTAN
Angelo Cardona, Alianza Iberoamericana por la Paz – AIPP
La Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte (OTAN) fue fundada en 1949 como una alianza militar intergubernamental con el objetivo de defender a sus aliados y frenar la expansión de la entonces Unión Soviética. Hace más de 70 años que se fundó la OTAN y actualmente cuenta con 30 Estados miembros y 9 socios globales fuera de Europa.