50. Staat ratifiziert UN-Atomwaffenverbot

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ICAN veröffentlicht am 25. Oktober 2020 Atomwaffen international geächtet   Heute Nacht, am 24. Oktober New Yorker Zeit, hat Honduras als 50. Staat den UN-Vertrag zum Verbot von Atomwaffen ratifiziert. Kurz zuvor sind Jamaica und die Republik Nauru beigetreten. Damit wird das Inkrafttreten des UN-Atomwaffenverbots binnen 90 Tagen augelöst. Für die Mitwirkung an dem Vertrag wurde ICAN 2017 mit dem Friedensnobelpreis ausgezeichnet. “Ab dem 21. Januar 2021 sind Atomwaffen völkerrechtlich geächtet. Ein historischer Moment für einen Jahrzehnte alten Kampf. Während … Continue reading →

France made its first cruise missile launch since a submarine

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France launched a cruise missile from a submarine, the French Armed Forces Department announced on Tuesday, October 20. The Suffren, a new generation of nuclear attack submarines, has “successfully carried out” this Naval Cruise Missile test fire off Biscarrosse (Landes), he said in a statement. “This success gives a new strategic capability to our Navy, it is among the best in the world”, welcomed the Minister of Armies, Florence Parly. “Until now, French submarine forces could hit submarines and surface … Continue reading →

Bombs can’t kill viruses

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‘Bombs can’t kill viruses’: Hawaii faces backlash as international war games approach

As coronavirus case numbers soar, the state prepares to host Rimpac, the world’s largest international maritime military exercise

in Hawaii

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/12/rimpac-hawaii-coronavirus-covid-19-military-war-games

Interview with Jon Mitchell about his new book “Poisoning the Pacific”

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Jon Letman has been writing a lot, thank goodness! Here is his interview with Jon Mitchell about his new excellent book “Poisoning the Pacific” (Ann Wright)

“POISONING THE PACIFIC”

An Interview with journalist Jon Mitchell.

Words: Jon Letman, Pictures: Top photo via US National Archives, Date: October 15th, 2020

https://inkstickmedia.com/poisoning-the-pacific/?fbclid=IwAR15PUNTfBQKCrOgYkkLWmFxGqA-blHviJqNBxLFt17oMRAbNbeSr9Ndk08

New US Command for NATO Naval Battle in Europe

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by Manlio Dinucci (the manifesto,  October 20, 2020) The art of war: New US Command for NATO Naval Battle in Europe  A new NATO command was born in Norfolk  (Virginia, USA): the Norfolk Joint Force Command, called “Atlantic Command,” is a clone of  Naples Joint Force Command with headquarters in Lago Patria (Naples). Its constitution was approved by the North Atlantic Council at the  Defense Ministers level (for Italy the first Conte Government’s Minister Elisabetta Trenta ), in June 2018. Just as the NATO command in Naples … Continue reading →

Einfluss der Rüstungsindustrie auf die Politik in Deutschland

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Hier der Link zur deutschen Zusammenfassung der neuen Studie von Transparency International zum Einfluss der Rüstungsindustrie auf die Politik in Deutschland, im Internet unter
https://www.transparency.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/Publikationen/TIDS-ShortPaper-AnalysingDefenceInfluence-German-DIGITAL.pdf

Die vollständige Studie in englischer Sprache kann unter
https://www.transparency.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/Publikationen/TIDS-DefenceIndustryInfluenceGermany-DIGITAL.pdf heruntergeladen werden.

Bremer Friedensforum: Pandemie wird für Militarisierung missbraucht

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PRESSEMITTEILUNG 23.10. 2020 Warnung vor Weltraumrüstung Bremer Friedensforum: Pandemie wird für Militarisierung missbraucht Bremen. Das Bremer Friedensforum warnt vor einer neuen Runde im Rüstungswettlauf. Während viele administrative und medizinische Einrichtungen der Staaten damit befasst sind, die Corona-Pandemie zu bekämpfen und dafür riesige Steuermittel eingesetzt werden müssen, beschließt die NATO, ein eigenes Weltraumzentrum einzurichten. Dieses militärische Weltraumzentrum soll beim Luftwaffenkommando in Ramstein, nämlich auf der dort befindlichen Air Base der USA angesiedelt werden. Mit diesem Schritt der NATO soll die Rüstung … Continue reading →

From the EU Covid Recovery Fund 30 billion goes to the military

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by Manlio Dinucci While the “Coronavirus crisis” continues to cause devastating socio-economic consequences also in Italy, a large part of the “Recovery Fund” is destined not to the most affected economic and social sectors, but to the most advanced sectors of the war industry. According to the EU Recovery Fund, Italy should receive € 209 billion over the next six years, of which about 81 is for grants and 128 for loans to be repaid with interest. In the meantime, … Continue reading →

FACTSHEET US-Operations at Shannon Airport

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Factsheet launched by

Shannonwatch campaigns to end the US military use of Shannon Airport and to demand accountability for the
airport’s complicity in human rights abuse and war. It opposes the participation of Ireland in all regional military
alliances and structures, including those of the EU and NATO. It holds peace demonstrations at Shannon Airport
on the second Sunday of every month from 2 to 3pm.

The Peace & Neutrality Alliance campaigns for the right of the Irish people to have their own independent foreign
policy, with positive neutrality as a key component, pursued primarily through a reformed Unite Nations.

US Operations at Shannon 4pp Web.pdf

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