Our friends from local organisation of Mouvement de la Paix sent us pictures (from local newspaper “Sud Ouest”) of the US troops and helicopters in the french harbour of La Rochelle (western France)
Alain Rouy
Forward Operation Location (Hato) in Curaçao
June 20, 2020, David Cenciotti
The U.S. Air Force will temporarily deploy four aircraft and crews to Curaçao to support drug-interdiction operations.
An E-8 Joint STARS (JSTARS) and an E-3 Sentry Airborne Early Warning aircraft, supported by two KC-135 Stratotankers, will soon fly detection and monitoring missions in international airspace to support U.S. and international law enforcement authorities fighting criminal organizations trafficking illegal narcotics in the Caribbean region, the U.S. Southern Command has announced.
AFRICOM as the colonization of Africa by the US
BAP (Black Aliance for Peace) is intensifying the work against the U.S. African Command (AFRICOM, Stuttgart Germany) as we link the work against the war being waged on African people in the U.S. by the domestic army we call the police and U.S. militarism abroad against African people and other colonized peoples’ and nations.
BAP’s U.S. Out of African Campaign has developed an international network of over two hundred activists from around the world – the U.S. Out of African Network (USOAN).
Tunde Osazua, BAP Network coordinator discusses the project and the issues driving AFRICOM and the U.S. basing and command structures.
Link to Authoritarianism or Democracy Recording
With Massachusetts Peace Action, last night CPDCS held what I think was a uniquely important webinar last night titled “Authoritarianism or Democracy” with Noam Chomsky, the historian Van Gosse, and the African-American (BLM & Poor People’s Campaign) organizer Ty dePasse.
It was, I think, uniquely excellent and had 640 people registered from across the U.S. and four other countries, and I thought to share it with you I was the lead organizer, but didn’t have to appear online.
Noam’s analysis will likely be quite familiar to you, but Van Gosse’s presentation was comprehensive and chilling and concluded with a dose of hope. And Ty described the daily experiences of white supremicist authoritarianism for People of Color, beginning with a terrible example here in Boston.
In any event, I think you will appreciate seeing it. You can listen in at: https://youtu.be/UH0v9pjo-I0
https://www.ramstein-kampagne.eu/9-newsletter-2020-wir-sind-immer-noch-da-keine-drohnen-air-base-ramstein-schliessen/
Link to Webinar — Why there should be a “Pivot to Peace not war with China” (Video)
Hi all, Here is the link to the webinar on “Why there should be a Pivot to Peace not war with China.” that was broadcast on July 11. It has a lot of good information. I hope you will watch it and circulate it. https://www.facebook.com/peacepivot/videos/923494844819562 I spoke about the provocative RIMPAC naval exercises, the largest naval war practice in the world that will be in August in the waters off Hawaii with 20 countries, 200 ships, submarines and aircraft–for practice with a … Continue reading →
Konversion: US Army raus und zivile Nutzung rein
Deutschland braucht einen Masterplan für die Zeit nach Corona, wozu auch bisher militärisch genutzte Flächen gehören. Ein Kommentar zu den Konsequenzen einer US-Truppenreduzierung in Deutschland. Karl-Heinz Peil https://weltnetz.tv/story/2367-konversion-us-army-raus-und-zivile-nutzung-rein
Continue reading →Michael Klare on U.S. & China, A New Tonkin Gulf Incident in the Making?
recommended by Joseph Gerson Friends, It’s no surprise that Trump is working hard to distract our attention from his monumental failures by scapegoating China. He is desperate not to lose November’s election. And, Beijing’s leadership has certainly created its openings for Trump. BUT, missing from the barrage of daily news reports is what Col. Lawrence Willkerson, formerly Secretary of Defense Colin Powell’s chief of staff, has described as Trump dangerously sticking his finger in China’s eye with aircraft carrier deployments … Continue reading →
The Trident nuclear armed submarines
by Rae Street As many of you know the UK’s fleet of 4 Trident nuclear armed submarines are ‘integrated’ into NATO. Just to remind you of the horrors of Trident. Each submarine can carry up to 8 missiles; each missile can carry up to 5 warheads, with each warhead having 8 times the killing power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. One submarine patrols the seas at all times and, as they have a huge range, could be under the … Continue reading →
Niederländische Armee wegen Sozialaufstand auf Antilleninsel Curaçao mobilisiert
Willemstad. Nach mehreren übereinstimmenden Berichten hat die Regierung der Niederlande Soldaten auf der Antilleninsel Curaçao mobilisiert. Infolge der Corona-Pandemie ist es zu massiven sozialen Verwerfungen auf der Insel gekommen. Vergangene Woche war es zwei Tage in Folge zu sozialen Protesten gekommen, die sich zu einem Aufstand entwickelten. Vor allem Jugendliche und Müllwerker wandten sich gegen angekündigte Sozialkürzungen. Protestierende hatten Barrikaden errichtet, Feuer gelegt und den Regierungspalast gestürmt. Dies berichtet heute das Lateinamerika-Portal amerika21. Curaçao leidet heftig unter den Auswirkungen der … Continue reading →
Weg mit den Atomwaffen!
Die deutsche Bevölkerung ist für den Abzug aller Atomwaffen aus Deutschland. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine Umfrage des Meinungsforschungsinstituts Kantar im Auftrag von Greenpeace.
www.greenpeace.de/themen/umwelt-gesellschaft/frieden/weg-mit-den-atomwaffen
Short report of the no to NATO network meeting on June 30th, 2020 (via zoom)
Dear activists and members of the no to war – no to NATO network Minutes of the zoom network meeting June 30th, 2020 minutes taker kristine about 15 persons attend the meeting we discussed four points 1. Social media work 2. Questions to the EU parliamentarians regarding EU militarization and NATO 3. Short report from a zoom call for the next WSF 4. Next steps 1. Social media work we are using twitter (223 tweets, 83 following, 108 followers) and … Continue reading →
Kampagne Stopp Air Base Ramstein
https://www.ramstein-kampagne.eu/8-newsletter-2020-letzte-infos-online-aktionstage/
The art of war Facebook surrounds Africa
by Manlio Dinucci Many industries and service companies are failing or downsizing due to the lockdown and subsequent crisis. Instead, there are those who gained from all this. Facebook, Google (YouTube owner), Microsoft, Apple and Amazon – The New York Times writes – ” since the coronavirus pandemic has made them almost essential services, they are aggressively making new bets “. All these “Tech Giants” are from the United States. Facebook – is no longer defined as social network but … Continue reading →
Damned depleted uranium.
by Marco Consolo and Gregorio Piccin Damned depleted uranium. On the use of depleted uranium ammunition by NATO, General Roberto Vannacci, former commander of the Italian contingent in Baghdad, refused to be part of that acquiescence chain that for decades has involved high military leaders and Defence Ministers Vannacci filed a regular complaint with the Public Prosecutor of Rome and the Military Public Prosecutor reporting “serious and repeated omissions in the protection of Italian military contingent health and … Continue reading →