Mit Marion Küpker und ihrer Rechtsanwältin Anna Busl sprach Pascal Luig über den anstehenden Prozess, den zivilen Ungehorsam, den aktuellen Stand der Anti-Atomwaffen Proteste in Büchel, sowie über die nötige Solidarität. Die Online-Veranstaltung fand via Zoom am 9. April 2021 statt: https://youtu.be/zybxE5ia_IA
Continue reading →Veranstaltung im Rahmen der Global Campaign on Military Spending Webinar zu den SIPRI-Zahlen 2020 zu weltweiten und deutschen Rüstungsausgaben Wann: 28.04.2021 von 16:00 bis 17:30 Anmeldung: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vMEKkir7SX68UGOi6ywfV Mit: Reiner Braun (Geschäftsführer IPB), Tarja Cronberg (Associate Fellow SIPRI European Security Programme (Englischer Vortrag ohne Übersetzung), Myriam Rapior (Bundesvorstand BUND-Jugend/ Fridays for Future), Thomas Würdinger (IG-Metall Vorstand), Moderation: Julia auf dem Brinke (IPB) Das schwedische Friedensforschungsinstitut (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – SIPRI) veröffentlicht am 26. April 2021 die Statistik zu den … Continue reading →
“The 500 additional troops being sent to Germany are not just ordinary GIs, meant to bolster frontline formations, but rather highly trained specialists intended for “multi-domain operations” involving cyber and space combat as well as “long-range fires” employing hypersonic missiles” https://www.thenation.com/article/world/forever-wars-austin-germany/ By Michael T. Klare April 20, 2021 From the Forever Wars to the Hypersonic Wars The United States bolsters high-tech forces in Europe
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Im Rahmen des 1. Internationalen Aktionstages gegen ausländische Militärbasen*.
Auf Grund der Corona-Restriktionen wird der Marathon in 2 Etappen aufgeteilt:
Freitag 29. April von 15 bis 20 Uhr und Samstag 1. Mai (Tag derArbeit) von 9 bis 15 Uhr radeln wir um die Air Base Ramstein. Continue reading →
By Angelo Cardona –April 16, 2021 Washington has long helped fuel the devastating conflict in Colombia that goes back to the era of La Violencia in World War II https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/04/16/colombia-an-ideal-u-s-client-state-in-the-western-hemisphere/
Continue reading →What is going on?? And how dangerous is the situation? Speakers are Bruce Gagnon, Elizabeth Murray, Yuri Sheliazhenkol, Reiner Braun Events in the U.S./NATO/Ukraine challenge to Russia have been moving at a frenetic pace. Ukraine increased deployment of military troops to the eastern provinces on the border of Donbass. Russia predictably responded by mobilizing a large part of its military to meet the Ukraine threat. In another incident, the US publicized two U.S. warships heading into the Black Sea; Russia … Continue reading →
+++ SAVE THE DATE +++ SAVE THE DATE +++ Topic: NATO is weaponizing the UN resolution 1325* women, peace, and security (WPS) The women against NATO network meeting will take place on 25. April 2021 (Sunday 11am PDT (UTC-7) / 2pm EDT (UTC-4) / 8pm CEST (UTC+2). Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81992604540?pwd=aGFNK3dwQnVKK1dIaWZPbXdFT0lxQT09 The following speakers will give us a short input and afterwards will have a discussion, with the aim to strengthen our activities against the war machine NATO.
Continue reading →ICC No to NATO, 7 April 2021 Participants: Kristine, Lucas, Reiner, Ludo, Kate, Tamara, Joseph, Ann, Alain, Yves-Jean Next NATO summit: Ludo gives first information: Date not confirmed: June/ July (14 July?) 2021 NATO Summit Brussels First Belgium zoom call about what can be done Ideas: Online counter summit similar to world social forum Small actions: bike tour, city guide tours Demonstration will not be possible due to corona restrictions Discussion: Hybrid events, decentralized protests connected via internet Series of … Continue reading →
by Manlio Dinucci The Aviano base US F-16 fighters are engaged in “air operations” in Greece, where the Iniochos 21 exercise began yesterday. They belong to the 510th Fighter Squadron stationed in Aviano, whose role is indicated in its emblem: the atom symbol with three lightning strikes the earth, flanked by the imperial eagle. Nuclear attack aircraft are therefore those engaged by the US Air Force in Greece. Greece granted the United States the use of all its military bases … Continue reading →
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and People’s Campaigns
Date and Time: April 16 (Fri) 17:00-19:00 JST
16:00-18:00 Philippines | 15:00-17:00 Vietnam/Southeast Asia |
10:00-12:00 Europe
English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided.
To register please send an email with your name and subject line “Youth Summit Against NATO” to . Continue reading →
Tuesday, April 13, 5 pm PT/8 pm ET
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Organizing Notes Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He offers his own reflections on organizing and the state of America’s declining empire…. http://space4peace.blogspot.com/2021/04/history-lesson-in-pictures-nazis-inside.html
Continue reading →As much as any place around the world the current situation in Ukraine could be a trigger for nuclear war. With the recent construction of US Aegis-Ashore ‘missile defense’ (MD) bases in Romania and Poland (that could also fire nuclear-capable Tomahawk cruise missiles that could reach Moscow in 10 minutes) as well as current deployment in the Black Sea of Navy Aegis destroyers with MD systems on board, it seems crucial that world citizens should have a greater understanding of … Continue reading →
NATO press release from 23 March 2021 PR (2021) 043 Issued by the NATO Foreign Ministers Brussels, 23rd-24th March 2021 We are meeting in Brussels to reaffirm the enduring transatlantic bond between Europe and North America, with NATO at its heart. We are bound together by our shared democratic values, and by our adherence to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. NATO is the foundation of our collective defence: together we reaffirm our solemn commitment to the … Continue reading →
Le rapport annuel 2020 passe en revue les activités et les réalisations de l’OTAN au cours de l’année écoulée, notamment la réponse de l’Organisation à la pandémie de COVID-19, les efforts qu’elle a déployés pour que la crise sanitaire ne se transforme pas en crise sécuritaire, et l’initiative OTAN 2030 destinée à préparer l’Alliance pour l’avenir. En 2020, l’OTAN a agi pour aider à sauver des vies et préserver la sécurité de ses populations. Elle a apporté son soutien à … Continue reading →
The Annual Report for 2020 covers NATO’s work and achievements throughout the year, including NATO’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, its efforts to ensure the health crisis did not become a security crisis, and the NATO 2030 initiative to future-proof the Alliance. …
The Annual Report includes the results of new polls on the public perception of the Alliance. These show that, in a year of upheaval, overall support for the NATO Alliance, the transatlantic bond and collective defence remains strong.
The Report also includes the details of estimated 2020 national defence expenditures for all 30 NATO Allies.
The full Report is now available online. (https://nato.cmail19.com/t/r-l-tlqhykl-oykqxlhd-k/)
16 March 2021 PR (2021) 030 L’OTAN recueille régulièrement des données sur les dépenses de défense des Alliés et les présente sous la forme d’agrégats et de sous-ensembles. Le ministère de la Défense de chaque pays membre communique les données relatives aux dépenses de défense actuelles et futures selon une définition agréée des dépenses de défense. Ces montants représentent les paiements qu’un État a réellement effectués ou devra effectuer au cours de l’exercice pour satisfaire les besoins de ses forces … Continue reading →
16 March 2021 PR (2021) 030 NATO collects defence expenditure data from Allies on a regular basis and presents aggregates and subsets of this information. Each Ally’s Ministry of Defence reports current and estimated future defence expenditure according to an agreed definition of defence expenditure. The amounts represent payments by a national government actually made, or to be made, during the course of the fiscal year to meet the needs of its armed forces, those of Allies or of the … Continue reading →
Webinar during the War & Peace Day of the Virtual World Social Forum January 2021
Für Nachhaltigkeit statt Militarisierung
Mit der vorliegenden Broschüre wird die Rolle des Militärs und insbesondere der Bundeswehr in Bezug auf Umwelt- und Klimaprobleme sowie ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit dargestellt, zusammen mit bisherigen Aktivitäten und Positionierungen der Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag.
Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Deutschen Bundestag Dr. Alexander S. Neu, Obmann im Verteidigungsausschuss und Osteuropabeauftragter der Fraktion. Hubertus Zdebel, Mitglied im Ausschuss für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit.
Die nächste Essener Nato-Tagung wird für Di. bis Do. 7.-9.September 2021 in die Messe Essen – Konferenzzentrum Ost eingeladen zum Thema: Delivering NATO Air & Space Power at the Speed of Relevance https://www.japcc.org/conference/ Es geht den Militärs um Überlegenheit durch technologischen Vorsprung im All, in der Luftwaffe, der Marin, dem Heer, im Cyber-Raum des Internet, in allen (!) Waffengattungen – Das umfasst dann auch die Nuklear-Arsenale B 61-12, die vor Mitte der 2020er Jahre (also sehr bald) für die Stationierung … Continue reading →
Zoom Webinar on the Occasion of International Day of Action in Solidarity with Venezuela
April 18, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Bilingual (English and Sanish)
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER (https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_50p5HLO7SKqZEG390hup4w) Continue reading →
Pentagon establishes air bridge to Ukraine
More deadly equipment may be on its way to Donbass [likely drones, communications devices, ammunition]
Another U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster military transport aircraft has recently arrived in Kiev from the Ramstein airbase in Germany.
The nature of the cargo on board the American transporter is unknown. But there is no need to guess since the U.S. military authorities have more than once stated and proved support of the Ukrainian [Nazi] forces.
Donetsk International (https://www.facebook.com/DonetskInternational/?hc_ref=ARRikpZNhazUKSVJgpGbSZQgy0qsI47u__7HKpYoBQIDsvLdz2n3s3ZBPrNn_ARBPBA&fref=nf&__tn__=kC-R)
— Bruce K. Gagnon Coordinator Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
https://www.ramstein-kampagne.eu/atomwaffen-raus-aus-deutschland-fahrradmarathon-anti-basen-kongress/
Von Jörg Kronauer
Im März hat es begonnen, und in diesem Monat wird es auch öffentlich wohl wieder in stärkerem Umfang wahrzunehmen sein: das Großmanöver »Defender Europe«, das die US-Streitkräfte seit 2020 jährlich gemeinsam mit ihren europäischen Verbündeten abhalten. Wie im vergangenen Jahr geht es darum, das westliche Bündnis auf einen etwaigen militärischen Konflikt mit Russland vorzubereiten.
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/399621.gro%C3%9Fman%C3%B6ver-neuer-fokus-selbes-ziel.html
I certainly realize that there are more than a few neo-Nazis and fascists in the powerful and influential right-wing of Ukraine. As Faulkner wrote, the past isn’t dead, it isn’t even past. That said, as we prepare a webinar about Ukraine, we do need to take accounts like the one that follows here into consideration. Reality is rarely either/or or black and white. Joseph Gerson ‘Some stay, some die’: The horror of Ukraine’s war camps Survivors give grisly … Continue reading →
by Manlio Dinucci Joe Biden had announced it in his electoral program: “While President Trump has abandoned allies and partners, and abdicated American leadership, as president I will immediately take steps to renew the alliances of the United States, and ensure that America, one more time, lead the world “( il manifesto, 10 November 2020). He kept his promise. The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and its battle group, made up of 5 missile launchers, “attacked Islamic State positions in … Continue reading →
by Manlio Dinucci Not everything in Europe is paralyzed by the anti-Covid lockdown: in fact, the mammoth annual exercise of the US Army, Defender-Europe, which until June mobilized on European territory, and beyond this, dozens of thousands of soldiers with thousands of tanks and other means, has been set in motion. The Defender-Europe 21 not only resumes the 2020 program, resized due to Covid, but amplifies it. Why does the “Europe Defender” come from the other side of the Atlantic? The 30 … Continue reading →
Invitation: Nuke Free Europe Open Meeting
Discussing Actions & Activities in 2021 for a Nuclear Weapons Free Europe
April 27th, 2021 06:00 PM CEST
To learn more about the networks appeal and call for actions visit: www.nukefreeeurope.eu
For your interest this is the response to the UK’s Integrated Defence Review (IDR) written by Trident Ploughshares’ Dialogue and Negotiation Team. It has been sent to the Prime Minister and other parliamentarians in Scotland, England and Wales. In peace and love, Angie Zelter, Trident Ploughshares.
Continue reading →23.03.2021 – von German-Foreign Policy
Der russische Aussenminister, Segej Lawrow, hat wegen neuer EU-Sanktionen gegen Russland das Verhältnis zur EU als “zerstört” bezeichnet.”Es gibt keine Beziehungen mehr zur Europäischen Union als Organisation”, sagte er am 23.3.21 bei einem Besuch in China. “Die gesamte Infrastruktur dieser Beziehungen wurde durch einseitige Entscheidungen Brüssels zerstört.” Weniger beunruhigend: ein Ansammlungsverbot über Ostern als AntiConona-Maßnahme der Ministerpräsidenten plus Kanzlerin Merkel von heute. Sehr provokant: “Die Verlegung von US-Truppen nach Europa im Rahmen des Großmanövers Defender Europe 21 ist eingeleitet worden. Das geht aus US-Berichten hervor. Demnach werden Tausende US-Soldaten im April in Europa eintreffen, um dort weiter in Richtung russische Grenze zu marschieren. Schwerpunktgebiet ist dieses Jahr nicht, wie 2020, das Baltikum, sondern Südosteuropa sowie insbesondere die Schwarzmeerregion.
https://www.altersdiskriminierung.de/themen/artikel.php?id=12562
Deutsche Beteiligung in Rumänien und Ungarn. Einsatzfähigkeit der USA in Europa wird geprobt. Spannungen mit Russland nach Truppenverlegung nach Ost-Europa
Die Bundeswehr wird sich mit 430 Soldatinnen und Soldaten an dem US-Manöver Defender Europa 2021 beteiligen, das vom 1. Mai bis zum 14. Juni 2021 geplant ist. Die Kosten für die deutsche Teilnahme beziffert das Verteidigungsministerium nach Telepolis-Informationen auf bisher 2,9 Millionen Euro. Deutsche Kräfte sollen von Manöverbeginn bis zum 9. Juni in Rumänien und Ungarn den Einsatz von Nato-Kräften in Europa proben.
A response to the official
NATO Reflection Group
February 2021
Published
Common Road Map to End Nuclear Sharing in Europe With the entry into force of the TPNW (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons) the governments in European nuclear sharing countries, i.e. Belgium, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, are confronted with a new reality: nuclear disarmament is now on the agenda in security politics. This gives the peace movement in Europe an important chance to shape a new strategy to put pressure on European governments and NATO countries to rethink … Continue reading →
Call for support and participation in the 2021 World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
“With the Hibakusha, Let us Achieve a Nuclear Weapon-Free, Peaceful and Just World – For the Future of the Humankind and Our Planet.”
Just a few weeks ago, we and many other groups around the globe have celebrated the official entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Meanwhile, others tried to delegitimize it and to minimize its success.
Im Rahmen des 1. Internationalen Aktionstages gegen ausländische Militärbasen*.
Von Freitag 30. April 15 Uhr bis Samstag 1. Mai (Tag derArbeit) 15 Uhr.
The conference webpage: https://www.japcc.org/conference/
More information about the counter actions are coming soon here no-to-nato.org and in German here: https://essener-friedensforum.de/themen/japcc-kalkar/
Die Menschheit hat eine Zukunft, wenn sie friedlich wird (die Zukunft—) (Streamed live on Mar 15, 2021) https://youtu.be/uBMWjoN269c
Webinar: “Path to Peace–The Case for a Peace Agreement to End the Korean War”
Thursday, March 18, 8 pm ET l 5 pm PT
Friday March 19, 1am CET (Brussels) | 9 am Seoul Time
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eTohlkHJSRGsZxrZ84FzzA
with a recommendation by Ann Wright 
