Defender 2020 – NATO-Großmanöver zum Befreiungstag – Friedensbewegung kündigt Protest gegen Truppenaufmarsch zur Abschreckung Russlands an
Interview mit Willi van Ooyen:
https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1129800.friedensbewegung-nato-grossmanoever-zum-befreiungstag.html
NATO-Kriterien: Versteckte Rüstungsausgaben
TELEPOLIS
Für die Bundesregierung ist es überaus attraktiv, immer mehr Posten in andere Haushalte zu verschieben, sie aber bei der NATO dennoch anzumelden
Stolz verkündete die Bundesregierung pünktlich kurz vor den Feierlichkeiten zum 70-jährigen Nato-Jubiläum, für das kommende Jahr seien dem Bündnis erstmals Militärausgaben von über 50 Milliarden Euro gemeldet worden. Der offizielle Haushalt soll laut Kabinettsbeschluss im Jahr 2020 allerdings “nur” 44,9 Milliarden Euro umfassen.
Weiterlesen auf: www.heise.de/tp/features/NATO-Kriterien-Versteckte-Ruestungsausgaben-4603161.html
Defender Europe 20 | Preparing for War from German Soil
by Pat Elder, December 26, 2019
Red – Seaports receiving American supplies: Antwerp, Belgium; Vlissingen, Netherlands; Bremerhaven, Germany; and Paldiski, Estonia.
Green X – Convoy Support centers in Garlstedt, Burg, and Oberlausitz
Blue – Parachute exercises: Headquarters: Ramstein, Germany; drops in Georgia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia
Black – Command Post Grafenwoehr, Germany
Blue Line – River Crossing – 11,000 troops Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland
Yellow X – Joint Support and Enabling Command, (JSEC), Ulm
Read only the information about: Defender 2020.pdf Read the full document: Defender 2020.pdf
The German version will be found here: https://cooptv.wordpress.com/2020/01/08/grossmanoever-defender-europe-20/
Aufruf: Nein zu NATO-Kriegsmanövern – ja zu Frieden, Entspannungspolitik und Abrüstung
Nein zu NATO-Kriegsmanövern – ja zu Frieden, Entspannungspolitik und Abrüstung
Im April und Mai 2020 plant die NATO mit DEFENDER (Verteidiger!) 2020 eines der größten Manöver von Landstreitkräften in Europa seit Ende des Kalten Krieges.
Mit insgesamt 37 000 Soldatinnen und Soldaten aus 16 NATO-Staaten sowie aus Finnland und Georgien wird eine neue Dimension militärischer Aktivitäten erreicht. Bis zu 20 000 US- GIs mit entsprechendem schweren Gerät werden über den Atlantik und anschließend quer durch Europa an die russische Grenze transportiert. Continue reading →
Call for protests against the Munich Security Conference on 15 February 2020
Call for protests against the Munich Security Conference on 15 February 2020 International Support is welcome https://www.sicherheitskonferenz.de/en/Call-Protests-Against-SIKO-2020 Everything must change! No to war and destruction of the environment! The Munich Security Conference (‟Siko”) will be held from February 14th to 16th. Heads of state and government will be meeting with representatives of big business and the arms industry, with the military, intelligence agencies, and politicians. When they speak about ‛security’, it is not about ‟peaceful solution to conflicts”, as the … Continue reading →
No to the NATO war-manoeuvre Defender 2020
The first action conference against the planned NATO war-manoeuvre Defender 2020 took place in Leipzig (Germany) on November 24th. With 100 participants, mostly from the East Germany, the hall in the St. Trinitatis church was overcrowded, participants had to sit in the hallway and on the floor. Invited were people from the DFG-VK Ost, attac Leipzig and Halle, Aufstehen Leipzig, der Naturwissenschaftler Friedensinitiative and the BI Offene Heide. Present were peace activists from almost all regions, towns and villages of … Continue reading →
Testing the Mobilization against the East (I)
an interesting article on www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/
WASHINGTON/BERLIN (Own report) – In the spring of 2020, the NATO power block will hold a war game to test its mobilization against the East, according to a letter from the German Ministry of Defense. With the “Defender 2020” military exercise, the USA and its European allies will be testing the military infrastructure, command structures and supply routes it has been building up over the past few years in Eastern Europe.
Testmobilmachung gen Osten
Zwei spannende Artikel auf www.german-foreign-policy.com
Testmobilmachung gen Osten (I) + (II)
WASHINGTON/BERLIN (Eigener Bericht) – Im Frühjahr 2020 wird der NATO-Machtblock mit einer Testmobilmachung gen Osten den Ernstfall proben. https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/8065/
BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Eigener Bericht) – Die US-Streitkräfte werden im kommenden Jahr bei ihrem größten Manöver in Europa seit 25 Jahren umfassend die zivile Infrastruktur der Bundesrepublik nutzen. Die Kriegsübung (“Defender Europe 20”) probt die Verlegung von US-Truppen in Divisionsstärke aus den Vereinigten Staaten in Richtung Russland. https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/8141/
Response of the Federal Government to the routes of the troop transfer for Defender 2020
Enclosed you will find the answer of the Federal Government to the routes of the troop transfer within the war maneuver Defender 2020, which Alexander Neu received and made available to us. Here a translation with the support of deepl.com: Question To the knowledge of the Federal Government, which deployments of NATO forces are to be carried out in the context of the preparations for the NATO manoeuvre “Defender 2020” planned by or from Germany and how did the “Bundeswehr” … Continue reading →
Antwort der Bundesregierung zu den Routen der Truppenverlegung Defender 2020
Anbei findet ihr die Antwort der Bundesregierung zu den Routen der Truppenverlegung innerhalb des Kriegsmanövers Defender 2020, die Alexander Neu erhalten und uns zur Verfügung gestellt hat.
Einiges ist interessant, vieles fehlt, besonders was die Deutsche Bahn angeht. Wir haben heute bei mehreren Abgeordneten angeregt, vertiefend nachzufragen.
19-12-11_Antwort_Truppenverlegung_DEF20.pdf
Grüße Reiner
U.S. Military Propaganda & Contamination
Here’s my latest piece on US military propaganda and contamination. There are lessons here for folks fighting militarism. The United States military is lying to the world about contamination caused by carcinogens routinely used in firefighting exercises on bases. They’re fabricating stories to escape liability for poisoning millions. They’re pretending to conduct science when the science already exists. Meanwhile, the Naval Research Lab in Washington operates a “testing lab” on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay 35 miles to the … Continue reading →
Dark Waters
Dark Waters is the most important American film in a decade, although it squanders an opportunity to fully portray PFAS contamination as the nationwide human health epidemic it has become. The film leaves out half of the story – and that involves the military. In any case, please see it and consider PFAS contamination and associated cancer clusters in your work to shut down US bases. https://worldbeyondwar.org/dark-waters-tells-half-the-story-of-pfas-contamination/?fbclid=IwAR0pFj-eqURqQIYILGEV4Hujq13xm-OWXzQgkfmmxP4Fs2zJ7a4YPfaPx5w
Peace, Pat Elder www.militarypoisons.org www.civilianexposure.org www.worldbeyondwar.org
US agrees to immediately return 4 military bases to S. Korea
US agrees to immediately return 4 military bases to S. Korea http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/920639.html The deliberations about who should be responsible for dealing with the contamination aren’t going smoothly. To date, there are no examples of the US taking responsibility for contamination and covering the cost of decontamination at military bases it has handed over in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. While the US acknowledges that the four bases are polluted, it reportedly denies that the contamination poses a “known, … Continue reading →
Zombie NATO Is Obsolete; Militarists Try To Revive It Through Expanded Targets
https://popularresistance.org/zombie-nato-is-obsolete-time-to-end-it/
Continue reading →DEFENDER-Europe 20 Fact Sheet of the US Army
If you are interessed in official information abour Defender 2020, here the link to the website of the US Army Europe. https://www.eur.army.mil/DefenderEurope/
Here you can find the DEFENDER-Europe 20 Fact Sheet https://www.eur.army.mil/Portals/19/documents/DEFENDEREurope/DEFENDEREurope20Factsheet200224.pdf
NATO Summit and 2020 planned Aggression
By Peter Koenig, December 12, 2019
https://www.globalresearch.ca/nato-summit-2020-planned-aggression/5697496
” […] President Macron has undoubtedly succeeded in getting himself talked about before the summit and he has obtained that is indicated in the joint statement the opening of a group of “prospective reflection” on the strategy of the Atlantic Alliance; in fact, France will remain in NATO an unconditional ally of the strategies decided in Washington.
The pacifist counter-summit decided to intensify its actions in 2020 to denounce NATO as a factor of war and insecurity and to demand its dissolution, in favor of a security alternative that includes all the countries of the continent. European. The Defender 2020 maneuvers will be the occasion for the mobilization of public opinion against NATO, an instrument of war in the service of North American hegemony, in favor of a Europe of peace in a safer world.”
2020/04/26 Büchel, Germany
Menschen-Kettenreaktion: Atombomben weg – Verbotsvertrag her!
Die Menschenkette in Büchel wird VERSCHOBEN auf 2021
(verschoben) Menschen-Kettenreaktion: Atombomben weg – Verbotsvertrag her!
Wir planen [für 26. April 2020] eine kleinere Kundgebung, sowie Videoübertragung voraussichtlich in Büchel und Aachen und hoffen auf eure weitere Beteiligung. Wir werden Euch über unsere weiteren Entwicklungen auf dem Laufenden halten. Continue reading →
Mouvement de la Paix / The Peace Movement (France)
Mouvement de la Paix / The Peace Movement (France) Communique 2019.12.11 Contrary to the media preparation cleverly orchestrated by President Macron, the NATO summit held in London on December 5 and 6, 2019 has not led to a questioning of this military alliance dating back to the Cold War. , on the contrary. After celebrating 70 years of NATO at Buckingham Palace, the Heads of State and Government unanimously adopted a final declaration stating that “terrorism in all its forms … Continue reading →
Protestwoche 2020: mit viel Schwung gegen Drohnen, Krieg und den größten Klimakiller
Am15.12.2019 fand in Frankfurt a.M. die Aktionskonferenz der Kampagne „Stopp Air Base Ramstein“ zur Vorbereitung der Protestaktionen 2020 statt.
Mit mehr als 90 Teilnehmer*innen war diese wieder gut besucht. Sie konnten eine erfolgreiche Bilanz der Proteste 2019 ziehen. Mit 5000 Teilnehmer*innen bei der zentralen Demonstration und einem Friedenscamp mit annähernd 800 Friedensaktivist*innen war es eine beeindruckende Protestaktion der Friedensbewegung gegen Drohnen und Krieg.
Dead dogs, PFAS, and NATO bases
Here’s a follow up report from NBC News on PFAS that ran on U.S. nationwide TV last night and this morning. I featured in their first report. I told them about all of the dead dogs reported by people who live in communities near US military bases as a testament to the heavily contaminated surface water and suggested they go find that story. You know how dogs drink from puddles? I’m happy it came out in this report. I think … Continue reading →
2020/03/28-29 Larnaca, Cyprus
POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2020
The 
World Peace Council and the Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases are jointly organizing a 2-day international conference titled “Confronting Imperialism’s War Machine — The Global Struggle for Peace, Social Justice, National Sovereignty and the Environment,” on March 28-29, 2020, in Larnaca, Cyprus. The Conference is hosted by Cyprus Peace Council. https://antiimperialistconferencecyprus.org/
2020/02/15 Munich, Germany
Protests against the Munich Security Conf
Everything must change!
No to war and destruction of the environment!
¡Todo debe cambiar!
¡No a la guerra y a la destrucción del medio ambiente!
Saturday, 15 February 2020 in Munich at 1 p.m. at the Stachus / Karlsplatz Continue reading →
Women Say No To NATO
Action in London on the ve of December 3rd, 2019, near Buckingham Palast.
Unfortunatly at the end of the demonstration I did not get back all 14 T-Shirts, the T-Shirts with the Number 6 and 7 are missing, please send them back to CND, 162 Holloway Road, London N7 8DQ. We need them for our next action the demonstration against the Munich Security Conference Februar 16th, 2020.
No to NATO Activities in London
by Kate Hudson, CND Secretary General and member of the ICC of “No to war – no to NATO”
Hundreds of peace activists from across Europe gathered in central London on 30th November to challenge the NATO war machine and discuss alternatives to current policies which are taking the world closer to war. ‘The New World Disorder’ was the counter-summit organised by the No to War – No to NATO network, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Stop the War Coalition. In a packed hall draped with banners from our movement, participants welcomed the veteran writer and broadcaster Tariq Ali, well-known for his pivotal role in the campaign against the Vietnam War. He was joined in the opening plenary by Ludo de Brabander from Vrede vzw in Belgium, Lindsey German from the Stop the War Coalition, UK, and Kristine Karch from the No to War – No to NATO network in Germany. Arielle Denis, the French IPB and anti-nuclear activist, well-known to many in the audience, was in the chair for the session.
http://www.ipb.org/activities/2019-activities/no-to-nato-activities-in-london/
2020/03/13-15 worldwide
Internationale Aktionstage gegen Sanktionen & Wirtschaftskrieg
Aufruf zu Internationalen Aktionstagen gegen Sanktionen und Wirtschaftskrieg: 13. bis 15. März 2020 Sanktionen Töten! Sanktionen sind Krieg! Sanktionen sind unverzüglich zu beenden Sanktionen werden von den Vereinigten Staaten und ihren Juniorpartnern gegen Länder verhängt, die sich ihrer Agenda widersetzen. Sie sind eine Waffe des Wirtschaftskriegs, die zu chronischem Mangel an lebensnotwendigen Gütern, zu wirtschaftlicher Zerrüttung und chaotischer Hyperinflation, zu künstlichen Hungersnöten, Krankheiten und Armut führt. In jedem Land leiden die Ärmsten und Schwächsten ‒ Säuglinge, Kinder, chronisch Kranke und … Continue reading →
Overview member countries in European organisations
Thanks to the Collectif Français Non à l‘Otan for preparing this overview. STATE MEMBERSHIPS EU : European Union (28 countries) NATO : North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (30 countries) PESCO : Permanent Structured Cooperation (EU) (25 countries) EAD : European Defence Agency (EU) (27 countries) EI2 : European Intervention Initiative (14 countries) OSCE : Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (57 countries) Download the overview: State memberships EU NATO.pdf
Continue reading →Widerstand gegen NATO-Manöver DEFENDER 20 formiert sich
Im April und Mai 2020 plant die NATO eines der größten Manöver von Landstreitkräften in Europa seit Ende des Kalten Krieges. Mit insgesamt 37000 Soldatinnen und Soldaten aus 16 NATO-Staaten sowie aus Finnland und Georgien wird eine neue Dimension umweltschädigender militärischer Aktivitäten erreicht. Bis zu 20000 US-GIs mit entsprechendem schwerem Gerät werden über den Atlantik und anschließend quer durch Europa an die russische Grenze transportiert. Ziel des Manövers ist neben der Zurschaustellung militärischer Überlegenheit die Demonstration einer blitzschnellen Verlegung kampfstarker … Continue reading →
ICC members (elected and adapted for the counter actions on NATO summits)
The following members were elected to the ICC (International Coordinating Committee) on December 1st at our Annual Meeting 2019 in London, UK. Medea Benjamin (USA) CODEPINK Reiner Braun (Germany) International Peace Bureau (IPB) Ludo De Brabander (Belgium) vrede vzw Arielle Denis (France) International Peace Bureau (IPB) Pat Elder (USA) Civilian ExposureWorld Beyond War Yves-Jean Gallas (France) Collectif Français Non à l‘Otan Joseph Gerson (USA) Campaign for Disarmament & Common Security (CPDCS) Claudia Heydt (Germany) European Left Kate Hudson (UK) Campaign … Continue reading →
Der Krieg und seine Logistik: Defender 2020
IMI-Standpunkt 2019/055
Der Krieg und seine Logistik: Defender 2020
Europäisches Mega-Militärmanöver mit starker deutscher Beteiligung
von: Claudia Haydt | Veröffentlicht am: 22. November 2019
Die große Friedensradfahrt Paris–Moskau–Hiroshima/Nagasaki startet am 7. Mai 2020 in Paris
Pressemitteilung Die große Friedensradfahrt Paris – Moskau – Hiroshima/Nagasaki startet am 7. Mai 2020 in Paris 75 Jahre nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg: Nie wieder Krieg, nie wieder Faschismus – Frieden schaffen ohne Waffen Die Idee der Friedensradfahrt hat eine lange Geschichte. Sie lehnt sich an die über 40-jährige Tradition der Friedensfahrt (Prag – Warschau- Berlin) an, jedoch sind die Teilnehmer keine Leistungssportler. Seit 2006 haben hunderte Menschen aus 15 Nationen mit „Bike for Peace and New Energies“ den Sport als … Continue reading →
2020/01/26 Leipzig, Germany
3. Aktionsberatung gegen das NATO-Manöver „Defender 2020“
(Meeting will be in German language) www.antidef20.de/ Aktionstreffen Stopp Defender 2020 Sonntag, 26.01.2020, 13 bis 17 Uhr, Campus Rahn Education, Salomonstr. 10, Leipzig Tagesordnung:
Continue reading → 2020/01/18 Hamburg, Germany
Aktionsberatung Nord gegen das NATO-Manöver „Defender 2020“
Norddeutsche Aktionsberatung zum NATO-Manöver “Defender 2020”
18. Januar 2020 ab 13:00 Uhr
im Curio-Haus, Rothenbaumchaussee 13, Hamburg
Veranstaltet vom: Hamburger Forum, Bremer Friedensforum
Nein zum NATO Kriegsmanöver Defender 2020
Am 24.11 fand in Leipzig die erste Aktionskonferenz gegen das geplante NATO Kriegsmanöver Defender 2020 statt. Mit 100 Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern, vorwiegend aus dem Osten der Republik, war der Saal in der Saal in der St. Trinitatis Kirche überfüllt, Mitwirkende mussten auf dem Flur und auf dem Fußboden sitzen. Eingeladen hatten Personen aus der DFG-VK Ost, attac Leipzig und Halle, Aufstehen Leipzig, der Naturwissenschaftler Friedensinitiative und der BI Offene Heide. Anwesend waren Friedensaktivistinnen und Friedensaktivisten aus fast allen Regionen, Städten … Continue reading →
NATO is the main Threat of War
Press Release: NATO is the main Threat of War 3/12/2019 As the 29 members of the NATO military alliance meet in London this week, we are informed of growing tensions between US president Donald Trump, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel on the best strategy for defending Europe, against those aggressors who threaten us. However, a more important NATO Counter Summit was held last weekend in London organised by a broad range of anti-war and human … Continue reading →
Aufrüstung trotz Streit
NATO erhöht Einsatzbereitschaft und nimmt China ins Visier
BERLIN/BRÜSSEL (Eigener Bericht) – Ungeachtet heftiger innerer Auseinandersetzungen erhöht die NATO ihre Einsatzbereitschaft, steht vor ihrer nächsten Erweiterung und nimmt China als neue “Herausforderung” ins Visier. Das sind zentrale Ergebnisse des gestern zu Ende gegangenen Jubiläumstreffens des Kriegsbündnisses, zu dem dessen Staats- und Regierungschefs in London zusammengekommen waren.
Talk Nation Radio: David Gibbs: Get Rid of NATO
https://worldbeyondwar.org/toxic-fire-fighting-foams-seeking-solutions-that-already-exist/
Talk Nation Radio: David Gibbs: Get Rid of NATO
Talk Nation Radio: David Gibbs: Get Rid of NATO, interview by David Swanson http://davidswanson.org/talk-nation-radio-david-gibbs-get-rid-of-nato/ https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-david-gibbs-get-rid-of-nato David Gibbs is a Professor of History at the University of Arizona and has published widely on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and NATO. His publications have appeared in both academic and popular venues, such as the London Guardian, Los Angeles Times, and Le Monde Diplomatique. He also recently debated the topic of humanitarian intervention at the Oxford Union Society … Continue reading →
Pacifisti oggi a Buckingham Palace | Pacifists today at Buckingham Palace (03.12.2019)
Pubblicato il 3 dic 2019 di Gregorio Piccin
70° della Nato. A Londra va in scena anche il controvertice. Tariq Alì: con Corbyn vince la pace.
Lo scorso sabato si è tenuto il contro-vertice “New world (dis)Order” presso la chiesa battista di Bloomsbury solidale con i contenuti pacifisti della giornata. L’evento organizzato dal coordinamento europeo “No to War-No to Nato” col sostegno della Sinistra europea è stato la prima risposta della Londra antimilitarista al vertice Nato ospitato dal governo di Boris Johnson.
http://www.rifondazione.it/primapagina/?p=40265
The article in https://ilmanifesto.it/search/Pacifisti+oggi+a+Buckingham+Palace is behind a pay-wall, at least a registration-wall.
The Guardian: President Macron is right: it’s time Nato came to an end
Nato now provides the US with a captive market for its weaponry, writes Anthony Matthew, while Rae Street* highlights its nuclear ambitions
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/04/president-macron-is-right-its-time-nato-came-to-an-end
*Rae Street is part of the no to NATO network and attended the international Counter summit the New World Disorder held in London last Saturday.
Here is her letter published in the UK Guardian on Thursday, 5th December (see link above).
Das US-Militär verschmutzt die Umwelt stärker als 140 Länder
Das US-Militär verschmutzt die Umwelt stärker als 140 Länder Amerikanische Kampfjets, Transporter und Kriegsschiffe brauchen Unmengen Treibstoff – und verursachen damit gleich viel CO2 wie die ganze Schweiz. Mittwoch 26. Juni 2019 20:32 von Yannick Wiget, Dino Caracciolo https://www.bazonline.ch/wissen/natur/das-usmilitaer-verschmutzt-die-umwelt-staerker-als-140-laender/story/23828059
Continue reading →You wanna close bases? You wanna shut down NATO?
There are lessons in the article below that address a loss of human dignity and honor at the hands of an oppressive, ruthless American empire that is poisoning people around the world. The similarities between Germany and Japan are striking 74 years after 1945. People will rise up when they learn they’re being poisoned. The US Military is Poisoning Okinawa https://worldbeyondwar.org/the-us-military-is-poisoning-okinawa/ Pat Elder Addendum Devil’s Been Busy Travelling Wilburys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdMXNbjHYh8 Tom Petty: While you’re strolling down the fairway Showing … Continue reading →
What’s in your water? Dems cave on military contamination
Another piece from me.. And more lessons for my European comrades in this revolutionary struggle. This one does the work the New York Times and the Washington Post weren’t interested in covering. It documents how the Democrats are a war and poison party and shows that the Dems are every bit as despicable as the Republicans.
What’s in your water? by Pat Elder
Democrats Back Down From Battle With Defense Department Over PFAS
https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-back-down-from-battle-with-defense-department-over-pfas/
2019/12/02 Oslo, Norway
Manifestation against NATO
Stopp NATO Norway plans on
2nd of December there will be a manifestation outside Parlament against NATO adressing the NATO-meeting in London.
Kristine Mollø-Christensen (for Stopp NATO) Norway https://stoppnato.no/
2020/03/13-15 worldwide
International Days of Action Against Sanctions& Economic War
Call for International Days of Action Against | Sanctions& Economic War: March 13 – 15, 2020 | Sanctions Kill! Sanctions are War! End Sanctions Now!
Sanctions are imposed by the United States and its junior partners against countries that resist their agendas. They are a weapon of Economic War, resulting in chronic shortages of basic necessities, economic dislocation, chaotic hyperinflation, artificial famines, disease, and poverty. In every country, the poorest and the weakest – infants, children, the chronically ill and the elderly – suffer the worst impact of sanctions. https://sanctionskill.org/impact
2020/02/21-23 New York, USA
UNAC’s national conference
UNAC’s national conference 2020 will be held in New York City at the People’s Forum February 21, 22, 23
“Rise Against Militarism, Racism and the Climate Crisis – Building Power Together” Continue reading →