International Conference Why we need a world without NATO?

Brussels 2017 Thursday May 25

(DRAFT to be discussed)

09:00 Welcome Coffee, registrations

09:30 Introduction

10:00:00 plenary session Why we need a world without NATO?
Description: Three or four statements followed by questions and limited discussion (20’)

1. Wars of NATO/Global Nato
2. NATO, EU militarisation (connected to confrontation with Russia)
3. NATO, military spending & the MIC
4. Nuclear arms & UN Treaty to ban nuclear arms

11:30:00 workshops I Theme
Description: one/two short introductions by expert(s) followed by interactive discussion with participants A.1. Nato enlargement

B.1.EU-NATO relations
C.1.NATO, economic intrests, arms industry, arms trade
D.1.militarisation of society versus culture of peace/sustainable development
E.1.Military interventions & the peace movement

11:30:00 Special Session US Nuclear arms in Europe: Nucleair Weapons and how to disarm them?
panel discussion with peace activists from B, NL, G, I, T & US Part I: Analysis of situation in each country

11:30:00 Movie Session Shadow World Film on arms industry
Part I: screening of film

13:00:00 Lunch

14:30:00 workshops II Theme

A.2. NATO and Russia & Do we need Helsinki II?
B.2. NATO in the Mediterranean & how to demilitarise the refugee crisis
C.3. Military spending or social security
D.2. Woman and NATO
E.2. Media & War

14:30:00 Special Session US nuclear arms in Europe : Nucleair Weapons and how to disarm them?
Part II: Strategy and campaigns of each country
How to collaborate in the future

14:30:00 Movie Session Shadow World FIlm on arms industry
discussion with moviemakers Part II: Discussion with Andrew Feinstein & Johan Grimonprez on armstrade and MIC

16:00:00 plenary session How to delegitimize NATO? Towards a new strategy of the peace movement?
Panel discussion with peacemovement

17:30:00 closing remarks

18:00:00 reception

Additional proposals for existing workshops or for new (special) workshops to be included:
– environmental consequences of military interventions (proposal by coalition to ban uranium weapons)
– A Political Economy of the New Cold War (proposol from the Netherlands – with speaker Kees van der Pijl)
“- E1 workshop should be more precise in its content with clear examples like the NATO wars in former Yougoslavia and Libya (proposal from CSOTAN with speakers Manlio Dinucci and Georges Berghezan)
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Translations into Dutch, French, English for plenary sessions. We try to have translations in at least two of the five workshops as well. Other workshops in English