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 facebook (1587 likes, 1619 follows) and ask all members and member organizations to follow us on twitter (@no_to_nato) and facebook (@NotoWAR.NotoNATO) and post more with the hashtags #notoNATO, #weareNOTnato and #abolishNATO
2. questions to the EU parliamentarians regarding EU militarization and NATO
as discussed in our webinar on June 25 after summer time we will prepare a letter to the parliamentarians, Alain and Claudia will take the lead, final decisions will be taken by the ICC (international coordinating committee) of the network “No to war – no to NATO”.
3. Short report from a zoom call for the next WSF
the next WSF (20th anniversary) will take place in January 2021 in Mexico City.
The openfsm.net is a general website about the World Forum Processes.
The WSF 2021 can be found here: http://openfsm.net/projects/pfsm20/project-home, the contact form and thematic axes will be found here: https://framaforms.org/contacto-inclusion-proceso-fsm2021-1582471657
4. Next steps
We will have the next Webinar on July 16th 2020, 9am EDT, 2pm BST, 3pm CEST, 10pm JST
Nuclear weapons in the NATO Strategy
We should discuss the topics, bomb sharing France/Germany, nuclear tests by the USA, modernization of nuclear weapons by EU and NATO. 16 July 1945 – ‘Trinity’: world’s first nuclear test (https://www.ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/16-july-1945-trinity-worlds-first-nuclear-test/)
Save the date. I will send out an invitation the next days.