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“Cohesive” Italian Parliament on neo-colonial missions

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The Art of War “Cohesive” Italian Parliament on neo-colonial missions by Manlio Dinucci Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini (Democratic Party) expressed great satisfaction with the “cohesive” vote of the Parliament on international missions. The majority and the opposition approved 40 Italian military missions in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia in compact form, there were no votes against and few abstentions except some dissent in support of the Tripoli Coast Guard. The main “peacekeeping missions,” that have been underway … Continue reading →

Press Release – Launch of an Appeal for a Nuclear Weapons Free Europe

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On the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a new campaign is being launched to make Europe a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone. The campaign is being initiated by 8 campaigning organisations: the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation; Church and Peace; the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES); the International Peace Bureau (IPB); the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); the European section of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW); Pax … Continue reading →

Forward Operation Location (Hato) in Curaçao

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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.

https://theaviationist.com/2020/06/20/usaf-to-deploy-e-8-jstars-e-3-sentry-and-kc-135s-to-support-counter-narcotics-operations-in-the-caribbean/

AFRICOM as the colonization of Africa by the US

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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

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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

2020/10/03 webinar 2pm-3pm UK-Time

Global war-fighting starts here – Oxfordshire Peace Campaign webinar

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Join the Oxfordshire Peace Campaign to discuss the role of USAF Croughton in drone warfare, as well as wider strategic issues.

This event is held as part of Keep Space for Peace week.

Register here web.zoom.us-webinar

For any enquiries, please contact

Link to Webinar — Why there should be a “Pivot to Peace not war with China” (Video)

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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 →

Michael Klare on U.S. & China, A New Tonkin Gulf Incident in the Making?

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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

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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 →

2020/07/16 zoom webinar
9am EDT | 2pm BST | 3pm CEST | 10pm JST
Nuclear weapons in the NATO Strategy

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We invite you to our second webinar: Nuclear weapons in the NATO Strategy The webinar is held in remembering to the 16 July 1945 – ‘Trinity’: world’s first nuclear test (https://www.ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/16-july-1945-trinity-worlds-first-nuclear-test/) We will discuss the topics, bomb sharing France/Germany, nuclear tests by the USA, modernization of nuclear weapons by EU and NATO with our ICC (international coordinating committee) members: Luda De Brabander, Belgium, Spokesman Vrede vzw Claudia Haydt, Germany, Regional Director of DIE LINKE. Baden-Württemberg, Member of the Executive Board … Continue reading →

2020/07/16 zoom webinar 2pm Eastern, 11am Pacific, 8pm CEST
“Strengthening Solidarity between Social Movements in Venezuela and the United States”

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The Embassy Protection Collective invites you to an important virtual meeting:

“Strengthening Solidarity between Social Movements in Venezuela and the United States”

Thursday, July 16 at 2:00 pm Eastern/11 am Pacific

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER (zoom)

Find it on Facebook here.
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Short report of the no to NATO network meeting on June 30th, 2020 (via zoom)

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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 →

2020/07/08-11 INTERNET
Camp and concert now in the internet

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Online Protest Camp und Konzert vom 8.-11. Juli 2020 im Internet

The video of the concert is here: weltnetz.tv/video/2368-online-konzert-stopp-air-base-ramstein

Virtual action days July 8th – 11th 2020 Lectures + Action Conference + Benefit Concert

Ramstein Airbase Online days of action

Even in the Corona crisis, the military-industrial complex wants to inform the world that it is armed to the teeth. Germany has reported to NATO its 2020 defense spending of more than 50 billion euros (2015 figure: 35.5billion euros). This is money that is urgently needed for health care, education, social issues and nature conservation. Continue reading →

The art of war Facebook surrounds Africa

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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.

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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 →

2020/07/26 webinar 7 am EDT
Fund Healthcare Not Nuclear Warfare

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July 26, 7:00-8:00 pm

Fund Healthcare Not Nuclear Warfare

During the pandemic, the lack of investment in public health infrastructure, including health care for all, has had deadly consequences for tens of thousands of people. The $22.42 billion the U.S. will be spending this year to upgrade its first-strike nuclear arsenal could pay for 624 million corona virus tests, 747, 633 covid-19 hospital stays, or 6.6 BILLION N95 masks. This has to change. Our lives and security depend on it. Continue reading →

2020/07/01 webinar
10am EDT | 4pm CEST | 7:30pm IST
People Power &emp; the Pandemic


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more on
www.tni.org/en/event/people-power-the-pandemic

  • Thenjiwe McHarris, Movement for Black Lives (USA)
  • Hakima Abbas, Assocation for Women’s Rights in Development (Senegal)
  • Rafeef Ziadah, Palestinian performance poet/Professor at SOAS
  • Josua Mata, Secretary General, SENTRO trade union, Philippines
  • Vrinda Grover, Human rights lawyer, India

Moderator: Hilary Wainwright, author of A New Politics from the Left (2018)

Angela Davis in anti-racist video

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Angela Davis together with sixteen leading racial justice activists, environmentalists, trade unionists, feminists, artists and academics from around the world call for solidarity in order to build a more just and dignified world, and defeat the racism and other injustices exposed by COVID-19 (https://youtu.be/RVaVeBLOkuI)

2020/06/30 Webinar
10am HST | 2pm EDT | 8pm CEST
Follow up meeting of the webinar “NATO in deepest crisis?”

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No-to-NATO network meeting

Online network meeting of “No to war – no to NATO” to discuss consequences of the webinar and our further activities as well as our media presence.

Agenda

  • social media work of the network
  • questions provided to European parliamentarians to the EU authorities about US troops / NATO troops in Europe and EU militarization
  • short report from the international zoom call for preparing the next WSF in January 2021 in Mexico city (20 years anniversary) * AOB

For registration please send an email to Keyword “Network Meeting”

Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92163400682?pwd=MGN2am1PQnVKUlJBQ1UwaWhlWXBzQT09

 

News about the NATO Nuclear Planning Group and U.S.-Russia arms control talks

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by Alicia Sanders-Zakre Hope you are hanging in there. I wanted to send an update about some recent nuclear policy news that provide opportunities for campaigners to be speaking up and taking action on eliminating nukes.   Here you will find the Media Backgrounder_ 22 June 2020 U.S.-Russia arms control meeting in Vienna.pdf   NATO Nuclear Planning Group  First, as you may have already seen, NATO held a nuclear planning group meeting this Wednesday. You can read more about it in … Continue reading →

german-foreign-policy: NATO Setting Sights on East Asia

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The western alliance is assuming a stronger posture in relationship to China. US experts call for NATO operations in the Pacific.

BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Own report) – NATO should systematically expand its military exercises and operations into the Asia-Pacific region, an expert of Washington’s Atlantic Council think tank proposes in the intensifying debate on the posture the western war alliance should assume in relationship to the People’s Republic of China. China’s “presence in the Arctic, in Africa and in the Mediterranean” calls for a response, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Think tanks suggest that NATO should more closely monitor Chinese investments in the European infrastructure, because “civilian roads, ports and rails” under construction with Chinese participation “are an integral part of NATO’s plans for military mobilization.” NATO is also strengthening its relations with “global partners” such as Japan, South Korea and Australia. For the first time, Australia’s defense minister participated at the meeting of the NATO Ministers of Defense that ended yesterday. The Atlantic Council is also suggesting the establishment of a NATO military headquarters in the Asia-Pacific region.

https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/news

2020/06/24 Webinar
11:00-13:15 EDT (17:00-18:15 CEST)
75th Anniversary of UN Charter: Special webinar on peace, disarmament and role of women

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Dear friends, On June 26, 1945, the United Nations Charter was adopted in San Francisco with the principle aim to ‘save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.’ We invite you to join a very special webinar on Wednesday June 24 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the UN Charter, and to discuss concrete and effective ways to achieve UN objectives to prevent war and advance disarmament for public health and sustainable development. The webinar will also commemorate 20 years … Continue reading →

2020/06/23 Webinar 2h
5am HST | 9am EDT | 3pm CEST | 6:30 IST
Nuclear Weapons and Peace Activism in Germany and Worldwide Copy

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Peaceworkshop Mutlangen (Friedenswerkstatt Mutlangen e.V.) invites you to our first internationalen webinar

„Nuclear Weapons and Peace Activism in Germany and Worldwide”

23. June 15:00-17:00 h CEST

23rd June 2020 at 5am HST | 9am EDT | 3pm CEST | 6:30 IST
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2020/06/19+20 Webinar 2h (across Int’l Date Line)
CANCEL RIMPAC online Seminar

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Friday, June 19, 3pm to 5pm • Hawaiʻi | 9pm-11pm EDT | Saturday, June 20, 3am to 5am CEST | 1pm to 3pm • Auckland, Wellington

The webinar will be recorded for those in early morning time zones.

Host Contact Info: Liz,

Join us for a free online webinar. Speakers will include:
Dr Margie Beavis (Australia), Ann Wright (USA), Maria Hernandez (Guam), Virginia Lacsa Suarez (Philippines), Kawena Phillips (Hawaii), Valerie Morse (NZ). Continue reading →

The military is poisoning the Chesapeake Bay

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Front page article in the Baltimore Sun today. Maryland to begin testing drinking water, Chesapeake Bay oysters for harmful ‘forever chemicals’ known as PFAS Wisconsin limits fish consumption when waters reach 12 parts per trillion (ppt) of PFAS. My creek, directly across from a Navy base in Maryland, has 1,894.3 ppt of PFAS and people can eat all the oysters, crabs, and fish they want. 1 ppt may threaten human health, especially the developing fetus. There is tremendous concern that … Continue reading →

STARS and STRIPES: How the Pentagon could cut forces in Germany, and which bases might be affected

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Wolfgang Jung, Luftpost Kaiserslautern (Friedenspolitische Mitteilungen aus derUS-Militärregion [Peace policy messages from the US military region] Kaiserslautern/Ramstein | LP 044/20 – 12.06.20), has translated the article from STARS AND STRIPES “How the Pentagon could cut forces in Germany, and which bases might be affected” into German and provided it with his own notes, explanations and links.

Here the original: https://www.stripes.com/news/how-the-pentagon-could-cut-forces-in-germany-and-which-bases-might-be-affected-1.632891

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Human security for public health, peace and sustainable development

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A global women’s appeal to commemorate International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament (May 24) and the 75th anniversary year of the United Nations

Human security for public health, peace and sustainable developmentA global women’s appeal to commemorate International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament (May 24) and the 75th anniversary year of the United NationsInitiated by: ParliamentariansforNuclearNon-proliferationandDisarmament,WomenLegislators’Lobbyand WorldFutureCouncil

https://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/May-24-statement-English-including-endorsers-1.pdf

Together we reject the new tests of M 51 nuclear missile in Brittany

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DECLARATION Together we reject the new tests of M 51 nuclear missile in Brittany (machine translation) In the midst of a health crisis, the government insists on developing its new nuclear weapons programs to the detriment of health, social and environmental priorities. This obstinacy is expressed through a new campaign of tests of the Nuclear Missile M51 (1) organized, from 9 June and over several weeks, from the point of Penmarc’h in Brittany. These weapons of mass destruction, dangerous for … Continue reading →

M51 missile tests between June 9 and July 8

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The Ministry of the Armed Forces announced on 9 June the M51 missile launches: «The window of fire for these tests is scheduled between early June and mid-July», the ministry said. “There will be no detailed communication on these activities as operational activities and weapons systems testing related to nuclear deterrence are covered by defence secrecy,” the Ministry of the Armed Forces added. The Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic has issued an order, “on the occasion of a test launch organized … Continue reading →

2020/06/25 Webinar 2h
10am HST | 2pm EDT | 8pm CEST
Is NATO in its deepest crisis in history?

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Do we have the historical chance to overcome NATO? What does this mean for war and peace in the world?

Live stream: https://www.facebook.com/NotoWAR.NotoNATO

Together with peace friends from different countries we will try to find answers to these questions. We expect an input of max. 7 minutes from

  • Ajamu Baraka, Black Alliance for Peace,US
  • Reiner Braun, IPB, ICC no to war – no to NATO, Germany
  • Jun Chisaka, Japan Peace Committee, Japan (per video)
  • Kate Hudson, CND, ICC no to war – no to NATO, UK

Moderation: Kristine Karch, co-chair no to war – no to NATO, Germany and Ingela Martensson, Women for Peace, ICC no to war – no to NATO, Sweden Continue reading →