Report and appeal for dialogue in Syria by Mairead Maguire

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Report and Appeal to the International community to support a process of dialogue and reconciliation in Syria between its people and Syrian government and reject outside intervention and war. BY Mairead Maguire, Nobel peace laureate. Spokesperson for Mussalaha International Peace delegation to Lebanon/Syria    l-llth May, 2013,

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On the Struggle to Keep Weaponized Drones Out of Europe

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Hope you find this article useful.  The U.S. internet newspaper Truthout has a fairly wide reach in progressive circles there. Elsa Sunday, 05 May 2013 00:00 By Elsa Rassbach, Truthout | Op-Ed http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16100-on-the-struggle-to-keep-weaponized-drones-out-of-europe

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NATO’s Lack Of Any Serious Purpose Means It Should Retire

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I’m moved to write to share a significant article – most significant because of the corporatist magazine in which it appears – urging the retirement of NATO. thought you’d want to see it: http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougbandow/2013/04/22/natos-lack-of-any-serious-purpose-means-it-should-retire/ Joe

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Militarization and economic crisis

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introduction on “militarization and crisis”, which was pronounced at the Ghent meeting of No-to-Nato-network on March, 9th 2013 by Georges Spriet Impoverishment of millions of people, mass unemployment, the collapse of public social regulations and programmes, people driven out of their houses : the crisis is taken deep roots in many regions of the world. It is slowing the rise of emerging economies.

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Asia-Pacific working Group – Additional Article & Interview

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Friends, Two more Korea crisis posts to follow on the article’s sent out earlier today.  The Guardian in London reported this morning that North Korea is willing to join talks with the U.S. when it halts “brandishing a nuclear stick.”’  While neither the U.S. nor North Korea are in any rush to get to the negotiating table, if provocative actions and miscalculations can be avoided the crisis may have passed a peace. And then to point you to an important … Continue reading →

Out of the Marathon Bombings – A Boston Peace Movement Converstation

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Friends, We convened a meeting here at the AFSC yesterday to talk about how best to respond to Monday’s terrorist attack. I was asked to write up our thoughts and initial prescriptions and thought I’d send them on to you. As indicated in the article, with the dead and severely wounded here, it’s too early to be pressing the point that this is what the U.S. does on a day to day basis, though I’ve pointed in that direction. http://afsc.org/story/out-marathon-bombings-conversation-boston-area-peace-activists … Continue reading →

Asia-Pacific Working Group – Recent Articles

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Friends, The U.S.-Korean crisis continues. While we can be relieved by the dog that didn’t bite – Pyongyang didn’t launch a missile test on the anniversary of Kim Il Sung’s birthday as anticipated by the U.S. media. But the crisis could grow more intense as the U.S. and South Korean navies move into the third military “exercise” near or in West Sea waters claimed by both North and South Korea.

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Court process on Kunduz-Bombings opened yesterday

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Dear friends and colleagues, yesterday the ialana courtcase started. It is led by Karim Popal for the victims of the Kunduz-bombings. Please find an article of Deutsche Welle here: http://www.dw.de/german-court-to-rule-on-kunduz-airstrike/a-16680014 The media precence was great and we are positive that the process against the German government will take place. Greetings, Lucas and Reiner

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NATO, Japan & the F-35

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Friends, Following on my brief overview of the U.S. Pivot to Asia and the Pacific and Peiter’s presentation about nuclear weapons moderization and the F-35, I though the following article from tomorrow’s Japan Times might be of interest to you. For peace & Justice, Joseph Gerson Ka-ching!: Abe to bargain with NATO for Japanese role in F-35 Kyodo – Japan Times Mar 19, 2013 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/19/national/ka-ching-abe-to-bargain-with-nato-for-japanese-role-in-f-35/ Ka-ching!: Abe to bargain with NATO for Japanese role in F-35 Kyodo – Japan Times … Continue reading →

Donilon on NATO & Trans-Atlantic & Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreements

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Friends, Apologies if it seems like you are being barraged by e-mails.  When we met in Gent, I made reference to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the U.S. effort to create the world’s most intense free trade area, in part to wed Korea, Japan and other Asia-Pacific nations – but NOT China – not only to the U.S. economy, but to further integrate these societies.

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U.S. B-52 bombers simulated raids over North Korea during military exercises

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Friends, I thought that you might find the following disturbing article about U.S. simulated nuclear attacks on North Korea as part of the current war games of interest. I don’t normally look at the Washington Free Beacon, but in seeking to confirm the veracity of an e-mail message, I was channeled there by the conservative Weekly Standard,. There seem to be enough stories- including Business Week-  on the web to confirm the following report and statements by Pentagon press secretary … Continue reading →

New York Times Article on Arctic Tensions

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Preventing an Arctic Cold War One of the four New York Times op ed articles today helped to put the rising resource competition in the Arctic and the lack of diplomatic structures to address them on the public map here. You can find it at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/opinion/preventing-an-arctic-cold-war.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

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GLOBAL NATO: A Geostrategic Instrument of Worldwide Military Conquest

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A Historical Review and Analysis (1949-2012) By Ludo De Brabander and Georges Spriet Global Research, May 18, 2012 vrede.be 17 May 2012 http://www.globalresearch.ca/global-nato-a-geostrategic-instrument-of-worldwide-military-conquest/30899 http://www.vrede.be/images/stories/NAVO/NATO_an_instrument_for_geostrategic_interests.pdf

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Nato – Game over action in Brussels, 2 April 2012

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Nato – Game over action in Brussels, 2 April 2012 News coverage – UPI.com: 483 arrested at NATO headquarters – Bernama.com: Hundreds Of Peace Activists Detained In Storming Of Nato HQ – Press Association UK: 200 anti-Nato protesters detained – AFP: Peace activists in failed bid to swarm NATO HQ – Eurasia Review: Belgium: Brussels Police Detain 483 Pacifists – The Local.se: Swedes held for NATO HQ break-in attempt       Videos: – Russia Today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngkli0QFwgc – El Ventano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y7k7PB3DXI     Photos: –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjELc9jrKFk&list=UUDRvoh87ieaCDy2ojEA21Fg –http://www.flickr.com/photos/vredesactie/sets/72157629359157234/     … Continue reading →

US Nuclear Weapons Out of Europe

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With the Support of INES and IALANA Europe >>pdf US Nuclear bombs are stills stored in five countries in Europe: Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Turkey. July 1, 2010, 6:00 p.m. In: Taksim Square Hotel (Pera Meeting Room), Sıraselviler Cad. No.15, Taksim – Istanbul        >> Map We would like to invite members of the freedom movement and other interested parties to a meeting within the framework of the ESF to discuss and to reflect on how we can jointly increase … Continue reading →

Caucasus

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Conference delayed to Spring 2012 Initiative on holding an international scientific and practical conference: “Peaceful Caucasus – Important Premises of a Peaceful Europe” June 7th – 10th 2011 in Tbilisi, Georgia We believe that the present world needs as many peaceful initiatives as possible. Therefore, it is necessary to consolidate the efforts for further activities. To this end we find useful to hold peace Conference in Georgia on the topic: “Peaceful Caucasus –important premises of peaceful Europe”. The results of such … Continue reading →

The NATO strategy paper 2009

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The expert group set up for designing the strategy, placed under the direction of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, made its recommendations in May for the new NATO strategy, entitled “NATO 2020”. “The alliance must be versatile and flexible in this time period of uncertainty in the 21st century”, said Madeleine Albright at the presentation of the report. Since then, this has been discussed in NATO and beyond – and certainly quite controversial. What is foremost noticeable: The … Continue reading →

Snagged On The Contradiction: NATO, UNSC Resolution 1325, and Feminist Responses

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by Cynthia Cockburn Due for publication in Women in Action, 2011. Originally presented at the Annual Meeting of No to War – No to NATO Dublin. 15-17 April 2011 Snagged On The Contradiction: NATO, UNSC Resolution 1325, and Feminist Responses.pdf

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