GCOMS press release April 26th, 2021
170 Civil Society Organizations from 33 different countries demand that governments around the world drastically reduce their military expenditures, which reached almost 2 trillion $ in 2020, a 2.6% increase over the previous year. World military expenditure amounted to $1981 billion in 2020, a 2.6% increase over the previous year. In 2020, the biggest spenders were the US, China, India, Russia, the UK and Saudi Arabia. Except for Saudi Arabia, they all increased their expenditure over 2019. Military expenditure … Continue reading →
Afghanistan, the US plan for a new catastrophe
by Manlio Dinucci The Afghanistan US and Allied Forces commander General Scott Miller announced on April 25 the beginning of foreign troops withdrawal that should be completed by September 11, according to President Biden’s decision. Is the US ending a war waged for almost twenty years? In order to understand this communication, it is first of all necessary to consider the results of the war. The toll in human lives is largely unquantifiable: the “direct deaths” among the US military would … Continue reading →
2021/06/11-13 online and offline Cornwall, UK
The G7 is coming to Cornwall . . .
. . . and so is resistance!
International days of action – 11th-13th June, 2021
Mass Day of Action – 12th June (https://resistg7.org/day-of-action/)
Alternative conference – tbc
https://resistg7.org/
NATO’S adoption of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Making the agenda a reality
Katharine AM Wright, Department of Politics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK. (International Political Science Review 2016, 37(3), 350–361)
Abstract
International security institutions play a pivotal role in the realisation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda through their adoption and implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. This article examines NATO’s adoption of UNSCR 1325, drawing upon Cynthia Enloe’s conception of NATO as a ‘teaching machine’ disseminating lessons on gender. In doing so, it finds UNSCR 1325 has been understood to be of ‘added-value’ to the Alliance in two respects: first, to support NATO’s long-established agenda to increase the representation of women in NATO forces; second, as a tool to increase operational effectiveness. I find that NATO’s adoption of UNSCR 1325 emerged as part of a counter discourse. The fact that this counter discourse was put forward by partner states challenges dominant understandings of the direction of policy dissemination within NATO. This case provides salient lessons on the opportunities for – and hindrances to – change through the pursuit of a feminist agenda within an international security institution.
https://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/fulltext.aspx?url=239469%2fEA5F59FF-5C03-423F-BC70-797F5F54772C.pdf
Exporting Capitalism to Outer Space
GNspace4peace : https://youtu.be/RmfP1YtU-BY
In Tambrauw people are blocking a military base with our help
WORLD BEYOND WAR:
The government of Indonesia is planning to build a military base (KODIM 1810) in the rural area of Tambrauw West Papua without consultation or permission from the Indigenous landowners who call this land their home. To stop its development, local activists are launching a comprehensive advocacy campaign and they need our help. Continue reading →
Ukraine crisis shows a new way to peace is needed after the failure of nation-state and collective security
by Yurii Sheliazhenko Transcript of a presentation delivered at the International Peace Bureau’s webinar on the dangerous US/NATO/Russia/Ukraine maneuvers 5 May 2021. (Video from the webinar: webinar-discussion-about-the-dangerous-us-nato-russia-ukraine-maneuvers-2021-05-05-video/) My main point is to urge you against seeing whole problem only in the Ukraine crisis. Let’s see the big picture. War in Ukraine started in the interests of superpowers. It is a war for status quo, for a cold-war-like world. United States and Russia treat Ukraine and European Union like a chessboard … Continue reading →
2021/05/17 zoom.us webinar 10:30-11:30 am EDT (UTC-4) (USA/Canada)
Investing in Cures Before Missiles
World BEYOND War is pleased to cosponsor this event with Women Against War.
NO to New Warheads and Missiles!
YES to Current and Future Pandemic Prevention!
MOVE THE MONEY!
A Virtual Info Session on WHY the ICBM ACT — INVESTING IN CURES BEFORE MISSILES — is imperative Continue reading →
Face 2 Face with Angelo Cardona
On this show we are speaking with Angelo Cardona about the First Youth Summit Against NATO. https://www.pressenza.com/2021/05/face-2-face-with-angelo-cardona/
Space Alert! 1: US-NATO Space Issues
GNspace4peace : https://youtu.be/7wgKcOL2Vxo
2021/05/06-08/04 Japan
National Peace March
Call for Organizing Peace Marches/Actions in Solidarity with the 2021 Peace March in Japan (May 6 to August 4, 2021)
2021/05/08 zoom.us webinar 10-12 h CEST (UTC+2)
Never Again War! We Need a New Détente Now
Commemorate end of WWII! To commemorate the end of World War II in Europe we invite to the webinar on the 8th of May 2021 at 10:00 am CEST with the title: Never again! We need a new detente! We all know that World War II brought about one of the biggest disasters of human mankind to the world. The present escalation of military activities around Russia and the information war between West and East reminds us of the … Continue reading →
2021/05/11 zoom.us webinar 1 pm EDT (UTC-4) (USA/Canada)
NATO Expansion: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?
NATO Expansion: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?
The Ukrainian government has issued a new request for an Action Plan leading to NATO membership, even as the situation on the ground between Ukrainian and Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine has deteriorated badly, as have U.S.-Russian relations.
Webinar discussion about the dangerous US/NATO/Russia/Ukraine maneuvers. 2021/05/05 (Video)
What is going on?? And how dangerous is the situation?
Speakers are Bruce Gagnon, Elizabeth Murray, Yuri Sheliazhenkol, Reiner Braun
Webinar NATO is weaponizing the UN resolution 1325* women, peace, and security (WPS) 2021/04/25 (Video)
Women Against NATO Network Meeting
with Kristine Karch, Rae Street and Tamara Lorincz
Despite the pandemic, France continues to test its nuclear weapons.
For your information: Despite the pandemic, France continues to test its nuclear weapons. Alain ROUY, Le Mouvement de la Paix A missile fired this Wednesday morning from Biscarrosse ( Source : Local Newspaper 28/04/2021 SUDOUEST.FR) A missile was fired from the Landes missile test centre at 10am this Wednesday morning. A big bang was heard this Wednesday morning at 10 am in the region of Biscarrosse and Mimizan. The origin of this detonation comes from a firing of M51 missile organized … Continue reading →
2021/05/30 zoom webinar 11am PDT | 2pm EDT | 8pm CEST
Third Women Against Nato Network Meeting
Topic: Prepare Counter Actions Against The Next NATO Summit on June 14th, 2021 in Brussels, Belgium
Let’s discuss what to do to get rid of NATO and militarism!
What can women distribute to the planned actions online and offline in Brussels or at home, see https://www.no-to-nato.org/actions-around-nato-summits/actions-and-articles-nato-summit-14-june-2021-brussels/
2021/04/30 US Air Base Ramstein, Germany from 2pm
Updated information about the bicycle marathon on April 30 around Air Base Ramstein (update 25.04.2021)
As part of the 1st International Day of Action against Foreign Military Bases*.
Due to Corona restrictions, the marathon will be divided into 2 stages: Continue reading →
Biden and Blinken Blink on Ukraine
by Ray McGovern Posted on April 15, 2021 President Joe Biden has now taken a waiver on the “unwavering”, full-throated support that he, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had been giving to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The recurring “unwavering” meme was played right up until late Tuesday after Biden’s telephone talk with Putin Tuesday. https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2021/04/14/biden-and-blinken-blink-on-ukraine/
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https://actionnetwork.org/events/webinar-campaign-to-ban-killer-drones-is-launched-as-biden-appears-ready-to-expand-drone-warUkraine: are we facing the next (big) war?
By Reiner Braun Nothing is harder and nothing requires more character, than to be in open opposition to its time and to say to say loudly: No. I put this quote from Kurt Tucholski at the beginning of my remarks because it is also about countering the narrative of mainstream politics and media reporting with clarification and facts.
Continue reading →Kuba äußert sich zu militärischen Aktivitäten von USA und NATO nahe Russland
Von Edgar Göll amerika21
Havanna/Moskau. Der kubanische Außenminister Bruno Rodriguez hat die jüngsten Truppenbewegungen der Vereinigten Staaten und der Nordatlantikvertragsorganisation (Nato) in Richtung der Grenzen der Russischen Föderation angeprangert.
Nation – Hypersonic Wars
“The 500 additional troops being sent to Germany are not just ordinary GIs, meant to bolster frontline formations, but rather highly trained specialists intended for “multi-domain operations” involving cyber and space combat as well as “long-range fires” employing hypersonic missiles” https://www.thenation.com/article/world/forever-wars-austin-germany/ By Michael T. Klare April 20, 2021 From the Forever Wars to the Hypersonic Wars The United States bolsters high-tech forces in Europe
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Colombia: An Ideal U.S. Client-State in the Western Hemisphere
By Angelo Cardona –April 16, 2021 Washington has long helped fuel the devastating conflict in Colombia that goes back to the era of La Violencia in World War II https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/04/16/colombia-an-ideal-u-s-client-state-in-the-western-hemisphere/
Continue reading → 2021/05/05 zoom webinar 8pm CEST, 2pm CDT, 5pmPDT, 8am Hawaii
Webinar discussion about the dangerous US/NATO/Russia/Ukraine maneuvers.
What is going on?? And how dangerous is the situation? Speakers are Bruce Gagnon, Elizabeth Murray, Yuri Sheliazhenkol, Reiner Braun Events in the U.S./NATO/Ukraine challenge to Russia have been moving at a frenetic pace. Ukraine increased deployment of military troops to the eastern provinces on the border of Donbass. Russia predictably responded by mobilizing a large part of its military to meet the Ukraine threat. In another incident, the US publicized two U.S. warships heading into the Black Sea; Russia … Continue reading →
2021/04/25 zoom webinar 11am PDT | 2pm EDT | 8pm CEST
Women Against Nato Network Meeting
+++ SAVE THE DATE +++ SAVE THE DATE +++ Topic: NATO is weaponizing the UN resolution 1325* women, peace, and security (WPS) The women against NATO network meeting will take place on 25. April 2021 (Sunday 11am PDT (UTC-7) / 2pm EDT (UTC-4) / 8pm CEST (UTC+2). Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81992604540?pwd=aGFNK3dwQnVKK1dIaWZPbXdFT0lxQT09 The following speakers will give us a short input and afterwards will have a discussion, with the aim to strengthen our activities against the war machine NATO.
Continue reading →Minutes of the ICC meeting (online) April 7th, 2021
ICC No to NATO, 7 April 2021 Participants: Kristine, Lucas, Reiner, Ludo, Kate, Tamara, Joseph, Ann, Alain, Yves-Jean Next NATO summit: Ludo gives first information: Date not confirmed: June/ July (14 July?) 2021 NATO Summit Brussels First Belgium zoom call about what can be done Ideas: Online counter summit similar to world social forum Small actions: bike tour, city guide tours Demonstration will not be possible due to corona restrictions Discussion: Hybrid events, decentralized protests connected via internet Series of … Continue reading →
Ukraine, US bomb in Europe
by Manlio Dinucci The Aviano base US F-16 fighters are engaged in “air operations” in Greece, where the Iniochos 21 exercise began yesterday. They belong to the 510th Fighter Squadron stationed in Aviano, whose role is indicated in its emblem: the atom symbol with three lightning strikes the earth, flanked by the imperial eagle. Nuclear attack aircraft are therefore those engaged by the US Air Force in Greece. Greece granted the United States the use of all its military bases … Continue reading →
2021/04/16 zoom webinar 10:00-12:00 Europe 17:00-19:00 JST
International Day of Action in Solidarity with Venezuela
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and People’s Campaigns
Date and Time: April 16 (Fri) 17:00-19:00 JST
16:00-18:00 Philippines | 15:00-17:00 Vietnam/Southeast Asia |
10:00-12:00 Europe
English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided.
2021/04/24 virtual event 11 h ET | 17:00 CEST
Youth Summit Against NATO
To register please send an email with your name and subject line “Youth Summit Against NATO” to . Continue reading →
2021/04/13 virtual event
Tuesday Capitol Calling Party: Demilitarization: Closing US Bases
Tuesday, April 13, 5 pm PT/8 pm ET
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History lesson in pictures: The Nazis inside Ukraine
Organizing Notes Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He offers his own reflections on organizing and the state of America’s declining empire…. http://space4peace.blogspot.com/2021/04/history-lesson-in-pictures-nazis-inside.html
Continue reading →Ukraine On Fire 2016 Oliver Stone
As much as any place around the world the current situation in Ukraine could be a trigger for nuclear war. With the recent construction of US Aegis-Ashore ‘missile defense’ (MD) bases in Romania and Poland (that could also fire nuclear-capable Tomahawk cruise missiles that could reach Moscow in 10 minutes) as well as current deployment in the Black Sea of Navy Aegis destroyers with MD systems on board, it seems crucial that world citizens should have a greater understanding of … Continue reading →
NATO Foreign Ministerial Statement
NATO press release from 23 March 2021 PR (2021) 043 Issued by the NATO Foreign Ministers Brussels, 23rd-24th March 2021 We are meeting in Brussels to reaffirm the enduring transatlantic bond between Europe and North America, with NATO at its heart. We are bound together by our shared democratic values, and by our adherence to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. NATO is the foundation of our collective defence: together we reaffirm our solemn commitment to the … Continue reading →
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has released his Annual Report for 2020
The Annual Report for 2020 covers NATO’s work and achievements throughout the year, including NATO’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, its efforts to ensure the health crisis did not become a security crisis, and the NATO 2030 initiative to future-proof the Alliance. …
The Annual Report includes the results of new polls on the public perception of the Alliance. These show that, in a year of upheaval, overall support for the NATO Alliance, the transatlantic bond and collective defence remains strong.
The Report also includes the details of estimated 2020 national defence expenditures for all 30 NATO Allies.
The full Report is now available online. (https://nato.cmail19.com/t/r-l-tlqhykl-oykqxlhd-k/)
NATO Press Release: Defence Expenditures of NATO Countries (2013-2020)
16 March 2021 PR (2021) 030 NATO collects defence expenditure data from Allies on a regular basis and presents aggregates and subsets of this information. Each Ally’s Ministry of Defence reports current and estimated future defence expenditure according to an agreed definition of defence expenditure. The amounts represent payments by a national government actually made, or to be made, during the course of the fiscal year to meet the needs of its armed forces, those of Allies or of the … Continue reading →
Global NATO – all coutries are affected
Webinar during the War & Peace Day of the Virtual World Social Forum January 2021
2021/04/18 zoom webinar 11 AM – 1 PM ET (USA/Canada)
International Day of Action in Solidarity with Venezuela
Zoom Webinar on the Occasion of International Day of Action in Solidarity with Venezuela
April 18, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Bilingual (English and Sanish)
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER (https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_50p5HLO7SKqZEG390hup4w) Continue reading →
US is inflaming the situation in Ukraine – trigger for nuclear war
Pentagon establishes air bridge to Ukraine
More deadly equipment may be on its way to Donbass [likely drones, communications devices, ammunition]
Another U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster military transport aircraft has recently arrived in Kiev from the Ramstein airbase in Germany.
The nature of the cargo on board the American transporter is unknown. But there is no need to guess since the U.S. military authorities have more than once stated and proved support of the Ukrainian [Nazi] forces.
Donetsk International (https://www.facebook.com/DonetskInternational/?hc_ref=ARRikpZNhazUKSVJgpGbSZQgy0qsI47u__7HKpYoBQIDsvLdz2n3s3ZBPrNn_ARBPBA&fref=nf&__tn__=kC-R)
— Bruce K. Gagnon Coordinator Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
‘Some stay, some die’: The horror of Ukraine’s war camps
I certainly realize that there are more than a few neo-Nazis and fascists in the powerful and influential right-wing of Ukraine. As Faulkner wrote, the past isn’t dead, it isn’t even past. That said, as we prepare a webinar about Ukraine, we do need to take accounts like the one that follows here into consideration. Reality is rarely either/or or black and white. Joseph Gerson ‘Some stay, some die’: The horror of Ukraine’s war camps Survivors give grisly … Continue reading →