Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar SeriesFall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30) | 18-19:30 CET
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3: Climate Change and International Security
Jurgen Scheffran, Head of the Research Group Climate Change and Security, University of Hamburg, Germany Continue reading →
As part of Keep Space for Peace Week, the Oxfordshire Peace Campaign and CND discussed the role of USAF Croughton in drone warfare, as well as wider strategic issues. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXb7rEvOm5E)
by Manlio Dinucci While the “Coronavirus crisis” continues to cause devastating socio-economic consequences also in Italy, a large part of the “Recovery Fund” is destined not to the most affected economic and social sectors, but to the most advanced sectors of the war industry. According to the EU Recovery Fund, Italy should receive € 209 billion over the next six years, of which about 81 is for grants and 128 for loans to be repaid with interest. In the meantime, … Continue reading →
Factsheet launched by
Shannonwatch campaigns to end the US military use of Shannon Airport and to demand accountability for the
airport’s complicity in human rights abuse and war. It opposes the participation of Ireland in all regional military
alliances and structures, including those of the EU and NATO. It holds peace demonstrations at Shannon Airport
on the second Sunday of every month from 2 to 3pm.
The Peace & Neutrality Alliance campaigns for the right of the Irish people to have their own independent foreign
policy, with positive neutrality as a key component, pursued primarily through a reformed Unite Nations.
Factsheet launched by the Peace & Neutrality Alliance was founded in 1996 to focus on opposing Irelands integration into the emerging EU army and the EU/NATO/US war machine.
It is a member of the World Peace Council and the No to War – No to NATO network.
The newly formed Youth Against Empire will be holding its first public event.
Join us for an online rally: “Youth Speak Out Against the Wars at Home and Abroad”
Saturday, October 17 at 4 PM Eastern
Register for the Zoom event here (https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZAe_FB0yRs2RGqlq6TPh6A)
Join the Facebook Event here (https://www.facebook.com/events/1283578698689833)
Global Network http://www.space4peace.org/ and Save Jeju now http://savejejunow.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoUlXphDdk
Auf Initiative der Kampagne „Stopp Air Base Ramstein“ wird ab 2020 jährlich der Roland-Vogt- Friedenspreis an eine Aktivistin oder einen Aktivisten der Friedensbewegung vergeben, die oder der sich in der Tradition von Roland Vogt dauerhaft für Frieden, Abrüstung und zivile Konfliktlösungen in außerordentlicher Weise engagiert.https://youtu.be/s1GkpbR04yU.
Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar SeriesFall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27: Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor, MIT and Professor of Linguistics, University of Arizona Continue reading →
Global Peace and Insecurity: Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20: Heidi Peltier, Ph. D, Director, 20 Years of War Project, Boston University
The Bang and the Bucks: Post-9/11 Military Spending and the Shortchanging of Other Urgent Needs Continue reading →
Global Peace and Insecurity: Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13: Monica Zoppe, Ph. D., Institute of Biophysics, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Milan, Italy
Accidents, mistakes and COVID-19: Risks and Necessity of High-Level Biosafety Labs; MODERATOR: Professor Jonathan King
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The playlist of all the 14 videos will be foun here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHs21F2izXdAYWdyXxSJPKEipudNNeiI_
INES Webinar on Weapons in Space – Challenges to Peace and Security 12 October, 16:00 – 17:30 CEST With: Prof. Jürgen Scheffran (University of Hamburg, Germany), Prof. em. Dave Webb (Leeds Beckett University, U.K.), Subrata Ghoshroy (MIT, USA) Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__s5nreJXQQKp0p9q-bbTXw Introduction: When President Trump established the U.S. Space Force December, 2019, he said that it marked “a big moment” and that there was “going to be a lot of things happening in space. Because space is the world’s newest warfighting … Continue reading →
Day Of Indigenous Unity: Point Of Contact Confronting the Climate Crisis
Webinar: Confronting the Climate Crisis: the central role of Indigenous Peoples as frontline defenders against climate change
Global Peace and InsecurityA Semester-Long Seminar Series
Whither US-Russia Nuclear Arms Control?
Tuesday, October 6; 12noon-1:30pm
This 2-day conference is organised by the Policies Studies Organization and will be entirely virtual around the time of “Keep Space for Peace Week” (October 3-10) More details and program here: http://www.ipsonet.org/conferences/space-education-and-strategic-applications/sesa20program On October 15th from 12:50-2:00pm EDT (5:50-7:00pm BST) the Global Network will be holding a panel on “Campaigning to Keep Space for Peace”, introduced and chaired by Professor Dave Webb (UK) with Professor Karl Grossman (US), Tamara Lorincz (Canada), Dr Aruna Kammila (India) and Bruce Gagnon (US). The … Continue reading →
Global Network leaders discuss ‘Space domination’ during Keep Space for Peace Week October 8, 2020 on Zoom 10am (EST), 3pm (BST), 6pm (KST), 12midnight (AEST) How can we confront the rapidly increasing militarisation and possible weaponization of space? When the US Space Force was established last year President Trump said that it marked “a big moment” and that there was “going to be a lot of things happening in space. Because space is the world’s newest warfighting domain.” A new … Continue reading →
Declaration of the 4th International Congress against Military Bases and War organized by the campaign Stop Air Base Ramstein, with the support of the international “No to War – no to NATO” network and the International Peace Bureau on 25.09.2020, held both in-person (Berlin) and online (worldwide) as a hybrid event due to Corona. Resistance is the imperative and the challenge! We call on the resistance against the approximately 1,000 military bases in the world to come together and fortify. … Continue reading →
https://blackallianceforpeace.com/dayofactiononafricom
Learn about the International Day of Action on AFRICOM.
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Am 12.09.2020 in hat die Kampagne Stopp Air Base Ramstein in Kaiserslautern gemeinsam mit der FAmilie Vogt und der Pfälzer Initiative “Entrüstet Euch” den Roland-Vogt Friedenspreis an Connie Schmidt inder Augusta-Kirche in Kaiserslautern verliehen
Continue reading →Dear all
please find a piece of Bernd Hahnfeld on legality of nuclear sharing in Germany.
The text was written in German and we translated it into English:
www.ialana.de/images/pdf/arbeitsfelder/ialana%20zur%20aktuellen%20diskussion/ialana%20zu%20abc-waffen/Opposition_to_the_Federal_Governments_assertion_that_the_nuclear_sharing_practiced_by_Germany_within_the_framework_of_NATO_does_not_violate_the_Non-Proliferation_Treaty.pdf
Greetings,
Lucas
pressenza.com 20.07.2020 – Boston, USA – Joseph Gerson
With our newspapers and press reports focused on the deadly explosion of covid-19 infections across the country and Trump inflating threats by posed China in his desperate effort to avoid defeat in November, the U.S/NATO nuclear weapons build up across Europe has gone unremarked. That too is dangerous. Tensions with Russia continue to build. NATO has been preparing for war with its “Defender” military exercises across Europe. And, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper participated in a war game exercise in which the U.S. “launched a simulated nuclear strike against Russia.”
www.pressenza.com/2020/07/trigger-fingers-nuclear-nato-and-building-back-better/
Europe, Nonviolent Activism By World BEYOND War, September 9, 2020 The majority of this video is in Norwegian: Tid for forandring: Fra krise og militarisme til fred og velferd from Norges Sosiale Forum on Vimeo. The portion of the above video that is in English is also here: Share this…
Continue reading →Defund militarism and invest in peacemakers if conflict resolution is truly the objective.
As members of Veterans for Peace, an organization of U.S. military veterans and supporters who advocate for peace, we couldn’t disagree more with the Aug. 14 Civil Beat article “Why Militaries Should Play Games With Each Other” by a Department of Defense employee at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies and a DoD RAND contractor.
Dear friends,
We are pleased to inform you that the World Conference against A and H Bombs (online), held on August 2-9, 2020, made a big success. We express our heartfelt gratitude to you for your support and participation in the Conference marking the 75th year of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings. Continue reading →
by Manlio Dinucci (il Manifesto, 1 September 2020) In Europe civil air traffic is expected to drop by 60% this year compared to 2019, due to Covid-19 restrictions, putting more than 7 million jobs at risk. On the other hand, military air traffic is growing. On Friday, August 28, six US Air Force B-52 strategic bombers flew over the thirty NATO countries in North America and Europe in a single day, flanked by eighty fighter-bombers from allied countries in different … Continue reading →
Dear signatory of the Appeal to the left and progressive forces in the European Parliament, We thank you for signing the Appeal. Enclosed you find the Appeal (English, Dutch, French, German and Spanish) together with the final list of organisations and individuals supporting the initiative. We think it is a significant mixture of ngo’s, activists, academics and political actors, from Finland to Greece (and even from the USA and Canada), who express their worry about weakening alertness of left forces … Continue reading →
Peace Wave News
Vol. 4, August 27, 2020
The 75 th Anniversary of the Hiroshima and
Nagasaki Days Commemorated with
Hundreds of Grass-roots Actions Worldwide,
Calling for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
Peace Wave Swept around the World from
August 6 to 9, 2020
https://popularresistance.org/natos-unified-front-at-breaking-point/
By Xanthe Hall
The writer belongs to IPPNW Germany. This article first appeared on IPPNW Peace & Health Blog. Please click here for the original link.
BERLIN (IDN) – You could be excused for having missed the fact that NATO is in the process of updating its nuclear strategy, including substantial and significant steps. These include technologically more ambitious weapons that can be used more easily. This is the implementation of a decision made at the NATO Warsaw Summit in 2016 to revise nuclear strategy. [2020–07-17]
Inextricably linked existential threats to humanity. by Pat Elder In Greek mythology, the tale of Daedalus and his son, Icarus provides a lesson that humanity has never learned. Daedalus created wings from feathers and wax. He warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun for fear that the wax would melt. Icarus took off, exhilarated with the invention, and soared exuberantly toward the sun. His wings fell apart, and Icarus fell to his death. Remarkable technologies may escape … Continue reading →
by Josef Gerson With our newspapers and press reports focused on the deadly explosion of covid-19 infections across the country and Trump inflating threats by posed China in his desperate effort to avoid defeat in November, the U.S/NATO nuclear weapons build up across Europe has gone unremarked. That too is dangerous. Tensions with Russia continue to build. NATO has been preparing for war with its “Defender” military exercises across Europe. And, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper participated in a war … Continue reading →
Deadline 25.08.2020 Dear friends, On 23 July, the vast majority of the Left Group (GUE/NGL) in the European Parliament approved, together with the social democratic (S&D), Green and rightist (EPP, Renew) parties, a resolution which criticizes the ‘European deal’ of 21 July on the Recovery Fund and the multi-annual European budget. There are indeed plenty of reasons to criticize the proposal of the European Council, but the resolution of the European Parliament also contains elements which are unacceptable from a progressive point … Continue reading →
The US is incinerating is leftover stockpiles of the most lethal types of firefighting foams containing PFAS. The process is deadly to surrounding communities because the materials typically can’t be destroyed by incineration. I had a conversation with a retired Environmental Protection Agency official in New York last week and she told me there have been no shipments of retired PFAS foam from NATO bases in Europe to the U.S. for incineration. So, tens of thousands of the most … Continue reading →
Please sign this international statement in support of Black Live Matters protests in the US From the statement below “As we condemn the police brutality being unleashed against protesters against racism in the United States, we also recognize the brutality being carried out by the U.S. military against innocent people around the world, including but not limited to the U.S. wars in the Middle East and North Africa; the expansion of the U.S. military throughout the continent of Africa; the … Continue reading →
by Rae Street August 2020 NATO was once described as the ‘military arm of the US empire’. And one might add ‘nuclear empire’. As we remember Hiroshima on 6th August 1945, the horrendous suffering which was brought about on that day to the people of Japan and, later, on the 9th August, Nagasaki day, it is worth thinking about NATO’s policies and, in particular. Its nuclear policies. Since the end of totalitarian communism, unlike the Warsaw Pact which was disbanded, … Continue reading →
4th International Congress against Military Bases and Wars
Berlin Germany and zoom conference
11:00 am — 5:30 pm Berlin / Paris CEST (UTC +2)
6:00 pm — 0:30am +1 Japan (UTC +9)
10:00 am — 4:30 pm London (UTC +1)
9:00 am — 3:30 pm (UTC)
5:00 am — 11:30 am New York (UTC -4)
11:00 -1pm — 5:30 am Hawai (UTC -10)
please register at with the keyword
A New Cold War against China is against the interests of humanity We note the increasingly aggressive statements and actions being taken by the US government in regard to China. These constitute a threat to world peace and are an obstacle to humanity successfully dealing with extremely serious common issues which confront it such as climate change, control of pandemics, racist discrimination and economic development. We therefore believe that any New Cold War would run entirely counter to the interests … Continue reading →
Note that the online meeting will take place in Norwegian, except for the post from David Swanson. Start: Sunday, 6 September 2020 2:30 PM – CEST. It is equal to Standard Time Zone: GMT / UTC + 02:00 hour End: Sunday, 6 September 2020 4:00 PM – CEST Location:Online, Webinar. Logininformation will be published on this site: https://stoppnato.no/2020/08/11/tid-for-forandring-fra-krise-og-militarisme-til-fred-og-velferd/ and on the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/608849553390027/ Among the speakers are: Ingunn Gjerstad (heads the largest trade union in Norway, the Oslo department), David … Continue reading →
