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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Statement on the situation in the Korean Peninsula April 8th 2013

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We note with concern the current escalation of tension in the Korean Peninsula and are categorically opposed to any state threatening to use aggressive action against another, especially if that threat involves the possible use of nuclear weapons. We denounce the implication that nuclear weapons can be used as a way of conducting international relations. We recognise that if such a situation were to escalate to involve violence then it would be the innocent citizens of those states who would … Continue reading →

International Peace Congress: Stop the War – Ways to Peace in Afghanistan

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October, 11th – 13th, 2013 Strasbourg Statement of Intent The war in Afghanistan has taken a terrible toll on the Afghan people. Over the last 33 years, it is safe to presume that no Afghan within or outside of Afghanistan has failed to be impacted by the war.

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FINAL DECLARATION ON THE INTERCONTINENTAL CONFERENCE PEACE, DISARMEMENT AND SOCIAL ALTERNATIVES TO GLOBAL NATO

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We, the members of social organizations, movements and networks of the peoples of the Americas and Europe, gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, host the principles of peace and self-determination, threatened by the military, political, economic and cultural intervention from the United States and the European Union, promoters of militarism.

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Video: Action by No to NATO Alliance in Montenegro

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protest action against Montenegro joining NATO by the No to NATO Alliance in Montenegro in a shopping center at Podgorica. action de protestation contre le Monténégro adhésion à l’OTAN par alliance Non à l’OTAN au Montenegro dans un centre commercial à Podgorica. Protestaktion gegen NATO-Beitritt Montenegro durch das Bündnis No to NATO in Montenegro in einem Shopping Center in Podgorica. Protesta de acción contra adhesión de Montenegro a la OTAN par el Alianza No a la OTAN en Montenegro en … Continue reading →

“Quo Vadis NATO? – Challenges for Democracy and Law”

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international conference 26th April – 28th April 2013 in Bremen From 26th to 28th April 2013 the international conference „Quo Vadis NATO – Challenges for Democracy and Law“will take place in Bremen. The Main organizer of this event is the German section of the IALANA in cooperation with the Centre of European Law and Politics at the University of Bremen, chaired by Professor Andreas Fischer-Lescano.

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Germany Sees Rise of Campaign Against Combat Drones

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Dear Friends, Here’s my article in Common Dreams that gives an overview of the new anti-drone campaign in Germany: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/27-6 Lots of press in German can be found here: http://drohnen-kampagne.de/uber-uns/pressespiegel/ Wishing everyone a happy Easter/Passover weekend. Best, Elsa

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We Were Soldiers in the “War on Terror”: Zeugnisse aus dem Irakkrieg

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Ein Film von Elsa Rassbach, Neufassung aus 2012, 23 Min., Englisch mit deutschen Untertiteln A video from Els Rassbach, new version in 2012, 23 min. English with German subtitles download: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1l4Y4PGE0w https://vimeo.com/61959387

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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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Annual meeting of the International Network “No to NATO – No to War”: The delegitimization of the NATO war machine will continue

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Press release, March 14th 2013 From March 8th – 10th 2013 the annual meeting of the International Network “No to War, No to NATO” was held in the Belgian city of Ghent. The Network has more than 650 partners and organizations from over 20 countries.

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Military spending: GDAMS 2.0 promotional video is now up

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We wanted a short, hard-hitting video showing what the Global Day of Action on Military Spending is all about. Well, now we’ve got it! The GDAMS 2.0 promotional video is now at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn3XsxKVPvI It lasts 5 minutes and shows actions taken in different continents. Many thanks to our collegues at IPS for putting this together. Please feature it on your websites, Facebook pages, e-lists etc. We think this deserves to go viral… The current list of planned events/contacts is under … Continue reading →

Membership of the “No to war – no to NATO” network

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All initiatives, organisations, groups who signed the Appeal from Stuttgart are member of the network. For signing the appeal send an email to . Flyer Stuttgart Appeal with signatures.pdf

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Declaration Peace Conference “Ways to Peace in Afghanistan”, Bonn 2012 Oct. 13th-14th

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On October 13/14 2012, the Cooperation for Peace, a network of more than 50 German peace organizations, together with about 20 peace initiatives comprising of German and European Afghanis living in exile are conducting an international peace conference on Afghanistan for the first time. On this occasion, the organizers release this declaration: Afghanistan: Challenges for Peace, Democracy and Development

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Intercontinental Conference: “Peace, Disarmament and Social Alternatives To Global NATO” 2012

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The International Network No to War-No to NATO, together with the Latin American Circle of International Studies and the Argentinian Permanent Assembly for Human Rights, is organizing, in Buenos Aires, Argentina an Inter-Continental Conference from December 13th to 14th 2012, focused on the global policies and strategies of NATO and their implications for the Global South, especially in Latin America, and the political, social and human alternatives that the Global South offers for peace, security, and the environment.

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