Also the IPB Youth Network (http://ipbyn.org/) has its own mobilization for the International Peace Congress in Barcelona 2021
2021/10/15-17 Barcelona, Spain
“Disarmament Instead of Rearmament”:
The Germany-Wide Day of Action on 5 December 2020 – a Prelude to Further Joint Engagement
With more than 100 events and several thousand participants, the day of action and protest organized by the Abrüsten statt Aufrüsten campaign (Disarm instead of Rearm) was a great success, despite the difficult conditions created by Covid-19.
Peace initiatives all over the country were joined by trade unions and – in a new showing of solidarity— environmental organizations who made this day theirs and, full of ideas and imagination, took to the streets for peace and disarmament while keeping with the nation-wide Corona-related restrictions. Human chains, rallies, vigils, public events, signature campaigns, and information stands characterised the more than 100 actions.
Why is NATO going global?
by Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.
29 December 2020
One of the pre-conditions for Soviet support for the reunification of East & West Germany was the promise from the US that NATO would not expand ‘one centimeter’ toward the Russian borders. The Soviet Union’s Warsaw Pact alliance folded after its collapse thus making no need for NATO. Instead since those days NATO has been on steroids and is now working to become a global alliance.
Read more on http://space4peace.blogspot.com/2020/12/why-is-nato-going-global.html
2021/01/22 worldwide
Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW )
More information about events around the globe on January 22nd, 2021
are here: www.icanw.org/events
You also can register your event there.
20 years UN-Resolution 1325 – time to act!
AMICA e.V. ist eine Frauenrechtsorganisation, die sich für von Gewalt betroffene Frauen einsetzt. Wir arbeiten mit Projektpartnerinnen vor Ort zusammen und unterstützen diese im Aufbau eigenständiger nachhaltiger Strukturen. Uns ist es wichtig, unsere eigene Rolle als “Helfende” konstruktiv zu reflektieren und den Partnerinnen auf Augenhöhe zu begegnen.
AMICA hat eine Webseit zum Thema zusammengestellt: www.20-jahre-1325.org
WILPF-Stellungnahme zu 20 Jahren UNRES1325
https://www.wilpf.de/20-jahre-unscr-1325-ein-trojanisches-pferd-fuer-die-frauenbewegung/
Ehemalige chinesische Kolonialmächte formieren sich neu gegen China
Eine Sammlung von Texten und Hinweisen zum Thema von Günter Küsters. Liebe Leute, Die Bundesregierung will “deutsches Wesen” nicht nur bis zum Hindukusch “verteidigen”, wenn es um einen breiten Aufmarsch des Westens gegen den wieder neuen Rivalen China geht; das zeigt die Folgeserie der german-foreign-policy siehe unten. Nicht nur das aktuell scheinbar gelingende chinesische Corona-Krisenmanagement https://www.isw-muenchen.de/2020/07/china-gelingt-neustart-der-wirtschaft-westen-weiter-im-corona-krisen-chaos/ wie das neue Handelsabkommen in Ostasien https://www.isw-muenchen.de/2020/12/rcep-multilateralismus-auf-erfolgskurs/ drängen den Westen zur Eile. China vor dem 19.Jahrhundert bereits jahrehundertelang … Continue reading →
NATO’s Next Decade
NATO report makes recommendations to reduce internal conflicts and strengthen the alliance against Russia and China.
BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Own report) – NATO must strengthen its cohesion and take new steps to position itself against Russia and China, according to the report “NATO 2030” officially presented by the military alliance at its meeting of foreign ministers that ended yesterday. Vetoing inconvenient decisions by the Alliance will be made more difficult. Cooperation with countries at Russia’s borders and in China’s vicinity should be intensified. The report was commissioned last December to settle openly escalating dissension within the Alliance, which French President Emmanuel Macron previously denounced in blunt terms (“brain death of NATO”). The report was drawn up under the aegis of former German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière and US diplomat Wess Mitchell. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has highly praised the report, intended to provide the basis for a “Strategic Concept,” whereas experts dismissed it as a “security policy hawker’s assortment.”
Das nächste Jahrzehnt der NATO
NATO-Bericht macht Vorschläge zur Dämpfung bündnisinterner Konflikte und zur Stärkung der Allianz gegen Russland und China. https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/8459/ BERLIN/BRÜSSEL (Eigener Bericht) – Die NATO soll ihre innere Geschlossenheit stärken und sich mit neuen Schritten gegen Russland und China in Stellung bringen. Dies fordert ein Bericht (“NATO 2030”), den das Militärbündnis anlässlich seines gestern zu Ende gegangenen Außenministertreffens offiziell vorgelegt hat. Demnach soll zukünftig ein Veto gegen unliebsame Bündnisbeschlüsse erschwert werden; zugleich müsse die Allianz die Kooperation mit Staaten an … Continue reading →
Peace is not everything, but nothing is without peace No to war, militarism, and violence.
The Doomsday Clock is historically for the first time 100 seconds to midnight. The Nobel prize winners “The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists” justify this aggravation with the dangers of the atomic war and the consequences of the climatic changes. The dangers of a great – all-destroying – war have increased in view of the rivalries of the great powers, as have the quantity and quality of regional conflicts and wars over resources and as consequences of climate change. Wars are inseparable components of the “new normal.” Continue reading →
Invitation and Call for Actions on Virtual World Social Forum 2021
Dear friends and comrades,
The Doomsday Clock is historically for the first time 100 seconds to midnight. The Nobel prize winners “The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists” justify this aggravation with the dangers of the atomic war and the consequences of the climatic changes. The dangers of a great – all-destroying – war have increased in view of the rivalries of the great powers, as have the quantity and quality of regional conflicts and wars over resources and as consequences of climate change. Wars are inseparable components of the “new normal.” Continue reading →
https://www.ramstein-kampagne.eu/neuanfang-und-aufbruch-16-newsletter-2020/
https://www.ramstein-kampagne.eu/spd-will-doch-keine-kampfdrohnen/
STRATCOM: The Most Dangerous Organization in the World
US-STRATCOM stands for United States Strategic Command. It’s one of the eleven combatant commands in the Pentagon, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Traditionally, STRATCOM’s mission was to direct a nuclear war, if it were ever to occur. If that wasn’t dangerous enough, STRATCOM experienced a tsunami of changes after 2001. https://youtu.be/67JdFXTa8LA
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2021/01/23-31 international online and offline
World Social Forum 2021 (20th anniversary)
WSF.2021 | LET’s BUILD TOGETHER AND TOGETHER THE NEXT WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
Week of January 25-30, 2021 | (Virtual – and face-to-face when possible)
Organizations and social movements from all over the world are invited to build together the next edition of the World Social Forum and to participate in its activities that will take place in the week of January 25-29, 2021, basically virtually, but also in places where it is possible to carry them out with sanitary security. https://wsf2021.net/ Continue reading →
2020/12/09 zoom webinar 15-17 h CET
International Action Meeting for a nuclear weapon free Europe
Following up with our previous discussions, we would like to invite you to the next International Action Meeting for a nuclear weapon free Europe.
We will focus on the impact of next the entry into force of the TPNW on January 22nd, especially in European nuclear weapon hosting states and nuclear weapon owning states.
The key note speaker will be Susi Snyder from PAX (Nederland), member of ICAN International Steering Group, and Director of Don’t Bank on the Bomb Campaign.
2021/10/15-17 Barcelona, Spain
Program is online now IPB World Peace Congress Barcelona 2021
Visit www.ipb2021.barcelona to register and for all the latest details on the 2nd IPB World Peace Congress.
https://www.ipb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IPB-World-Peace-Congress-Programme-Draft-4.pdf
Congress Teaser (Feat. Noam Chomsky) https://youtu.be/yfMSOOKghd8 Subtitles available in English, Spanish, and Catalan.
2020/12/05+6 Prague, Czech Republic & online
All-European mobilizing Conference for Peace, Climate and Equality
https://www.facebook.com/events/700058380890318
„The European Spring is Necessary“
Prague & online, the 5th + 6th of December 2020
Organized by: Prague Spring 2 – European network against right-wing extremism and populism – together with UNITED for Intercultural Action, transform! europe, Activist for Peace, Continue reading →
2020/12/11-12 around the world
Fight for 1.5 C On Friday 11 Dec. and Saturday 12 Dec.
New global action: Fight for 1.5 C On Friday 11 Dec. and Saturday 12 Dec.
Register on the FFF global map (https://fridaysforfuture.org/action-map/register-report-strikes/) Continue reading →
40 Jahre Krefelder Appell – Jubiläumsveranstaltung
“Der Atomtod bedroht uns alle – Keine Atomraketen in Europa“
hybrid am 15.11.2020 in Frankfurt am Main und zoom webinar. https://youtu.be/O4uI3Ui0CBA
Squadron of F-16’s to leave Spangdahlem –> going to Abu Dhabi
“The Pentagon reported Monday the redeployment of an F-16 fighter squadron from Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany to Al-Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi in what an Air Force commander told the media was a demonstration of “CENTCOM’s commitment to allies and partners to bolster security and stability in the region.”
2020/11/26 jitsi online 18:30 CET
Gegen die Etablierung von Drohnentechnologie für Krieg, Überwachung und Unterdrückung!
FRIEDENSTREFF STUTTGART NORD
Liebe Friedensfreund*innen,
am Donnerstag, den 26. November 2020 findet der nächste Friedenstreff statt, dieses Mal in digitaler Form.
Das Thema lautet: Gegen die Etablierung von Drohnentechnologie für Krieg, Überwachung und Unterdrückung! Keine bewaffneten Drohnen in der Bundeswehr!
4° Congresso Internazionale contro le Basi e le Guerre Militari
Lezione di Vincenzo Santiglia, NO MOUS Sicilia
Il movimento NO MUOS è composto da una rete di Comitati locali i quali costituiscono il coordinamento regionale, e da altre realtà organizzate. Nella sua Carta d’lntenti, approvata il 18 novembre 2012, si definisce “un movimento apartitico e aconfessionale, ad adesione individuale, fatto di persone e culture, estrazioni sociali e convinzioni politiche differenti, ma che si riconoscono nei valori imprescindibili della libertà, dell’uguaglianza, della solidarietà, dell’antifascismo, dell`antimilitarismo, dell’antirazzismo e della lotta alla mafia e all’omofobia”. Scopo principale del movimento, sin … Continue reading →
2020/12/06 digital internet 11-18:30 PM CET
Weltkriegsgefahren entgegentreten – Wandel zum Frieden einleiten!
Wir freuen uns wirklich sehr, euch doch noch zum 27. Friedensratschlag einladen zu können. Er kann aus bekannten Gründen 2020 nur digital durchgeführt werden. Wir haben ihn unter das Motto gestellt: Weltkriegsgefahren entgegentreten – Wandel zum Frieden einleiten! Sonntag, den 6. Dezember 2020, 11:00 -18:30 Uhr Wir glauben, euch ein spannendes und hochinteressantes Programm anbieten zu können, das ihr bequem von zu Hause aus per YouTube-Livestream konsumieren aber auch per Videokonferenz aktiv mitgestalten könnt. Ihr findet es im beigefügten Flyer. … Continue reading →
2020/12/05-06 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT | 18-19:30 CET
Youth Fight Back: An Anti-Imperialist Response to the 2020 Elections
Attend the next webinar of the Youth Against Empire
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020 AT 4 PM EST – 5:30 PM EST
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MerhQsIsT2C2X0Icb09EKA
Weltraumzentrale der NATO in Deutschland
Die Weltraumpläne der Nato werden konkreter: Die Verteidigungsminister der NATO-Staaten haben angekündigt, ein „Space Center“ (Weltraum-Zentrum) aufzubauen. Das Zentrum soll in Ramstein in Rheinland-Pfalz entstehen, wo bereits das Luftwaffenoberkommando der Nato seinen Sitz hat.
Hamburger Abendblatt vom 19.10.2020:
https://www.abendblatt.de/politik/article230704112/Verteidigung-im-Weltall-Nato-plant-Space-Center.html
German Foreign Policy, 23.10.2020: Ein militärischer “Kompetenzcluster Weltraum”
Die NATO-Zentrale für Weltraumoperationen wird in Deutschland angesiedelt. Berlin will zudem einen Weltraum-Think-Tank der NATO an den Niederrhein holen.
https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/8420/
aus dem Rundbrief 14/2020 ver.di-Arbeitskreis Frieden 
Was geht uns denn Ramstein an?
Pressemitteilung 17.11.2020
Verwaltungsgericht Neustadt verhandelt über Verweigerungshaltung rheinland- pfälzischer Behörden im Umgang mit Petitionen zur Rolle Ramsteins im US- Drohnenkrieg
Das Verwaltungsgericht Neustadt an der Weinstraße verhandelt am Montag, 23.11.2020, 09:00 Uhr (Robert-Stolz-Straße 20, 67433 Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Sitzungssaal C 07), über mehrere Klagen eines Friedensaktivisten.
https://www.ramstein-kampagne.eu/was-geht-uns-denn-ramstein-an/
2020/12/04 zoom webinar 2pm EST | 7pm London | 8pm CET
Peace Is Not Just For Xmas – Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp
Peace Is Not Just For Xmas – Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp
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2020/12/16 zoom webinar 3pm (EST) | 8pm (UK) | 21 (CET)
Divest from War through Farming, Permaculture, & Simple Living!
Join us on December 16 at 3:00pm ET (GMT-5) for an interesting webinar on “Divest from War through Farming, Permaculture, & Simple Living”!
https://actionnetwork.org/events/webinar-divest-from-war-through-farming-permaculture-simple-living
The Biden White House: What Will It Mean for Peace? (Video)
The IPB organized the event and invited four US peace and social activists to share their insights with us:
Joseph Gerson, president of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security | Emily Rubino, Director of Policy and Outreach at Peace Action New York State | Paul Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action | Daunasia Yancey, founder and organizer of the Boston chapter of the Black Lives Matter Global Network | The event will be chaired by Lisa Clark, IPB Co-President. (https://youtu.be/-MqXHUmIGsk)
4th International Congress against Military Bases and Wars
Lecture by Vincenzo Santiglia, NO MOUS Sicily
The citizen movement NO MOUS is composed of a network of local committees, which are responsible for regional coordination, and other organized groups. In the founding declaration, adopted on November 18, 2012, MUOS is described as “a non-partisan and non-denominational movement that can be joined individually; it is composed of different people and cultures and diverse political beliefs, but all of them have committed themselves to the indispensable values of freedom, equality, solidarity, anti-fascism, anti-militarism, anti-racism and the fight against … Continue reading →
Beitrag von Vincenzo Santiglia, NO MOUS Sizilien
4. internationaler Kongress gegen militärbasen und Krieg
Die Bürgerbewegung NO MOUS setzt sich aus einem Netzwerk lokaler Komitees zusammen, welche die regionale Koordinierung übernehmen, und aus anderen organisierten Gruppen. In der Gründungserklärung, die am 18. November 2012 beschlossen wurde, wird MUOS als „eine parteiunabhängige und konfessionsfreie Bewegung bezeichnet, der man einzeln beitreten könne; sie ist zusammengesetzt aus verschiedenen Personen und Kulturen und diversen politischen Überzeugungen, aber alle haben sich eingeschworen auf die unverzichtbaren Werte von Freiheit, Gleichheit, Solidarität, Antifaschismus, Antimilitarismus, Antirassismus und den Kampf gegen die Mafia … Continue reading →
Will the Biden Team Be Warmongers or Peacemakers?
by Medea Benjamin – Nicolas J. S. Davies November 11, 2020 COUNTERPUNCH Congratulations to Joe Biden on his election as America’s next president! People all over this pandemic-infested, war-torn and poverty-stricken world were shocked by the brutality and racism of the Trump administration, and are anxiously wondering whether Biden’s presidency will open the door to the kind of international cooperation that we need to confront the serious problems facing humanity in this century. www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/11/will-the-biden-team-be-warmongers-or-peacemakers
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2020/12/03 zoom webinar 8:00AM (EST) | 14:00PM (CET) | 19:00PM (IST)
Webinar on Military Spending and Global (In)Security
On December 3 (14 hours Central European Time) we willl be hosting together with the Asia-Europe People’s Forum a webinar on Military Spending & Global (In)Security to discuss how current levels of military spending condition our global emergencies. Speakers include: Michael T. Klare, Binalakshmi Nepram, Tarja Cronberg and Walden Bello, and moderators will be Jordi Calvo and Corazon Valdez Fabros. More details will come soon. Please save the date. Continue reading →
Jeremy Corbyn is No Antisemite | Andrew Feinstein
I Lost 39 Members of My Family in the Holocaust, Jeremy Corbyn is No Antisemite | Andrew Feinstein (https://youtu.be/VMc_0gaeoBU)
Successful dialogue between Jeffrey Sachs and Zhang Weiwei
On 24 October, No Cold War hosted a very successful and interesting dialogue between Zhang Weiwei (professor of international relations at Fudan University, former interpreter to Deng Xiaoping, and author of several books including the best-selling The China Wave: Rise of a Civilizational State) and Jeffrey Sachs (a leading expert in sustainable development, former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, and author of several books including the influential The End of Poverty). The online event was attended by … Continue reading →
2020/11/07 zoom webinar 9am (US Eastern), 2pm (UK), 10pm (China)
Uniting Against Racism and the New Cold War
Uniting Against Racism and the New Cold War Saturday 14 November 9am (US Eastern), 2pm (UK), 10pm (China). A webinar on forging unity between the anti-racist and anti-war movements, building together towards a future of peaceful cooperation. Neoliberal capitalism in crisis is simultaneously leading to a rise in racism and driving towards a potentially disastrous New Cold War on China. No Cold War is pleased to host a webinar on forging unity between the anti-racist and anti-war movements, building together … Continue reading →
2020/11/07 zoom webinar 7am (US Eastern), 12pm (UK), 8pm (China)
Will the US Presidential Election Change the New Cold War?
Will the US Presidential Election Change the New Cold War? (Saturday 7 November) Saturday 7 November 7am (US Eastern), 12pm (UK), 8pm (China). US, Chinese and other experts opposing a New Cold War will analyse the consequences of the outcome of the US presidential election. President Trump launched a New Cold War against China which has led to a dangerous rise in global tensions. It is a decisive part of an aggressive ‘America First’ foreign policy which has also involved … Continue reading →
Vormarsch des Militarismus: Vom Mythos der Reife
Ist politisch erst erwachsen, wer Truppen ins Ausland schickt? Ein törichtes Narrativ, von den Grünen erfunden, bedrängt nun die Linkspartei.
von Charlotte Wiedemann
Wir rufen auf zum bundesweiten dezentralen Aktionstag für „Abrüstung und neue Entspannungspolitik“ am 5. Dezember 2020. Mitmachen!
Erklärung der „Initiative abrüsten statt aufrüsten“ FRANKFURTER APPELL ABRÜSTEN STATT AUFRÜSTEN – NEUE ENTSPANNUNGSPOLITIK JETZT! Das Gespenst des Kalten Krieges ist zurück. Die Welt steht am Rande des Friedens, denn sie wird zu einer zerbrechlichen Einheit. Das Krebsgeschwür des Nationalismus breitet sich aus. Soziale Ungleichheiten spitzen sich zu. Die globale Klimakrise bedroht die Menschheit. Kriege und Naturzerstörung sind entscheidende Gründe für Flucht und Vertreibung. Die Corona-Pandemie ist ein Beleg dafür, dass die sozialen und ökologischen Schutzschichten des menschlichen Lebens dünn … Continue reading →
Abrüsten statt Aufrüsten (disarming instead of investing in arms) – a new policy of détente now!
Abrüsten statt Aufrüsten (disarming instead of investing in arms) – a new policy of détente now! The ghost of the Cold War has returned. The world is on the verge of peace, for it becomes a fragile entity. The cancer of nationalism is spreading. Social inequalities are becoming more acute. The global climate crisis is threatening humanity. Wars and destruction of nature are crucial reasons for flight and expulsion. The Corona pandemic is proof that the social and environmental layers … Continue reading →