The Reason Why Italy Deploys its Fighters in Lithuania

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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 →

Appell an die linken und fortschritt­lichen Kräfte im Europäischen Parlament

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Liebe Unterzeichner*innen des Appells an die linken und fortschrittlichen Kräfte im Europäischen Parlament, wir danken für die Unterzeichnung des Appells. Anbei finden Sie den Appell (Englisch, Niederländisch, Französisch, Deutsch und Spanisch) zusammen mit der endgültigen Liste der Organisationen und Personen, die die Initiative unterstützen. Unserer Meinung nach handelt es sich um eine bedeutende Mischung von NGO’s, Aktivist*innen, Akademiker*innen und politischen Akteur*innen, von Finnland bis Griechenland (und sogar aus den USA und Kanada), die ihre Besorgnis über die Schwächung der Wachsamkeit … Continue reading →

Appeal to the left and progressive forces in the European Parliament

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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 →

Aktive aus der Friedensbewegung starten Aufruf an die Partei Die LINKE.

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Aufruf aus der Friedensbewegung an die Partei DIE LINKE. (Seite)

[PM] Aktive aus der Friedensbewegung starten Aufruf an die Partei Die Linke

Information an die Medien 24. August 2020

Berlin/Bremen. Nach dem kürzlichen Interview des Fraktionsvorsitzenden der Partei Die Linke, Dietmar Bartsch, im Deutschlandfunk zu außen- und verteidigungspolitischen Fragen haben Aktive aus der deutschen Friedensbewegung einen Aufruf an die Partei initiiert, den innerhalb kurzer Zeit bereits zahlreiche Menschen unterzeichnet haben.

https://frieden-links.de/aufruf/

Peace Wave Swept around the World from August 6 to 9, 2020

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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

 

2020-PeaceWaveNews-Vol.4-EN-compressed.pdf

PFAS is more prevalent in food than water

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There could be more PFAS contamination in this seafood platter than drinking water containing 70 parts per trillion of the toxins every day for 80 years.
The Department of Defense is engaged in a campaign to convince the public that the PFAS contamination it has caused on military bases and in surrounding regions around the world is being cleaned up and that it is safeguarding public health by complying with the EPA’s lifetime health advisory of 70 parts per trillion (ppt) in drinking water. For the most part, both claims are false.

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Political and Security Implications of a New NATO Strategy in the Making

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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]

https://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php/1843-political-and-security-implications-of-a-new-nato-strategy-in-the-making

PFAS and The Bomb

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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 →

Dedos en los gatillos, la OTAN nuclear y una reconstrucción mejor

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22.07.2020 – Boston, EE.UU. – Joseph Gerson Con nuestros periódicos y reportajes centrados en la explosión mortal de infecciones de covid-19 en todo el país, y Trump inflando la supuesta amenaza de China en su esfuerzo desesperado por evitar su derrota en Noviembre, las armas nucleares de EE.UU. y la OTAN que se acumulan en Europa han pasado desapercibidas. Esto supone un gran peligro pues las tensiones con Rusia siguen aumentando. La OTAN se ha estado preparando para la guerra … Continue reading →

Trigger Fingers, Nuclear NATO, and Building Back Better

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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 →

Invitation to sign an Appeal to the left and progressive forces in the European Parliament

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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 →

Article on incinerating PFAS article on incinerating PFAS

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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 →