Unter dem Titel: “Erklärung zur nuklearen Teilhabe und zur geplanten Anschaffung neuer Trägerflugzeuge für den Atomwaffeneinsatz” brachte sich IALANA in die aktuelle Debatte um die nukleare Teilhabe mit einer ausführlichen rechtlichen Analyse ein.
article on nuclear sharing by Bernd Hahnfeld of IALANA Germany
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
Dedos en los gatillos, la OTAN nuclear y una reconstrucción mejor
pressenza.com 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 con sus ejercicios militares “de defensa” en toda Europa. El secretario de Defensa, Mark Esper, participó en un ejercicio simulado de guerra en el que los Estados Unidos “lanzó un ataque nuclear simulado contra Rusia”.
www.pressenza.com/es/2020/07/dedos-en-los-gatillos-la-otan-nuclear-y-una-reconstruccion-mejor/
Trigger Fingers, Nuclear NATO, and Building Back Better
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/
Video From Norway: Time For Change: From Crisis And Militarism To Peace And Welfare
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 →Wie weit noch bis zum nächsten Großen Krieg?
von Werner ruf Wie weit noch bis zum nächsten Großen Krieg? Die amerikanischen Atomwissenschaftler, die seit Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs die „Weltuntergangsuhr“ betreiben, haben abermals den Zeiger bis zum Beginn des nächsten Atomkriegs weiter vorgestellt: Es bleiben noch 100 Sekunden. Dafür sind sicherlich die dank Digitalisierung extrem verkürzten Vorwarnzeiten verantwortlich, aber auch, so heben sie hervor, die jüngst erfolgte Kündigung des Verbotsvertrags von Mittelstrecken-Raketen (INF) durch die USA und die von diesen angekündigte Nicht-Verlängerung des New-Start-Vertrags, der die Aufstellung von … Continue reading →
2020/09/25 Online YouTube
Abendveranstaltung I Aktionstage 2020
25. September · 19:00 – 22:00 CEST
Stopp Air Base Ramstein 2020 https://youtu.be/Lt1dlaNiJbI
Die alljährliche Abendveranstaltung der Stopp Air Base Ramstein Kampagne findet in diesem außergewöhnlichen Jahr am Freitag, den 25.9. ab 19 Uhr online auf weltnet.tv statt. Auch dieses Jahr referieren prominente Rednerinnen und Redner über friedenspolitische Themen.
Es erwarten euch: Gabriele Krone-Schmalz (Journalistin und Publizistin, ehem. Moskau-Korrespondentin und Moderatorin der ARD), Ekkehard Sieker (Journalist, Mitarbeiter bei der Satiresendung „Die Anstalt“, ehem. Mitarbeiter bei dem ARD-Magazin MONITOR), Dirk Pohlmann (Journalist, Autor und Regisseur von Dokumentarfilmen auf ARTE und ZDF, Free21) und Andrej Hunko (MdB DIE LINKE).
https://www.ramstein-kampagne.eu/absage-der-demonstration-und-menschenkette/
War Is A Disaster, Not A Game
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.
The 2020 World Conference against A and H Bombs – results and reports
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 →
The Reason Why Italy Deploys its Fighters in Lithuania
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
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
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.
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://www.ramstein-kampagne.eu/deine-mail-und-postkarte-gegen-die-deutsche-kampfdrohne/
Peace Wave Swept around the World from August 6 to 9, 2020
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
PFAS is more prevalent in food than water
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.
NATO’s ‘Unified Front’ At Breaking Point
https://popularresistance.org/natos-unified-front-at-breaking-point/
Political and Security Implications of a New NATO Strategy in the Making
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.ramstein-kampagne.eu/10-newsletter-2020-aktionstage/
PFAS and The Bomb
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
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
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
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
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 →
International Statement of Solidarity with the U.S. Rebellions
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 →
WHAT’S NATO UP TO?
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 →
2020/09/25 Berlin, Germany and zoom
4th International Congress against Military Bases and Wars
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
- online to receive the zoom-link and for
- offline due to Corona restrictions.
Campaign Against a New Cold War Launched and Gathers Immediate Support
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 →
2020/09/06 zoom webinar 2:30-4pm CEST
Time for change – from crisis and militarism to peace and welfare
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 →
“Cohesive” Italian Parliament on neo-colonial missions
The Art of War “Cohesive” Italian Parliament on neo-colonial missions by Manlio Dinucci Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini (Democratic Party) expressed great satisfaction with the “cohesive” vote of the Parliament on international missions. The majority and the opposition approved 40 Italian military missions in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia in compact form, there were no votes against and few abstentions except some dissent in support of the Tripoli Coast Guard. The main “peacekeeping missions,” that have been underway … Continue reading →
Press Release – Launch of an Appeal for a Nuclear Weapons Free Europe
On the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a new campaign is being launched to make Europe a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone. The campaign is being initiated by 8 campaigning organisations: the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation; Church and Peace; the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES); the International Peace Bureau (IPB); the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); the European section of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW); Pax … Continue reading →
Civil disobedience against state sanctioned violence and police brutality
in case you missed today’s webinar, please find the youtube-video here:
Exposition commune Gensuiko – Mouvement de la paix
Link: common initiative Gensuiko- Mouvement de la Paix
https://www.mvtpaix.org/wordpress/exposition-commune-gensuiko-mouvement-de-la-paix/
2020/07/10 INTERNET
Virtuelles Friedenscamp Programm Freitag 10.07.2020 | 19:30-22h CEST
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Hier gehts zum Friedenscamp (zoom link) Die Zoom-Räume sind vom 08. – 10. Juli ab 18Uhr offen. |
Online Aktionstage der Kampagne „Stopp Air Base Ramstein“ 08. – 11. Juli 2020
2020/07/10 INTERNET
Virtuelles Friedenscamp Programm Freitag 10.07.2020 | 18-19:30h CEST
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Hier gehts zum Friedenscamp (zoom link) Die Zoom-Räume sind vom 08. – 10. Juli ab 18Uhr offen. |
US-Truppenabzug: Chance oder Untergang?
Nach dem Verkünden eines Teilabzuges der US-Truppen befürchten Politiker*innen in Rheinland-Pfalz und Umgebung den Niedergang einer ganzen Region. Es gibt aber eine Zukunft ohne Militär – sie muss nur gewollt sein. https://weltnetz.tv/video/2374-us-truppenabzug-chance-oder-untergang
2020/09/11 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Runder Tisch zur Konversion u.a. Air Base Ramstein
Runder Tisch Konversion 11. September · 15:00 CEST Die Debatte um den Abzug von fast 10.000 US-Soldaten aus Deutschland macht sichtbar, dass die Zeit einer immerwährenden Präsenz der USA in Europa in den bekannten Größen vorbei ist. Die weltpolitischen Veränderungen gehen auch an den US-Streitkräften in Europa nicht vorbei. Diese Veränderungen setzen unabdingbar und zwingend die Debatte über die Rüstungskonversion, die Transformation militärisch genutzten Geländes, Landschaften und Gebäude in zivil genutzte und die Schaffung von zivilen Arbeitsplätzen, die den Anforderungen … Continue reading →
„AirBase Ramstein: Pfälzer Initiative „Entrüstet Euch!“ erwirkt Einsichtnahme in Konversionsordner
Pressemitteilung der Pfälzer initiative “Entrüstet Euch” 20.07.2020 „AirBase Ramstein: Pfälzer Initiative „Entrüstet Euch!“ erwirkt Einsichtnahme in Konversionsordner Entgegen der Aussage von Ralf Hechler, Bürgermeister von Ramstein-Miesenbach, einen Ordner zur zivilen Mitnutzung der AirBase Ramstein nicht zu veröffentlichen (Rheinpfalz, 9.7.20), erwirkte die Pfälzer Initiative „Entrüstet Euch!“ (PIEE) die Einsichtnahme im Rathaus von Ramstein-Miesenbach. Am Donnerstag, den 16. Juli konnten Connie Burkert Schmitz und Achim Müller von der PIEE den Ordner einsehen und kopieren, nachdem sie über die Internetplattform „Frag den Staat“ … Continue reading →
Niederländische Armee wegen Sozialaufstand auf Antilleninsel Curaçao mobilisiert
Willemstad. Nach mehreren übereinstimmenden Berichten hat die Regierung der Niederlande Soldaten auf der Antilleninsel Curaçao mobilisiert. Infolge der Corona-Pandemie ist es zu massiven sozialen Verwerfungen auf der Insel gekommen. Vergangene Woche war es zwei Tage in Folge zu sozialen Protesten gekommen, die sich zu einem Aufstand entwickelten. Vor allem Jugendliche und Müllwerker wandten sich gegen angekündigte Sozialkürzungen. Protestierende hatten Barrikaden errichtet, Feuer gelegt und den Regierungspalast gestürmt. Dies berichtet heute das Lateinamerika-Portal amerika21.
Curaçao leidet heftig unter den Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie sowie auch unter der ökonomischen Belastung infolge der wirtschaftlichen und institutionellen Krise im benachbarten Venezuela.
https://amerika21.de/2020/07/241282/curacao-sozialaufstand-niederl-armee
Pictures: US troops in France / NATO
Our friends from local organisation of Mouvement de la Paix sent us pictures (from local newspaper “Sud Ouest”) of the US troops and helicopters in the french harbour of La Rochelle (western France)
Alain Rouy
Forward Operation Location (Hato) in Curaçao
June 20, 2020, David Cenciotti
The U.S. Air Force will temporarily deploy four aircraft and crews to Curaçao to support drug-interdiction operations.
An E-8 Joint STARS (JSTARS) and an E-3 Sentry Airborne Early Warning aircraft, supported by two KC-135 Stratotankers, will soon fly detection and monitoring missions in international airspace to support U.S. and international law enforcement authorities fighting criminal organizations trafficking illegal narcotics in the Caribbean region, the U.S. Southern Command has announced.
AFRICOM as the colonization of Africa by the US
BAP (Black Aliance for Peace) is intensifying the work against the U.S. African Command (AFRICOM, Stuttgart Germany) as we link the work against the war being waged on African people in the U.S. by the domestic army we call the police and U.S. militarism abroad against African people and other colonized peoples’ and nations.
BAP’s U.S. Out of African Campaign has developed an international network of over two hundred activists from around the world – the U.S. Out of African Network (USOAN).
Tunde Osazua, BAP Network coordinator discusses the project and the issues driving AFRICOM and the U.S. basing and command structures.
Link to Authoritarianism or Democracy Recording
With Massachusetts Peace Action, last night CPDCS held what I think was a uniquely important webinar last night titled “Authoritarianism or Democracy” with Noam Chomsky, the historian Van Gosse, and the African-American (BLM & Poor People’s Campaign) organizer Ty dePasse.
It was, I think, uniquely excellent and had 640 people registered from across the U.S. and four other countries, and I thought to share it with you I was the lead organizer, but didn’t have to appear online.
Noam’s analysis will likely be quite familiar to you, but Van Gosse’s presentation was comprehensive and chilling and concluded with a dose of hope. And Ty described the daily experiences of white supremicist authoritarianism for People of Color, beginning with a terrible example here in Boston.
In any event, I think you will appreciate seeing it. You can listen in at: https://youtu.be/UH0v9pjo-I0