Appeal : No to war - No to NATO
INTERNATIONAL APPEAL
agreed in Stuttgart 5th October 2008
No to war - No to NATO
agreed in Stuttgart 5th October 2008
No to war - No to NATO
On the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the NATO military organisation, we appeal to all people to come to Strasbourg and Baden-Baden 2009, to protest against NATO’s aggressive military and nuclear policies, and assert our vision of a just world free of war.
NATO is an increasing obstacle to achieving world peace. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has reinvented itself as a tool for military action by the “international community”, including the promotion of the so-called “war on terror”. In reality it is a vehicle for US-led use of force with military bases on all continents, bypassing the United Nations and the system of international law, accelerating militarization and escalating arms expenditure – NATO countries account for 75% of global military expenditure. Pursuing that expansionist agenda since 1991, designed to advance strategic and resource interests, NATO has waged war in the Balkans, under the guise of so-called “humanitarian war”, and has waged seven years of brutal war in Afghanistan, where the tragic situation is escalating and the war has expanded into Pakistan.
In Europe NATO is worsening tensions, feeding the arms race with so-called “missile defence”, a massive nuclear arsenal and a nuclear first strike policy. EU policy is increasingly tied to NATO. NATO’s ongoing and potential expansion into eastern Europe and beyond, and its “out of area” operations are making the world a more dangerous place. The conflict in the Caucasus is a clear indication of the dangers. Each advance of the NATO border increases the possibility of war, including the use of nuclear weapons.
To achieve our vision of a peaceful world, we reject military responses to global and regional crises – these are part of the problem not part of the solution. We refuse to live under the terror of nuclear weapons, and reject a new arms race. We must decrease military expenditure – directing resources instead to meeting human needs. We must close down all foreign military bases. We oppose all military structures used for military intervention. We must democratise and demilitarise the relations between peoples and establish new forms of peaceful cooperation to build a more secure and just world.
We call on you to spread this message in your communities and movements, to come to Strasbourg and Baden-Baden and to make this vision a reality. We believe that a world of peace is possible.
No to war - No to NATO.
The activities during the anti-NATO protest will include
a demonstration on Saturday 4th April 2009,
an international conference from Thursday 2nd April to 3th Friday April,
direct action and civil disobedience,
and an international resistance camp from Wednesday 1st April to Sunday 5th April.
Signatories: (as of 18th December 2008)
International: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space /// International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, Europe (IALANA) /// International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES) /// International Peace Bureau (IPB) /// No Bases Network /// Women’s International League for Peace and Justice (WILPF) /// Circulo Latinoamericano de Estudios Internacionales (CLAEI) /// Anti-imperialist camp
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Socialist Organisation /// Left Radical of Afghanistan ///
Austria: Linkswende ///
Belgium: attac Vlaanderen /// Bombspotting /// CADTM Belgium (Committee for the Abolition of the Third World Debt) /// Coordination Nationale d’Action pour la Paix et la Démoratie (CNAPD) /// Comité de Surveillance OTAN /// Christenen voor het Socialisme /// Intal /// Links Ecologisch Forum /// Une autre Gauche /// Forum voor Vredesactie /// Socialistische Arbeiderspartij (SAP) /// vrede ///
Canada: Canadian Voice of Women for Peace ///
Czech Republic: Neradaru /// Socialisticka Solidarita ///
Denmark: Aldrig Mere Krig (AMK) /// Enhedslisten de Rod Gronne / Red-Green Alliance /// Faellesskabet for Menneskets Udvikling /// Nej til Krig / No to War ///
France: Association des Combattants de la Cause Anticoloniale (ACCA) /// Agir Contre la Guerre (ACG) /// Americans Against the War France (AAW) /// Association Nationale des Elus Communistes et Républicains (ANECR) /// Association des Médecins Français pour la Prévention de la Guerre Nucléaire (AMFPGN) /// Association Nationale des Elues Communisteset Républicains /// Attac France /// Attac Strasbourg /// Colectif des Traxieurs contre la Guerre /// Dissent France /// Droit Solidarité France /// Fédération Syndicale Unitaire (FSU) /// Initiative Feministe et … /// IPAM/CEDEAM /// La guerre tue /// Les Alternatifs /// Ligue communiste révolutionnaire (LCR) /// MARS – Gauche Republicaine /// Monde sans guerres et sans violence/// Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l'Amitié entre les peuples (MRAP) /// Mouvement de la Paix /// M´PEP France /// Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA) /// Parti Communiste Français (PCF) /// Parti Communiste des Ouvriers de France (PCOF) /// Pour la République Sociale (PRS) /// Union Juive Francaise pour la Paix (UJFP) /// Union Pacifiste de France (UPF) ///
Germany: Aachener Friedenspreis /// Aktionsbündnis gegen die NATO und die Sicherheitskonferenz /// Antimilitaristische Gruppe Münster /// Attac Germany /// Bund für Soziale Verteidigung (BSV) /// Bundesausschuss Friedensratschlag /// Bundeswehr wegtreten /// Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft, Vereinigte Kriegsdienstverweigerinnen (DFG-VK) /// Deutscher Friedensrat /// Die Linke –Bundespartei /// Die Linke LV Bayern /// Die Linke LV BaWü /// Dortmunder Friedensforum /// Europäische Friedensforrum (EFF) /// Friedensnetz Baden-Württemberg /// Grüne Jugend Bundesverband /// Friedensplenum/Antikriegsbündnis Tübingen /// Hamburger Forum /// Heidelberg Forum gegen Militarismus und Krieg /// Informationsstelle Friedensarbeit /// Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) /// Internationale Ärzte für die Verhütung des Atomkrieges, Ärzte in sozialer Verantwortung (IPPNW) /// International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), German section /// Internationale Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit (IFFF) /// Internationale Sozialistische Linke /// Internationaler Versöhnungsbund (VB) /// Interventionstische Linke (il) /// Karlsruher Friedensbündnis /// Kooperation für den Frieden /// Kulturvereinigung Leverkusen /// Kultur des Friedens /// Linksjugend [solid] /// MC Brigadistas /// Mönchengladbacher Friedensforum /// Münchner Friedensbündnis /// Münchner Bürgerinitiative für Frieden und Abrüstung (BIFA) /// NaturwissenschaftlerInnen-Initiative / Verantwortung für Frieden und Zukunftsfähigkeit (NatWis) /// Netzwerk Friedenskooperative /// Netzwerk Friedenssteuer /// Ostermarsch Komitee Ruhr und Rhein /// Pax Christi Deutschland /// Republikanischer Anwaltsverein (RAV) /// Résistance de deux rives /// Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung BaWü /// Trägerkreis Atomwaffen abschaffen /// Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes Bund der Antifaschistinnen und Antifaschisten (VVN) /// Werkstatt für Gewaltfreie Aktion Baden (WfgA) /// Würselener Initiative für den Frieden /// Zukunftskonvent Berlin
Greece: Campaign Genoa 2001 /// Greek Social Forum /// Stop the War Coalition Greece /// GSEE Greek General Workers Confederation (Privat Sector) /// ADEDY, Civil Servants Confederation /// EKA, Athens Labour Center /// AGSSE, Confederation of Pensioneers /// OTOE, Federation of Bank Employees unions /// OLME, Federation of Public High School Teachers /// DOE, Federation of Primary school teachers /// POEDHN, Federation of hospital workers /// EINAP, Athens and Pireaus hospital doctors union /// OENGE, Hospital doctors federation /// POE-OTA, Federation of municipality workers /// POST, Federation of post workers /// OMYLE, Federation of port workers /// GENOP-DEH, Federation of public power company workers /// POS, Federation of railway workers /// OME-EYDAP, Federation of workers working in the water company /// POEDXB, Federation of workers in the chemistry industry and the refineries /// POSPERT, Federation of workers in the radio and the television /// OIYE, Federation of Private Sector Employees /// OIELE, Federation of Private High Schoolteachers /// SIEL, Union of Private High Schoolteachers of Athens and Pireus /// POSE-IKA, Federation of workers in IKA /// POSYPPO, Federation of workers in the Ministry of Civilization /// OSYO, Federation of workers in the Ministry of Finance /// POE-DOY, Federation of tax employees /// OLP, Port Workers Federation /// Greek Oil Company Workers Union /// National Bank of Greece Workers Association /// Agricultural Bank of Greece Workers Association /// Bank of Greece Workers Association (Greek Central Bank) /// Attica Bank Workers Union /// Union of the employees in the Agricultural Insurance Company /// National Bank of Greece (Cyprous Department) Workers Union /// Altec Workers Union /// Union of workers in the Agia Olga Hospital /// Union of workers in the Local Government of Nea Ionia /// Athens Lawyers Association /// Pireus Lawyers Association /// Association of students in the Athens University of Economics (ASOEE) /// Association of Athens Law University students /// Association of the studenst in the Architecture Department of the NTUA (National Technical University of Athens) /// Chania Elementary School Teachers Union /// Chania Federation of High SchoolTeachers /// Chania Labor Center /// Chania Doctors Union /// Union of the workers in the General Hospital of Chania /// Union of workers in the Chania Prefecture /// Chania Firefighters Union /// Chania taxi drivers union /// Chania Cooks Union /// Chania Postal Workers Union /// Committee against Military Bases and Foreign Dependency /// Chania Immigrants Forum /// Chania Ecological Initiative /// Association for animals protection /// Rethymnon Labor Center /// Association of the employees of Rethymnon Local Government /// Rethymnon Federation of Highscholl Teachers /// Union of hospital workers /// Association of Creta University Postgraduate Students /// Association of Soclology Students /// Association of Pedagogic Students /// Association of Psychology Students /// Greek Social Forum (Rethymnon) /// Radical Left Students Association (AEP-EAAK) /// Iraklion Labor Center /// Civil Servants Union /// Iraklion Teachers Union /// Iraklion Federation of High SchoolTeachers /// Union of tax employees /// Association of Biology Students /// Association of Physics Students /// Ioannina Labor Center /// Ioannina Teachers Union /// Association of Doctors in the Hospitals of Ipirous /// Union of Metal Workers of Ipirous /// Association of Ioannina University Teachers /// Association of Students Residents in the Domboli Dormants /// Pakistani Community of Ioannina /// Radical Left Municipality Groups (DRASI-NORASI) /// Colaboration for Change /// Ioannina Social Forum /// Local Government of Prevesa /// Prevesa Labor Center ///
Guinea: Centre d’Etude et de Recherche pour l’Intégration régionale et le Développement de l’Afrique (CERIDA) ///
Iraq: Makhmour Organisation for Human Rights ///
Ireland: Irish Anti-War Movement /// Peace and Neutrality Alliance ///
Italy: Collettivo Bellacio Grecia /// Confederazione COBAS - Confederazione dei Comitati di Base /// Fiom CGI /// Sindicatio del Labarotori Intercategoriale
Japan: The Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs ///
Macedonia: Mirovna Akcija (Peace Action)
Mauretania: Le réseau de la Société Civile Mauritanienne pour la Promotion de la Citoyenneté (RPC) ///
The Netherlands: Internationale Socialisten /// Freedom, Nederland /// Kerk en Vrede /// Nederlands Palestina Komitee /// PAIS - War Resister’s International, Netherlands /// Platform tegen de 'Nieuwe Oorlog' / Anti War Coalition /// VD - Anti-Militaristies OnderzoeksKollektief (AMOK) /// Women’s International League for Peace and Justice (WILPF), Dutch section ///
Niger: RNDD (Reseau National Dette et Developpement) ///
Norway: Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees
Philippines: Stop the War Coalition ///
Poland: Inicjatywa Stop Wojnie / Stop the War Initiative ///
Russia: International Federation for Peace and Conciliation (IFPC) /// International Federation for Peace and Conciliation, St. Petersburg section /// IPPNW, Russian Affiliates /// Social Ecology Foundation /// Social Movemenet "Alternatives" ///
Switzerland: Gruppe für eine Schweiz ohne Armee (GSoA) /// Humanistische Partei der Schweiz
Spain: Alternativa Antimilitarista – Moc Network /// Center of Peace Studies / Catalan Stop the War Coalition /// ESK Union, Basque country Firma /// apoyo campaña contra OTAN /// Josep Bel coordinadora Sindicato cobas (comisiones de Base de España) /// Plataforma Aturem la Guerra ///
Turkey: Global Peace and Justice Coalition of Turkey ///
United Kingdom: Campaign for the Accountability of America Bases (CAAB) /// Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) /// City of Leicester NUT /// CND, West Midlands /// Bertram Russel Peace Foundation /// Dundee Trade Unions Council /// Leicester Social Forum /// Red Pepper Magazine /// Stop the War Coalition ///
United States: Code Pink /// Global Exchange /// Institute for Policy Studies Iraq Veterans against the War (IVAW Europe) /// Peace Action /// United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) /// US Peace Council /// (to be continued)
Actions in Strasbourg und Baden- Baden 2009
According to previous discussions of the international preparatory committee the protest activities for the NATO summit 2009 are currently consisting of:
-_The international resistance camp (from 1st April 09 until 5th April) with various cultural and qualitative events and actions.
-_An international Counter conference (Beginning: Friday 3rd April 09 and Sunday 4th April, concrete schedule not agreed yet) will serve to analyze NATO policies and strategies, as well as the discussion about alternatives and a long term action planning of the peace movement.
-_The Highlight will be the international demonstration „No to War – No to NATO“ (Saturday, 4th April, beginning: 3pm in Strasbourg )
-_Saturday morning will be all about „actions of civil disoebidience”, blockades and encirclements.
The planning will be further concretized, supplemented in several points and changed. Current information at: www.no-to-nato.org
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Contact to the Coaltion:
1._ IALANA, Reiner Braun, Glinkastr. 5-7, D-10119 Berlin, phone: +49/30/20654857,
fax: +49/30/20653837, eMail: hr.braun@gmx.net (languages: deutsch/english)
2._ Le Mouvement de la Paix, Arielle Denis, 9, rue Dulcie September, F-93400 Saint-Ouen,
phone: +33/1/40120912, fax : +33/1/40115787, eMail: Arielle.Denis@mvtpaix.org (languages: français /english)
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