One more year, USTEA joins the GDAMS campaign. This year, the organization denounces once again how military spending, always on the rise, represents an opportunity cost that harms sectors such as education, health or public services, with more and more cuts, while the arms industry and the arms sales sector becomes richer. While conflicts are taking place with thousands of victims, with million of displaced people and refugees, the Spanish government has decided to double military spending, which was already exorbitant.
Wars begin here, with social militarisation, patriarchal ideologies, medias at the service of militarism, banks that finance large arms projects, and taxes paid by citizens. Now it’s time to #GivePeaceABudget!
Online event. Some insights into COP 28: What is happening on the ground? How does militarism escalate climate breakdown? What has antimilitarism got to do with climate justice? From the exemption of military emissions from carbon reduction targets, to military spending as a driver of emissions and diverter of climate finance. From intensifying military forms... Read more »
In light of the recent escalation of violence in Palestine, we come together for a conference dedicated to the analysis of the unfolding situation, the examination of the factors contributing to and explaining this escalation and a collective exploration of potential avenues for peaceful resolution. We gather leaders, experts, and civil society actors to address... Read more »