Vrede calls on people to join the May 1 protest in Ghent with a message of peace and solidarity.
The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine is drastically increasing military spending. The Belgian government decided at the end of January to invest 10 billion in war materiel, on top of the 9.4 billion of the previous government. The budgets of other NATO member states are also rising sharply. We want the militarization to stop. Already, the NATO alliance is overarmed with more than half of global and 17 times Russian military spending.
Militarization comes at the expense of human security and gobbles up budgets needed for public services, social protection and climate action.
Vrede condemns Russian military aggression in Ukraine and war crimes by the warring parties, and the threats of a nuclear war. It also demands efforts to be made to end the violence in Yemen, Ethiopia, Syria, Palestine, and solidarity with all refugees, of whatever origin.
It is time for a different security architecture in Europe, a security system based on dialogue, disarmament and demilitarization.
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Holding signs at the corner of NE Bothell Way and Bothell Way NE. Put our tax dollars towards climate change solutions, not weapons, war, and destruction. Bring a sign or come as you are. Your sign tells what you're passionate about - the money, the weapons, the Earth - or, all of these interrelated issues.... Read more »
PROCESSION OF THE SPECIES AND LUMINARY LIGHT PARADE In celebration of Earth Day join us for a Procession of the Species, Luminary Light Parade, and a street fair in Downtown Anacortes. The main street will be shut down! Join in with a costume or luminary or simply come and visit! Commercial Avenue will be closed... Read more »
Come to the screening of Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 on Saturday April 20th at 7:00pm! This film chronicles the testing the U.S. government did on Marshallese people following their nuclear weapons tests on the Bikini and Enewetok atolls. We will also have poster making supplies for the Earth Day demonstration on... Read more »
Centre Delàs of Peace Studies will hold a press conference in Barcelona to analyse the newly released data on military spending (figures for 2023, including an overview of Spanish military spending.
In the face of multiple threats - the rapidly escalating climate emergency, increasing levels of social inequity, devastating armed conflicts, humanitarian catastrophes and ecological disasters around the world - have governments finally shifted away from narrow outdated notions of military security based on endless preparations for war towards prioritising spending on human health and wellbeing,... Read more »
Join us in downtown Walla Walla outside of Cathy McMorris Rodgers' office to demand Congress to stop investing in nuclear weapons and war! Hold signs about the Earth, where our tax dollars go, militarism, etc., at 1st and Main. We must move our money from militarism to fund people's needs! Contact Claire Warncke for more... Read more »
Join us to debate European military spending in 2023 and how it harms peace and the planet How much has the European continent spent on the military in 2023? How is EU militarisation exacerbating military spending? Why is militarization not compatible with the fight against climate change? How European militarisation and energy issues are linked,... Read more »
Join us to debate European military spending in 2023 and how it harms peace and the planet How much has the European continent spent on the military in 2023? How is EU militarisation exacerbating military spending? Why is militarization not compatible with the fight against climate change? How European militarisation and energy issues are linked,... Read more »