NATO’s Lack Of Any Serious Purpose Means It Should Retire
America’s Cold War security policy shielded war-torn allies until they could recover and gain the economic means and political stability to defend themselves. That policy was a great success. Now Washington should celebrate by turning NATO over the Europeans.
The NATO Global Alliance Comes to Chicago – Dr. Joseph Gerson
Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) – July, 2012 Dr. Joseph Gerson* Opponents of the Afghan War, NATO and military spending from twenty-four states and a dozen nations were mobilized by the Network for a NATO-Free Future and converged on Chicago on the eve of the NATO Summit this past May. Much to our surprise, our Counter-Summit conference, [...]
Bruce Kent Speaks at Faslane Nuclear Submarine Base in Scotland
Speech available on Independent Catholic News. Bruce Kent, vice chair of Pax Christi, gave the following speech to peace campaigners at Faslane nuclear submarine base in Scotland on April 2, 2012. Dear Friends I can’t say that I’m glad to be here—there are many other places in Scotland that I would like to see. But [...]
Otro mundo es posible
Original article printed in Excélsior Luis Gutiérrez Esparza 5/23/2012 El único acuerdo en la Cumbre de la OTAN fue que no están de acuerdo en cuanto a la salida de las tropas de Afganistán CHICAGO.— La Cumbre de la OTAN terminó en esta ciudad con una aparente manifestación de solidaridad en torno al presidente Barack Obama y [...]
Counter-Summit Photos
A selection of photos from the Counter-Summit for Peace & Economic Justice held in Chicago May 18-19. Photos courtesy Roxane Assaf, Chicago Area Peace Action.
Thanks for helping make the Counter-Summit a success!
The Counter-Summit for Peace & Economic Justice was remarkable.
Here are some of the details and highlights. Below, you can see the opening plenary, just one of several videos you can watch if you missed this important event:
Statement Network for a NATO-Free Future Counter-Summit for Peace & Economic Justice
The NATO-Free Future gathering in Chicago coincides with a rising global movement against war, militarism, inequality and poverty. We represent the pro-peace and justice majority, the global 99%. The rising global peace and justice movement works from the premise that poverty, inequality and militarism are forms of violence that constitute an endless cycle that can and must be broken for the survival of humanity. Each feeds off the other, and all must be challenged.
Peace activist envisions a NATO-free future
A coalition of 39 national peace and social justice groups have organized a summit where they hope to envision “an alternative future without NATO.” The Counter-Summit for Peace and Economic Justice takes place Friday and Saturday at the People’s Church on Lawrence Ave. German activist Reiner Braun, a noted speaker and representative of Germany’s peace movement since 1982, is in town to speak at the counter-summit.
Huffington Post: What Is Obama’s Position on Afghanistan? Say It Again?
If Obama campaigns on ending the Iraq War and “winding down” Afghanistan, it will only accelerate the march to the exits. No one wants to be the last American soldier to die, or the last Western country to suffer casualties, in an unwinnable, unaffordable war that Americans do not much care about.
