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, [...]
New York Times: Letter to the Editor from Kevin Martin
Letter to the editors of the New York Times by Peace Action Executive Director, Kevin Martin regarding the anti-NATO protests in Chicago.
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.
Rising opposition to Afghanistan war in NATO
“NATO has bet it future” on Afghanistan. Tom Hayden says its a bad bet. Tom Hayden has a 50 year career as a peace and justice activist, politician, and author. He has been a leading voice for ending the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan. He will be speaking on the Friday May 18 evening plenary at the Counter-Summit for Peace & Economic Justice in Chicago.
Media Advisory (May 18): Network for a NATO-Free Future Convenes Counter-Summit
Friday May 18 Media Advisory: Network for a NATO Free Future Convenes Counter-Summit in Chicago. U.S., Global Activists, Veterans Meet to Map NATO Alternatives, End Afghanistan War.
Press Release (May 14): Activists gather to counter NATO
PHILADELPHIA (May 14, 2012) – Two hundred leading peace and justice activists from the U.S., Europe and around the globe are coming to Chicago this week to campaign for the end of the Afghanistan war and the retirement of NATO.
Chicago Tribune: A time for peace, pastors say
“It is both ironic and tragic that the media attention around the upcoming NATO summit has focused on the potential violence of some protesters, while ignoring the last 10 years of actual violence of the alliance meeting here,” said Michael McConnell, 65, a regional director for the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization. The pacifist Christian group will house protesters as well as legal and medical teams at its headquarters during the summit weekend.
Chicago Sun-Times: The faces of the anti-NATO protests
Who are the groups that are organizing the anti-NATO protests — and what do they want? Speaking at Occupy Chicago’s East Pilsen headquarters Thursday, leading faces from the coalition of left-wing activists, unions, military veterans, peace campaigners, mental health advocates, musicians and other groups introduced themselves and explained the issues they’re fighting for.
