Ludo De Brabander was elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025.
Ludo De Brabander is a Belgian writer and spokesman for the Belgian peace organisation Vrede vzw.
Ludo De Brabander is a Belgian peace activist and spokesman for the organization Vrede (‘peace’). He is a member of the international coordination committee of No to War – No to Nato, Council member of the International Peace Bureau, and coordinator of the ‘Stop Militarisation’ platform in Belgium. He is an activist in the Kurdish, Palestinian and Sahrawi solidarity movement and (co-)organised several antiwar demonstrations. He is a founder and active member of Eye on Palestine (cultural festival). He writes for various printed and electronic publications (see, a.o.: www.vrede.be ; www.uitpers.be ; www.dewereldmorgen.be) . He is the author of several books on NATO, militarization, nuclear arms, the Middle East, Palestine and the Kurdish issue. Full bio (in Dutch): Wikipedia
Selected Publication
- ‘NATO. Myths, Power, Militarism’ (EPO, June 2026).
- Gaza. A History of Colonisation’ (EPO, February 2024) – with Soetkin Van Muylem
- ‘War Fever’ (EPO, september 2022) – with Christophe Callewaert
- ‘Before the bomb drops. Why we need a world free of nuclear weapons’ (EPO, june 2022) – with Pieter Teirlinck
- ‘Kurdish Utopia’ (EPO, 2018)
