The EU has set up a military research programme for the first time this year, with the objective of helping to preserve the competitiveness of the arms industry. The so-called Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR) allocates a total sum of 90 million euros to military research projects over a three-year period up to 2020.
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Venerable Gyotsu Sato died at age 99
Living out his life of dedication to peace movement, Sato, former IPB Vice-President died on March 1st 2018. His contribution to internationalize the Japanese peace movement should be remembered.
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Anniversary of the execution of martyre of Peace Nikos Nikiforidis
The recent International Peace Bureau Council meeting in Barcelona decided to make known internationally the case of the Greek antinuclear martyr NIKOS NIKIFORIDIS and sponsor an event in Athens in his memory. Such a meeting was organized by PADOP at the Athens University on Monday March 5, 2018. Continue reading “Anniversary of the execution of martyre of Peace Nikos Nikiforidis”
“Italia, Ripensaci” 2.0 – Three busy days for ICAN in Italy
February 2018
A whirlwind tour of 4 Italian cities to announce the new stage of our campaign called “Italia, Ripensaci”, which means literally “Italy, reconsider your decision!” This is an idiomatic expression which we first used in October 2016 when Italy voted against the convening of a conference in 2017 to negotiate a binding legal instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, in the UN First Committee. Continue reading ““Italia, Ripensaci” 2.0 – Three busy days for ICAN in Italy”
Endorse the “Diplomacy, no to war on the Korean Peninsula” Statement
To endorse the statement please click here. You will be redicrected to a website, which transfers your encrypted data to us through digital security systems that provide a high level of data protection. Continue reading “Endorse the “Diplomacy, no to war on the Korean Peninsula” Statement”
Doomsday and the Apocalyptic Trump Nuclear War Fighting Doctrine
by Joseph Gerson
The Doomsday clock is seen after members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved it 30 seconds closer to the end of the world January 25, 2018, in Washington, DC. Mounting concerns about the possibility of a nuclear war along with Donald Trump’s “unpredictability” have pushed the symbolic “Doomsday Clock” to two minutes before midnight, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists said Thursday.
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The culture of peace – a necessary utopia?
by Ingeborg Breines
Summary
The notion and the vision of a culture of peace was developed by UNESCO, the UN Organization for Education, Culture and Science, in cooperation with a huge number of individuals, organisations and institutions over the ten years leading up to the year 2000, the International Year for a Culture of Peace. Continue reading “The culture of peace – a necessary utopia?”
Anti-Bases Conference Held in Baltimore
by Joseph Gerson*
The Conference on U.S. Foreign Military Bases was held in Baltimore, convened by the Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases. The conference, organized under the leadership of the U.S. Peace Council and UNAC (United Anti-War Coalition,) with the participation of Veterans for Peace, World Beyond War and other traditional peace movement organizations. It served to place foreign military bases back on the U.S. anti-war movement’s agenda. Continue reading “Anti-Bases Conference Held in Baltimore”
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King Jr.
“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time…”
“- the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression.” A path of peace as the only path leading into our future lies in these words by Martin Luther King Jr. Continue reading “Happy Birthday Martin Luther King Jr.”
Video: Jeremy Corbyn receives the MacBride Peace Prize
Sean MacBride Peace Prize Ceremony: Jeremy Corbyn received the award in Geneva on December 8th 2017.
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