Sat. 09.08.2025 6 PM Brandenburg Tor (Pariser Platz)
On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Nagasaki, we, various individuals and groups in Berlin, invite you to the rally at the Brandenburg Gate: “Dismantle All Colonialism!”.
Continue reading “Dismantle All Colonialism!”The IPB Executive Director’s speech at the Helsinki +50 People’s Conference on 1 August 2025 — a conference exploring the future of peace and security in Europe and beyond, through both top-down and bottom-up approaches.
This month we mark fifty years since the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. It could not come at a more vital moment, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and genocide in Gaza – as well as the more general increase in conflicts and military tensions from Sudan and DRC to the South China/West Philippines Sea and the Korean peninsula – force us to question the role of Europe in peace, solidarity, and diplomacy in the continent and indeed internationally.
Continue reading “Exploring the Future of Peace and Security: IPB Executive Director’s Speech at the Helsinki +50 People’s Conference”English and Spanish
On August 6 and 9, 2025, the individuals and organizations signing this letter will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the events in which the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on the Japanese populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing 150,000 people and leaving thousands more injured and suffering serious consequences. We honor and remember all those lives lost and injured by the nuclear bombs. For them, for us, we say No to the existence and use of nuclear weapons!
Continue reading “Letter for a World Free of War and Nuclear Weapons”The report is from the Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC), dated 5 August 2025. They encourage everyone to share this appeal, amplify the voices of women from Gaza, speak to elected representatives, and demand accountability and access to aid.
The world is witnessing a man-made famine unfold in real time. Over two million Palestinians in Gaza are being systematically starved while being bombed and torn apart. This has driven many mothers to strip their children in front of cameras, hoping that the sight of exposed ribs might stir enough compassion to bring food to their empty stomachs. These images have become tragically routine. Small, frail bodies are reduced to symbols of suffering, while their mothers stand helpless—laying bare their pain to a world that cannot deliver food to their plates.
Continue reading “Urgent Appeal: Women describing how the Israeli-Manufactured Famine Is Slowly Killing Two Million Palestinians in Gaza”IPB Executive Director Sean Conner Speech in the World Conference Against A- and H-Bombs 2025
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are truly living in unprecedented times, in what seems like a parallel universe where people have forgotten the horrors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from 80 years ago; where we have forgotten the promises of the post-second world war era, when global powers moved to prevent any future war; and where nuclear-armed states in 1968 signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty included article 6 – with a commitment to good faith efforts towards complete nuclear and conventional disarmament.
Continue reading “IPB’s Voice for Peace at the 2025 World Conference Against A- and H-Bombs: Sean Conner’s Speech”This report provides an account of the work of the multi-stakeholder workshop organized by the Consortium Amani na Umoja (“Peace and Unity”), a platform bringing together seven civil society organizations working for peacebuilding, social cohesion, and sustainable development in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Action pour les Droits Solidaires (ADS), Africa Reconciled, Congo Security Update Alert (CSUA asbl), Women Concern (WOCO), Action pour le Dévéloppement de Jeunes au Congo (ADJC), Ministère d’Accord et de Rapprochement pour l’Essort Collectif en Afrique (MARECAR) et Encadrement des Femmes Indigènes et des Ménages vulnérables (EFIM).
This workshop was part of a collective dynamic aimed at analyzing conflict dynamics in the Eastern part of the country, identifying the underlying causes of tension, and proposing concrete actions to promote peace and harmonious coexistence between communities. The dialogue brought together community-led/national organizations (NGOs), international organizations (INGOs), some UN agencies, medias and public administration.
IPB Executive Director Sean Conner’s Common Security Speech in the International Trade Union’s July 28 webinar For Democracy that Delivers Peace and Prosperity for All.
The basic idea behind Common Security is that the security of one is inextricably linked to the security of all; that the security of a state, nation, or peoples cannot be achieved at the expense of the security of another; that security is not a zero-sum game.
Continue reading “IPB Executive Director Sean Conner’s Common Security Speech”23 July 2025, Japan – Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, three organizations calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons, including the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, issued a joint statement on the 23rd, calling for “the most important thing is to raise awareness in Japan and around the world about the inhumanity of nuclear weapons, regardless of differences of position.”
Continue reading “Three Japanese Groups, Including A-Bomb Survivors’ Organization, Issue Joint Statement on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80th Anniversary”The opinions and views expressed in the article below are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of IPB.
The West is much closer to war with the nuclear power Russia than to the resumption of cooperative relations with this largest country on earth. The structural economic crisis in Europe, with the apparent way out being a military Keynesianism, will not necessarily lead to war. But its probability cannot be underestimated.
An arms race reminiscent of the worst times of the Cold War in many European countries, including Germany, will lead to profound economic and social upheavals.
Continue reading “Peace in Europe or war: Thoughts 50 years after the CSCE (Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe) in Helsinki in 1975”This episode brings you a powerful and unflinching conversation with Shirine Jurdi, a global advocate for women, peace, and security from Lebanon. Prepare to challenge your perspectives as Shirine dismantles the narratives often imposed on women in conflict zones, offering a raw and honest look at the realities of war, justice, and the fight for a life of dignity, not just survival.
Continue reading “Unyielding Grace: Shirine Jurdi and the Feminine Force for Justice”
