International meeting against the war in Paris on 5 October – LIVE RECORDINGS

Complete recordings of the international anti-war meeting in Paris on 5 October, attended by over 4,000 participants and delegations from 18 European countries, the USA, Palestine and the State of Israel – in English and French. See below. Internationales Meeting gegen den Krieg in Paris am 5. Oktober – Live-Mitschnitte Die vollständigen Mitschnitte des internationalen… Weiterlesen International meeting against the war in Paris on 5 October – LIVE RECORDINGS

“We will mobilize against cuts and show that there is an alternative to sacrificing social services to NATO imperialism”

Interview with Marielle Leraand, president of the new party Fred og Rettferdighet (FOR, Peace and Justice), Norway Question: Earlier you served as Deputy Chair for the left-wing party Rødt (Red) but you have since left and formed a new party, the Peace and Justice party. What motivated you to do take this step? Marielle Leraand:… Weiterlesen “We will mobilize against cuts and show that there is an alternative to sacrificing social services to NATO imperialism”

We issue this call: “Not a penny, not a weapon, not a human life for war”

European leaders are preparing for war. A massive rearmament programme is underway. The working class will be asked to pay the price for their weapons and wars, through taxes and cuts in our social provision and living standards – as well as through our blood and toil. The post-Second World War order is disintegrating –… Weiterlesen We issue this call: “Not a penny, not a weapon, not a human life for war”

ELC Newsletter No. 1 (January 2025) published

Dear Colleagues, This is the first issue of the European Liaison Committee newsletter. See German/English edition below. The editorial team, which met at the “European Conference against war – against social war” on 2–3 November 2024 in Berlin, has met twice. It was decided that the newsletter to send the newsletter by email and publish… Weiterlesen ELC Newsletter No. 1 (January 2025) published

Greeting messages from the USA to the European Conference

Message from Ann Wright, former US Army colonel and former US diplomat, organizer of the No to NATO, Yes to Peace summit, held in Washington in July, to the participants at the Berlin conference On behalf of Palestinian Solidarity activist in the United States, we thank you in Europe, for organizing the very important conference… Weiterlesen Greeting messages from the USA to the European Conference

Speech by Luka Šikić, Croatian delegate to the European Conference on 2 November 2024

I would like to thank the Conference for its effort to organise on the principles of direct democracy, self-financing and independence from the government. What follows is a brief outlook on Croatia’s role in NATO and the state of Croatian society. Although Croatia is a minor country that joined the „NATO party“ late in 2013,… Weiterlesen Speech by Luka Šikić, Croatian delegate to the European Conference on 2 November 2024

Speech by Bud Blumenthal, Comité Surveillance OTAN, Belgium, at the European Conference on 2 November 2024

I will not speak about everything we have spoken about. My organisation the Comité Surveillance OTAN (The NATO Surveillance Committee) is certainly in agreement with everything that has been expressed here. I will just remind you that at the beginning of the SMO the Belgian peace movement became instantly divided. Probably something like 70% to… Weiterlesen Speech by Bud Blumenthal, Comité Surveillance OTAN, Belgium, at the European Conference on 2 November 2024

Speech by Milena Repajic, Chair of the Radical Left, Serbia, at the European Conference on 2 November 2024

Dear comrades, I am delighted that we gathered here today to form a front against war looming over the entire continent. I come from Serbia, a country with anti-NATO public opinion, but a country that is a very loyal Western ally. The Serbian government exports arms to Israel and Ukraine and recently made a nuclear… Weiterlesen Speech by Milena Repajic, Chair of the Radical Left, Serbia, at the European Conference on 2 November 2024

Speech by Marcus Carlstedt, Trade Unionist in the educational sector, Sweden, at the European Conference on 2 November 2024

Dear friends and comrades, I am a trade union delegate in the Teachers union in Stockholm and member of the national negotiation delegation. I am here as a representative of the newly formed party Solidaritet (Solidarity). First, I would like to stress the importance of this conference, in a situation marked by the development of… Weiterlesen Speech by Marcus Carlstedt, Trade Unionist in the educational sector, Sweden, at the European Conference on 2 November 2024