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
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
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
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
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
The dual need: new geopolitical balance, new social pact There can be no doubt: we are experiencing an acceleration of history. This could lead to the catastrophic prospect of a world war, potentially involving nuclear weapons. In times like these, the first question is always: Was all of this inevitable? The answer is a resounding… Weiterlesen Speech by Christos Marsellos, Delphi Initiative, Defend Democracy Press, Author, Greece, at the European Conference on 2 November 2024
Greetings from Poland! Sadly, there is no “Polish peace movement”. People are just afraid to speak up – the word “peace” became a dirty, indecent word. Lately “Financial Times” wrote that “by buying weapons at a record pace, Poland has become a star member of NATO. Warsaw will spend 4.1 percent of Poland’s GDP on… Weiterlesen Speech by Agnieszka Wolk-Laniewska, Editor-in-chief of the weekly “NIE”, for the Polish Liaison Committee “Against war – against social war”, at the European Conference on 2 November 2024
Dear friends, we are meeting today at this anti-war conference to discuss the escalating war situation in Europe and the Middle East. All major imperialist powers have declared that they are preparing for a major war with Russia and China, regardless of the outcome of the current war in Ukraine. Germany is at the forefront… Weiterlesen Speech by Harri Grünberg (Steering Committee of Aufstehen; Was Tun?!) at the European Conference on 2 November 2024
Dear comrades and friends, Greetings to everybody, I am here on behalf of the Serbian Committee against the war and imperialism. I feel this is very important gathering in this critical historical moment, and I would like to extend my gratitude to comrades from the German liaison committee against the war for organizing this European… Weiterlesen Speech of Ratibor Trivunac, Serbian Committee against the war and imperialism, at the European Conference on 2 November 2024
Romania is a state without independence and sovereignty, attributes of a state governed by the rule of law that were gradually ceded to foreign powers when it joined NATO and the European Union. These days, the subordination of Romania’s armed forces to NATO’s military leadership is under public debate. These days, the subordination of Romania’s… Weiterlesen Speech by Mugurel Popescu, President of the Hermes Trade Union Federation, Bukarest, Romania, at the European Conference on 2 November 2024
Gegen den Krieg - gegen den sozialen Krieg 