[E-rundbrief] Info 1521 - Alternative summit against NATO in Warszawa (PL)

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 1521 - International Network No to War – No to NATO 
(D): Alternative summit and demonstration against NATO in Warszawa 
(Poland) from 8.- 10.7.2016.

Bad Ischl, 10.5.2016

Begegnungszentrum für aktive Gewaltlosigkeit

www.begegnungszentrum.at

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Please find below information on the alternative summit and 
demonstration against NATO in Warszawa from July 8-10.

If you are not already coming, please consider doing so. Also please 
help us with mobilization and spread the invitation and information in 
your networks.

You find all relevant information on www.no-to-nato.org.
The actions against NATO in Poland this summer are of importance in 
manifold ways. There is the content: an aggressive military deployment 
towards the East of Europe, the 2%GDP goal with so many consequences 
in our countries as well as for a new arms race. missile defense, 
nuclear weapons strategy and a new deterrence... There is also the 
location of Poland and Warszawa: a very neoliberal country, high 
acceptance of NATO by the people, a small peace and in general social 
movements… Last but not least: Warszawa is a beautiful and inexpensive 
city and we have wonderful partners and a good program.

So, we hope to see you in Warszawa. If you have questions, feel free 
to contact us and please mobilize!

Greetings,
Kristine Karch
Lucas Wirl


Call for Actions

The next NATO summit is planned to take place in Warsaw on 8-9 July. 
This summit will be held during a period of wars, heightened global 
instability and conflict. The wars raged by the West in the Middle 
East and Afghanistan have left hundreds of thousands dead; destroyed 
these countries’ infrastructure and ruined the conditions for 
political stability and social peace and justice. The terrorism that 
has spread around the world is a terrible legacy of these conflicts. 
Millions of refugees have been forced to flee their homes in search of 
a safe place for them and their families to live. And when they reach 
the shores of Europe and the USA, they often meet hostility and racism 
from those very countries that started the wars from which they are 
escaping.

The promise of peaceful Europe in a peaceful world that was developed 
after the end of the Cold War has failed. One of the reasons is the 
enlargement of the NATO to the east. We are presently in the middle of 
a new East-West arms race, seen clearly in the area of Central and 
Eastern Europe. The war in the east of Ukraine, in which thousands 
have lost their lives, is a terrible example of this rivalry. The 
proposals of NATO to expand further to the East further threaten to 
escalate this conflict. The proposals of the present Polish government 
to station permanent NATO bases in Poland and build a new Missile 
Defence Shield in the country would not guarantee the country’s safety 
but rather place it on the frontline of these new hostilities. NATO is 
urging all member states to rise its military spending to at least 2% 
of GDP. Not only will this intensify the arms race in the world, but 
it will mean that during a time of economic austerity more funds will 
move from welfare to war. When the governments and Generals meet in 
Warsaw in July an alternative voice must be heard. A coalition of the 
peace and anti-war movements in Poland and internationally will hold a 
number of events during the NATO summit in Warsaw.

We invite you to participate and urge you to mobilise for this 
important event. If you wish more information or have any suggestions 
or questions please write to us.

Our goal is a world without war and nuclear weapons. We are fighting 
to overcome NATO through the politics of common security and 
disarmament and solidarity with global peace, anti-war & 
anti-militaristic movements.

Alternative Summit and Demonstration

Friday July 8th
12:00 opening of the alternative summit
Piotr Ikonowicz Poland│Kristine Karch, No to War – No to NATO
12:15 – 14:00 Plenary: Why we are against Militarism
Magda Qandil, Poland (tbc)│Ludo de Brabander, vrede, Belgium│Kate 
Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, GB│Joseph Gerson, American 
Friends Service Committee, USA│Yves-Jean Gallas, Mouvement de la Paix, 
France│Claudia Haydt, Information Centre Militarization, Germany│ Jan 
Majicek, Czech Republic│Vitaly Mahinko, Ukraine
LUNCH
15:00 – 17:00 Working groups (additional workshops are possible, 
changes to the workshops are possible)

     Military spending (responsible: Ludo de Brabander)
     Nuclear weapons and weapons in space (responsible: Kate Hudson)
     How to overcome the war against terror? (responsible: Piotr 
Ikonowicz)
     Militarization and women rights (responsible: Kristine Karch)
     Refugees and War (responsible: Gavin Rae)
     European Union and NATO (responsible: Tobias Pflüger, Claudia Haydt)
     Imperial rivalry in Eastern Europe (responsible: Filip Ilkowski)


19:00 Public event: Peace politics in Europe
For a Europe of peace and social justice, for a common security
Barbara Lee, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, USA (video 
message)│Ann Wright, former Colonel of the US army, USA │ Maite Mola, 
Vice President of the European Left, Spain │ Reiner Braun, 
International Peace Bureau/ IALANA, Germany│ Filip Ilkowski, Stop the 
War Initiative Poland│ Ilya Budraiskis, Russia│ Tarja Cronberg, former 
MEP, Green Party, Finland│ Wolfgang Gehrcke,  Die LINKE, Germany
Saturday July 9th at 12:00 City center of Warszawa
International Demonstration Warszawa 09-06-2016
Money for the hungry not for tanks

No to War and NATO Bases

Moscow Has Already Been – We Do Not Want Washington
Yes to Refugees and international solidarity
With Polish and International Speakers of the Alternative Summit

Sunday July 10th
11:00 – 13:30 Roundtable with open microphone:
Future of Peace and Anti-War Movement in Poland and the world
Introduction: NN Poland │Lucas Wirl, No to War – No to NATO
13:30 END

Registration & information: info[at] no-to-nato.org │ alterszczytnato 
[at] gmail.com
Further information: www.no-to-nato.org │ 
www.facebook.com/NotoWAR.NotoNATO

The location of the conference of 8/10 July will be announced soon.

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International Network No to War – No to NATO
Marienstraße 19/20
10117 Berlin
Germany
www.no-to-nato.org
info[at] no-to-nato.org
Lucas Wirl
Haubachstraße 28
10585 Berlin
m 0049 (0) 176 64103500
t 0049 (0) 30 20067376

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