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World March for Peace and Nonviolence presented at the United Nations

11.5.2009 | Pressenza New York, 2009-05-07 The Chilean Mission to the United Nations organized the first presentation of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence inviting international spokesperson Rafael de la Rubia, President of World Without Wars (Spain) to address UN Delegates of the Third Committee and NGOs from the NPT PrepCom. De la Rubia explained the background and objectives of the March and the growing list of interna...

European Parliament recommends complete nuclear disarmament by 2020

30.4.2009 | Strasbourg, April 24, 2009 - Today the European Parliament approved with a majority of 177 votes against 130 an amendment introducing the "Model Nuclear Weapons Convention" and the "Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol" (attached) as concrete tools to achieve a nuclear weapons free world by 2020. The amendment was introduced by the Ana Gomes for the PES and Angelika Beer for the Greens/EFA. The amendment received...

Video. Demonstration in Brusselles: No to Star Wars! No to the US radar in the Czech Republic!

19.4.2009 | Demonstration in Brusselles: No to "Star Wars", no to the US radar in the Czech Republic. February 18, 2009....

Video: Prague filled with protests against planned US military base during Obama’s visit

6.4.2009 | Several events and demonstrations took place today in the Czech capital during the visit of US President Barack Obama. Humanists from the Nonviolence movement staged several protests against the planned deployment of US troops on Czech soil as part of the “Star Wars” plan. Already yesterday activists had displayed a banner on one of Prague’s bridges. Today, events included the march of “The Invisibles” through the c...

Reflections on the Obama trip to Europe. By Bruce Gagnon

6.4.2009 | A friend wrote this morning, "The headline should read - Obama talks peace and plans for war." At the 60th anniversary NATO celebrations President Obama begged for more troops in Afghanistan from alliance member nations. They urged him forward but few countries offered help. Then in Prague Obama called for the world to get rid of its nuclear weapons. Very commendable. The Washington Post reported this morn...

Letter to Obama from Czech Republic: we want Democracy!

2.4.2009 | Dear Mr. President, We have enthusiastically welcomed the policy statements of your administration in the international arena: to move in favor of complete nuclear disarmament is surely an undeniable priority of these times. The direction that you are taking in your policies is creating the basis for a peaceful and nonviolent resolution to current conflicts and is awakening in people around the world a great hope for peac...

Czech Republic: humanists suspend relay hunger strike that lasted 300 days

31.3.2009 | The protest in the Czech Republic against the installation of US military bases, part of the NMD system also known as Star Wars, led two young activists to start a hunger strike in May 2008. The two humanists, Jan Tamas and Jan Bednar ended their hunger strike after 21 days. From that day on, every day, for one day, a celebrity went on a relay fast. Among the protesters were scientists, academics, actors, directors, sp...

Seoul: congratulations to the Movement in the Czech Republic

31.3.2009 | Dear friends, We all congratulate our friends in the Czech Republic for the government of the Czech being fallen largely due to the determined and persistent struggles of the people in the Czech against the US radar base, part of the US missile defense system. It is truly inspiring to the Korean peace activists as well who have been against the U.S. Star wars system. It is grateful that the activists in the Czech showed...

The Czech govt has fallen: a victory for democracy, disarmament and nonviolence

28.3.2009 | Prague, March 25, 2009 Yesterday the government of conservative Czech Prime Minister, Mirek Topolanek, was dismissed by Parliament with a motion presented by the Social-Democratic opposition. This is a great victory for the Non-violent Movement against the bases in the Czech Republic that saw the real possibility to oppose the installation of US military radar bases. The Czech government is formed by the ODS, a right-wi...

the Czech government - a government that represented the interests of the US military industry - has fallen.

25.3.2009 | Dear friends, I am very happy to announce that the Czech government has fallen. The Parliament voted the no-confidence. For us it is a great victory: we knew that the only way to stop the installation of the US radar base was the fall of the government and we worked for more than 2 years in this direction with permanence and coherence. A government that represented the interests of the US military industry has fallen....

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