Douglas Roche – “The Dissent of a 90-Year-Old”

The Dissent of a 90-Year-Old

Address by Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. Presentation of Sean MacBride Peace Prize Toronto, April 25, 2019

“A 90-year-old man appears before you, sighing not for the past but crying for the future. It is not my lost youth that I pine for but a lost future for my grandchildren and their children. Nuclear weapons and climate change threaten their very existence. I dissent from public policies today that will lead to their world being blown up or burned up.

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GCOMS Final Statement 2019

The Coordinating Team of GCOMS has published its final statement for the Global Days of Action on Military Spending 2019.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has published its new report on global military spending on Monday the 29thof April 2019 and once again we feel obliged to state our concern and outrage and call on every individual and group to take action and publicly denounce this nonsense. Continue reading “GCOMS Final Statement 2019”

Post-Conference Statement – Growing Nuclear Risks in a Changing World: New Thinking and Movement Building

Statement of Reiner Braun (IPB) and Joseph Gerson (IPB, AFSC, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security) on the Conference “Growing Nuclear Risks in a Changing World: New Thinking and Movement Building, co-organised by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, New York Office

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Press Conference: Counteractions marking the NATO’s 70th Anniversary

On the 12th of March 2019, the International Peace Bureau (IPB) held a press conference on the premises of its Berlin Office. The aim of the event was to present to the German press the various events and demonstrations being organised to mark the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO), which will happen on the 4th of April 2019.

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Joseph Gerson speaks at the Gensuikyo International Forum

IPB’s Vice-President, Joseph Gerson, spoke at the Gensuikyo International Forum, part of the 2019 Bikini Day Commemorative Program in Japan. The event marked the 57th anniversary of the Bikini disaster caused by a U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the year of 1954.

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Abolition 2000´s Webinar on “Preserve the INF Treaty”

On the 17th of January, 2019, the Coordination Committee of Abolition 2000 hosted a webinar on the subject of the imminent unilateral withdrawal from the INF Treaty by the United States of America. The video of this webinar can be found below and each individual presentation can be found under the names of the guest speakers.

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Webinar to Preserve the INF Treaty – Abolition 2000

Join Abolition 2000´s Webinar to Preserve the INF Treaty

on 17 January 2019

The Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee invites you to join an international webinar Thursday, 17 January, 2019: 10 – 11:30 am California; 1 – 2:30 pm New York; 6 – 7:30 pm UK; 7 – 8:30 pm Central Europe.

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Presenters from the U.S., Russia, Germany and the UK will discuss the history and significance of the INF Treaty and the importance of working to preserve it.

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