Summary of the demonstrations and actions on the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (24/02/2023)
February 24th, 2023 marks the 1-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. After almost one year, weapons are still not silent. News are still dominated by new attacks and their humanitarian consequences. This cannot continue. Around the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ...
Настоятельная необходимость деэскалации для предотвращения ядерной катастрофы
– 27 февраля 2023 года – Приостановка Россией действия договора СНВ-3 (the New START Treaty) знаменует собой последнюю опасную и безответственную эскалацию ядерных угроз после вторжения на Украину год назад. Быстрое ухудшение дипломатических отношений между Россией и Западом, наряду с ...
IPB Statement: The Urgent Need for Deescalation to Prevent Nuclear Disaster
– 27 February 2023 Russia’s suspension of the New START Treaty marks the latest in the dangerous and irresponsible escalation of nuclear threats since the invasion of Ukraine one year ago. The rapid deterioration of diplomatic relations between Russia and the West, alongside the ...
New article by Michael von der Schulenburg
Michael von der Schulenburg, a former UN/OSCE diplomat, who has lately been working on the Vatican peace plan has published a new article on the Ukraine war, the importance of the UN-Charta and the obligation to seek peace. “ The Preamble of the UN Charter states that “We the peoples of ...
Appeal for Peace – 5,000 signatures reached
The German-Austrian appeal for peace in Ukraine, which calls for ceasefire and peace negotiations between the warring parties involved, has now exceeded the 5000 signatures mark! Almost all German and Austrian peace organizations and peace activists have signed the appeal. It calls on the German and ...
Press Release: Iraq War Protests +20 – Lessons from past peace movements. Actions towards a peaceful future
– 07th February 2023 Twenty years ago, on February 15th, 2003, activists from across the globe gathered in what many social movement researchers would come to describe as “the largest protest event in human history.” In more than 600 cities worldwide, coordinated protests filled the streets ...
IPB Call to Action – On the First Anniversary of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Let’s Show That There Are Peaceful Alternatives to War
The International Peace Bureau calls on our members worldwide to take action during 24-26 February 2023 in support of peace in Ukraine. The war, which will mark its first anniversary on 24.02.2023, has already cost more than two hundred thousand lives – by conservative estimates – forced ...
90 Seconds to Midnight: A Wake-Up Call for Peace?
Official Statement – 25/01/2023 On 24 January 2023, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists officially announced that the Doomsday Clock moved to 90 seconds to midnight – the closest the count has been to global apocalypse in its 78 years of existence, underlining the grim state of ...
Militarized Japan and the Biden-Kishida Summit Signal Moment in the New Cold War
Article by Joseph Gerson – 11/01/2023 ➡️ Read the original article in commondreams.org Across the Indo-Pacific, as well as in the escalating Ukraine War, humanity stands an accident or miscalculation away from the calamity of nuclear war. Japan in December adopted a set of three ...