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SUMMARY:The World at War: A Trade Union Issue - Stop the War TU Conference 2023
DESCRIPTION:We are living in a more and more dangerous world. The war in Ukraine is a disaster for the people there and effectively pits two nuclear armed great powers against each other. It could escalate at any time and is already causing economic chaos. Meanwhile\, the US is ramping up the pressure on China\, with full support from the British government and other NATO allies. \n\n\n\nAll this is raising tensions around the world\, and in the middle of the worst attacks on living standards since the 1930s they want us to pay for this new militarism. Both Tory leadership candidates are committed to increasing defence spending to 3% of GDP – way above the European average. \n\n\n\nWe have called this conference because we believe that it is always working people who are the first victims of war and that the record sums being spent on arms and the military should be redirected to public services\, to the NHS\, social care and our crumbling schools. We believe that the slogan ‘cut warfare not welfare’ should be taken up by the whole of the trade union movement. \n\n\n\nThe conference is open to all trade unionists. We urge you to register but also to spread the word in your branches and trades councils.
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/the-world-at-war-a-trade-union-issue-stop-the-war-tu-conference-2023/
LOCATION:Hamilton House\, Mander Hall\, Mabledon Place\, London\, WC1H 9AZ
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SUMMARY:GCOMS UK AGM: UK military spending in context
DESCRIPTION:As we approach the third budget statement in as many months on the 17th of November\, public spending cuts are again on the agenda. Yet even after the biggest increases in military spending in a generation during this Parliament\, the UK Defence Minister is discussing a further £52bn increase in the midst of a desperate cost of living crisis. So what is the reality of UK spending priorities and what does it mean for our campaigns for peace and social/environmental justice? \n\n\n\nIntroductions – who’s in the room (5 mins)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Sam Perlo-Freeman – ‘Current UK Military spending\, future trajectory & international context’ (15 mins)\n\n\n\nSam was a Senior Reseacher at SIPRI and the head of their military expenditure programme. Currently he is the Research Coordinator at Campaign Against Arms Trade. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGCOMS UK – ‘Opportunity costs: how the latest budget compares in terms of social & environmental priorities’ (10 mins)\n\n\n\nLatest GCOMS UK analysis of UK spending priorities\, key figures and messages for the campaign. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiscussion (15 mins)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAGM (45 mins)\n\n\n\nCo-chairs’ reportTreasurer’s report\, incl. ongoing fundraisingContributions from other Steering Group membersPolitical context & proposals for GCOMS work in 2023\, incl. GDAMSIdeas/comments from Supporting OrganisationsElection/appointment of Steering Group for next 12 monthsOther business\n\n\n\nWhile we are particularly keen to engage the opinions of GCOMS UK Supporting Organisations\, the invitation is open to all campaigners from any organisation or none. All are welcome. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/agm-uk-military-spending-in-context/
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SUMMARY:Conference on Activating a UN Special Session on Disarmament
DESCRIPTION:A conference seeking to build a constituency working towards the implementation of a UN Special Session on Disarmament. \n\n\n\nSCRAP Weapons’ Hybrid Conference on Activating a Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament is being hosted at SOAS\, University of London on 6th September 2022. \n\n\n\nThe conference will comprise of talks\, round-table discussions and Q&A sessions with the audience. Speakers will include representatives from national governments and international organisations\, as well as leaders from non-governmental organisations and religious groups from around the world. \n\n\n\nThe conference will be held in hybrid mode. If you wish to participate online please register here. Please note a zoom account will be required to join the online conference. \n\n\n\nFor more information and to see the programme please visit our website here. \n\n\n\n\nRegister to attend in person\n\n\n\nRegister to attend online
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/conference-on-activating-a-un-special-session-on-disarmament/
LOCATION:Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre\, SOAS\, SOAS University Russell Square\, London\, WC1H 0XG\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="SCRAP Weapons":MAILTO:scrap.weapons@soas.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220714T190000
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SUMMARY:Common Security Report 2022: UK launch
DESCRIPTION:Join CND and guest speakers to launch the Common Security 2022 report in the UK! \n\n\n\nThis year marks the 40th anniversary of Olof Palme’s Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues. The Commission presented its report in 1982\, at the height of the Cold War\, and the Commission developed the concept of Common Security – the idea that nations and populations can only feel safe when their counterparts feel safe. \n\n\n\nThe new Common Security 2022 report – published by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)\, the International Peace Bureau (IPB) and the Olof Palme International Center – comes at a time when the international order faces severe challenges. The world stands at a crossroads. It is faced with a choice between an existence based on confrontation and aggression or one to be rooted in a transformative peace agenda and common security. \n\n\n\nWe’ll be discussing these topics with guest speakers including Sharan Burrow\, General Secretary ITUC; and Reiner Braun\, Executive Director IPB. Chaired by Kate Hudson\, CND General Secretary. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/common-security-report-2022-uk-launch/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament":MAILTO:enquiries@cnduk.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220525T190000
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SUMMARY:Climate Change causes War – War causes Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:Public Zoom Meeting –  All Welcome       \n\n\n\nSpeakers include: \n\n\n\n Jake Easby-Robinson – Brighton Peace & Environment Centre – a Brighton charity promoting peace\, equality\, and protection of the environment.  Matt Fawcett – Global Campaign on Military Spending UK – created by the International Peace Bureau to highlight the issue of excessive military spending. Elaine Graham-Leigh – writer on climate change & social justice. Auhor of A Diet of Austerity: Class\, Food & Climate Change and Marx & the Climate Crisis. Nicola Harries – activist with Brighton & Hove Extinction Rebellion (XR). Simon Pirani – author of Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption and Honorary Professor at the University of Durham (tbc).\n\n\n\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/89136925794?pwd=Zkdwb294NE11U0Y1My9uNFdnM25rQT09 Meeting ID: 891 3692 5794Passcode: 217057 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Meeting here
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/climate-change-causes-war-war-causes-climate-change/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220511T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220511T133000
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SUMMARY:It's Time to Act for True Security: The Environmental Costs of Militarisation
DESCRIPTION:As part of The Festival of Debate\, this event explores the impacts of the military on the environment and climate change\, and the urgent need to re-think security. It is a chance to hear first-hand about the effects of nuclear colonialism on people in the global south. \n\n\n\nLeona Morgan from New Mexico will speak about the effects of uranium mining and the dumping of waste on her people and their land. \n\n\n\nMatt Fawcett from Global Campaign on Military Spending UK will speak on the costs of military spending – both financial and environmental\, how emissions from the military (7% of all carbon emissions) are largely excluded from carbon reporting and target-setting\, the huge discrepancy between what is spent globally on the military (£1\,982bn in 2020) and climate finance (£79.6bn in 2020)\, and the need to move money away from excessive military budgets to meet real human need.
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/its-time-to-act-for-true-security-the-environmental-costs-of-militarisation/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sheffield Creative Action for Peace":MAILTO:sheffieldscrap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220430T110000
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SUMMARY:Vigil on Military Spending - Keighley
DESCRIPTION:In response to the SIPRI figures and yesterday’s inflammatory statement by Liz Truss\, Keighley peace campaigners will adorn the Airedale Centre with banners and posters calling for an end to the arms race and for public money to instead be invested in building a secure future.
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/vigil-on-military-spending-keighley/
LOCATION:Keighley Bus Station\, Airedale Centre\, Keighley\, BD21 3QE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220427T180000
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SUMMARY:Women in Black: London - GDAMS Vigil II
DESCRIPTION:Second of the Women in Black London GDAMS vigils is on Wednesday 27th April from 6pm to 7pm at the Edith Cavell statue. It is in St.Martin’s Place\, London WC2\, opposite the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery\, and not far from Trafalgar Square. GDAMS Placards and leaflets – #GivePeaceABudget. All welcome.
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/3400/
LOCATION:Edith Cavell statue\, 10 St. Martin's Pl\,\, London\, WC2N 4JL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220425T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220425T133000
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SUMMARY:GDAMS Social media storm
DESCRIPTION:This is the big one. The latest SIPRI global military spending figures are out\, showing two shocking firsts for military spending; global spending Exceeded $2 trillion (US) and UK spent over £50bn. This is our opportunity to highlight the dangers of runaway military spending and the opportunity costs of diverting public resource from public health\, common security and the climate crisis. \n\n\n\nKey messages:\n\n\n\nSIPRI has estimated global military expenditure last year was at least $2\,113 billion (US)\, the first time it has exceeded $2 trillion (US): an average of more than $5.78 billion (US) every day. This comprised a 6.1% nominal increase since 2020 (0.7% when adjusted for inflation). \n\n\n\nUK spending  \n\n\n\nIn current cash terms the UK rise in military spending for 2021 was in double digits – passing £50bn for the first time. Even adjusted for current rampant inflation and exchange rate change – real terms spending increased by 3% in 2021 despite the continued impact of pandemic.Per person\, the UK spends more than double the EU average on it’s military at over $1\,000 for every child\, woman & man in the country. How much did the UK spend on weaponry for your family last year? For every £1 spent on reducing UK carbon emissions we spend £7.45 on the military. Our military burden is holding us back from tackling the real threats we face.\n\n\n\nUkraine \n\n\n\nMilitary spending as deterrence has dramatically failed. NATO spending in 2021 was 55% of all arms spending and 18 times that of Russia\, but did nothing to deter Putin’s aggression. Recent military spending increases by NATO countries\, while framed as ‘taking tough action’\, will do nothing to aid the suffering of the Ukrainian people\, they will only further stoke arms industry profits.Ukraine is asking for a global embargo of Russian fossil fuels – with a fraction of our current arms expenditure we could make that happen now\, via investments in energy efficiency and rapidly deployable renewable energy. In the UK Greenpeace has called for a £10bn emergency fund this year to cut all Russian fossil fuels while combating UK fuel poverty and the climate crisis.\n\n\n\nTiming\n\n\n\nWhile we’ll be sharing content and media stories about the SIPRI from 8am\, save something for the massive global push at mid-day UK time\, when we’ll try to get a trending topic in political channels. \n\n\n\nHashtags \n\n\n\nWe recommend using only two hashtags per post on Twitter\, on Facebook and Instagram you can be more liberal. Use the below as appropriate. \n\n\n\nNew for this year: \n\n\n\n#GDAMS2022  \n\n\n\n#GivePeaceABudget \n\n\n\nPlus our standard: \n\n\n\n#WelfareNotWarfare \n\n\n\n#MoveTheMoney \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLast year\, by working together globally the storm ‘reached’ over 100 million accounts on Twitter alone. We hope to build on that success this year.
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/gdams22-social-media-storm/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220422T140000
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SUMMARY:SCRAP Weapons’ Webinar: After the Assault on Ukraine: Strategies for Reducing Military Expenditure
DESCRIPTION:Please come to a webinar organised by SCRAP Weapons that will showcase strategies for reducing military spending in light of the Ukraine crisis. The webinar will be held on 22nd April\, as part of the International Peace Bureau’s 2022 Global Days on Military Spending (GDAMS). \n\n\n\nWhat does Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine mean for global military preparedness and spending? Should countries increase their military spending\, or build worldwide sustainable security by honouring their commitments to general and complete disarmament? \n\n\n\nThe SCRAP Weapons webinar will outline practical proposals for realising disarmament commitments. It will introduce SCRAP Weapons’ Framework for a Treaty on General and Complete Disarmament\, and detail the Global Weapons Tracking Service– a portal to organisations tracking weapons\, weapon uses and other threats to human security\, designed to contribute to transparency about global patterns of proliferation and disarmament. \n\n\n\nSuch considerations are needed now more than ever. In these unprecedented times\, the world has been horrified by the levels of violence inflicted against Ukraine\, along with Russia’s statements about nuclear\, chemical and biological weapons. Alongside this\, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to demonstrate that governments have failed to invest sufficiently in their public health infrastructure\, while prioritising spending on military modernisation\, procurement and operations. \n\n\n\nPresentations will be delivered by SCRAP Weapons’ team: \n\n\n\nDan Plesch (Project Director)\, Eloisa Romani (Project Coordinator)\, Henrietta Wilson (Lead Researcher\, Global Weapons Tracking) and Zahraa Kapasi (Operations Manager). \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/scrap-weapons-webinar-after-the-assault-on-ukraine-strategies-for-reducing-military-expenditure/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220421T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220421T133000
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SUMMARY:Launch Event “Common security 2022”
DESCRIPTION:The world stands at a crossroads. The choice is between an existence based on competition and aggression or one rooted in peace and common security. Humanity faces the existential threats of nuclear war\, climate change and pandemics. How we respond to these threats will define our very survival. \n\n\n\nOur world order faces severe challenges. The common systems and structures – needed to provide security\, combat poverty and inequality and prevent human suffering – are inadequate\, and frequently violated or ignored. The future of humanity depends on us fixing our struggling global order.  \n\n\n\nThis year marks the 40th anniversary of Olof Palme’s Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues. Now\, in 2022\, Russian aggression against Ukraine is a reminder of what can happen when the world order fails. It is time to consider whether Palme’s concept of Common Security can help bring us back from the brink. \n\n\n\nThe report\, Common Security 2022\, informed by a High-Level Advisory Commission\, a diverse group of prominent people from every continent\, builds on the work of the Palme report and shows the way forward. \n\n\n\nFollow the launch event on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/5104210442992109/?ref=newsfeed \n\n\n\nIf you wish to attend on site in Stockholm\, register via this form (The number of seats is limited): \n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\nPresentation of the report Common Security 2022\,\n\n\n\nAnna Sundström\, Secretary General\, Olof Palme International Center\n\n\n\nCommon Security – challenges of today’s world\n\n\n\nJan Eliasson\, Former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN and Minister for Foreign Affairs\, SwedenSharan Burrow\, General Secretary\, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)\, AustraliaSean Conner\, Deputy Executive Director\, IPB\, USAModerator: Anna Sundström\n\n\n\nVoices from High-Level Advisory Commission\n\n\n\nCommon Security -a blueprint for future survival\n\n\n\nStefan Löfven\, former Prime Minister SwedenRosaline Marbinah\, OSCE Special Representative on Youth and Security\, SwedenTrisha Shetty\, CEO\, SheSays and President Steering Committee\, Paris Peace Forum\, India\n\n\n\nClosing Remarks \n\n\n\nPhilip Jennings\, President\, International Peace Bureau\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin on Facebook Live
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/launch-event-common-security-2022/
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ORGANIZER;CN="International Peace Bureau (IPB)":MAILTO:info@ipb-office.berlin
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220420T180000
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SUMMARY:Women in Black: London - GDAMS Vigil I
DESCRIPTION:First of the Women in Black London GDAMS vigils is on Wednesday 20th from 6pm to 7pm at the Edith Cavell statue. It is in St.Martin’s Place\, London WC2\, opposite the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery\, and not far from Trafalgar Square. GDAMS Placards and leaflets –  #GivePeaceABudget. All welcome.
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/women-in-black-london-gdams-vigil/
LOCATION:Edith Cavell statue\, 10 St. Martin's Pl\,\, London\, WC2N 4JL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220413T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220413T140000
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SUMMARY:GDAMS 2022 Launch Event: The State of Disarmament
DESCRIPTION:GDAMS 2022 Launch Event: The State of Disarmament – Featuring contributions from: \n\n\n\nKate Hudson (UK)\, General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; Lindsay Koshgarian (USA)\, Program Director\, National Priorities Project; Youngah Lee (South Korea)\, Coordinator of Center for Peace&Disarmament\, PSPD; Alexander Neu (Germany)\, former member of the German Bundestag; Anne Jessen (Denmark)\, member of the anti-militarization organization Demos.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/gdams-2022-launch-event-the-state-of-disarmament/
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ORGANIZER;CN="International Peace Bureau (IPB)":MAILTO:info@ipb-office.berlin
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220412T180000
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SUMMARY:GDAMS demonstration at NSA Menwith Hill Spy Base
DESCRIPTION:On 12th April Bradford CND will join the regular gate-side demonstration by Menwith Hill Accountability Campaign as part of the Global Days of Action on Military Spending month of protest. Menwith Hill is a US NSA spy base on the Yorkshire Moors which operates without UK parliamentary oversight. The US maintains over 1\,000 foreign military bases around the world\, operating largely outside of the control of their host nations\, the most recent expansion of US/NATO military forces has been in bases across Asia and Africa. The US spends more on it’s military than the next twelve highest spenders combined and via NATO pushes European countries to follow it’s unsustainable example. \n\n\n\nMenwith Hill is the largest intelligence-gathering\, interception and surveillance base outside the US. It has many roles which are generally for US interests only (diplomatic\, military and economic) – being the hub of the ECHELON global surveillance system (Wikipedia). Menwith Hill featured heavily in Edward Snowden’s release of top secret documents which revealed the extent of the intelligence gathering and surveillance on us all by the NSA/CIA (with the help of GCHQ).
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/gdams-demonstration-at-nsa-menwith-hill-spy-base/
LOCATION:NSA Menwith Hill\, Menwith Hill Rd\, Birstwith\, Menwith Hill\, Harrogate\, Yorkshire\, HG3 2RF\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bradford Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament":MAILTO:bradford@cnd.rocks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211114T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211114T150000
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SUMMARY:‘Walls\, Fences and Guns’ – How militarised and racialised capitalism is destroying the world
DESCRIPTION:Asad Rehman\, Executive Director\, War on Want\n\n\n\nEach year\, the Movement for the Abolition of War holds a Lecture to mark Remembrance day. This year\, we are delighted to welcome Asad Rehman. Previously the Head of International Climate at major environmental NGO\, Friends of the Earth\, Asad Rehman is now the Executive Director of War on Want\, a movement committed to ending poverty and inequality. His expertise has led him to be today at the forefront of the climate justice movement in the UK\, and around the world\, helping to reframe climate as an issue of racialised capitalism\, economic and social injustice. Asad is co-convenor of the Global Green New Deal Project to connect the climate crisis\, neoliberal inequality\, Covid and historical exploitation of the global South. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/walls-fences-and-guns-how-militarised-and-racialised-capitalism-is-destroying-the-world/
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SUMMARY:U.S. Militarism\, Space Tech\, and the Climate Crisis – The Role of Demilitarization in Climate Justice
DESCRIPTION:This panel will identify the intersections of militarism\, space tech\, and climate change – and how these can be challenged. \n\n\n\nContributors: Lisa Savage – Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space\, Koohan Paik-Mander –Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space\, Adrienne Kinne – Veterans for Peace (US)\, David Collins – Veterans for Peace UK \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/u-s-militarism-space-tech-and-the-climate-crisis-the-role-of-demilitarization-in-climate-justice/
LOCATION:https://cop26coalition.org/peoples-summit/u-s-militarism-space-tech-and-the-climate-crisis-the-role-of-demilitarization-in-climate-justice-2/
CATEGORIES:COP26
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211108T161500
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CREATED:20211018T165737Z
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SUMMARY:Challenging the Military Carbon Bootprint
DESCRIPTION:The world’s militaries are major carbon emitters yet are not even required to report their emissions\, let alone reduce them. This workshop will discuss the size of military carbon emissions\, the role of the military sector in protecting the extraction economy\, how they seek to capitalise on the climate crisis by offering armed ‘solutions’\, and how we might confront military power and forge lasting just alternatives to war. \n\n\n\nContributors: Stuart Parkinson – Scientists for Global Responsibility UK\, Nnimmo Bassey – Health of Mother Earth Foundation Nigeria\, Nancy Mancias – CODEPINK (US)\, Tim Wallis – World BEYOND War (US)\, Hilary Evens – Movement for the Abolition of War (UK) \n\n\n\nEvent will take place live in Glasgow but will also be recorded. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/challenging-the-military-carbon-bootprint/
LOCATION:Renfield Centre\, 260 Bath Street\, Glasgow\, G2 4JP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211104T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211104T170000
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SUMMARY:Climate and Militarism March (COP26)
DESCRIPTION:Speakers at the event on 4 November will include: Stuart Parkinson of Scientists for Global Responsibility UK\, Chris Nineham of the Stop the War Coalition\, Alison Lochhead of Greenham Women Everywhere\, Jodie Evans of CODEPINK: Women for Peace\, Tim Pluta of World BEYOND War\, David Collins of Veterans For Peace\, Lynn Jamieson of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament\, and others to be announced. \n\n\n\n“Our purpose here begins with making people aware of the problem\,” said David Swanson\, Executive Director of World BEYOND War. “Imagine a limit on dangerous items you can carry on airplanes that makes an exception for nuclear weapons. Imagine a diet that limits your calories but makes an exception for 36 gallons of ice cream an hour. Here the world is all gathering to impose limits on greenhouse gas emissions that make an exception for militaries. Why? What possible excuse is there for that\, unless killing people in the short term is so important to us that we’re willing to kill everyone in the long term. We need to speak up for life\, and soon.” \n\n\n\n“War and militarism are amongst the unnamed enemies of our ecosphere\,” said Chris Nineham of the Stop the War Coalition. “The U.S. military is the biggest single consumer of oil on the planet\, and the last two decades of war have polluted on an almost unimaginable scale. It is a scandal that military emissions are being excluded from the discussion. If we want to end warming we need to end war.” \n\n\n\n“War is obsolete. There is no doubt\, the quicker we get rid of it\, the quicker we improve the climate\,” added Tim Pluta\, World BEYOND War Chapter Organizer in Asturias\, Spain.
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/climate-and-militarism-march-cop26/
LOCATION:Buchanan St Steps (in front of Glasgow Royal Concert Hall)\, Buchanan St\, Glasgow\, G2 3NY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:COP26
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211023T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211023T123000
DTSTAMP:20260613T131343
CREATED:20211018T183735Z
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SUMMARY:Europe Against the Cold War!
DESCRIPTION:The US administration is attempting to draw Europe into its cold war against China \n\n\n\nThe most recent summits of both the G7 and NATO in June 2021 unfortunately saw a number European governments accede to the new cold war agenda advanced by US President Joe Biden. The NATO Summit’s communiqué identified China’s rise as a “systemic challenge” and a security threat to the Western military alliance. \n\n\n\nThe announcement in September that Britain has formed a new anti-China military alliance alongside Australia and the US – AUKUS – represents a further serious escalation of this new cold war against China. This year has also witnessed Britain\, France and Germany engaging in provocative and aggressive military gestures by sending warships to the South China Sea. \n\n\n\nMeanwhile the US has also been attempting to prevent the signing of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment\, a major agreement to strengthen economic cooperation between the EU and China. \n\n\n\nThis new cold war against China is not only against the interests of the people of China\, it is also against the interests of the people of Europe. \n\n\n\nAs the new cold war heats up\, China is being increasingly demonised in the mainstream media in both the US and Europe\, leading to an alarming rise in anti-China racism and hate crimes directed against people of East and South-East Asian heritage. \n\n\n\nOn the economic front\, for Europe to join in with the US administration’s offensive against China\, which is designed to hold back China’s economic development\, would be an act of economic self-harm. China is already a major trading partner of most European countries. Any country that follows Washington’s cold war approach will suffer economic damage – losing jobs\, trade\, investment and access to advanced technologies. \n\n\n\nInstead of adopting such cold war positions\, what is required is international cooperation to tackle the real threats and problems facing all of humanity. These include defeating the on-going Covid19 pandemic\, building an economic recovery and taking the urgent action needed to stop impending climate breakdown. All of these problems require genuine global cooperation to tackle and the new cold war against China represents a real distraction and serious obstacle to solving them. \n\n\n\nThe biggest threat of all is that the US-led new cold war escalates into a deadly hot war against China – which has the potential to be nothing less than a total catastrophe for all of humanity. \n\n\n\nOn Saturday 23 October No Cold War is bringing together speakers from 9 countries from across Europe\, China\, the US and the Global South to discuss why the US-led new cold war against China is against the interests of all of humanity and why Europe should not go along with this aggression. \n\n\n\nJoin us to rally opposition in Europe against this dangerous threat to world peace and prosperity. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n* Yanis Varoufakis\, former Finance Minister of Greece\, Greece \n\n\n\n* Maite Mola\, Vice-President European Left Party\, Spain \n\n\n\n* Kate Hudson\, General Secretary of CND\, Britain \n\n\n\n* Nabil Boukili\, Federal Deputy\, Belgium Workers Party\, Belgium \n\n\n\n* Victor Gao\, Professor at Soochow University and former interpreter for Deng Xiaoping\, China \n\n\n\n* Vijay Prashad\, Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research\, India \n\n\n\n* Madison Tang\, CODEPINK\, US \n\n\n\n* Cinzia Della Porta\, Unione Sindacale Di Base\, Italy \n\n\n\n* Maria Cernat\, Editor of The Barricade\, Romania \n\n\n\nTranslation: English\, Spanish\, French \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/europe-against-the-cold-war/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211016T140000
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SUMMARY:Miltary Spending workshop at the world Peace Congress
DESCRIPTION:The International Peace Bureau will be live streaming from the congress in Barcelona with experts from across the globe with the latest info and campaigns on military spending. \n\n\n\nCheckout the rest of the programme: https://www.ipb2021.barcelona/ \n\n\n\nYoutube Livestream: https://youtu.be/iwOV11gByyg \n\n\n\nModerator: Jordi Calvo – Centre Delàs & IPB \n\n\n\nSpeakers (10-12 minutes each) \n\n\n\nSam Perlo-Freeman – Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT)\n\n\n\nGlobal military expenditure\, trends and justifications \n\n\n\nRoisin Putti – Nonviolence Canada \n\n\n\nReport: ‘In Search of Enemies – The governments holding disarmament hostage’ \n\n\n\nEmily Rubino – Peace Action NYS\n\n\n\nThe Pentagon Budget and U.S. campaigning to move the money. \n\n\n\nLaetitia Sedou – European Network Against the Arms Trade (ENAAT) – \n\n\n\nMilitarization of the EU \n\n\n\nJürgen Grasslin – RüstungsInformationsBüro & Stoppt den Waffenhandel\n\n\n\nMilitary spending and arms exports\, with a focus on Germany \n\n\n\nPere Ortega – Centre Delàs of Peace Studies (with interpreter)\n\n\n\nMilitary and defence expenditure\, with a focus on Spain  \n\n\n\n\nJoin Livestream
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/miltary-spending-workshop-at-the-world-peace-congress/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211003T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211003T160000
DTSTAMP:20260613T131343
CREATED:20210909T075615Z
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SUMMARY:GCOMS UK inaugural AGM
DESCRIPTION:An opportunity for us to come together\, review last year’s campaigning and look at how we build for bigger and better events next year as we emerge from lockdown.  \n\n\n\nIntroductionReview of the Year (download pdf)New campaign around COP26Small group discussion of what you want from/can contribute to the network. The Year ahead (27 Oct Budget statement\, COP26\, Global Days of Action etc)New constitution (download pdf)Finance report (download pdf)Elections of officers\n\n\n\nBackgroundWhile we’ve been campaigning as an informal network for over a decade now\, last year a new steering group came together to increase the focus and impact of the campaign in the UK. After a successful funding bid to the Lansbury House Trust Fund we were able to employ a part-time co-ordinator to develop our new website and create UK specific campaign materials. Now we have funding in place to continue this post until August 2022 and are keen to here for all supporting organisations and grassroots campaigners.  \n\n\n\nRegister here:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtf-6gqTMvG9B79cjcnAxHGyq9w_laRHou \n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \n\n\n\nStand as an officer or a member of the steering groupWe are keen to increase the diversity of individuals and organisations on the steering group – can you help? There is a 1.5hr steering group meeting every month alongside occasional email discussions. If you’d like to put your name forward or nominate a representative from your organisation please contact us by Sunday 26th of September.
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/gcoms-uk-agm/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210930T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210930T194500
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SUMMARY:How do we transfer our military and fossil fuel-based industrial production to socially and ecologically useful production?
DESCRIPTION:The next Conscience webinar discusses how we transform our military and fossil fuel-based industrial production. With guest speaker Sam Mason\, Policy Officer at the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS). \n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/how-do-we-transfer-our-military-and-fossil-fuel-based-industrial-production-to-socially-and-ecologically-useful-production/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210928T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210928T150000
DTSTAMP:20260613T131343
CREATED:20210925T081902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210925T081906Z
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SUMMARY:The Rise of Military Spending and Weaponization of the Global South under the Pandemic: What must be done to stop this?
DESCRIPTION:Panelists \n\n\n\nRavinder Pal Singh\, India – Senior Advisor\, Control Arms Foundation IndiaLisaLinda Natividad\, Guam/Palau – Primary Convener\, Guahan Coalition for Peace and JusticeAlfredo ‘Fred’ Lubang\, Philippines – Regional Representative\, Nonviolence International Southeast Asia and National Coordinator\, Philippine Campaign to Ban LandminesMohammad Shoaib Ahmadzai\, Afghanistan – Managing Director\, Community Development\, Rehabilitation and Education Organisation\n\n\n\nWorld military spending has been on the rise in recent years reaching almost 2 Trillion US dollars in 2020 with China\, India\, Japan\, South Korea and Australia registering as some of the highest military spenders in the Asia Pacific. This has been the trend between 2019 to 2020 and over the decade of 2011-2020. As capacities for war continue to grow\, so does the collateral damage to people and infrastructure. The proportion of funds going to humanitarian and development aid initiatives focused on the ‘clean up’ in the aftermath of conflict is growing. This has created an illogical paradox of decisions made by States and is a form of collective self-harm. When put into a tangible context\, one year of the global military budget equates to 700 years of the UN’s standard budget (RCW). If only this absurd parity of figures was hypothetical however it is very much reality and is showing no sign of reversing. The populations of the Asia region are especially vulnerable to harm from the impacts of expanding militaries and weaponry advancement for many reasons. This webinar aims to take a closer look at what those reasons and help us to understand the status quo of the world we live in as well as the world we want to live in. The webinar’s panel will aim to answer the below questions: \n\n\n\nWhat does this trend on military spending indicate?What are the factors and considerations that bring about these trends\, are these trends interrelated ?What and how do these factors impact the lives of peoples and the planet?Would the resurgence of authoritarian regimes in the Global South or strengthening bilateral security alliances contribute to their further weaponization?What are the challenges to the peoples’ movements to affect government policies in bringing down the increasing military spendings and to re-allocating the sums thus saved for promoting genuine peace and social justice? What alternatives should be understood and put to practice that would create meaningful change in the lives of people?
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/the-rise-of-military-spending-and-weaponization-of-the-global-south-under-the-pandemic-what-must-be-done-to-stop-this/
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ORGANIZER;CN="International Peace Bureau (IPB)":MAILTO:info@ipb-office.berlin
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210524T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210524T200000
DTSTAMP:20260613T131343
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SUMMARY:Meeting human needs will create REAL Security: Paul Rogers & Jenny Pearce
DESCRIPTION:To address COVID\, climate and the ecological emergencies we must move from an outmoded model of national security towards human security. Event organised by Peace & Justice. \n\n\n\nProfessor Paul Rogers\, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University and President of the Movement for the Abolition of War.Professor Jenny Pearce\, Latin America and Caribbean Centre (LACC). London School of Economics.Moderator: Brian Larkin\, Peace & Justice Coordinator\n\n\n\nEither join at 6pm for the Peace & Justice AGM\, or from 6.30pm for the talks and discussion.   \n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n6:30 – 6:50pm Keynote: Paul Rogers\n\n\n\nTo address COVID\, climate and the ecological emergencies we must move from an outmoded model of national security towards human security \n\n\n\nThis year the UK increased military spending by about 10%\, the biggest increase since the Korean War. It plans to build 80 new nuclear warheads while continuing to supply arms to Saudi Arabia and cutting aid to Yemen by half. Globally\, military spending is over $1.8 Trillion\, while $1.2 Trillion is needed to ensure we reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions. And wealthy nations\, who also spend the most on weapons\, are failing to commit the funds needed to ensure that people in the poorest countries receive COVID19 vaccinations. \n\n\n\nIsn’t it time to cut funding to the military and prioritize human security and a future for life on earth instead? With the UK hosting COP26 in Glasgow in November\, shouldn’t the UK lead the way to a shift from the failed model of military security toward real human security and a just green recovery from COVID and the climate and ecological crises? \n\n\n\nResponse: Prof Jenny Pearce\n\n\n\nRethinking Security as a Means to Reduce not Reproduce Violence \n\n\n\nIn her monograph Politics without Violence? Jenny Pearce asks: “As climate change differentially impacts on the globe\, will violence be the way the privileged protect themselves from the human struggle that climate change will mean?” Indeed\, while recognising the common global threat to security posed by climate change\, in “Global Britain”\, the Integrated Review of Security\, Defense and Foreign Policy\, with its increases in military spending and push toward greater force projection\, we are already seeing this. Professor Pearce will speak on how peace building is impeded by a focus on militarist solutions to security\, with specific reference to Central America\, particularly Columbia.
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/meeting-human-needs-will-create-real-security-paul-rogers-jenny-pearce/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Peace & Justice":MAILTO:contact@peaceandjustice.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210517T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210517T123000
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SUMMARY:13th Asia Europe People’s Forum: Global Days of Action on Military Spending
DESCRIPTION:As part of the 13th biennial Asia Europe People’s Forum\, which will take place between 17th and 24th May 2021 under the title “Asia Europe People’s Forum for a Just\, Peaceful and Sustainable World”. This session explores and challenges how nation-states attempting to out-compete one another in destructive military powers waste resources for meeting human needs\, including addressing environmental collapse\, a global pandemic\, mass migration and social inequalities. Featuring GCOMS UK campaigners\, alongside activists from across the globe. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/13th-asia-europe-peoples-forum-global-days-of-action-on-military-spending/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210501T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210501T123000
DTSTAMP:20260613T131343
CREATED:20210424T134541Z
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SUMMARY:Vigil for Action On Military Spending: Keighley
DESCRIPTION:Despite the universal acceptance that the pandemic and climate change are existential threats\, we have seen a pay freeze for front line workers and a vast increase in the military budget. We must ask ourselves does this reflect our priorities in the kind of society we want.Social distancing will be observed.Please bring a placard and hand sanitiser.
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/vigil-for-action-on-military-spending/
LOCATION:Keighley Bus Station\, Airedale Centre\, Keighley\, BD21 3QE\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Keighley Peace Justice and the Environment Network (KJPEN)":MAILTO:a.whitaker@gmx.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210430T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210430T160000
DTSTAMP:20260613T131343
CREATED:20210410T164825Z
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SUMMARY:International Day of Action against Foreign Military Bases: Menwith Hill
DESCRIPTION:On 30th April as a part of the GCOMS called International Day of Action against Foreign Military Bases\, there will be a protest outside the US spy-base at Menwith Hill organised by Menwith Hill Accountability Campaign and Yorkshire CND. There are now over 1\,000 bases foreign bases around the world\, operating largely outside of the control of their host nations. In response to recent expansion of US/NATO military forces in bases across Asia and Africa\, this day of action was called to show solidarity and opposition around the world.\n\nPracticalities\nDue to the ongoing health crisis this will be a socially distanced protest\, with a couple of different options for walks around the base. We are not able to provide toilet facilities or refreshments on this occasion so we ask that everyone bears this in mind and brings what they will need for the afternoon.\nMenwith Hill is the largest intelligence-gathering\, interception and surveillance base outside the US. It has many roles which are generally for US interests only (diplomatic\, military and economic) – being the hub of the ECHELON global surveillance system (Wikipedia). Menwith Hill featured heavily in Edward Snowden’s release of top secret documents which revealed the extent of the intelligence gathering and surveillance on us all by the NSA/CIA (with the help of GCHQ).
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/international-day-of-action-against-foreign-military-bases-menwith-hill/
LOCATION:NSA Menwith Hill\, Birstwith\, Menwith Hill\, Harrogate\, HG3 2RF\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210428T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210428T200000
DTSTAMP:20260613T131343
CREATED:20210414T121934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210414T122146Z
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SUMMARY:Nurses not Nukes: Why the government has its priorities wrong
DESCRIPTION:Join CND for this webinar – with guest speakers TBC – to discuss the government’s warped spending priorities. How does it have the funds for more nuclear weapons\, but not to pay nurses the wages they deserve? \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/nurses-not-nukes-why-the-government-has-its-priorities-wrong/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210428T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210428T190000
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SUMMARY:Women in Black London vigil for GDAMS
DESCRIPTION:The second Women in Black London vigil to focus on military spending. The UK is now 5th largest military spender…. while we only spend £24 billion on climate change we will spend £188 billion on the military!  \n\n\n\nWe join with others around the world to take action and demand major reductions of military spending at a crucial moment when we need to rethink where our priorities lie.
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/women-in-black-london-vigil-for-gdams/
LOCATION:Edith Cavell statue\, 10 St. Martin's Pl\,\, London\, WC2N 4JL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210426T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210426T203000
DTSTAMP:20260613T131343
CREATED:20210410T170508Z
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SUMMARY:Scottish Election Peace Hustings
DESCRIPTION:Join us on the Global Days of Action on Military Spending to ask your Holyrood candidates where they stand on issues of real security.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nJoin Scottish anti-war organisations for an evening with Scottish Parliamentary election candidates from across the political spectrum and ask them where they stand on issues relating to peace and real security. \nMonday 26th April falls on one of the Global Days of Action on Military Spending and also the anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl\, we must mark these events by holding our candidates to account and ensure that any vote for them will supporter a more peaceful Scotland. \nThis husting will be held on Zoom via the webinar function\, when registering please leave your questions for the candidates in the space provided and if there is enough time we will open the Q&A function on the webinar. \nInvitations for this event have been sent to all major political parties standing for election in Scotland this May\, as candidates confirm this page will be updated. \nWant your candidate to attend? Email campaigns@banthebomb.org for a template to send your candidates and ask them to take part! \nThis husting has been organised by: \nCampaign Against Arms Trade Scotland \nPax Christi Scotland \nScottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament \nRegister Here >>
URL:https://demilitarize.org.uk/event/scottish-election-peace-hustings/
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