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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

Ukraine’s weapons #industry presses #government to allow #arms exports

source: https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-arms-industry-export-weapons/

“Imagine what it would look like? #Ukraine #exports its #weapons during the war while asking partners for #military #aid. Ukrainians would not understand, partners would not understand,” said a senior Ukrainian foreign ministry

Ukraine is currently one of the best places to test modern #warfare #equipment against a confirmed #enemy under real conditions at low cost. Just imagine if the war were to end, an entire #business model would collapse. Surely nobody could want that to happen when the arms industry is doing so well.

#politics #problem #war #terror #economy #export #weapon #future #criticism #fail #ethics #news #militaryIndustrialComplex #nwo #dystopia

Ukraine’s weapons industry presses government to allow arms exports

Manufacturers argue that allowing foreign sales would boost production and make up for the Kyiv government’s financial shortfalls.

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brainwavelost@nerdpol.ch
brainwavelost


17.10.2024 Not Welcome Mr. President

For peace in Ukraine and the Middle East

“Mr. President: You are not welcome until you take your weapons out of Germany.
We don't want Dark Eagles and nuclear weapons. Stop your wars.”

With these words, US President Biden was disinvited last night before his visit to Germany began. Activists from Aktion Freiheit statt Angst e.V. were also present when several hundred Berliners gathered at the Brandenburg Gate under the slogan “Not Welcome Mr. President”.

The press release on the Friko Berlin event states:

Peace Coordination Berlin is calling for a protest against US President Biden's visit to Berlin on Thursday, October 17. Our protest is directed against the planned deployment of US medium-range missiles, the modernization of US nuclear weapons and their storage in Germany, the aggressive war policy of the USA towards Russia and the refusal of any diplomatic solutions as well as the open preparation of a war against China. Added to this is the current escalation in West Asia (Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen).

Jutta Kausch-Henken from the Berlin Peace Coordination says: “The USA has been supporting the genocide in Gaza for a year and is backing the brutal, deadly invasion of Lebanon. Even a war with Iran is not being ruled out and is possibly already being prepared behind closed doors. We are taking to the streets to protest against the German government's active support for this criminal US policy all over the world and the German government's silence on Israel's war crimes.”

That is why we are also supporting the protest on October 18 by an alliance of humanitarian and peace movement groups who have called for a rally in front of the Federal Chancellery from 5 - 7 p.m. under the title “For a just peace in Palestine and Israel”.

Friko-Berlin

Read more at https://friko-berlin.de
Category[18]: Press releases Short link to this page: a-fsa.de/d/3Dm
Link to this page: https://www.aktion-freiheitstattangst.org/de/articles/8937-20241018-not-welcome-mr-president.html
Link in the Tor network: http://a6pdp5vmmw4zm5tifrc3qo2pyz7mvnk4zzimpesnckvzinubzmioddad.onion/de/articles/8937-20241018-not-welcome-mr-president.html
Tags: #Rally #BrandenburgerTor #Friko #BidenNotWelcome #Ukraine #Russia #Israel #Palestine #nuclear weapons #military #Bundeswehr #armament #arms exports #drones #peace #war #peace education #human rights #civilian clauses #DarkEagle #medium-range missiles

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

#Putin’s ‘Merchant of Death’ Is Back in the #Arms #Business. This Time Selling to the #Houthis.

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-s-merchant-of-death-is-back-in-the-arms-business-this-time-selling-to-the-houthis/ar-AA1rNKsT

Arming a belligerent in the #MiddleEast #conflict would also mark an escalation for #Russia, which has been strengthening #security ties with #Tehran but has generally stayed away from the confrontation between #Israel and its Iran-backed foes.

#war #terror #business #politics #news #military #weapons

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

#Nato: From #ColdWar to #Ukraine, a #History of the World’s Most Powerful #Alliance

source: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n15/tom-stevenson/ill-suited-to-reality

In 1998, John Lewis Gaddis bemoaned that the decision to admit #Poland, #Hungary and the #Czech Republic was taken with almost no public debate and that ‘with remarkably few exceptions’ historians saw it as ‘ill-conceived, ill-timed and above all ill-suited to the realities of the post-Cold War world’. Enlargement violated the principle of magnanimity in victory, and risked driving #Russia to forge an anti-hegemonic alliance with #China.

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#Military spending by European states has increased by more than 60 per cent since 2014. Yet G7 meetings are still surpassingly easy for US diplomats to run. Nato is both stronger than ever and just as unsuited to averting the next world #crisis.

#politics #diplomacy #finance #arms #future #USA #security #defense #Europe

Tom Stevenson · Ill-Suited to Reality: Nato’s Delusions

The descriptions of Nato by US leaders have often had little to do with the defence of Europe and a lot to do with Nato...

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brainwavelost@nerdpol.ch
brainwavelost

If wars are waged to make some richer, then wars will be waged as long as it is possible to generate income.
Weapons are a huge source of income for some.

In 2016, some thought that the record holder for funneling people's money into the pockets of the military-industrial complex and its beneficiaries appeared to be the F-35.

MPJ 78
11-02-2016

F-35 an aircraft for everything, so all in all for nothing. With the armament mounted on the external nodes, it loses its "invisibility" for the radars. Inside there is only room for 2 medium range missiles. It did not outmaneuver the F-16 in a mock battle. In this respect it is inferior to the F-15, F-18, F-22, Mig-29, Su-27, Su-30, Su-35, Eurofighter and Rafale. It is slower than the oldies such as the MiG-25 and the Mig-31. Therefore, its utility as a fighter is highly problematic. As a support aircraft, it is too fragile and takes too little armament, well, and it needs fighter cover, if only in the form of the F-15. All in all, it is not a fighter, but a product whose primary purpose is to make money. In this regard, it is the absolute record holder and the undisputed leader.

source translated with the help of deeple.com

#money #profit #wealth #power #war #arms #arms-industry #weapon-industry

F-35 - supernowoczesny myśliwiec czy konstrukcyjny bubel? - WP Facet

Męskie tematy: czym jeździć, jak podrywać, jak się bawić.

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torsten_torsten@opensocial.at
Torsten Torsten

Niemand von uns kann wissen, ob er oder sie in 5 Jahren #flüchten muss. Gibt es (Pläne für) soetwas wie eine (globale) #Versicherung gegen #Flucht? Diese #Flüchtlingsversicherung könnte finanziert werden von Firmen, die in der #Rüstung und der CO2-Förderung Geld verdienen, ggf. auch durch die #Tobinsteuer, also durch Institutionen, die an wachsender #Ungleichheit und Konflikten gewinnen. Die Verteilung und Verwaltung könnte durch UNHCR oder so organisiert werden.

Nobody of us knows if or when he or she becomes a refugee during the next 5 years. So is there something like (a plan for) a global #insurance for people who are threatened by losing their homes? This insurance could be financed by companies earning money with #arms and #CO2, or also by #tobin tax, short by all institutions that make a profit on growing conflicts and #inequality. #UNHCR could organise and control this #insurance.

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aljazeera@squeet.me
Al Jazeera (unofficial)

Israeli civilians becoming gun owners in record numbers | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

Over 100,000 Israelis have submitted gun license applications since Hamas' October 7 attack, encouraged by government officials and new doubts about their co...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Hamas #Israel #Palestine #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #applications #arms #buying #civilians #guns #latestnews #licenses #newsheadlines #purchases #security #war #weapons
Israeli civilians becoming gun owners in record numbers | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

What is #Hamas' #strategy and is #suicide a strategy at all?

For those who know little about the #MiddleEastConflict, Hamas' strategy seems very irrational. Sure, they have caused a lot of deaths on both sides, spread #fear and #terror, but they cannot win and now bear the #consequence of the #destruction of the #Gaza Strip.

What we have to keep in mind is that the #peace process (if it would be successful) would make Hamas obsolete. #Israel has recently moved diplomatically closer to Saudi Arabia. This does not please #Iran, which in no way wants its #enemy #SaudiArabia to be strengthened by peace with Israel. Iran, in the other hand, is Hamas's suspected main weapons supplier. Therefore, the American aircraft carrier at the coast of Israel makes sense. This is a sign to Iran, because the aircraft carrier is useless for the pacification of Gaza.

The question remains why the Israeli ground forces have not yet stepped forward and why the aircraft carrier is useless? Gaza has multiple levels of tunnels underground, and these tunnels contain command centers, weapons, and supplies. A battle in these tunnel systems would be very costly for the Israeli army. With airplanes and bombs you can bomb the Gaza Strip (which only hits the civilians) but not the tunnel system.

Which brings us back to the Hamas strategy:
1) Preventing the #peace process.
2) Spreading terror and fear in Israel.
3) Provoking the Israeli army to cause a lot of collateral damage in order to discredit it in the world press.
4) Activating sympathizers worldwide for the supposed Palestine cause.
5) Helping states like Iran and #Russia destabilize Western democracies.

Gaza bombed

#news #conflict #war #problem #democracy #weapons #arms #CollateralDamage #crime

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steelnomad@diasp.org
steelnomad

An interview with World Without War: 3 x 5 lessons from a 20 years old movement

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World Without War is a member of #War Resisters' International based in #SouthKorea, and is one of the most successful #pacifist and #antimilitarist movements in #Asia, taking action on issues such as the #arms trade, ending mandatory male #conscription and #activist #empowerment.

This year, WWW is celebrating its 20th anniversary by celebrating its achievements, reflecting on its challenges, and envisioning the coming years/decades. To mark this occasion, we interviewed front-line #activist Jungmin Choi. She has responded to our questions in consultation with the WWW team. Here, they have dived deep into their past, present and future, making this a valuable read for the #pacifists and antimilitarists actively resisting war and reducing its causes within the country and globally.

This interview, among other things, considers issues that are crucial for the Asia #Peace Network and the wider War Resisters' International to consider, if we want to build stronger movements to resist the arms trade, take action on climate crisis and #militarism, and promote activist emotional wellbeing. As we all know, the devastating effects of these issues transcend national borders.

Happy 20th birthday to World Without War!

#antiwar #pacifist #pacifism #HumanRights

An interview with World Without War: 3 x 5 lessons from a 20 years old movement

World Without War is a member of War Resisters' International based in South Korea, and is one of the most successful pacifist and antimilitarist movements in Asia, taking action on issues such as the arms trade, ending mandatory male conscription...

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nowisthetime@pod.automat.click
nowisthetime

#Who #Rules The #World And Starts #Wars And #Pandemics? This Mep Has The Answer:
Who rules the world? Who starts wars and pandemics? Is it Biden? Is it Putin? Believing that the pharmaceutical industry wants healthy citizens is like believing that the military industry strives for world peace, #MEP #MislavKolakusic said in the #European# Parliament.

#BlackRock, #Vanguard and State Street — investment funds most #people have #never heard of — manage more than $15 trillion in assets. These asset managers have interests in all major pharmaceuticals, #media, #transport companies, #arms #manufacturers and #banks.
video
https://rumble.com/v1u67ew-november-13-2022.html

#Insatiable #Greed
They are the largest shareholders of #Pfizer, #Moderna and Johnson & #Johnson, among others. They have a majority stake in six of the 10 largest pharmaceutical giants. They have a majority stake in all the companies that have manufactured corona vaccines.

The fact that we are experiencing skyrocketing #inflation, which affects ordinary citizens the most, is not an economic phenomenon, but the result of the insatiable greed of the owners of these asset managers who set prices, Kolakusic argues.
Completely clear
They also have the #military industry in the pocket. BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street own the largest weapons manufacturers, including Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrop Grumman.
It's absolutely clear who rules the world and makes all the important decisions, be it wars or pandemics, says Kolakusic.
Blackrock & Vanguard are both connected to #WEF #Agenda2030 & #NetZero2050 #Tyranny!