Organizing Notes

Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He offers his own reflections on organizing and the state of America's declining empire....

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The collapsing US military & economic empire is making Washington & NATO even more dangerous. US could not beat the Taliban but thinks it can take on China-Russia-Iran...a sign of psychopathology for sure. We must all do more to help stop this western corporate arrogance that puts the future generations lives in despair. @BruceKGagnon

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

2024 GN dues reminder

 


 

If you've not yet donated to the Global Network in 2024 please consider doing so now by clicking on this secure credit card link.
 
If you've already donated this year we thank you very much.
 
It's never been more important to support our work to Keep Space for Peace as we currently witness major efforts by the US and NATO to make the heavens a new war zone of western 'control and domination'.
 
Each day we learn about new major spending commitments by Washington and the EU (and their allies in the Asia-Pacific like Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and more) to climb aboard the Pentagon's thrust into space. Domestic spending in all these nations is being cut as a result.

 


 
The Global Network for the past 32 years has worked hard to internationalize the opposition to plans for war in space. We've learned that space war would in fact impact our Mother Earth below in unimaginable ways.
 
So please help us continue our work with your support.
 
If you'd rather make your donation by check thru the mail just send to:
 
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Thanks from all of us at the GN for your kind support.
 
Bruce Gagnon
GN Coordinator


'Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.'
~ Henry David Thoreau  

Monday, March 18, 2024

NATO's largest military base on Black Sea coast in Romania

 


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Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, NATO is building new military base in Romania. The facility is supposed to become the largest NATO military base in Europe.

The new military base should be based on the old 57th Air Base of the Romanian Air Force “Mikhail Kogalniceanu” near port city of Constanta. The construction of the new large military facility on the Black Sea coast is a clear signal to Moscow.

The new military base has an area of 2.8 thousand hectares. It should host 10,000 NATO soldiers and their family members on a permanent basis.

The construction of the bases reportedly costs about 2.5 billion euros. The project includes new runways, military depots, hangars for aircraft, as well as civilian infrastructure like schools, kindergartens, shops and a hospital.

According to the announced area of the facility, the new base will be almost three times larger than the 99th Deveselu military base in Romania, where the US Aegis Ashore missile defense systems are located. The new base should larger than the base of the US Air Force in Ramstein (Germany).

 



NATO acknowledged that the new military is being built in a “new geopolitical context” and after completion of construction it will become the most important permanent NATO military base in the immediate vicinity of the Russian Federation. All NATO decisions confirm that the Western warmongers are preparing to the long lasting military confrontation with Russia. The new base will pose a great threat to Russian facilities in Crimea and new regions of the Russian Federation.

German missiles could carry nukes

 


By Gilbert Doctorow

I am just a layman as regards military hardware, but I will stick my neck out a bit to mention one aspect of the controversy in Germany over sending Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine that barely is mentioned in our media. We hear time and again that the issue is the range of these missiles, 500 km, which would give the Ukrainians the possibility of destroying the iconic Kerch (Crimea) bridge and attacking other targets way behind Russian lines with devastating effect.  That, presumably, would lead to a further escalation from the Russian side, exposing German military production centers to attack.

However, at least in Russian media there is another issue: the Taurus are said to be nuclear enabled, meaning they could carry tactical nuclear weapons.  If that is true, then incoming Taurus missiles could well prompt the Russians to ‘launch on warning’ a strategic nuclear attack on Germany, or on the USA as they may choose.

There are rumors in Germany that Scholz’s decision against sending the Taurus to Ukraine was advised by none other than Joe Biden. If so, then the possible nuclear boomerang described above could have been the argument which prevailed.

Postscript:
A colleague in Germany has just provided ‘the missing link’ regarding the nuclear capability of the Taurus missile: https://www.sevimdagdelen.de/atomare-bestueckung-von-taurus-marschflugkoerpern/#:~:text=Ist%20der%20Bundesregierung%20bekannt%2C%20dass,dem%20Hintergrund%2C%20dass%20der%20Aufbau

In his words, the German government is not responding directly to the question because that would harm Germany in its possibilities for defense. But they don’t deny that the Taurus can be nuclear armed. As for NATO, they only pledge that they won’t put on nuclear warheads, which means that they could.

~ Gilbert Doctorow writes about International relations and Russian affairs.

Big news - good for Niger

 


 

Richard Medhurst, independent journalist from the United Kingdom reports on the breaking developments from the capital Niamey: Niger has cancelled all military accords with the United States, kicking out the 1,100 troops left in the country. 

Six months ago the new government also evicted all French forces from Niger.

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Putin: '500 years of western colonial terror coming to an end...'

 


 

The West realized that it was impossible to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia! 

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an interview to a Russian journalist. In particular, they talked about the crisis around Ukraine.

Putin nails the exceptional arrogance of the west as he attempts to help share the growing demands from the Global South for an end to western empire

Sunday song

 




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Saturday, March 16, 2024

More flour massacres by the barbarians

 


 

Israeli forces have once again fired on Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid near Kuwait roundabout in Gaza City, killing at least 21 people. Thousands of people were gathering at the Kuwait roundabout, an intersection on a major road linking the north and south of the strip. 

Witnesses say Israeli forces used helicopters, tanks and drones to fire on crowds - it's a location that has been repeatedly attacked by Israel’s military. 

Al Jazeera's Aksel Zaimovic reports.

What next in Palestine?

 


 

In this episode of Centre Stage, our guest is Ilan Pappé. 

He’s an Israeli historian and professor at the University of Exeter. Pappé is known for his outspoken views on the Israeli-Palestinian question - drawing both praise and criticism. He’s the author of several books including "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine", in which he challenges the traditional Israeli narrative over the establishment of Israel in 1948. 

Pappé discusses the dangers of the Zionist ideology and its impact on Israel and Palestine, the historical context of October 7, and his vision for a one-state solution. 

Dareen Abughaida is a principal presenter at Al Jazeera English.