Newsletter #10
01-09-2025
Dear friends of peace and international understanding
Despite increasingly strong protests from the population, European governments are still not exerting any real pressure on the Israeli government to stop the genocide and expulsion of the Palestinians and end the occupation. On the contrary, the deliberate starvation of the population in Gaza is being denied or downplayed, and a major military offensive is even being prepared to take the city of Gaza, where around one million people are already injured, starving and severely traumatised. Currently, journalists in Gaza are being targeted for assassination, undoubtedly to make it more difficult to obtain further images and evidence of war crimes in the plan to occupy the entire city and raze it to the ground. The latter must be prevented at all costs – which makes our project and manifesto for 3 October on peace and freedom for Palestine now all the more important!
So please help us to make it effective:
We would also be delighted if you could contribute to strengthening our mission with a financial donation.
It would be great if you could send us translations of our new manifesto in Finnish, Norwegian, Greek, Czech, Bulgarian, Danish, Estonian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian and Hungarian, as well as Hindi and African languages. We would also be very happy to have more volunteer contact persons in Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, India, Australia, New Zealand, African and South American countries!
Of course, we are also closely and actively following the issue of peace in Europe through a negotiated solution to the proxy war in Ukraine. The meeting between Presidents Trump and Putin gave cause for hope – see Michael v.d. Schulenburg’s insightful analysis on this subject: https://www.emma.de/artikel/noch-hat-die-ukraine-eine-zukunft
Unfortunately, it seems that figures such as Merz, von der Leyen, Starmer, Macron, Meloni and Zelensky are continuing to boycott dialogue and reconciliation with Russia and want to continue the war on European soil, to the detriment and against the will of their populations. Ukraine must no longer be misused as a staging area for the insane attempt to ‘ruin’ Russia! Neutrality is the best guarantee of security! Ukrainians are tired of being misused as cannon fodder for raw materials and profits for the arms industry. We, the citizens of Europe, are tired of our tax money being poured into the coffers of the arms industry at the expense of our social standards and infrastructure. We want peace and mutual understanding with Russia, which can only be achieved through dialogue and a balance of interests that also takes Russian security interests into account.
Therefore, on Anti-War Day on 1 September in Germany and on 21 September worldwide, please read our manifesto from 9 May again – it has lost none of its relevance.
Therefore, on Anti-War Day on 1 September in Germany and on 21 September worldwide, please read our manifesto from 9 May again – it has lost none of its relevance.
Many international actions are already planned for Anti-War Day, especially on 21 September. Here are just a few examples of actions by our partners:
7.-21.9. 7-21 September 25 (camp), 20 September 25 (demonstration)Ulm:Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest private arms manufacturer, produces weapons that enable the genocide in Gaza! Elbit’s European headquarters are located in Ulm.
21 September 2025, 1:00–5:30 p.m. at the Château de Pourtalès in Strasbourg, free and open to all: dissemination of a PEACEABILITY programme based on and supporting our European peace project and its manifesto, reaffirming that freedom, fraternity, the rule of law and democracy are the true foundations of Europe. In a world threatened by violence and the current policy of rearmament everywhere, the event calls on each of us to seek peaceful solutions in local, European and global affairs. Further information https://www.eurobogen.com/
13 September 2025 Berlin 2:00 p.m. Brandenburg Gate, appeal “No weapons in war zones!
Peace instead of an arms race! We don’t believe your lies. Your double standards are unbearable. Your playing with fire frightens us.” by: Massiv (rapper), Bausa (rapper), Peter Maffay, Dieter Hallervorden, Gabriele Krone-Schmalz, Sahra Wagenknecht, https://weltinfrieden.de/
These and hundreds of other events are excellent opportunities to distribute our flyers and read out the manifesto.
There are already events planned for
3 October at 1 p.m. in Berlin and Stuttgart in cooperation with us from ‘Nie wieder Krieg – die Waffen nieder!’ (No more war – lay down your arms!) In Berlin, probably at Bebelplatz. Stuttgart at Schlossplatz.
For more detailed information, including speakers, visit: https://nie-wieder-krieg.org/
It is encouraging, however, that the majority of the world’s population in the Global South actually shares our view that conflicts should be resolved through dialogue, mutual understanding, trust, respect and the balancing of interests, and that peace should be regarded as the highest good and war as a means of politics should be outlawed. We were able to experience this again recently during an exchange at a symposium on the ‘80th anniversary of the Chinese people’s victory in the war of resistance against Japanese aggression and the global anti-fascist war’ at the Chinese Consulate General, where we also discussed the historical lessons of the Second World War and the peaceful shaping of the new world order. This article is also worth reading: http://dusseldorf.china-consulate.gov.cn/det/xwdt_6/202508/t20250822_11694005.htm
Stay strong, stay active and stay peaceful.
Isabelle