NATO at 70
Opposition to NATO 70th Anniversary Summit in Britain During General Election
No to NATO! action
in
London, England,
April 2, 2019, as NATO celebrates the 70th
anniversary
of its founding.
The British anti-war organizations -- the Stop the War
Coalition, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and the No to NATO, No
to War Network -- are organizing actions across Britain on the occasion
of the NATO Summit to be held in England in December. The organizers
write:
"On December 3 and 4, the North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation (NATO) will mark its 70th anniversary with a Heads of
State Summit in London. With Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Recep
Tayyip Erdogan set to attend this gathering of the world's largest
nuclear-armed military alliance, it is vital that the peace and
anti-war movements are mobilized to full capacity to oppose what John
Pilger calls an 'American invention designed to impose American power
on Europe.' In advance of the protests being organized around the
Queen's reception for NATO leaders on December 3, [the Stop the War
Coalition and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament] are hosting a
counter-summit in Central London. The event will bring together
anti-war voices from across Europe and beyond, to discuss NATO's
nuclear warmongering, its interventionist wars, and set out how civil
society can work to abolish NATO and create a more peaceful world.
 "NATO is by design a powerful arm of U.S.
foreign policy, and increasingly dangerous in the hands of the reckless
Donald Trump. We must take action against NATO -- Join us in saying 'No
to NATO' on November 30."
The organizers write:
"Donald Trump is coming to London in December for the
NATO Heads of State summit. On Tuesday, December 3, the Queen will be
hosting a reception for NATO leaders at Buckingham Palace and it is
crucial we raise our voices against the world's largest nuclear-armed
military alliance which is overseen by one of the most reckless U.S.
Presidents in history.
"Donald Trump is a racist, a misogynist and a climate
change denier who threatens communities at home while destabilizing the
rest of the globe.
"NATO, as an aggressive and expansionist nuclear and
military alliance, plays a dangerous global role -- it is still in
Afghanistan 18 years on and is expanding further into Eastern Europe,
the Middle East and Latin America.
"The summit is a crucial opportunity for our movement to
oppose Trump, his nuclear warmongering, interventionism and destructive
social and political agenda. Let's unite against war and military
aggression and ensure President Trump's visit to Britain will be met
with the response that it deserves.
"Assemble at 4:00 pm in Trafalgar Square on December 3
for music and speeches before we march to Buckingham Palace saying loud
and clear: No to Trump, No to NATO!"
International Counter Summit
Saturday, November 30 -- 10:30 am-5:30 pm
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Ave., London WC2H 8EP
For information click
here.
Demonstration
December 3 -- 4:00 pm
Assemble at Trafalgar Square and March to Buckingham Palace
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This article was published in
Volume 49 Number 28 - November 23, 2019
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