Yes to peace! No to NATO!
01.12.2019
LISBON – Dec. 03, 2019 18:00H Rua do Carmo
OPORTO – Dec.04, 2019
18:00H Rua de Santa Catarina
Yes to peace! No to NATO!
No to the NATO warmonger summit in London
The North Atlantic Treaty
Organization - NATO - on 3 and 4
December, will hold a summit in London, marking once again the 70th anniversary
of the establishment of this warmongering
political-military bloc.
As in previous summits, much
will be said about 'peace' and 'security', but the decisions that will be taken
will reveal increased military spending,
new and more sophisticated armaments,
militarism and war.
Since its formation in 1949,
which included Portugal, then under a fascist dictatorship, NATO has been an instrument at the service
of the United States foreign policy and its military-industrial complex.
Over the decades, NATO has been responsible for and has
supported coups d'état, wars of aggression and military occupations - as in
Cyprus, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan or Libya - and is responsible for a huge legacy
of death, suffering and destruction by millions of homeless and refugees.
NATO is not a 'defensive'
organization, it is an
aggressively-oriented political-military bloc that grants itself the 'right' to
intervene militarily anywhere in the world, under any pretext, in violation of
the principles of the United Nations Charter. and international law, which
should govern relations between countries and safeguard the sovereignty and
rights of peoples.
NATO is the most serious threat to peace and security in the world:
- The overwhelming
majority of foreign bases and military installations in the world are
from USA/NATO (around 1,000)
- 29 NATO members account for more than half of total world
military spending; taking over the US $ 700 billion in 2019, more than
a third of the total;
- NATO follows the US Nuclear Doctrine, which allows for a so-called
'pre-emptive' first nuclear strike, including against states that do not have such weapons;
- USA/NATO have been reinforcing modern military
bases, fleets, contingents and forces near the borders of Russia and
China, exacerbating tension in eastern Europe and the Far East;
- the process of militarization of the European
Union constitutes itself as the 'European pillar' of NATO, sharing its
bellicose purposes;
- through subsquent enlargements,
partnerships and agreements, NATO
has extended its influence and area of intervention throughout the world;
- USA/NATO are responsible for the militarization
of space and 'cyberspace' and the
escalation in the military use of
new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI);
- NATO
supported the US decision to withdraw from the INF Treaty, which poses a
serious threat to peace.
Portugal must be by the side
of peace and disarmament!
Portugal must reject militarism, arms race, war, including the
participation of Portuguese armed forces in aggression against other peoples.
Respecting
the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, Portuguese Government must:
- to strive for national
independence, peaceful settlement of international conflicts, non-interference
in the internal affairs of other states, cooperation with all other peoples for
the emancipation and progress of humanity;
- advocate the abolition of
imperialism, colonialism and all other forms of aggression, domination and
exploitation in relations between peoples, as well as the general simultaneous
and controlled disarmament, the dissolution of the political-military blocs and
the establishment of a security system order to establish an international
order capable of ensuring peace and justice in relations between peoples.
Nowadays, the struggle for
peace, sovereignty, democracy and the rights of the peoples is pressing.
A new confrontation that
would have catastrophic consequences for humanity must be avoided!
However strong those who bet
on war, it is not inevitable. It is up to the peoples
of the world, united in a broad and active movement in defense of peace and
disarmament, to stop them!
The subscribing organizations
call for participation in the actions that will take place in Lisbon and Porto, on the 3rd and 4th of
December 2019, under the slogan Yes to Peace! No to NATO !, and
reaffirm the importance of upholding the
principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter and Article 7 of the
Constitution of the Portuguese Republic - sovereignty, peace,
cooperation - certain that these remain the best they serve the cause of peace
and the aspirations of humanity.
Consistently, they
require:
• the dissolution of NATO;
• the end of the aggression wars promoted by NATO and its members;
• the abolition of nuclear weapons and other
weapons of mass destruction;
• the signing and ratification of the Nuclear
Weapons Ban Treaty by the Portuguese
authorities;
• the dismantling of the THAAD anti-missile
system that the US/NATO has installed, notably in Europe and Asia;
• the rejection of the militarization of space;
• the reversal of the militarization process of
the European Union;
• the end of the arms race and the use of funds
to solve the problems that plague people;
• general, simultaneous and controlled disarmament;
• the end of the use of new technologies for military purposes;
• the defense of the principles enshrined in the Constitution of the
Portuguese Republic and in the Charter of the United Nations and international
law, with particular significance when the 45th
anniversary of the April Revolution is marked
Subscriber
Organizations (so far):
1.
Associação Água Pública
2.
Associação de Amizade Portugal - Cuba
3.
Associação Intervenção Democrática (ID)
4.
Associação Portuguesa de Amizade e Cooperação Iúri Gagárin
5.
Coletivo Andorinha - Frente Democrática Brasileira de Lisboa
6.
Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses - Intersindical Nacional
(CGTP-IN)
7.
Confederação Nacional de Reformados, Pensionistas e Idosos (MURPI)
8.
Confederação Portuguesa de Quadros Técnicos e Científicos
9.
Conselho Português para a Paz e Cooperação (CPPC)
10.
Ecolojovem - Os Verdes
11.
Federação dos Sindicatos de Transportes e Comunicações
12.
Federação Intersindical das Indústrias Metalúrgicas, Químicas, Eléctricas,
Farmacêutica, Celulose, Papel, Gráfica, Imprensa, Energia e Minas
13.
Federação Nacional de Sindicatos de Trabalhadores em Funções Públicas e Sociais
14.
Federação Portuguesa dos Sindicatos de Comércio, Escritórios e Serviços
15.
Frente Anti-Racista (FAR)
16.
Fundação José Saramago
17.
Inter-Reformados / CGTP-IN
18.
Juventude Comunista Portuguesa (JCP)
19.
Movimento Democrático de Mulheres (MDM)
20.
Movimento pelos Direitos do Povo Palestino e pela Paz no Médio Oriente (MPPM)
21.
Sindicato dos Trabalhadores do Comércio, Escritórios e Serviços de Portugal
22.
Sindicato dos Trabalhadores do Município de Lisboa
23.
União dos Sindicatos de Lisboa
24.
União dos Sindicatos do Distrito de Leiria
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