The Europe for Peace Declaration was drafted in 2007 by members of the humanist movement to promote disarmament and peace through the immense power of non-violence. Internationally, it has been endorsed by Noam Chomsky, Mikhail Gorbachev, Giulietto Chiesa, Dario Fo, Margherita Hack and many organisations have backed the Declaration.
The campaign has spread around the world, and one of its main achievements was to help stop the United States from building a space shield in the Czech Republic, despite the majority of the population being against it.
Now we are committed to stopping the madness of the war in Ukraine between Russia and the US before it explodes into a third world war.
Before the end of the cold war, nuclear apocalypse was a frightening possibility that overshadowed everyone’s lives. With tensions rising between the US and North Korea, we can learn valuable lessons from CND and Greenham Common
A bit of background in case you are interested:- Professional I am Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. I am also a part-time Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manchester, where I'm affiliated with the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute. Until August this year I was Secretary General of…
Interview wirh Jo Leinen about the European elections and the Ukraine crisis. Leinen: "The "single" idea of Europe no longer exists. After WWII it was easy to agree on the idea of peace. Now it has become more diverse. While the idea of peace still remains – just look at Ukraine – there is the concept of being able to continue living a good life in Europe. In the 21st century we want to defend our values and our interests in an ever-shrinking world. Granted, that is a bit more complicated to explain but it is just as important as the idea for peace." Leinen has called it a disservice that the German Constitutional Court ruled to remove the 3% electoral threshold". He says: "The Court underestimates the role of the parliament as a legislative body and as a means of assembling the European executive. It seems to have compared the European level to the level of a city council, where it does not matter how many parties emerge. That is wrong. We need to bundle interests. A fragmented European parliament is less able to make decisions than one in which political currents and interests are bundled into various political groups. Everything else hinders and complicates its work."