As part of the LAP peace camp, join this conference where local and international speakers and participants will challenge US militarism and the drive for never ending wars.
US determination to maintain its global domination – by military, as well as political and economic means – has brought death and destruction, environmental degradation, and impoverishment to countless millions across the planet.
In recent years US contempt for international law, and its trashing of international arms control treaties, have made the world a far more dangerous place. Its systematic expansion of nuclear-armed NATO – now gone global – and its pursuance of bilateral military alliances, has brought tension and conflict, risking wider wars and even global nuclear conflagration. The second Trump presidency is likely to make matters worse.
Central to US militarisation and its increasing nuclearisation, is its extensive network of foreign military bases – in the region of 800. A number of US bases across Europe – under the auspices of NATO – enable US nuclear weapons to be present in Europe. They put Europe on the front line in US wars, and risk nuclear war being fought in Europe. These bases are currently in the process of being equipped with upgraded and more versatile nuclear weapons, as well as being used to support ongoing US wars. One of these bases is USAF/RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.
This conference aims to analyse these political and military developments – globally, regionally and locally, drawing together movements and activists from across the world, to support each other, strategise together, and plan action for resistance and change. Please join us.
Speakers include: Koichi Toyoshima – Japan; Sung Hee Choi – Jeju campaign, South Korea; Sean Connor – International Peace Bureau; Ulla Klotzer – Women for Peace, Finland; Ludo de Brabander – Vrede, Belgium; Sophie Bolt – CND, UK; Frits ter Kuile – Catholic Worker, Amsterdam; Angie Zelter – Lakenheath Alliance for Peace; Joe Lombardo, UNAC, USA; Alain Rouy – Le Mouvement de la paix, France; Reiner Braun – No to War – No to NATO Network; Kate Hudson – CND, UK.
Tickets are free but donations towards the cost of running the event welcomed.
Organised by the Lakenheath Alliance for Peace. For any queries please contact info@lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk