On the first weekend in February, the government representatives, military men, war strategists, and arms lobbyists, mainly from NATO and EU countries, will be meeting in the Hotel Bayerischer Hof again.
A billion people go hungry. “Every five seconds, a child dies of malnutrition or easily curable diseases. These children do not die, they are murdered.” (Jean Ziegler) – Murdered by a world order that will stick at nothing to make a profit, by an economic system which is systematically ruining the vital natural resources of this planet, by a capitalist system that bears war within itself, as clouds bear rain.
Torture, kidnapping, and mass killing of civilians are aspects of war, just like the sealing of our borders against refugees fleeing poverty or climate catastrophe, or the victims of German arms exports.
The victims of these wars are always people, nature, and a culture of living together on this one Earth.
This is what the military strategists at the ‘Security’ Conference stand for. They count on people keeping quiet, out of fear. Fear of unemployment, fear for the future of their children, or fear of terrorism.
Those responsible for criminal wars, for worldwide poverty, and for ecological lunacy want to make people believe that “There Is No Alternative” to their world order.
However, many people are beginning to resist. Our rulers are preparing for this with a terrorism hype. They are expanding the surveillance regime, inflating police forces, and even want to use the military at home.
But there are always alternatives. They start with acting in solidarity, protest, and resistance. Let us show the self-appointed world rulers and arm-chair strategists:
We will demonstrate
The world does not need NATO, or any other military alliances. What we need are peace, disarmament, development, and social justice.
We will not be intimidated, and reject defamatory insinuations that serve as an excuse for police repression – and also for restricting our freedom of assembly.
This is not working in Stuttgart or in Gorleben. It will not work in Munich, either.