As the conflict in Ukraine is raging and heads of states of
NATO member countries get ready to meet in Madrid June 28-30, we
invite you to join us in discussing and
deconstructing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with three
expert guests: Ajamu Baraka of Black Alliance for Peace, Ret. Colonel
Ann Wright of CODEPINK and Veterans for Peace, and Alice Slater of
World Beyond War.
This discussion is more important now than ever.
Join us as we look back at NATO expansion into Eastern
Europe that preceded the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and challenge
NATO's war plans targeting nuclear-armed Russia and China.
While the NATO members meet to discuss war plans, peace
activists in Europe are gearing up for anti-NATO summit protests and
our guests will put NATO "on trial" for its past crimes in Kosovo,
Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Don’t miss this timely event
as we talk about how to step back from the brink of war with
nuclear-armed states and how to move towards a NATO-free
world.
Featuring
Ajamu Baraka is the national organizer of
the Black Alliance for Peace and was the 2016 candidate for vice
president of the United States on the Green Party ticket. Baraka
serves on the Executive Committee of the U.S. Peace Council and
leadership body of the United National Anti-War Coalition (UNAC)
and the steering committee of the Black is Back
Coalition. Baraka is an editor and contributing columnist
for the Black Agenda Report and was awarded the US Peace Memorial 2019
Peace Prize and the Serena Shirm award for uncompromised integrity in
journalism.
Colonel Ann Wright spent 13 years in the
U.S. Army and sixteen more years in the Army Reserves, retiring as a
Colonel who also served as U.S. Deputy Ambassador in Sierra Leone,
Micronesia, Afghanistan and Mongolia. On March 19, 2003,
the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Ann Wright
resigned, stating that without the authorization of the
UN Security Council, the invasion and occupation of Iraq would be a
violation of international law. Ann will soon attend several NO to
NATO events in Europe.
Alice Slater serves on the Board of
Directors of World Beyond War, as the UN NGO Representative of the
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and on the Advisory Board of Nuclear
Ban-US. A member of the Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms
Control, Alice travelled to Russia and China on delegations engaged in
ending the arms race and banning the bomb. She serves on the People's
Climate Committee - NYC, working for 100% Green Energy by
2030.
Take Action!
Israel is currently carrying out its largest expulsion of
Palestinians in decades. Home demolitions in Masafer Yatta in the
occupied West Bank are underway. Please join us in asking the State
Department to act immediately to stop Israel’s forced expulsion of
over 1,000 Palestinians.
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Finally, if you missed our last meeting, you can view it here on YouTube. View the entire CODEPINK
Congress archives here.
Onward toward peace and
justice,
Medea, Marcy, Hanieh, Shea, and the
entire CODEPINK team
