[fse-esf] Bush in Germany

Wed Jul 5 22:25:31 CEST 2006

Dear all,

on the 13th July 2006 the US-President Bush will once again visit Germany. After his visits 2002 in Berlin and 2005 in Mainz he will come now to Stralsund, a small town at the Baltic Sea. 

German peace movement is going to prepare a reasonable welcome to Mr. Bush. 

For this we will have manifestations on the 13th July all over in Germany and in Stralsund.

All peace activists around the country of the Baltic Sea are warmly asked to follow these activities and come to Stralsund to protest against war and occupation.  

Below you will find a brief information about the protests in Stralsund and the declaration issued by German peace movement: 

10:00 a.m. - Beginning:  Information, Talk, Culture at the 2 start points 
1. Triebseer Chaussee (near main station) 

2. Mankschen Wiese (near station Rügendamm) here you will find parking place for cars or busses

2 p.m. - demonstration
4 p.m. - manifestation and culture program

with speaker from US peace movement, Iran, Israel and German peace movement

8 p.m.  - end

Some more information you will find at our website www.bush-in-stralsund.de

For requests you can contact orgelus at gmx.de

With best wishes

Hannelore Tölke

Deutscher Friedensrat

"Bush in Germany: "He is not our guest!"

Bush in Germany: "He is not our guest!" End the Wars - Stop the Planning for Wars! 

We will receive US President Bush on his visit on 13 July 2006 in Stralsund with appropriately broad protests. His arrogant power politics are by now rejected even by most of US society. And here, too, we must make it clear to him that he is not welcome. 

We demand of his hostess, Chancellor Merkel, that she not support any acts of war against Iran. All attempts to date to solve political problems militarily have failed bloodily. War must no longer be a means of politics! A war against Iran would not only cost many people's lives and destroy the country's infrastructure, but also smash the civil society which seeks to live in peace and solidarity, democratically and free from oppression. 

Despite this, the US government leaves no doubt about its desire to attack Iran militarily. It will not even preclude the use of its own nuclear weapons. Opposition by Europe can thwart these plans. 

The German government has already provided substantial aid for the warmaking policies of the USA: by the use of the military air bases located here, and by providing guards for the US military installations: by the deployment of the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan and on the Horn of Africa, as well as by aid in the form of training and materiel for Iraqi troops. This complicity must be ended! 

The German government broke the ban on wars of aggression stipulated in our Constitution and binding under international law for the first time in 1999, in the war on Yugoslavia. It is pursuing single-mindedly the conversion of the Bundeswehr into an army for intervention that can be deployed throughout the world. The new White Book announced by Minister of Defence Jung is intended to redefine "defence of the nation", so as to justify military action by the Bundeswehr throughout the world, and to declare it the normal situation. 

Domestically, the so-called "War on Terrorism" is accompanied by increasing diminishment of social services and democratic rights. Soon, they intend to make use of the Bundeswehr at home, as well. The World Cup is serving as the first trial run. Interior Minister Sch"uble wants to use information obtained by torture in court, thus undermining the worldwide ban on torture. 

The US government needs European countries as close allies in its "Coalition of the Willing", so as to be able to wage further "wars on terrorism". But the wars waged by the USA are themselves terror and the source of ever more violence. In fact, their real aim is control over the main sources of oil and other sources of energy in the Near and Middle East, on into Central Asia. 

We demand: 

  a.. No war against Iran 
  b.. Withdrawal of the occupation forces from Iraq and Afghanistan 
  c.. An end to the participation by NATO, EU and Bundeswehr in worldwide wars 
  d.. Punishment of all those responsible for torture and mistreatment of prisoners and attacks on civilians 
  e.. A nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Near and Middle East region 
  f.. A new international initiative for global systematic nuclear disarmament, as stipulated in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty 
  g.. Establishment of a permanent conference on security and cooperation in the Middle and Near East 
  h.. No wars for oil or other natural resources: giving up nuclear and fossil fuels, taking up renewable sources of energy 
This is what we advocate:
In order to solve peacefully the urgent problems facing people globally, the world does not need any warmaking alliances, such as are forged at the G-8 summit meetings, but rather disarmament and cooperation based on solidarity. We want the law of nations and national sovereignty and borders to be respected, and a civilian and social Europe with a commitment to disarmament. Our priority needs are subsidized jobs and investments in childcare, education, healthcare, and environmental protection. 

That is what we will be demonstrating for together on July 13th in Stralsund, and on July 13th to 15th throughout the country. 

No blood for oil!
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