Global Campaign on Military Spending
Demilitarize! Invest in People's Needs
by IPB
By Choe Sang-Hun
PAJU, South Korea — A group of 30 female peace activists, including the feminist leader Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace Prize laureates, crossed the demilitarized zone from North Korea to South Korea on Sunday, calling for an end to the Korean War, whose unresolved hostility has been symbolized by the heavily armed border for six decades. Continue reading–>
by IPB
By Pere Ortega and Jordi Calvo Rufanges
“For the first time since the crisis began in 2008, there is an increase in the Spanish military budget…(But) as it occurs every year in the proposal of the general state budgets, the amount destined to the Defense Ministry is being undervalued…” So says the Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau (IPB member organisation, Barcelona) in its new report on the 2015 budget, “Inertia, waste and fraud in the military expenditure: Spanish Defense Budget Analysis in 2015”. English edition
by IPB
By Manu Pubby
NEW DELHI: A ‘Made in India’ American gun may finally boom for India’s army. And the potential list of Indian companies as partners of American defence major BAE includes India Inc blue chips Tata, L&T and Mahindra. Continue reading–>
by IPB
By Francesca Panetta, Executive Producer
‘The Guardian invites you behind the scenes as we embark on a global climate change campaign. The series was the idea of our editor in chief Alan Rusbridger. Inspired by the surprise American hit Serial, he asked whether we could do something similar with climate change. His idea was to follow the team behind the scenes, living out our values of transparency, and telling the story of climate change along the way.’ To learn more and to listen to the podcasts–>
by IPB
Media release by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament UK
The spectacular gains of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the general election are a stark indicator of opposition to the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system, which is based in Scotland, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has said.
The meteoric rise of the anti-Trident SNP has seen their number grow from 6 MPs in the previous parliament to 56 MPs, in an unprecedented election which saw swings of almost 40% to the SNP in some seats. This huge influx comes ahead of the final vote on whether or not to replace Britain’s ageing nuclear weapons system, expected in early 2016. Continue reading –>
