Reclaim the bases: global antimilitarist call alternativa antimilitarista - moc - 21.04.2006 12:57
Anti-militarist alternative - MOC, coordination of antimilitarist groups from Spain, is calling for protests, nonviolent direct actions and civil disobedience at all military bases throughout the world in the next weeks. Anti-militarist alternative - MOC, coordination of antimilitarist groups from Spain, is calling for protests, nonviolent direct actions and civil disobedience at all military bases throughout the world in the next weeks. This is an international call to all activists, groups and networks interested in antimilitarist action to perform disobedient actions in military complexes and areas. Let's block the machinery of global war that makes all of us, at both sides of the TV screen, potential victims. Let's look beyond the headlines and point at the agents involved in the preparation and promotion of that form of global control and government called war. Reclaim the bases, barracks, military exercise fields and military industries: not an inch of land to war. Let's demand the dismantling of military infrastructure in our society and its devolution for a social and ecological use. The activities may include civilian weapons inspections, nonviolent blockades, vigils, demonstrations and other creative actions in military bases, barracks, recruitment offices, weapons manufacturers or financial firms investing in the arms industry. As in the last two years, and following the example of the recent disobedience actions in the UK, a number of actions at military sites throughout Spain will take place in the next weeks. Marchs, direct actions and civil inspections are planned at the NATO's Response Force (NRF) HQ in Valencia (Bétera), the US aeronaval base in Rota, the exercise camp in San Gregorio (Zaragoza), the bombing camp of Las Bardenas (Navarra), the radar base of Sierra Aitana (Alacant), the Spanish Army quarter in Mungia (Bizkaia) and the NBQ research site of La Marañosa (Madrid), among other sites that that definitely turn the Spanish territory into a gigantic training and military agression platform that points towards the South. The capitalist exploitation and its armed defense in a global scale are the two sides of the same coin of a system without scruples, based on the profit of a minority and our submission. The era of globalization of militarism: liquidation of civil liberties at home and merciless global war outside. The new anti-terror lagislation in the UK, which limits demonstration and freedom of expression rights, and the increasing threat of a military attack on Iran are the most recent confirmations of this process. We need, then, to bring about, among all social movements, actions towards demilitarisation and aboliton of the army, towards a peace culture that leads to a radical change that gives us back control over our own lives. We want to break with the alleged consensus imposed by the media about the origins of and solutions to violence. During this month we want to open spaces for debate and direct action, for a joint action between anti-militarist and anti-capitalist movements and other fights against every form of domination and oppression. Anti-militarist Alternative-moc April 2006 E-Mail: retirada@xarxaneta.org Website: http://www.antimilitaristas.org/article.php3?id_article=2414 |