{"id":1009,"date":"2016-02-15T21:10:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T20:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2020-11-06T17:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:49:00","slug":"antisiko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/antisiko\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Anti-Security Conference Demonstration in Munich 2016 #AntiSIKO"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the 13th of February, 2016, grassroots movements and activists organized protests ( #AntiSIKO<\/a>) against the 52nd Security Conference<\/a> in Munich under the slogan:<\/div>\n
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“Against militarization and war – Abolish NATO.<\/a>
\n No Justice – No Peace – without justice there is no peace.<\/a>
\n Right to stay for refugees – no human is illegal.<\/a>“<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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4000 participants and 100 organizations<\/a> came together to undertake direct action in a peaceful manner. The speakers include: Claus Schreer (Action Alliance against SIKO<\/a>), Bedia \u00d6zg\u00f6kce Ertan (kurdish member of the Turkish parliament), Reiner Braun (Cooperation for Peace), Claudia Haydt (Information on Militarization<\/a>), Mike Nagler (Attac) and Heike H\u00e4nsel (Left Party<\/a>, Member of the German parliament). The musical and cultural program included, amongst other artists, Konstantin Wecker<\/a>, Chris#2 + Justin Sane from Anti-Flag<\/a> (American Punkrock band from Pennsylvania), Prinz Chaos II<\/a>, Morgaine and the Bavarian rock band “de Ruam”.<\/p>\n

On the following day (14th of February) a strategic meeting was held in “Eine Welt Haus<\/a>” in Munich by the German peace movement. The proliferation of war due to Western imperialism, Germany’s increased global participation in war zones and the rise of poverty, refugees (circa 60 million worldwide<\/a>) and victims of war are challenging the peace movement more and more. A participant at the demonstration, summarized it with the following statement: “It is becoming more and more evident: the insanity is systemic and has to be addressed accordingly.”<\/p>\n

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In the following Interview with acTVism Munich, Noam Chomsky<\/a> describes why and how the Corporate Media discredits grassroots movements:<\/em><\/p>\n