By World BEYOND War, February 10, 2025
On February 23rd people all over the world plan to hold protests calling for the closure of military bases, including those of their own nation’s military and those of foreign militaries. The list of planned actions is being updated at https://daytoclosebases.org.
WHEN: Sunday, February 23, 2025. Check time for each local action.
WHERE: Check location for each local action.
VISUALS AND ACTIONS: There will be marches, rallies, banner displays, blockades, protests, teach-ins, and all variety of nonviolent activism.
Military bases are part of a growing and disastrous global increase in spending on wars and preparations for wars. This increased militarism makes wars more likely, and the most likely targets are bases and anything near them. Bases are often the worst environmental disaster sites, polluting air, soil, and water, and often generating horrific noise pollution. Foreign bases are often mini-apartheid states with second-class status for locals and criminal immunity for militaries — a situation that can often be traced back to stolen land and other injustices. Through public pressure, bases have been closed, plans for bases have been blocked, and bases have been converted to other purposes, superior environmentally, economically, and in terms of achieving peace.
For more information on the Global Day of Action to #CloseBases, see https://daytoclosebases.org
One Response
RETE MOBILITAZIONE GLOBALE PACE sostiene questa importante azione che verrà publicizzara e condivisa con tutti i propri contatti (individui e organizzazioni che aderiscono alla Rete) e sul gruppo FB – con lo stesso nome – che conta circa 3000 iscritti.
Naturalmente vorremmo restare in contatto e poter condividere e organizzare assieme altre azioni globali: saremmo interessati ad avere contatti diretti (telefoni o mail) di attivisti.
Grazie e un grande abbraccio a tutte/tutti.
GLOBAL MOBILIZATION NETWORK FOR PEACE supports this important action, which will be promoted and shared with all its contacts (individuals and organizations that are part of the Network) and in the FB group—of the same name—which has around 3,000 members.
Of course, we would like to stay in touch and collaborate on organizing other global actions together. We would be interested in having direct contacts (phone numbers or emails) of activists.
Thank you, and a big hug to all!