By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, June 5, 2023
The U.S. military had threatened to use the mountains of Sinjajevina as a training ground between May 22nd and June 2nd, together with other troops under the banner of NATO. Instead, the troops went to other locations in Montenegro but never to the mountains of Sinjajevina.
Milan Sekulovic of Save Sinjajevina credited local and international pressure — including from International Land Coalition — for this latest success in the ongoing campaign to protect Sinjajavina from being turned into a military training ground. It also may have helped that Montenegro has parliamentary elections on June 11th, and in “democracies” governments prefer not to do highly unpopular things, breaking past promises, immediately before elections.
People had most recently turned out to oppose military exercises in snowy February, but have been nonviolently preventing the planned destruction of their mountains for years.
World BEYOND War recently sent messages of solidarity from New York City. We are also working to make sure the people of Maine know what the so-called Maine National Guard is doing in Montenegro.
The place to sign the petition, make a donation, download an image and submit a photo, and learn more about Sinjajevina is https://worldbeyondwar.org/sinjajevina
6 Responses
Congratulations to the people of Sinjajevina!
YES, we the little people can oppose the ‘great’ powers.
We are many, they are few.
They have the money but only as long as we agree to send it to them with our taxes.
Let’s mount a really serious military tax revolt in all the high military producing countries.
We need to cut the armament industry life blood: money.
We must stop them.
From cradle to grave the armament industry and its acolytes are destroying the Earth and is destroying people soul.
Well said Bruna !
Questioning why Canada has just given another $50 million to Ukraine!
What a sad state the world is in.
Glad to have voices of sanity like yours!
Thank you for following up on this story. I was wondering if I would never know the outcome of my and so many others activism. We need this affirmation!
This is the first time have read your words. I hope I can get to do it again
Thank God
Or thank the people who did it 🙂