Useful Info for the NATO Protest

A major international demonstration, “No to War – No to NATO”, will be held in Strasbourg, France, April 4, 2009 on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the military organization’s establishment. The demonstration, led by several anti-NATO coalitions from around the world (encompassing peace and anti-globalization movements, trade unions, and student organizations), will protest against NATO’s aggressive military and nuclear policies, and assert their determination to create a more just and peaceful world. [Read More]

Agence France-Presse
2 April 2009

Air space over Strasbourg and its German neighbours Kehl and Baden Baden will be shut down as US President Barack Obama joins 27 leaders for a gathering marking the alliance’s 60th anniversary.

Some 10,000 French police including crack anti-riot squads are being deployed while Germany is positioning 14,600 security forces and, exceptionally, 600 soldiers.

Between 30,000 and 60,000 people, from peaceniks to radical leftists and anarchists, are converging on Strasbourg with the stated aim of disrupting the summit.

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“How should NATO develop? Immediately disband.”
02 April, 2009, 20:43

To mark the 60th NATO Anniversary Summit Noam Chomsky talked to Robert Harneis for RT on Kosovo, Afghanistan, as well as NATO – why it exists and its future. Professor Chomsky is a leading critic of NATO and US policy.

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