Europe for Peace

Dear Robert, We are writing to you to convey the greetings, thanks and support of the activists and sympathizers of the Europe for Peace campaign. We have followed very closely your recent speeches on the occasion of your candidacy for…

October 2nd is the International Day of Nonviolence (declared by the UN General Assembly). The date was chosen because it is the anniversary of the birth of Gandhi, the inspiration for peace, justice and freedom movements all over the world.…

We are preoccupied. Every day we hear news about the concrete possibility of a nuclear escalation. It is not only the frequent threats to use nuclear bombs, but also the fact that there are more and more nuclear power plants…

The recent appointment in Ukraine of Oksen Lisovyi as Minister of Education and Science has raised the very harsh reaction of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, which has sent an in-depth report to UNESCO; this report gives a troubling view of…

In Europe, Ukraine, Russia, and all over the world, people want peace while governments demand more and more weapons and human resources for war. People are asking for the right to health, education, work, and a liveable planet, but governments…

We are constantly updating the photos coming to us from all parts of the world testifying to the adhesion to the campaign “Let’s take peace in our hands” and colouring cities and countries all over the world with peace and…

Who has not at times, in moments of fear, difficulty and discouragement, asked for help in their interior, according to their beliefs, to a loved one who is or has been an example for them, a guide, a deity, to…

Very often, the word nonviolence conjures up the image of good people who do not harm others and who, in general, prefer to avoid conflict. Nonviolence is associated with a form of passivity, with not being violent, or even with…

Europe is continuing its suicidal mad dash towards the militarisation of society. After a year of war in Ukraine, almost everywhere there is talk of reintroducing compulsory military service, reopening a debate that was thought to be definitively closed and…

Tomás Hirsch, humanist Deputy Hirsch of the Chilean National Congress, supports the Europe for Peace call for 2 April. “As president of Humanist Action and Humanist Deputy in the Chilean Congress, I support and join the call for the 2nd…