Room: H 2013 The focus of the panel will not be a detailed analysis of each of the listed peace processes. Though the origins and the development of the distinct conflicts certainly play an important role and may be shortly … Continue reading →
Room: 0111 Between terror and demonstrations For almost a year popular protests have been ongoing in Baghdad and most Iraqi cities, without much attention from the outside world – except for solidarity actions among diaspora Iraqis in the Western world. … Continue reading →
Musical Opening by Birgitte Grimstad “Peace Policy Requires Re-interpreting Darwin” Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Co-President of the Club of Rome, Germany “The Labour Movement and the Path to Peace” Philip Jennings, General Secretary of UNI Global Union, UK/based in Switzerland … Continue reading →
Musical Opening by Birgitte Grimstad Noam Chomsky (Video), Emeritus Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Author, USA “Trade Unions and Sustainable Development” Reiner Hoffmann, President of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), Germany “From Game of Thrones to Trump … Continue reading →
8.30 pm – 10.00 pm Cultural Program: Music & Media Show
by Berlin Metropol Orchestra, Arja Saijonmaa, Birgitte Grimstad & PEN Germany
Opening: Heinrich Bleicher-Nagelsmann (ver.di)
Action Event in front of the University “Living Peace Sign”
Participatory action: Lets come together to make a “living peace sign”. With the slogan “Reconciliation is the only way to peace“, we will form a Peace Sign and the Sign of Nonviolence. The light from our mobile phones will make a strong impact and our hearts will create the right atmosphere. Join this common action!
“The Price of War and Peace” by James Galbraith (via video conference),
Chair of Economists for Peace and Security, USA
Musical Opening by Berlin Metropol Orchestra Jean Ziegler (Video), Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Switzerland “Frieden durch Arbeit und soziale Entwicklung” / “Peace through labor and development” Frank Bsirske, President of ver.di (Multi-service Trade Union), Germany will … Continue reading →
Musical Opening by Berlin Metropol Orchestra & Arja Saijonmaa Welcome from the Organizers by Ingeborg Breines and Reiner Braun, IPB Co-Presidents Welcome from the Technical University Berlin by Christian Thomsen, President of the Technical University Greetings from the City of … Continue reading →
Room: H 2032 International Network No to War – No to NATO The next NATO summit was announced to take place in 2017 in Brussels where a new headquarters is being built. Since 2009 there have been diverse actions of … Continue reading →
Room: Muslim Peace Fellowship Description of Panel: Islamophobia, or fear-mongering based on anti-Muslim hate, is a prevailing characteristic of American culture. Its impact is devastating as significant portions of the public are moved to embrace a fascist world rather than … Continue reading →
Room: Initiative Black & White To use our democratic rights and organize in the constituencies in forums. To organize majorities for fair international relations and world-inner-policy (global governance) and on this base occupy the parliaments with representatives, who stand for … Continue reading →
Room: Rete Italiana per il Disarmo (Italian Network on Disarmament) and European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) Workshop will underline problems linked to the increasing military spending for weapons procurement. We will show how money devoted to Armies is a … Continue reading →
Room: Better World Links The internet is the most powerful tool humanity has ever known for connecting people and spreading ideas across the globe. Open communication, dialogue and discussion are fundamental pillars of any effective peace process, whilst global movements … Continue reading →
Room: Bund für Soziale Verteidigung (BSV) (Federation for Social Defence) It is a common assumption that only armed military or police can do the work of peacekeeping and protecting civilians in times of violent conflict. However unarmed civilians have been … Continue reading →
Room: CODEPINK Every transaction we make in our daily lives ultimately contributes toward building a peace or a war economy, a world of compassion and well-being, or a world of indifference and violence. The peace economy model encourages us to … Continue reading →
Room: International Peace Bureau (IPB) Exchange experiences and ideas for the further development of the Campaign. We shall address questions such as: How to develop a parliamentary network? How to build national coalitions? What can be done in the field … Continue reading →
Room: International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) Explore role of peace and disarmament education in the transformation of society toward a peaceful culture by being engaged in a process of reflection and discussion on: What has been learned during the … Continue reading →
Room: Silos Message Berlin It is not a conference or theoretical explanation venue. The workshop focuses on the connection between the personal attitude and its impact in the world. The workshop invites to experience and includes personal reflection and exchange. … Continue reading →
Room: International Peace Bureau (IPB) If the peace issues don’t get into the news, don’t get enough coverage, is it only the fault of journalists? Is it solely a matter of censorship? Shouldn’t we blame ourselves for not giving the … Continue reading →
Room: Independent and Peaceful Australia Network In few regions is the shift in geo-political power as evident as East Asia and the Western Pacific. The dominant feature is the rise of China and its challenge to US hegemony in the … Continue reading →
Room: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Germany Nuclear weapons producers are financed by more than 380 financial institutions worldwide. Many of us have bank accounts or insurance policies with these institutions, by this indirectly investing in nuclear weapons … Continue reading →
Room: Verband deutscher Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller (VS) und PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, Novelists) Medien berichten jeden Tag von Terror, Gewalt, Kriegen und von humanitären Katastrophen der Zivilbevölkerung infolge der kriegerischen Verbrechen. Die Sprache der Berichte spiegelt die Gewaltszenarien wider. … Continue reading →
Room: Vereinigung deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW) / Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung (FifF) More than 100 states worldwide have established cyberwar units and enacted cyberwar strategies that endanger civil society and infrastructure. The cyberwar policies of these states reach … Continue reading →
Room: International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) Jackie Cabasso, Western States legal Foundation USA Dieter Deiseroth, IALANA Germany Otto Jäckel, IALANA Germany … Continue reading →
Room: “Save Lee Seok-ki” ( Korean Committee to Save the victims of ‘Lawmaker Lee Seok-ki -Insurrection Conspiracy Case’) and European Left Party South Korea is home to most of the world’s currently imprisoned conscientious objectors. Workshop will deal with: the … Continue reading →
Room: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) To create a basis for evaluating conflicts, IPPNW asked experienced authors to extensively review scientific studies and other data on the numbers of victims of the larger wars waged under … Continue reading →
Room: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Norway Workshop aims to show that importance of biodiversity in sustaining human lives requires constant attention. For many women, biodiversity is the cornerstone of their work, belief systems and basic survival. … Continue reading →
Room: 0107 International Peace Bureau As the world changes, so does the role of the peace movement. Perhaps we should say peace movements, since the communities working for a more peaceful world have proliferated and diversified greatly over the last … Continue reading →
Room: H 1028 Institute for Policy Studies & Transnational Institute The rise and power of militarism and war is always tied to racism – to demonize the “enemy” powerful forces turn on the “enemy’s” counterparts at home. Americans of Japanese … Continue reading →
Room: H 0111 International Fellowship of Reconciliation, Muslim Peace Fellowship, Soka Gakkai International and Pax Christi International Religions play a crucial role in society and in the world at large. There is a lot of misuse or misinterpretation within religions … Continue reading →
Room: H 0112 International Peace Bureau IPB decided to launch a civil society campaign to highlight the problem. It began in 2011 with the annual Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS), which was consolidated into the Global Campaign … Continue reading →
Room: H 0105 Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation & UNI Global Union Arms conversion, i.e. turning manufacturing for the military sector into production of non-military products, was prominently put forward especially by the peace movement in the 80’s. Trade unions picked up the idea … Continue reading →
What is going on in the Middle East? Interests, profits and the future of possible peace in the Middle East Room: H 1028 International Peace Bureau & Pax Christi International The Middle East region remains insecure and continues to be … Continue reading →
Room: H 1012 Friends of the Earth International, Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, Transnational Institute Friends of the Earth International, Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, Transnational Institute This is the future we don’t want: increased militarisation of state, attack on human rights for the sake of “security”, techno-fixes … Continue reading →
Room: H 0107 International Peace Bureau Discussion round with open microphone Discussion round with open microphone Introduction words by Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies USA Moderation: Colin Archer, IPB & Ingeborg Breines, IPB … Continue reading →
Room: H 0105 International Peace Bureau How to overcome the confrontation in Europe? What steps are needed for a second period of cooperation and common understanding? Do we need a Helsinki2 and what role can the peace movement play in … Continue reading →
Room: H 0112 Global Campaign for Peace Education (GCPE) Members of the Global Campaign for Peace Education will share practical and theoretical considerations and approaches to disarmament education from the local to the global. Panelists from Argentina, Colombia and the … Continue reading →
Jean Ziegler is THE person when it comes to Western European anti-imperialism: he is both – child of the French Revolution as well as the October Revolution and speaks about humanistic-bourgeois and proletarian freedoms! He was interviewed by Diether Dehm … Continue reading →
To make the the IPB Congress and the Youth Gathering a more intense experience, we can offer accommodation for participants at a limited, special rate (35 Euros per night) in one of Berlin’s most popular neighborhoods. Feel free to contact us at youth@ipb2016.berlin or info@ipb2016.berlin and let us know your arrival and departure dates.
IPB has issued a print supplement for the IPB World Congress 2016 in the German newspaper der Freitag.
Content:
For download der Freitag Extra in pdf: freitag-extra-ipb
Noam Chomsky is linguist and political activist. He was interviewed by Joseph Gerson on the occasion of the IPB World Congress in December 2015. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTzoOIqbstY[/embedyt] … Continue reading →
IPBWC2016 – This application gives access to all relevant information for the IPB World Congress at Technical University of Berlin from September 30 to October 3. It assists participants navigating through the congress weekend with its diverse events and meetings. … Continue reading →
variety of experts, advocates and speakers from around the globe;Look to the video, produced by the IPB – youth
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Following presentations and discussions in Peace and Planet’s (August 10th) assembly at the World Social Forum in Montreal, we adopted the following Declaration. Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World As citizens of this planet inspired by the Second Thematic World … Continue reading →
Three of Peace & Planet’s Japanese partner and other organizations here have launched an audacious campaign, a signature campaign titled “Appeal for a Total Ban on Nuclear Weapons” for which they are seeking HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of petition signatures worldwide. … Continue reading →
