An Urgent Call for a Multipolar Coalition Our world stands at a critical and dangerous juncture. The destructive policy of unilateral military intervention and illegal regime change promoted and practiced by the United States, its allies and the media has led to the possibility of a military confrontation between major world powers and nuclear-armed nations that could trigger a new World War. The time has come to counter this grave threat to humanity. Respect must be restored to the principles of sovereignty, self-determination and non-interventionism – and the adherence to international law must be paramount. This is an urgent call to all nations, organizations, movements and individuals worldwide, to join together in forming a coalition that seeks to avert disaster by strengthening Multipolar cooperation, peaceful diplomacy and international law, while categorically rejecting interventionism and unilateral aggression. Do we want a Unipolar world in which Western wars dictate the world’s fate, or a Multipolar world where sovereign countries work towards an environment of peace, cooperation and mutual respect? It is clear that WE, the global majority, choose the latter. Join us in signing, sponsoring and/or widely disseminating this declaration and all like-minded efforts. “NO to War, YES to a Multipolar World!“ see extended version below or click here comments here use E-mail form below or send directly to email@hbuecker.net
Heinrich Buecker, Berlin, Deutschland Coop Anti-War Cafe Albert Leger, Berlin, Germany Brian Willson, Vietnam veteran, peace activist, USA brianwillson.com Laura von Wimmersperg, Moderatorin der Berliner Friedenskoordination David Swanson, author, anti-war activist, USA worldbeyondwar.org Cynthia McKinney, former U.S. Congresswoman, Green Party presidential candidate 2008, Atlanta, USA Alfred L. Marder, New Haven, Connecticut, President, US Peace Council uspeacecouncil.org David & Jan Hartsough, Peaceworker, San Francisco, California USA peaceworkersus.org Leah Bolger, Veteran and anti-war activist, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S. worldbeyondwar.org Werner Lutz, initiator unruhestiften.de, 2000 Artists against the Political Right, Germany unruhestiften.de Alexander Neu, Member of Parliament party DIE LINKE (The Left) , Cologne, Germany neu-alexander.de Cindy Sheehan, Peaceactivist/Author/Podcast Host, Vacaville, USA website Elke Zwinge-Makamizile, Freethinkers Berlin , Germany nato-tribunal.de BüsGM – Bündnis für Soziale Gerechtigkeit u. Menschenwürde e.V., Human Rights Organisation, Germany Webseite Werner Ruf, Professor i. R., Edermuende, Germany werner-ruf.net Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Bath, Maine, USA space4peace.org Inge Höger, Member of Parliament party DIE LINKE (The Left), Herford, Germany, inge-hoeger.de Alexander Ionov, President of the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia, Moscow, Russia anti-global.ru Eduardo Gómez, university professor, writer, Bogotá, Colombia Dr. Diether Dehm, Member of Parliament party DIE LINKE (The Left), Berlin, Germany, diether-dehm.de Dr. Rainer Hammerschmidt, Berlin, Germany, Aktion Freiheit Statt Angst J. Michael Springmann, attorney, author, Washington, D.C., USA, michaelspringmann.com Prof. Dr. Gregor Putensen, professor/retired, Greifswald , Germany Ulla Jelpke, Bundestagsabgeordnete DIE LINKE, Berlin, Germany, Web Fredrik S. Heffermehl, lawyer, writer, Oslo, Norway, nobelwill.org WAMM – Women Against Military Madness, Suzanne Al-Kayali, director, USA, website Prof. Dave Webb, Chair of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament CND and Chair of Yorkshire CND cnduk.org Ellen Rohlfs, Gush Shalom, Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft, Pax Christi, Leer Web Norman Paech, Hamburg, Germany, norman-paech.de Eckart Spoo, Berlin, Germany, journalist, author, co-editor der Zweiwochenschrift, Ossietzky Joachim Guilliard, Heidelberg, Germany, Webseite Prof. Dr. Mohssen Massarrat, university professor ret., Berlin, Germany/Iran Janet Weil, Staffer, CODEPINK, Concord, California, USA, codepink.org Vladimir Zahmatov, Professor of Sankt-Peterburg Polytechnical University, Russia Ada Aharoni, writer, Founder of IFLAC, Haifa, Israel, iflac.wordpress.com Vijay Mehta, Chair of Uniting for Peace, London, United Kingdom, unitingforpeace.com Dr. Michael Sciuk, physician, Melissourgio/Kolympari, Greece Elizabeth Murray, former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East, National Intelligence Council, Washington, USA Coleen Rowley, retired FBI agent, Apple Valley, MN, USA, web Todd Pierce, retired U.S. Army Major, Judge Advocate, Guantanamo Defense Counsel, St. Paul MN, USA Norman Solomon, USA, coordinator RootsAction.org Ray McGovern, Washington, D.C., USA, raymcgovern.com Frank Dorrel, Culver City, CA, USA, addictedtowar.com Office of the Americas, Blase Bonpane, Santa Monica, CA, USA, officeoftheamericas.org Dr. Scilla Elworthy, Scilla, United Kingdom, scillaelworthy.com Dr. Margaret Flowers, Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, USA, flowersforsenate.org Kevin Zeese, co-director of Popular Resistance, USA, popularresistance.org Günter Sölken, Attac-Rat, Berlin, Germany Marion Kuepker, International Coordinator against Nuclear Weapons DFG-VK, Hamburg, Germany, buechel-atombombenfrei.de Carol Turner, Chair, London Region Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, UK Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, Former General Secretary, National Council of Churches in the USA Hermann Kopp, Chair of Marx-Engels-Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany, marx-engels-stiftung.de Daniele Ganser, Peace Research, Basel, Switzerland, danieleganser.ch Dr Peter Wigg, Victorian branch convenor, Medical Association for Prevention of War, Australia, mapw.org.au David Rovics, musician, Portland, USA, davidrovics.com Dr. Marisa Walther, Berlin, Germany Gina Pietsch, singer, Berlin, Germany, ginapietsch.de Dr. Iris Berndt, curator Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin, Germany Theresa & Blase Bonpane, Directors of the Office of the Americas, Santa Monica officeoftheamericas.org Hartmut Sommerschuh, TV-journalist, Berlin, Germany Diana Johnstone, journalist, author, Paris, France Willy Wahl, Zürich, Switzerland, seniora.org Lindis Percy, Founder of the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB), UK, caab.org.uk Peter Jackson, Bungay, UK, Norwichstopwar.org.uk Dr. Motte, DJ, Berlin, Germany Nilo Freitas, Porto Alegre, Brasil Joan L McClellan, Portland, Oregon Fellowship of Reconciliation, USA, ofor.org Judy Mercer, London, England, UK Arup Rahee, General Secretary of Centre for Bangladesh Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh cbsbd.org Darnell Stephen Summers, Stop The WAR Brigade, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Germany Milan Markez, Berlin, Germany Samy Yildirim, Zaandam, Nordholland, Netherlands Dirk Brüning, Jülich, Chemieingenieur, i.R., member Netzwerk Cuba – Informationsbüro – e.V. Josie Michel-Brüning, Jülich, Dipl. Päd. system. Familientherapeutin i.R., member Netzwerk Cuba Frank Schwitalla, Bremen, Vorstandsmitglied des Netzwerk Cuba e.V. Uta Mader, Bernau b. Berlin, Germany Johnny Gaunt, Pontrhydfendigaid, Wales, UK, antennaup.org Carola Ludwig, radio-moderator + handicraft teacher, Berlin , Germany Michaela Kayser, Schöneiche, Germany Gerd Hommel, Diplomjurist, Rentner, Dresden, Germany, rfb-online.org Hans Wallner, Künstler und Vorsitzender des Vereins Kunst für Frieden e. V., Regensburg, Germany friedensatelier.de Peter Vonnahme, judge, ret., Kaufering, Germany Klaus Hartmann, Deutscher Freidenker-Verband, Vorsitzender, Offenbach, Germany, freidenker.de Savvidis Lampros, Dipl. Elektroingenieur, Berlin , Germany Ana Barbara von Keitz, Handwerkerin, Berliner Arbeitskreises Uran-Munition Dietrich Antelmann, Diplomkameralist, Berlin, Germany Claudia Karas, AG Palästina/Frankfurt, Germany Heinz Assnmacher, Bonn, Germany Dieter Becker, Schriftführer des Ostdeutschen Kuratoriums von Verbänden e.V., OKV Rebecca Freeman, administrator Brighton Peace & Environment Centre, UK, bpec.org Udo Rzadkowski, Berlin , Germany John Morris, Guildford, UK, peaceparty.org.uk Simone Juliane Wewers, Heidenau , Germany Doris Pumphrey, Berlin, Germany George Pumphrey, Berlin, Germany Andrej Reder, Berlin, Germany Ingo Klein, Leipzig, Germany Werner Ruhoff, Berlin, Germany Hedda Leonhardt, DKP Tempelhof Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany Heinz Eckel, Berlin , Germany Alfred Fritz, Berlin , Germany Jochen Scholz, Lieutenant-Colonel, retired, Berlin, Germany Oskar Marek, Lieutenant General retired, National Council SA, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic Ruth Edmonds, ICAHD Israeli-Committee-Against-House-Demolitions Jerusalem, Israel, icahd.org Jirí Bureš, Colonel Retired, Chairman of the Association of Soldiers Against War, Prague, Czech Republic, Website Volker Bräutigam, Mölln, Germany Cornelia Schulz, Berlin, Germany Iña Martinez, Glendora, Aalifornis, USA, eirelink.com Jean-Theo Jost, actor, Berlin, Germany, berliner-compagnie.de Ines P. Scheibe, psychologist, Berlin, Germany Wolfgang Effenberger, Publizist, Pöcking, Deutschland Elke Hufendiek, Bochum, Germany Ulrich Boje, Dipl.-Ing., Berlin, Germany Cornelia Schulz, Berlin, Germany Leonore Schröder, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany Jürgen Fegeler, Berlin, Germany Bodo Quart, retired, Berlin, Germany Dr. Stephan Reinhardt, Heidelberg, Germany Albu-Stanescu Silvia, Berlin, Germany Dr. Amir Mortasawi, physician, author, Rotenburg/Fulda, website Annette Klepzig, Wilhelmsfeld, Germany Beatrice Gehrmann, Kulturschaffende, Berlin, Germany Barbara Gruen, pharmacist, Fulda, Germany Peter Franz, author, Weimar, Germany, website Margit Schreiber, social education worker, Berlin, Germany Heinz-Peter Seidel, Berlin, Germany Heidrun Hankammer, psychoanalyst, Berlin, Germany Rainer Albers, Oranienburg, Germany Lindsey Gaunt, Business development manager University of Wales, UK Duke Austin, Oakland, CA, USA Nasrin Parsa, publicist – filmmaker – sociologist, Berlin, Germany, presse-nasrinparsa.com Jill Gough, National Secretary CND Cymru / Wales, Grossbritannien, cndcymru.org Karl Valencia, Berlin, Germany Laurie Childers, artist, peace activist, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, lauriechilders.com Karl Valencia, Berlin, Germany, friedenszentrum.info Dr. Elisabeth Quart, Berlin, Germany Elfie Reiners, Rentner, Duisburg, Germany Irene Eckert, Berlin, Germany, akf-europe.org Rudolf Palmer, Berlin, Germany, akf-europe.org Esther Thomsen, Diplom-Theologin, Ahrensburg, Germany Brigitte Gärtner-Coulibaly, Herford, Germany Ellen Murphy, Bellingham, Washington, USA Klaus-Peter Kurch, Freethinker, retired, Oranienburg, Germany, opablog.net Dr. med. Dörte von Drigalski, physician, Hamburg, Germany Polly Milner, Salisbury, U.K Helmut Semmelmann, Berlin, Germany Zivadin Jovanovic, Belgrade, Serbia, Diplomat (rtd), beoforum.rs Dr. med. Mechthild Klingenburg-Vogel, physician, psychoanalyst, Kiel, Germany Nisly Weldon, Just Peacebuilding, Seattle, Washington, USA Susan Prescott, Greenbank, USA Judith Webster, website host, developer and administrator, deconstructedglobe.com Holger Lichtwark, captain, Berlin, Germany Siegfried Wittig, Berlin, Germany Antonie Brinkmann, Bremen, Germany Verena Tobler Linder, ethnologist, sociologist, Zurich, Switzerland, kernkultur.ch Walter Huth, Wiesloch, Germany Michael und Uschi Adam, retired, Berlin, Germany Helga Hörning, Berlin, Germany Gert Julius, Berlin, Germany, chair of BüSGM, Bündnis für Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Menschenwürde e.V., Website Bernhard Trautvetter, Essen, Germany, essenart.de Albrecht Ludloff, Berlin, Germany Bert Sacks, Washington, USA, IraqiKids.org Inger Lotz-Bartelsen, Berlin, Germany Ginga Eichler, Africanologist, retired, Berlin, Germany Norbert Böhme, Berlin, Germany Elisabeth Dietze, retired, Klietz, Germany Barbara Müller, artist, Kosel, Germany Jürgen Jung, actor/speaker, Pfaffenhofen, Germany Stephanie Damm, Berlin, Germany Paul Weidmann, business, Molfsee, Germany Dr. Uwe Wollmerstädt, Berlin, Germany Ellen Breidert, Bad Honnef, Germany Mohammad Zahedi, engineer, Brussels, Belgium Bärbel Wihstutz, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany Hartmut Wihstutz, physician, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany Wolf Gauer, journalist/filmmaker, São Paulo, Brasil Ralf Straßburg, Berlin, Germany Mohammad Taghizadeh, management(phd), translator, researcher, Tehran, Iran Christoph Rinneberg, Dipl.-Ing., Wembach i.O., Germany Axel Wondratschke, Cologne, Germany Hartmut Weidler, violin maker, Nürnberg, Germany Hanne Weidler-List, Nürnberg, Germany Sima Kassaie, sociologist, writer, Mühltal, Germany Dieter Engelmann, retired, Elsterwerda, Germany Dr. Manfred Lotze, Hamburg, Germany Klaus Feldhacke, retired, Berlin, Germany David Waddilove, writer, Taunton, England, Website Charly Böhm, retired, Berlin, Germany Emil Brütsch, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany Miriam Volkmann, Vigil for World Peace and Human Rights Berlin (since 2003), Germany Joerg Tiedjen, journalist, Berlin, Germany, joergtiedjen.com John Muir, Gloucester, England, UK Gudrun Langendorf, Berlin, Germany Tombolo Mukengechay, attorney (retired), Berlin, Germany Dr. med. Helmut Käss, physician, Braunschweig, Germany, Website Harald Nestler, Berlin, Germany Doris S. Wilk, retired, Long Beach, New York, USA Heide Janicki, Braunschweig, Germany John Cooper, Professor of Chemistry, Retired, USA Carsten Scheike, Arbeiter, Braunschweig, Germany Nihou Ouidad, Studentin, Hannover, Germany Prof. Dr. Günter Wendel, Rentner, Berlin, Germany Ralph Schultz, Professor, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Joyce Clark, Woolwich, ME, USA Elinor Kaiser-Mohammad, Amman, Jordan Constance Jenkins, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Orono, Maine, USA Peter Woodruff, artist, retired Shipbuilder for the Navy, Arrowsic, Maine, USA Russell Wray, sculptor, printmaker, Hancock, USA Dr. Hans-Jürgen Paul, Dozent/Rentner, Weimar, Germany Hans-Ulrich Walter, Berater im Unruhestand, Leipzig, Germany, english-test.net Randy Kehler, Colrain, MA, USA Stephen Martin, Edinburgh, Scotland Michael Koellisch, Braunschweig, Germany Gerhard Mertschenk, Dolmetscher/Übersetzer, Berlin, Germany Becky Luening, artist, Portland, Oregon, USA Emma Jean Lugo, Peace Activist, Portland, Oregon, USA, web Gue Schmidt, Media artist, Vienna, Austria Ann Ruthsdottir, fiber artist, Brunswick, Maine, USA Sam Jenkins, Orono, Maine, USA Gar Smith, co-founder, Environmentalists Against War, Berkeley, California, USA, envirosagainstwar.org Mark Reback, Los Angeles, California, USA, consumerwatchdog.org Herbert Hoffman, Retired, Albuquerque, NM, USA Subrata Ghoshroy, Academic, co-Chair of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists (INES) for Global Responsibility Boston, MA, USA inesglobal.net Carol Miller, Peaceful Skies Coalition, President, Arroyo Hondo, NM, peacefulskies.org Nada Khader, Director of social justice organization, White Plains, NY, USA, wespac.org Notash Farah, artist, Vienna, Austria, farah-notash.com Michael Nagler, Peace educator, Petaluma, CA, USA, mettacenter.org Angie Zelter, Knighton, UK Karen Wainberg, social worker, peace activist, Bath, USA Starr Gilmartin, social worker, Trenton, Maine, USA Russell Wray, sculptor, printmaker, Hancock, USA Hamid Mumin, Professor, Brandon, Canada Bernie Eisenberg, Los Angeles, CA, USA Theresa Bruckmann, Ökonomin, Worpswede, Germany Lois Barnett, Port Townsend, Washington, USA Ralph Famularo, Osaka, Japan Dud Hendrick, Educator, Deer Isle, Maine, USA LJ Prip, Beloit, WI, USA Antonio Abate, Munich, Germany Eileen Andreoli, Winooski VT, USA, StoptheF35.com & SaveOurSkiesVT.org Suzanne Hedrick, Nobleboro, Maine, USA Patty Guerrero, organizer Pax Salon, St Paul, MN, USA, Pax Salon Brian Noyes Pulling, M. Div., Minister and Peace Activist, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA Heidelore Schwaneberg, Rentnerin, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Sonja Henisch, Vienna, Austria, sonja-henisch.at David King, Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland, Australia Sean Messano, Greenville, Delaware, USA Lyn Marie Berntson, Eden Prairie, MN, USA Theresa Alt, retired, Ithaca NY, USA Jeannie Woodbridge, Fraud Investigator, Gold Coast, Australia Jeffrey A Nordahl, retired, Edina, MN, USA Elaine G McGillicuddy, writer, poet, Portland, Maine, USA, elainemcgillicuddy.com William Slavick, Professor i.R., frm. coordinator Pax Christi Maine, member of Veterans for Peace, USA, Web Jürgen Schwaneberg, Rentner, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Manfred Gantenberg, Worpswede, Germany Klaudia Ruschkowski, Dramaturge, Volterra, Italy Tim Nolan, Managing Editor Global Peace, St.Paul MN, USA, GlobalPeace Robin Brookes, Home energy consultant, Devizes, England Heidi Zeidler, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Sherry Berg, Decorah, Iowa, USA Christina Leib, Geesthacht, Germany Dominik Lang, artist, Vienna, Austria Austrian Trade Unionists against Atomic Power and War, Vienna, Austria, atomgegner.at Austrian Solidarity Committee, Vienna, Austria, proSV.akis.at Richard Greve, Staten Island, New York, USA Jörg Tauss, Kraichtal, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, website Hans Werner Poschauko, artist, Vienna, Austria Thomas Fusco, self employed, Brunswick, USA Georg Müller, Berlin, Germany Monica Wapnewski, Yogateacher, Berlin, Germany Maria Scheibl, Bruck an der Leitha, Austria Ulrike Schmitz, Braunschweig, Germany Chiarlone Bruno Debenedetti, pataphysic writer, Cairo Montenotte, Italy Susi Hofmann, Munich, Germany Deborah Johnson, Rantoul, Illinois, USA John Peck, Brunswick, Maine, USA Michelle Lau, Vienna, Austria Jean Bricmont, Brussels, Belgium Ines Roth, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Erich Schaffner, actor, Mörfelden, Germany, erichschaffner.de Angelika und Jürgen Feist, retired, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Hagen Weinberg, Tierzüchter, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Dirk Seiring, dental technician, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Paula Meyer, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Gilbert Brüning, Berlin, Germany Susanne Karafiat, psychologist, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Mag. Susanne Kavalar, Artteacher, Hard, Austria Wydler Florian Leibetseder, artist, Vienna, Austri, florianleibetseder.at Joseph Hancock, Retired, Los Angeles, CA, USA, lapeacecouncil.org Louise Lora Somlyo, Ret. Public School teacher, Portland, MN, USA Harunur Rashid, Brandon, Canada Kim Soobok, Financing, Closter, New Jersey, USA. James Dale. Retired Pastor. Church Relation. Decorah, IA, USA Cindy O’Toole, Scarborough, Maine, USA Reinhard Schülzke, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Ralph T. Niemeyer, journalist, Schwäbisch Gmünd, eu-chronicle.eu Barb Schade, educator, Westport, Connecticut, USA Frank Scott, writer, Pt. Richmond, USA, Webseite Marianna Dellekamp, Mexico City, Mexico Don Kimball, Portland, ME, USA, shutdowncreech.blog John Jongen, Organizer of Citizens Alliance for a Pristine Perinton (CAPP) Fairport, New York David Kimberlyn, yoga teacher, magazine editor, communications director, Isla Taboga, Panama, mettacenter.org Anthony Cush, retired, Falmouth, Maine, USA Goetz Loepelmann, theater director, San Miguel nde Abona Tenerife, Spain Jammu Narayana Rao, Nagpur, India Günther Wassenaar, teacher, ret., Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany Pejic Vlasto, Munich, Germany Lisa Savage, educator, Solon, ME, USA, website Annelie Böttcher, self-employed, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Dr. Rüdiger Preuße, Berlin, Germany Chris Dehler, Berlin, Germany Ursula Preuße, Berlin, Germany Kerstin Welke, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Heike Liedert, Abdichtungstechniker, Lebus, Germany Rick MacArthur, Grand Junction, USA Rosa Schmidt, student, Vienna, Austria Csilla Horvath, Washington DC, USA Robert Andrew Moses, Upper Marlboro, MD, USA Ann Shirazi, activist, New York, USA, grannypeacebrigade.org Jerome Skyrud, retired, Coronado, USA Karen Ball, member Pax Christi, Texas, USA Karin Voigt-Berner, Bremen, Germany Damara Kuhn, Schauspielerin, Berlin, Germany Uta Glienke, Berlin, Germany Thomas Pohl, Angestellter, Groß Lindow, Germany Ilona Späth, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Jürgen Sobeck, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Lilo u. Hans Hörath, Senioren, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Rudolf Denner, Pressesprecher OKV, Berlin, Germany okv-ev.de Norbert Engelhardt, Sicherheit, Hoyerswerda, Germany Joachim Deutsch, Hamburg, Germany Monika Schrödter, Erzieherin, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Birgit Pohl, Groß Lindow, Germany Eleanor Ommani, Retired Educator, Armonk, New York, USA Ali Mussa Mwadini, Founder & Executive Secretary & Peace Activist Zanzibar Peace, Truth & Transparency Association, Tanzania Ramona Adam, Rentner, Lebus, Germany Gerlinde Schröder, Sachbearbeiter / Rentner, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Roswitha Naumann, Lehrmeisterin, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Christian Naumann, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Bärbel Lange, Rentnerin, Weißwasser, Germany Ulrich Lange, Rentner, Weißwasser, Germany Michael Schmid, Gammertingen, Germany, lebenshaus-alb.de Wolfgang Jeserich, selbstständig, Joachimsthal, Germany Christiane Jeserich, selbstständig, Joachimsthal, Germany Günther Pfeiffer, Viena, Austria Daniel Epstein, Palo Alto, CA, USA Morteza Dehghan, Vienna, Austria Edith Klauke, Rentner, Müllrose, Germany Ines Inokai, Berlin, Germany John Pitts, Orillia, ON, Canada Andreas Ulrich, Höbelhof, Germany Anja Boettcher, teacher, Bochum, Germany, termiten.net Barbara Matuschewski, Dipl. Pädagogin/ Soziologin, Pressereferentin i.R. Bremen, Germany Dr. Henry Stahl, Nervenarzt, Eschwege, Germany Dieter Engelmann, Rentner, Elsterwerda, Germany Martina Lampe, Angestellte, Müllrose, Germany Sonja Jamkojikan-Huber, Vienna, Austria Jane Newton, Peace Activist, Georgetown, USA Christa Pfeiffer, Rentnerin, Siegburg, NRW, Germany Ute v. Halasz, Berlin, Germany Ellen Murphy, Bellingham, Washington, USA Marie Hanulak, Berlin, Germany Jean Kosmac, Lakewood, FL, USA Christine A. DeTroy, Peace activist, Brunswick, USA Ellen Thomas, nuclear-free future activist, Tryon, NC, USA, prop1.org Fran Foulkrod, Philadelphia, USA Karl Fischbacher, editorial journalist, Vienna, Austria Chuck Jagoda, writer, Sunnyvale, CA, USA Robin Lloyd, filmmaking, Burlington, VT, USA wilpfus.org Kathy Kelly, peace activist, Chicago, USA, vcnv.org Dr. Karl Reitter, Vienna, Austria Yvonne Rappo, Dussnang, Switzerland Kawretzke Bibianna, Berlin, Germany Dietmar Fürste, Dipl.-Ing. i.R., Rattiszell, Germany Manfred Simader, Bad Urach, Germany George Sukarie, Bruckmuehl, Germany Andrea Ruth, Flüh, Switzerland Mats Rönnhed, Bad Steben, Germany, tcr-crms.com Wolfgang Hergert, Heusenstamm, Germany John Owen, Los Angeles, CA, USA Jens Huter, Bremen, Germany Dr. Andreas Habel, Jena, Germany Abdul Razak Al Amily, Rentner, Berlin, Germany Nora Hesse, Jena, Germany Ingrid Koschmieder, Berlin, Germany Rick MacArthur, Grand Junction, TX, USA Heidrun Landgraf, Außenwirtschaftsökonom, Berlin, Germany Ronny Boehme, Preesel, Germany Sigrun Leo, retired, Hamburg, Germany Freya Pausewang, Schlangenbad, Germany Stefan Kromet, Kirchheim, Germany Ralf Schlabach, Software-Entwicklungsingenieur, Freiburg, Germany Thomas Flaskamp, teacher, Bonn, Germany Birgit Soufiaoui, Prilly, Switzerland Hans Georg Braunschweiler, Rüschlikon, Switzerland Guenter Gerlinger, engineer, Ludwigsburg, Germany Ándi Rietschel, Geschichtenerzähler und DJ, Leipzig, Germany, andiareas.de Jürgen Lang, teacher, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Germany Silvester Burmann, retired, Wettenberg, Germany Markus Raymann, Chanthaburi, Thailand Wolf Gauer, Journalist/Filmemacher, São Paulo, Brasil Ulrike Schramm, Höchstadt/Aisch, Germany Martin Haas, Bedburg-Hau, Germany Stefan Kromet, Kirchheim, Germany Erich Ehmes, Hanau, Germany Christian Negrin, Vienna, Austria Phil Runkel, archivist, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA Silke Mahlau, Hamburg, Germany Thorsten Schröder, Sozialarbeiter, Taunusstein, Germany Zdeněk Kubáněk, Ing., PhD. Association Soldiers against War (Council), Czech Republic, Website Ing. Michal Gondek, ret. Major General, Association Soldiers against War (Member National Council) Czech Republic Website Otakar Veselý, Colonel, Association Soldiers against War (member of the National Council), Czech Republic, Website Ing.Radek Bukovjan, Captain in reserve, Association of Soldiers against War (member National Council) Czech Republic Website Amedea Raff, lic.phil., Psychologin, Berufsschullehrerin und Landwirtin, Buch/Frauenfeld, Switzerland Peter Hofmann, Leipzig, Germany Marion Trommenschläger, Diplompädagogin, Köln, Germany Heike Hupe, Leverkusen, Germany Walter Velten, Pfarrer, Ipsheim, Germany Stephan Polzin, Meldorf, Germany Jürgen Osterlänger, Ingenieur, Emskirchen, Germany Monika Waldkirch, Wiesbaden, Germany Stephanie Schütz, Köln, Germany Barbara Heller, Bremen, Germany Frank Merkel, Wiesbaden, Germany Maria Froitzheim, Pädagogin, Bonn, Germany Heinz Stucki, Elgg, Switzerland Heinz Blessing, Konstrukteur, Rösrath, Germany Ali Mussa Mwadini, Executive Secretary & Peace Activist, Zanzibar Peace, Truth & Transparency Association, Tanzania Heinrich Westner, retired, Biberach, Germany Anna Gross, Ahrensfelde, Brandenbg, Germany Reinhard Frankl, attac Aschaffenburg, Germany Gernot Gangl, Beamter, Schleinbach, Austria Dr. Helmut Loch, Kinder und Jugendpsychiater, Heidelberg, Germany Erich Fankhauser, „Frieden durch Kultur“-Schweiz, Niederlenz, Switzerland Rita Abert, retired, Berlin, Germany Hildegard Cowan, Rheinfelden, Schweiz Dieter Pomierski, Berlin, Germany Michael Wiebe, Brandschutz-Techniker, Berlin, Germany Almut Loch, Dipl. psych. Psychoanalytikerin, Heidelberg, Germany, almutloch-steinkunst.de Idis Schuster, Düsseldorf, Germany Renate Laue, Lehrerin i. R., Halle (Saale), Germany Maurice Hopp. Klavierbauer, Holenberg, Germany ALBA, Malta North Africa Coordination, Malta, web Uwe Stahl, Drucker/Grafiker/attac/ver.di, Altenholz, Germany, web Ulrich Westner, Mannheim, Germany ulrichsayinwestner.com Eric Jung, Alsdorf, Germany Arnold Peter, Dipl. Ing., Altshausen, Germany Barbara Philpps, Köln, Germany Sabine Behrendt, München, Germany, neurolab.de René Hudan, Koutio, Dumbea. Nouvelle Calédonie Dietrich Müller, Konstanz, Germany Christian Oberholzer, Architekt, Zurich, Switzerland Mechthild Oberholzer, Ergotherapeutin, Zurich, Switzerland Peter Silbereisen, Humorist, Wiesbaden, Germany, peter-silbereisen.de Martine Sauveur, Giromagny, France Yohann Sparfell, Plerin, France, in-limine.eu Joan Oehme, Berlin, Germany Marianne Wehrle, Maur, Zurich, Switzerland Hans-Peter Wehrle, Maur, Zurich, Switzerland Léon Meynet, Genf, Switzerland Patricia Ziegler, Rentner, Berlin, Germany Irmgard Lerch, Konstanz, Germany, teehaus-konstanz.de Johannes Kraut, Diakon, Reutlingen, Germany Ulrike Hennemann, Tübingen, Germany Bernd Schnettler, Reutlingen, Germany Ilse Geißer, Yogalehrerin, Konstanz, Germany Giuseppe Savino, Gabian, France Jurgen Anthon Berg, Friedrichshafen, Germany Robert Cavens, Ferrières, Belgium Eberhard von Goldammer, Dozent, Witten (Ruhr), Germany, vordenker.de Werner Frey, Elekr. Ing., Bronschhofen, Switzerland Dr. Jordi Balari, architect, Barcelona, Catalonia Viliam Jablonický, Publizist, Bratislava, Slowakei Marie Christine Freisen, Ferrieres, Belgium Kadda Medjeded, author, Mostaganem, Algerie Dorothee Spiegel-Kalasz, Masseurin/HP, Stuttgart, Germany Christa Dannehl, Rentner, Schwedt / Oder, Germany Nasr Eddine Benkhaled, Aix-les-Bains, France Marc Mangen, Musiker, Ettelbrück, Luxemburg Silvia Cattori, Lausanne, Switzerland, arretsurinfo.ch Hermann Szlezak, Vienna, Austria Paul Zinck, Dipl.Ing., Strasbourg, France Beate Laidler, Konstanz, Germany Christine Green-Ottens, Diplom Sozialpädagogin, Alfter, Germany Jean Daniel Urben, Berufsschullehrer, Kaltbrunn, Switzerland André Chenet, Nice, France, libertesconquises.fr Marie-Françoise Cordemans, Bruxelles, Belgique Martine Hildebrandt, Retraité Presse, Paris, France Mathilde Nägeli, pens. Verw. Angest., Kilchberg, Switzerland Tobias Neugebauer, Thun, Switzerland Norbert Römer, Rentner, Laufenburg, Germany Cornelia Praetorius, Mothers Against War. Christian Peace Conference, Berlin, Germany Martine Bonnin, Pîtres, France Maria Guidon, Oberrieden, Switzerland Ilona Haack, Rentnerin, Ritzerow, Germany Regula Vontobel, Basel, Switzerland Margot Wahl, Zürich, Schweiz, seniora.org Ruth Hofmänner, lic.phil. Psychologin, Winterthur, Switzerland Inge Schwirten-Tropp, Königswinter, Germany Jürg Kräuchi, Zollikon, Switzerland Brigitte Queck, Dipl. Staatswiss. Außenpolitik, Potsdam, Germany, website Gudrun und Klaus Fenten, retired, Rielasingen-Worblingen, Germany Eva Richter, Winterbach, Germany Hans Pöchmann, Salzburg, Austria Rainer Nützel, Ravensburg, Germany Joachim Scheer, police chief inspector, ret., Lehre, Germany Heinrich Friedrich Ulrich, Rentner, Lohra, Germany Sylvia Wenzel, Baden, Austria Johanna Haidvogl-Werder, Biologin, Gelterkinden, Switzerland, website Rusanna Hillmann, Erlangen, Germany Hans-Ulrich Bünger, Freudenstadt, Germany Rosemarie Küppers, Berlin, Germany Ingeborg Hilmes, Koblenz, Germany Alyette Ozoux, Lyon, France Ortwin Zeitlinger, Lehrer, Berlin, Germany Dieter Rupp, Rosenheim, Germany Armin Tausch, Munich, Germany Rudolf Steinmetz, Munich, Germany Wilfried Meißner, physician a.D., Saalfeld, Germany, wilfriedmeissner.de Ursula Brümann, Berlin, Germany Marcella Rüdlinger, Rüti/ZH, Switzerland Florian Hilmes, Koblenz, Germany Siegfried Wilhelm, translator, Nischni Nowgorod, Russia Erich Baumgartner, social education worker, Luzern, Switzerland Gudrun Haas, Trainerin für Gewaltfreie Kommunikation, Mediatorin, München, Germany, gudrun-haas.de Dr. Hans-Jörg Schlichte, Hitzacker, Germany Heinz Rafreider, fiduciary, Stadel, Switzerland Hans Lachmann, chemical engineer ret., Heidelberg, South Africa Walter Friedmann, Bühl, Germany, Website Peter Gloystein, Brake/Unterweser, Germany Michaela Tiedemann, retired, Lindau (Bodensee), Germany Johannes Resch, physician, Annweiler, Germany, Johannes-Resch.de Helga Netzer, Road Town, British Virgin Islands Otto Gisbert, economist, ret., Wil, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Olivier Bruno, Solidarité & Progrès, Paris, France Volker Schwarzmann, Dr.rer.Nat. i.R., Hamburg, Germany Gerard Pilote, retraite, Montral, Canada Ruth Weibel, Solothurn, Switzerland Kurt Wolfgang Ringel, Rentner/Verfahrenstechniker, Mitglied Freidenkerverband, Niedersachsen Rainer Straßburg, Cottbus, Germany Helga Döring-Kles, Hannover, Germany Reto Mettauer, Dornach, Switzerland Esther Trefzer, Aarau, Switzerland Karin Zysse, Psychologin, Locarno, Switzerland, ganzheitlicheberatung.ch Gustav-Adolf Siebrasse, Bielefeld, Germany Andreas Fassbind, free-lance, Locarno, Switzerland Gisela Hess-Hatting, Rentnerin, Viöl, Germany, hess-hatting.de Angelika Scheer, DFV Nord, Hamburg, Germany, dfv-nord.de Frank Thomsen, Wallsbüll, Germany Barbara Tropp, Techn. Angestellte, Hennef, Germany Heinz Schwirten, Sozialarbeiter, Lindlar, Germany Lukas Zingg, Masken-Bauer, Basel, Schweiz Ludwig Mehler, Grafschaft, Germany Holdger Platta, Sudershausen, Germany Michael Lang, Berlin, Germany Francesco Celia, Phd candidate, Catanzaro, Italy Mechthild Walter, frm. city councilor, Munich, Germany Emmi Bosshard, Kollbrunn, Switzerland Roberto Murgia, Ingenieur, Oristano, Italy Joachim Günther, Berlin, Germany Gertrud Berger, Retraitée, Cressier NE, Switzerland Markus Schmitz, Jilin, P.R. China Mauro Valderrama, Berlin, Germany Stefanie Hilke, Berlin, Germany Andre Roth, Dietikon, Switzerland Ines Sono, Aktivistin, Berlin, Germany Ingrid & Holger Mandel, Obernkirchen, Germany Irene Silberstein, Consultant, Worcestershire, England, UK Arnold Witjes, Oldenzaal, Netherlands Bernd Schneider, Kubschütz, Sachsen, Germany Ute Sikora, Schwifting, Germany Volker Meier, Ing., Cottbus, Germany Volkmar Beck, Greiz, Germany Luca Siniscalco, Milano, Italy Rudolf Müller, Forst, Brandenburg, Germany Karl Valencia, Berlin, Germany Frank Born, Cottbus, Germany Heidi Foerster, Berlin, Germany Gérard Duchemin, France Dany Lindenbacher, Basel, Switzerland Lysan Boshuyzen, Haarlem, The Netherlands Götz Weinel, Berlin, Germany Ana Mondrus, San José, Costa Rica Wolfgang Kornberger, Philosoph, Konstanz, Germany Jürgen Rädler, Erlebnispädagoge, Vorstand Freundeskreis, Friedrichshafen, Germany, bruecke-nach-ufa.de Volker Schmid, Wolfschlugen, Germany Katharina Schmid, Therapeutin pens., Niederlenz, Switzerland Monika Kloth, Heilpraktikerin, Radolfzell, Germany Ilse Geißer, Yogalehrerin, Konstanz, Germany Walter Granacher, Konstanz, Germany Abdellah Bouchelia, Lyon, France Anastasia Pronitschew, businesswoman, Bremerhaven, Germany Diane Combes, professeur des écoles, Eguilles, France Pierre Sarramagnan-Souchier, Schopfheim, Germany Christian Calomme, Liege, Belgium Martine Beginne, Liege, Belgium Mona Rizkallah, Beirut, Lebanon Nadia Gaiddon, Ramatuelle, France Veronika Thomas-Ohst, Aachen, Germany, euregioprojekt-frieden.org Karl Heinz Otten, Aachen, Germany, epf-ac.org Patricia Marticorena, Baigorri, France Angie Zelter, Knighton, UK Edel Martin Kabutakapua, Kananga, Congo Robert Isaac, Issug, Canada Andreas Haltinner, seaman, Berlin, Germany Gerda Müller, Rentnerin, Richtolsheim, Frankreich Prof. Dr. med. H.-W. Menges-SPELL, physician, artist, Aachen, Germany, spell-art.de Ursula Mathern, Merxheim, Germany Stéphane Palazotto, Moscow, Russia Elkje Schneider, Frankfurt, Germany Michel Gillet, Trets, France Rosemarie Haltinner, salesperson, Beckendorf, Germany Yves-André Babst, Avenches, Switzerland Hassan el Bedyouch, Agadir, Morocco Fanny Barbault, Gieres, France Victor Onana, Yaounde, Cameroun Jonathan Thron, Berlin, Germany Nikola Sanz, Lausanne, Switzerland Madline Salamin, Veyras, Switzerland Loana Cettou, Fribourg, Switzerland Julia Clément, Genève, Switzerland Maxime Savage, Montreal, Canada Amanda Bühler, Lausanne, Switzerland Ulrike Gabriel, Berlin, Germany Vijay Prashad, professor of International Studies at Trinity College, Connecticut, USA Juergen Bennewitz, Rentner, Kleinmachnow, Germany Wolf-Dietrich Bennewitz, Spremberg, Germany Inge De Caerlé, teacher, ret., Essen, Germany Anne Polikeit, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Pierre Strauss, Genolier, Switzerland Ursula Hüser, Berlin, Germany Heinz D. Kappei, peaceworker, Berlin, Germany, leo-kette.de Dieter Kaltenhäuser, Breisach, Germany Elisabeth Kaltenhäuser, Breisach, Germany Konni Schmidt, Chair Bike for Peace and New Energies e. V., Kaiserslautern, Germany, bikeforpeace.net Frank Schneidereit, 3D Artist & Motion Graphics Designer, Berlin, Germany Leslie Lomas, Boulder, Colorado, USA Wilbur Ince, Minneapolis, USA Bernhard Klinghammer, Arzt, Ronnenberg, Germany Betsy Mullligan-Dague, Executive Director Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, Missoula, MT, USA, jrpc.org Ute Donner, painter/peaceactivist, Berlin, Germany, umbrella-peace-art.de Richard Forer, author/speaker, Lafayette, CO, USA, richardforer.com Steven Caton, Professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Ivan Ivanov, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Dr. Leo Semashko, Honorary President, Global Harmony Assotiation, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, peacefromharmony.org Dr. S. S. Varatharajan, International VP for PR IAEWP ( NGO-UN ), Malaysia, website Reto Thumiger, Friedensaktivist/-redakteur, Berlin, Germany, pressenza.com/de Agnes Rödiger, Bühl, Germany Inge Ammon, Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany Dr. Gabi Weber, physician, chair of Cafe Palestine Freiburg, Germany, website Michael Kleberger, Oberneuching, Germany Peter Brecht, Weinsberg, Germany Sausan Hachicho, communication coaching & copywriting, Freiburg, Germany, hachicho.de Tobias Baumann, Berlin, Germany Geertrui Mestdag, coach/counselor, Haarlem, the Netherlands, mestdag.eu Jay Wenk, veteran member of Veterans for Peace, Woodstock, NY, USA George Newell, Boulder Chapter President, Veterans for Peace, USA Chuck Searcy, Vietnam Veteran, Athens, Georgia, USA, web Carol Trainer, member of Veterans For Peace, Prospect, KY, USA, web Carroll Nast, Colfax, CA, USA, web Sally-Alice Thompson, The Raging Grannies of Albuquerque, USA, web Mary Hanna, Charlottesville, VA, USA Daniel Gilman, retired, Viet Nam Veteran, Seattle, WA, USA Nicolas J S Davies, North Miami, FL, USA Scott Camil, retired, Gainesville, FL, USA, vfpgainesville.org Tom Hawthorne, Callahan, FL, USA Klaus Linder, Musician, Berlin, Germany Robert Hunziker, Environmental Activist/Journalist, Author, Los Angeles, CA, USA June Vette, Mt Shasta, CA, USA, multipolarworld.net Maura Browne, Washington, DC, USA Gladys Tiffany, Director OMNI Center for Peace, Justice, Ecology, Fayetteville, AR, USA, omnicenter.org Margit Stiemer, Berlin, Germany Bill Kaiser, activist, Burbank, CA, USA Esan Siva, commercial, Thiais, France Abdellah Najim, Bruxelles, Belgique Walter Friedmann, Bühl, Germany, Web Henry Klützke, employee, Rostock, Germany Prof. Thomas Riebl, Obertrum, Austria Natylie Baldwin, author/analyst, San Francisco Area, CA, USA, natyliesbaldwin.com John Walsh, Scientist (biologist), Alameda, CA, USA Süheyla Köhler, Berlin, Germany Sheinna R. Baker, Madera, CA, USA Andreas Johannes Berchtold, retired, Wuppertal, Germany, freudenschaft.net Enrico Vigna, free lance, writer researcher, speaker for Italy of Belgrade Forum, Turin, Italy, civg.it Ursula Mathern, Merxheim, Germany Matthias Abendroth, architect, Weimar, Germany Thomas Abendroth, musician, Grafrath, Germany Daniel Hollenberg, Student, Oberhausen, Germany Ruth Wright, retired, Northville, Michigan, USA Cathy Curtis, Professor of Music, Paris, France Gitta Kleine, München, Germany Elke Blauth, Klinische Kunsttherapeutin, Wiesbaden, Germany Zvonko Avramovic, Vienna, Austria Sudhir Sajwan, Advocate, advocate, New Delhi, India Dr. Reiner Seidel, Hochschullehrer, Berlin, Germany, beziehungs-werkstatt-berlin.de Farid Al-Midani, Steuerfachangestellter, Wuppertal, Germany Thomas Austermann, Essen, Germany Vincenzo Spezzano, Staatlicher Angestellter, Trento, Italy Anschi Pohlmann, Kunstttherapeutin/Künstlerin, Dortmund, Germany Werner Ulf, selfemployed, Berlin, Germany, website Jean Jacques Sautier, retired, Mesanges, France Katrin Wiegand, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany Heike Baheru, Berlin, Germany Marvin Unger, selfemployed, Berlin, Germany Wolfgang Sichert, Author, Berlin, Germany Molina Vogelsang, Student, Berlin, Germany David José, Studierender, Berlin, Germany Monika Häusler, Produktionshelferin, Perasdorf, Germany Walter Friedmann, Bühl, Germany Klaus Lipps, Oberstudienrat a.D., Baden-Baden, Germany Christina Lipps, Lehrerin a.D., Baden-Baden, Germany Martin Eckert, Sozialwissenschaftler, Conil de la Frontera, Spain Stefanie Kötter, Duesseldorf, Germany Alyette Ozoux, Lyon, France Vincenzo Spezzano, translator, Trento, Italy Christa Senberg, Knitting for peace, Zossen, Germany Kerstin Schreiber, Rheinsberg, Germany Klaus Gente, retired, Born am Dar, Germany Nils Hausotte, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Hans Boës, Fahrzeugbau, Berlin, Germany, postfossilemobile.de Marc Benndorf, Holztechniker, Aktivist, Rhauderfehn, Germany Hans Jürgen Adler, retired, Gardelgen, Deutschland Michael Lang, Berlin, Deutschland Click here for comments Here the extended version of the declaration (29. Jan. 2016): Multipolar World Against War An Urgent Call for a Multipolar Coalition for Peace Our world stands at a critical and dangerous juncture. The destructive policy of unilateral military intervention and illegal regime change practiced by the United States and its allies has led to the possibility of a military confrontation between major world powers and nuclear-armed nations that could trigger a new World War. This is an urgent call to all nations, organizations and individuals worldwide, to join together in forming a global coalition that seeks to avert disaster by strengthening Multipolar cooperation, peaceful diplomacy and international law, while categorically rejecting interventionism and unilateral aggression. The world has arrived at this point because of reckless foreign policy , gross human rights violations and the wanton destruction of entire cultures. Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S.’s latest aggressive policy shift was enshrined in a PNAC (Project for a New American Century) document published in September 2000 entitled, “Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources For a New Century,” where they revealingly determined that: “…If an American peace is to be maintained and expanded, it must have a secure foundation on unquestioned U.S. military preeminence….” Under the media guise of “The War on Terror“, “WMD’s“ or “Humanitarianism“, the U.S. (together with its allies) presently executes this overtly imperialist doctrine through the expansion of NATO, the launching of multiple wars for control of foreign resources, and the establishment of hundreds of military bases overseas. It overthrows non-compliant heads-of-state through the use of unsanctioned military force or color revolutions. It contaminates entire regions with cancer-causing depleted uranium munitions. It justifies the use of torture, electronic surveillance, killer drones, cyber warfare, and the rolling back of domestic civil liberties – while whistleblowers that expose these crimes are threatened and criminalized. Even economic warfare in the form of sanctions, vulture capitalism, IMF-imposed austerity, secretly negotiated trade deals like TTIP, and financial manipulation is unleashed against its enemies – and even its allies – forcing them into submission. Dangerous Flashpoints Is the world safer? What are the results of these unilateral actions? The promises of increased democracy, national security and economic well-being from Western intervention has only left a deadly legacy of failed states and disastrous outcomes. Furthermore, this unilateral policy is now targeting Russia and China, exposing humanity to the risk of global thermonuclear war. In East Asia, Washington has deemed China’s dynamic rise as a strategic threat to U.S. interests, and has responded militarily by agitating and encircling China, while inflaming territorial disputes with its neighbors. At the same time, neo-liberal free trade agreements negotiated in secret like TPP are being implemented to counter China’s economic influence, while enabling corporations to keep workers exploited, environmental protections sidelined, and entire nations powerless. Meanwhile, the U.S. and NATO are backing a corrupt regime with Nazi ties in Ukraine that they put into power through a violent coup. The regime’s repressive policies sparked a civil war that created more than a million refugees, prompting Crimean residents against the coup to rejoin Russia in a referendum. Though more than 90% of Crimeans voted in favor of reunification, the Western powers and the media accused Russia of interference, choosing to apply tough economic sanctions, and to station NATO military personnel and weapons directly on Russia’s borders. The West is even considering the European redeployment of nuclear weapons to “counter the Russian threat“. Does this make the world safer? In Syria, the U.S./NATO/Gulf Coalition is illegally waging a dual campaign of fighting terrorism and regime change simultaneously, demanding that yet another elected head-of-state step down. However, this U.S.-led Coalition is supporting extremist mercenaries with strong links to Al Qaeda and ISIS whom they dub “the moderate opposition“ to bring down the Syrian government. So while they officially condemn terrorism and pledge to fight it, they continue to train, fund, arm, and support the very groups they say they are fighting. Worse still, the U.S.-led Coalition, illegally operating without a UN mandate and no permission from the Syrian government, is operating with a separate agenda in the same theater as the legally-mandated Syria/Russia/Iran Coalition, the one overwhelmingly supported by the Syrian people who fear for their lives. Instead of joining forces against terrorism, the West is inflaming the crisis through belligerent rhetoric, dangerous provocations and the flagrant disregard of international law. Does this make the world safer? Media as a Tool for War The role of the media in promoting these wars and destructive policies cannot be overstated. Whether demonizing a leader, a religion, or an entire nation, – the Western media chooses to echo Western talking points to scare the public into supporting war, rather than reporting on the facts. In particular, politically motivated criticism is constantly used to discredit and undermine Russia and Syria for “actually“ fighting terrorism or legally defending their own borders. Dubious accusations are regularly leveled at Russia and its president without any evidence, while Western media outlets legitimize these often debunked claims – further distorting the reality. Thus, Russia is often portrayed as a threat greater than ISIS! However, it must not be forgotten who demonized Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi, who actually created the chaos that engulfs Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Ukraine, and who continues to threaten other nations – including Russia, China and Iran. Against the backdrop of escalating ecological crises, extreme poverty and increasing social and religious tensions, this extremely dangerous foreign policy pursued by the West and its media is creating more terrorists, more victims, more refugees, more poverty and more destabilization – bringing the world ever closer to the brink of disaster. There IS an Alternative The time has come to counter this grave threat to humanity. Respect must be restored to the principles of sovereignty, self-determination and non-interventionism - and the adherence to international law must be paramount. Though most nations respect this, Russia and China are the major world powers that support the concept of Multipolarity, and act as a global counterbalance to Western hegemony. Whatever domestic issues they may have, their cooperative approach is supported by the majority of nations, by global alliances such as the Non-Aligned Movement, the G77 or the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization), and by the Latin American alliances (UNASUR, ALBA and CELAC). Moreover, these Multipolar nations are providing alternatives to Western-controlled institutions and their neo-colonial practices. Their multilateral institutions and development projects such as the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), the AIIB, and the massive “New Silk Road“ Eurasian development project are rooted in non-interventionism and mutual respect. In sharp contrast to Western trade deals, bilateral cooperation with these Multipolar nations is increasingly producing win-win outcomes for many developed and developing nations in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe. In total, the majority of the world’s nations support a Multipolar approach to global affairs based on the principles of the U.N. Charter and the Declaration of Human Rights, which is why the West wants to derail it – it’s a threat to their global hegemony. Therefore, all those who seek peace – be it nations, organizations, movements or individuals from all across the political, economic, social and cultural spectrum must stand together as one voice in support of Multipolarity. This voice must be amplified over the Western media spin by supporting truthful, Multipolar and independent media sources. This voice could be organized through major conferences into a coalition with initiatives, political positions, and a platform. This Multipolar coalition should be mobilized into a force that can pressure the West into abandoning their destructive policies by directing their political and economic support toward nations that have pursued (or desire to pursue) a balanced policy of cooperation and diplomacy. Even as individuals, we can apply pressure by contacting government offices and media outlets en masse, altering our voting and spending habits to support proponents of Multipolarity, or finding creative ways to spread the word using art, music, film or literature. More than just a call for solidarity, this must be a political and grassroots force for positive change. The Choice We All Face Since the September 2015 U.N. General Assembly and the events that followed, two distinct forms of diplomacy have been on display for all to see, presenting the world with a choice: Do we want a Unipolar world in which Western wars dictate the world’s fate, or a Multipolar world where sovereign countries work together in an environment of peace, cooperation and mutual respect? It is clear that the global majority chooses the latter. Therefore, WE, the global majority standing together in solidarity for peace through diplomacy, declare that: We respect all nations‘ sovereignty and their right to self-determination. We believe that the future of ANY country must be decided by the citizens of that country alone, free from all external threats and interference, and that multinational conflicts should be resolved through political processes and diplomatic negotiations. We support all nations that exercise a cooperative, multilateral approach to global affairs. The counterproductive and dangerous policy of unilateral military intervention is a violation of international law, and must be universally condemned. We support nations and multinational coalitions that work determinedly to stop terrorism. Nations that directly or indirectly participate in the training, arming, funding and support of terrorist-linked extremist groups do so in violation of international law and must be condemned, and held accountable. We condemn Western-oriented media outlets that demonize leaders or entire nations and religions, blatantly misrepresent the facts, and consciously present a biased, one-sided view of events. We applaud and strongly support global media that is fair and balanced, and that objectively reports on world events. We commit to engage in, or support nonviolent efforts to promote global peace and tolerance for all peoples and all beliefs. Please sign, and/or widely disseminate this declaration and all like-minded efforts. “NO to War… YES to a Multipolar World!“ * (added in March 2016) Though a ceasefire and another attempt at peace talks have been initiated, the West and its allies in the Middle East continue to undermine the process, inflaming the crisis through belligerent rhetoric, dangerous provocations and the flagrant disregard of international law. Does this make the world safer?