Press release of the International Munich Peace Conference of April 19, 2024 The entry ban against Yanis Varoufakis must be lifted immediately We do not fully share Yanis Varoufakis’ views on the war in Israel/Palestine. As pacifists, we particularly disagree with his advocacy of armed resistance against the injustice of the Israeli occupation. However, we […]
International Munich Peace Conference February 14 – 16, 2025 The crowdfunding campaign on Betterplace.org has started. Join in and help make the Munich Peace Conference 2025 possible. We appreciate your donation. *********************** Project description No one has ever seriously attemptedto combat war.No one has ever closed all schoolsand churches, all cinemasand newspapersto prevent war propaganda.So
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Report on the Munich Easter March in the SZ newspaper dated March 30, 2024 HERE Dear Munich residents and newcomers, Dear friends, Thank you, Laura Meschede, for the introduction. Many thanks to Brigitte Obermayer on behalf of the entire organizing team who prepared this year’s Easter march. The sun is kind to us, even if
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We would like to thank all donors. A wave of solidarity accompanied the Munich Peace Conference 2024. The loss of funding from the City of Munich, the Catholic Fund and Greenpeace was compensated for by many small and large donations. A cushion remains for possible legal action and for the 2025 peace conference. More detailed
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Press release dated February 29, 2024 Department of Arts and Culture decides independently on funding for the Munich Peace Conference In a letter dated February 15, 2024, the Department of Arts and Culture corrects the previous statement by Head of the Department of Arts and Culture Anton Biebl and Mayor Dieter Reiter that the motion
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Pressenza from March 3, 2024 “Who decides on the funding of the Munich Security Conference?” Continue reading HERE Free Radio Munich Peace Conference 2024 from 09.03.2024 Listen HERE Teleopolis from 18.02.2024 “Neither Putin nor NATO: More security through non-alignment” Continue reading HERE from 17.02.2024 2Activist from Belarus: “Difficult times for war opponents and objectors across
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Letter to the editor “This is a disgrace” published unabridged in the Münchner Merkur on February 7, 2024. As long-time supporters and participants in the “International Peace Conference”, which has been organized by people from the Munich peace movement with passion and great commitment for 22 years, we are shocked and outraged by the motion
Hans-Christof von Sponeck in a letter from the Board of Trustees to Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter dated February 8, 2024 Board of Trustees of the International Munich Peace Conference (IMFK) Frauenlobstrasse 24 80339 Munich To Mr. Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter and the members of the City Council of the City of Munich Munich, February 8,
In a letter dated February 6, 2024, Head of Cultural Affairs Anton Biebl and Munich’s Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter informed the sponsors of the International Munich Peace Conference that the Department of Culture would not be supporting the Peace Conference in 2024 or in the future. This jeopardizes the implementation of the peace conference. At
Anton Biebl Cultural Officer 06.02.2024 “I regret to inform you that … the International Munich Peace Conference 2024 and probably also in the following years cannot be funded.” A green-red city council motion, 14 days before the conference, wants to stop the City of Munich’s funding “immediately and in future”. Mr. Anton Biebl, Head of
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