Europe
Belgium
26 events
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12 countries
Agir Pour la Paix posted 1,500 letters from
a pseudo-government agency called « Department of National Expenditure ». In the
letter, the « agency » demanded money
for the purchase of fighter planes from the
people of Brussels. The activists then interviewed the recipients of the letter asking
whether they would respond with a
donation to the «
» appeal and most of them answered « no » and that
they would prefer to spend money on social needs instead.
Cyprus
Demilitarised Nicosia
organised a meeting to
highlight the strong militarization of the country
and the role of military
spending in causing
and perpetuating Cy-
Ireland
Members of the Triratna Buddhist Community and AFRI, Action from Ireland
held a street meditation to raise awareness about how vast military spending
makes the world a more dangerous place as well as diverting resources awa B