“No Guerra-No NATO”. The Florence 2019 Declaration: Our Message to the July 2024 Washington NATO Summit. “NATO EXIT”
NATO’s 70th anniversary in Florence, Italy (April 7, 2019) called for NATO-Exit.
We are currently gearing up to the Washington NATO July Summit to be held on 9-11, July 2024.
At this juncture in our history the crimes committed by NATO and its 32 member states are beyond description, specifically with regard to its unbending support of a Nazi government in Kiev.
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Five years ago in April 2019, we met in Florence at a Conference Venue calling for NATO EXIT.
No Guerra, No NATO.
The Florence Declaration adopted by more than 600 participants called for NATO-Exit: the withdrawal of NATO member states from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
The object of the Florence Declaration was NATO-EXIT. The Dismantling of NATO and the closure of US military bases.
NATO is not an Alliance. It is an organisation under the command of the Pentagon, and its objective is the military control of Western and Eastern Europe.
US bases in the member countries of NATO serve to occupy these countries, by maintaining a permanent military presence which enables Washington to influence and control their policies and prevent genuine democratic choices.
NATO is a war machine which works for the interests of the United States, with the complicity of the major European power groups, staining itself with crimes against humanity.
Text of The Florence Declaration: NATO EXIT
Adopted by more than 600 participants to the Florence No War No NATO Conference, April 7, 2019.
Original in Italian. Translations into English, French, Russian, Spanish.
The debates and discussions were chaired by renowned author and geographer Manlio Dinucci.
The event was organized by Italy’s Comitato No Guerra, No NATO, in collaboration with the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).
The Florence Declaration was drafted by Italy’s Comitato and the CRG.
First published on Global Research on May 06, 2019, July 6, 2024
The risk of a vast war which, with the use of nuclear weapons, could mean the end of Humanity, is real and growing, even though it is not noticed by the general public, which is maintained in the ignorance of this imminent danger.
A strong engagement to find a way out of the war system is of vital importance. This raises the question of the affiliation of Italy and other European countries with NATO.
NATO is not an Alliance. It is an organisation under the command of the Pentagon, and its objective is the military control of Western and Eastern Europe.
US bases in the member countries of NATO serve to occupy these countries, by maintaining a permanent military presence which enables Washington to influence and control their policies and prevent genuine democratic choices.
NATO is a war machine which works for the interests of the United States, with the complicity of the major European power groups, staining itself with crimes against humanity.
The war of aggression waged by NATO in 1999 against Yugoslavia paved the way for the globalization of military interventions, with wars against Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and other countries, in complete violation of international law.
These wars are financed by the member countries, whose military budgets are increasing continually to the detriment of social expenditure, in order to support colossal military programmes like that of the US nuclear programme which costs 1,200 billion dollars.
In violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the USA is deploying nuclear weapons in five non-nuclear NATO States, under the false pretext of the ”Russian menace”. By doing so, they are risking the security of Europe.
To exit the war system which is causing more and more damage and exposing us to increasing dangers, we must leave NATO, affirming our rights as sovereign and neutral States.
In this way, it becomes possible to contribute to the dismantling of NATO and all other military alliances, to the reconfiguration of the structures of the whole European region, to the formation of a multipolar world where the aspirations of the People for liberty and social justice may be realised.
We propose the creation of a NATO EXIT International Front in all NATO member countries , by building an organisational network at a basic level strong enough to support the very difficult struggle we must face in order to attain this objective, which is vital for our future.
Florence, April 7, 2019
Manlio Dinucci from Italy
Michel Chossudovsky from Canada
Zivadin Jovanovic from Serbia
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