Pengene er dels gået til lokale regeringer, dels til firmaer i Europa, Nordamerika og Israel. Men konsekvenserne for lokalbefolkningerne er katastrofale. Den indbringende diamanthandel er nemlig med til at holde gang i den blodige borgerkrig i Den Demokratiske Republik Congo. Ligesom det før har været tilfældet for Angola og Sierra Leone. Organisationen Worldwatch Institute har fulgt udviklingen i handlen med diamanter og andre råstoffer. Organisationen vurderer, at kampen for at få fingre i disse naturressourcer betyder, at mere end 20 millioner mennesker er blevet dræbt eller blevet...

The crowd surges forward toward the sound of the megaphone. Journalists hold their cameras above their heads, motor drives clicking. Above, helicopters survey the demonstrators. At the center of crush is a representative from the Eastern European Anarchist block, reading a prepared statement. »There is no war against terrorism, war is terror! Nato is a real terrorist, not the people who are struggling for a better world. Let us not allow our children to grow up in fear like we did during the cold war. Military pacts don’t provide security, but they are keeping people in wars, fear and...

Nato member since 1999, the Czech Republic hosted this year’s Nato summit, which welcomed seven new members – Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. – Export of arms from the Czech Republic has been influenced to a certain extent by our joining the Nato, says Milan Stefanec, of the Czech Independent Social Ecological Movement. – Thanks to Nato, the Czech armed forces had to review their weapons and arms, so that was a huge rearmament, and it is especially the old arms and weapons that were eliminated from the armed forces which become the object of trading and...

Jan nåede netop at sætte pigtråden med de gule EU-stjerner fast på metalpladen, før to transitter med fuld bemanding dukkede op og anholdt ham torsdag middag. Jan og hans hjælper blev topmødets første »gæster« på politistationen i Valby. De sad syv timer i celle et og to, før de kunne forlade stationen. 1.500 kroner fattigere.

In 1777 the U.S. flag had 13 stars in a circle on a blue background, one for each state of the Union. The 13 red and white stripes remain in memory of the original colonies, but a star has been added for each state. In 1955 the Council of Europe adopted a circle of 12 stars in a circle on a blue background as the flag of a unified Europe. No stars have been added for new members of the Union. The debate over a federal European Union continues, even as the Union’s new constitution is being quietly drafted by The EU Convention President, Valéry Giscard d’Estain. Today, EU member states are...

– It was a symbolic blockade of the entrance of Danisco- a quiet, short protest. The EU supports European sugar-producers with millions of Euros every year and at the same time it protects its own sugar behind a big fat wall of taxes, so its impossible for third world peasants to sell their sugar on the European market. Af Lars Jonasson/Moskito

Pil Christensen og Lars Gaardsøe havde ikke kørt langt med materialerne til dagens »ulydigheds-happenings«, før håndjernene klappede sammen om deres håndled. To civilbetjente standsede vognen, konfiskerede »gearet« og anholdt de to aktivister. – Den ene var meget aggressiv og ville have os anholdt med det samme. Han snakkede om noget med »besked ovenfra«, og da vi spurgte, hvad vi var sigtet for, svarede han »lad os bare sige forberedelse af ulovligheder«. Våbenbesiddelse Men da Pil og Lars nåede ind til politistationen, var sigtelsen pludselig blevet skærpet til »overtrædelse af våbenloven...

Lott.dk blev lukket, fordi siden opfordrede til en digital oversvømmelse af det officielle EU-formandsskabs hjemmeside – eu2002.dk. For ikke-web-folk betyder en såkaldt oversvømmelse, at serveren bliver kontaktet af så mange andre computere, og skal svare tilbage så mange gange inden for så kort tid, at den går i sort. Payback – Politiet kom ind og forklarede, at de ville tage webserverne med sig, siger Catpipes direktør Peter Christensen til »Göteborg Posten«. Han foreslog imidlertid en anden løsning for at sikre sine øvrige kunders internet-tjenester. – Jeg sagde, at de kunne kopiere og...

How then can it be that since 1989 more European soldiers have been at war in more places, killing more people, than during the time when we were lined up on the front line of The Cold War? We list some of our wars and some of the reasons presented for them. Daddy’s war Iraq, 1991: A US led coalition drives Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait. The US Army estimates they have killed 100.000 enemy soldiers while only 148 US soldiers die, most in traffic accidents or from friendly fire. When civilian casualties are added up, as many as 250.000 may have died in the intensive bombardment, according...

Peace researcher Jan Øberg is against a new war against Iraq. He agreed to be photographed together with a 134 cm. long stuffed toy tiger. What is war? - War is the continuation of politics by other means. The purpose of war is to keep the peace. You only use violent means when your fundamental existence is threatened. What is a soldier? - A soldier is an element of the state. Soldiers perform their duties according to the decisions made by the political leadership of the state. And if necessary they kill? - Yes. Could you do that yourself – kill? - I don’t wish to answer that question. Is...