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Manifesto

‘We do not resign ourselves to rearmament and war in Europe’
Spain, March 26, 2025

Is there anyone, in Europe or anywhere else in the world, who does not want to defend their loved ones from a potential threat? Who does not wish to banish the terrible shadow of violence from their lives and those of their loved ones?

Who does not dream of a future in which their sons and daughters, those of their friends and neighbors, can live in peace, develop as people, have decent jobs, inhabit a habitable planet, have a roof over their heads, enjoy culture and enriching and constructive social relationships, and live lives free from all forms of violence?

Society needs the security provided by quality public healthcare and education for all, young people need a home to live in, our elders don’t want their pensions in jeopardy, and, above all, we don’t want our children and grandchildren to experience the horrors of war.
To what extent exactly does the unbridled increase in military spending that European governments intend to approve without public debate, without transparency or detail, and with urgency contribute to this peaceful future?

MANIFIESTO CONTA EL REARME: ‘NO NOS RESIGNAMOS AL REARME Y A LA GUERRA …

çWhat part of those billions is allocated to improving education, healthcare, the terrible housing situation, cultural precariousness, environmental harmony, or international solidarity?

Wouldn’t it be necessary to invest in greater political and diplomatic efforts that, in the face of threats of aggression, seek paths of dialogue that have not yet been explored?

Is it stupid, simplistic, or naive to wish for this, to defend peace and social justice? Is it perhaps more intelligent, thoughtful, and mature to believe that the winds of war, bellicose language, and the commitment to arms will bring a better future?

No, we are not resigned to war. Europe’s rearmament will not bring peace, it will not contribute to détente, but will bring us even closer to war. Militaristic contexts are also often accompanied by setbacks in rights, freedoms, and social policies.

They generate fear and social alarm, an ideal scenario for normalizing mechanisms of repression and authoritarianism, as is already beginning to be seen.

We are concerned that this strategy will lead to a long war with Russia, which we know is not intended to defend international humanitarian law, freedom, human rights, or the protection of the weakest.

If this were the case, the attitude toward Netanyahu would be the same as that toward Putin.

This Europe, which remains silent or, worse still, supports Israel in its genocide in Gaza and the West Bank and even persecutes those who denounce it, needs to clearly redefine those common values whose defense is presented as a justification for rearmament.

The citizens of our country have amply demonstrated their commitment to peace and anti-war policies in the past.

The mass demonstrations against the Iraq war, illegally promoted by José María Aznar’s government, the movement against our country’s continued membership in NATO, which mobilized more than 43% of the vote in that distant referendum, and the movement against compulsory military service until its abolition in 2001, are part of our recent collective memory.

The increase in European military spending—up to €800 billion over four years—announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be implemented through an exceptional mechanism that will prevent parliamentary debate and, in general, prevent clear and detailed information for European citizens.

We cannot and do not want to accept that the money from our public hospitals, our schools and public universities, our long-term care system, our protection and social coverage policies for times of difficulty, the fight against climate change, gender-based violence, racism, or emergency protection, and our cooperation, will be used to buy tanks, rifles, fighter jets, and missiles for war, because this is what the warmongering elites currently governing Europe and the United States have decided.

The true security we need is the vital security that our public pensions, our primary care doctors, our free treatment in public hospitals for any ailment or illness that affects us, our guaranteed education in public schools and universities that provide us with equality, our scholarship system, our unemployment benefits in case of need, the Minimum Living Income, our firefighters putting out fires in our mountains or rescuing people in our towns and cities when an emergency breaks out, or the development and implementation of public policies.

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«No nos resignamos al rearme y a la guerra en Europa» – Rojo y Negro

original en español

Manifiesto: ‘No nos resignamos al rearme y a la guerra en Europa’

España, 26 de marzo de 2025

¿Hay alguien, en Europa o en cualquier otra parte del mundo, que no quiera defender a sus seres queridos de una posible amenaza? ¿Que no desee alejar la sombra terrible de la violencia de su vida y la de los suyos?

¿Que no sueñe con un futuro en el que sus hijos e hijas, los de sus amigos y vecinas puedan vivir en paz, desarrollarse como personas, tener trabajos dignos, habitar un planeta habitable, tener un techo sobre sus cabezas, disfrutar de la cultura o de las relaciones sociales enriquecedoras y constructivas y vivir vidas libres de todo tipo de violencias?