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May 27, 2012

Women in Black of Madrid against War, Communique, 24 May 2012

The policies being utilized in this crisis are harmful to the people, especially women: scarcity of resources; loss of rights; excess load of cares and concerns… while wars and militarization are supported and the war economy is maintained and linked to finances. International domination is reinforced through NATO, ...

traffic in weapons and control of information. This crisis is developing like a psychological war that is gripping the civil population.

Women in Black of Madrid against War denounce:

  • “Peace” based on the interests of the more powerful classes and not on the interests of the civil population, even less on human rights and the rights of women.
  • Increase in the number of people who have no possibility of controlling their own lives: the power of decision is held by the few.

Read full Communique, with additional links, on our Women's Action for Peace page.

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