100 years World War1.  Learning from French-German history – Peace is the categorical imperative.

Thematisierung der Konflikte, in die Deutschland und Frankreich involviert sind und waren, mit dem Ziel eines "Friedens von unten"; organisiert von Friedensbewegungen aus Deutschland, Frankreich und Europa.

International peace seminar Verdun 25.-26.01.2014

Hotel Le Privilège, Carrefour de l’Europe, Haudainville 55100 Verdun

From Saturday, 25. January 2014

 8:30 - 10.30  International Coordinating Committee No to War –No to NATO meeting

11.00 – 13.00 Meeting on preparations of common working groups and activities in Sarajevo

14.00  Beginning of the Seminar

Opening and Greetings, Jeannick Lepretre (France), Reiner Braun (Germany)

14.10 – 17.30  1.Session 1914 – 2014 Lessons from WWI for peace work today

Aurélie Royon (France), Erhard Crome (Germany)

18.00 – 19.30 2. Session Militarization of EU and peace political alternatives

Lydia Samarbakhsh (France), Julia Pippig (Germany)

20.00  Common Dinner on invitation by European Left with „Dinner Speeches”

Marie-Christine Vergiat (France) (tbc), Claudia Haydt (Germany)

To Sunday, 26. January 2014

  9.30 – 11.00 3. Session

Chauvinism, racism and hate as legitimation for WWI and today – The so called cultural manifest of October 1914   Reiner Braun (Germany)

  11.30 – 13.30 4. Session

No to War – abolish weapons: the preparations of the activities 100 years after the beginning of WWI from the standpoint of the peace movement

Short introductions by peace activists from GB (Dave Webb, CND),

Belgium (Ludo de Brabander, vrede),

European Left Party (Claudia Haydt),

France (Jeannick Lepretre, Mouvement de la Paix),

Luxemburg (Claude Simon),

Germany (Lucas Wirl, INES)

  13.30 Summaries and agreements

14.00 Visit of memorial in Verdun

  Conference language is English.

Please save the date and pass this information on to interested persons