Global Day of Action on Military Spending, April 17th 2012

In 2010 alone, glo­bal mili­tary spen­ding rose to an all-time high amount of $1.63 TRILLION!
Because we encoun­ter count­less cri­ses in today’s world –poverty, hun­ger, lack of edu­ca­tion, poor health care, environ­men­tal issues – it is essen­tial that we come toget­her and create a glo­bal move­ment focu­sing on what IS impor­tant: human lives and their needs. It really is up to us… if not, then who? But we must act NOW!
We are orga­ni­zing the second annual Glo­bal Day of Action on Mili­tary Spen­ding on April 17, 2012 to coin­cide with the release of the Stock­holm Inter­na­tio­nal Peace Rese­arch Institute’s (SIPRI) new annual figu­res on world mili­tary expen­di­tu­res. On this day, people on all con­ti­nents will join toget­her in joint actions to focus pub­lic, poli­ti­cal, and media atten­tion on the costs of mili­tary spen­ding and the need for new priori­ties. Such events will help us to build the inter­na­tio­nal network around this issue. Detai­led sche­dule will be announ­ced soon.
Join us in this his­to­ric Glo­bal Day of Action on Mili­tary Spending.

More info on: www.demilitarize.org