#rearmament — Public Fediverse posts

#israel #palestine : #gaza / #hamas / #rearmament / #militarization

„Hamas has reportedly formed a special committee to recover weapons lost during the Gaza war as it works to rebuild the #AlQassamBrigades' arsenal. According to i24NEWS, the group is tracking missing weapons held by factions, clans and private individuals, buying back arms from civilians, and transferring government employees into its military wing to replace commanders killed in Israeli strikes.“

https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/world-news/netanyahus-war-fails-iran-s-proxy-rearms-hunts-every-lost-weapon-to-fight-again-gaza-war-101785271058443.html

A Commons debate on rearmament happened on Wednesday, mostly unreported. The LibDem motion calling for "rapid" rearmament was passed.
IMO the Hansard record is worth at least a skim read. There was a lot of consensus, and even a surprisingly good contribution from a backbench Conservative.
#UKpol #rearmament
https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-07-08/debates/7303C631-8282-4E5F-91E7-113449B7AB2E/RearmamentAndWarfightingReadiness

as the #USStateSecretary, #Rubio, thanks #Meloni for her obedience (#Meloni will raise Italy's #militarySpending to absurd levels), we're ready for a conference (in #Pordenone) and a protest (at the US military base in #Aviano) against
#USNuclearWeapons in Italy and #Rearmament

according to press reports, the #Meloni govt will cut 2/3 of its planned #MilitarySpending for #Rearmament.
Is this true or is it just another tactic by #Meloni to spin the public debate as with #ArmsExports to #Israel and #USMilitaryBases?

[Italian]

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2026/05/29/riarmo-il-governo-ci-ripensa-chiedera-solo-5-miliardi-su-15/8402366/?_gl=1*1ch704f*_up*MQ..*_ga*ODI0NTE5OTU1LjE3ODAwNDM5NzY.*_ga_VVW6R6G7D3*czE3ODAwNDM5NzYkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODAwNDM5NzYkajYwJGwwJGgw

“Italy’s Antiwar Strike Movement Expands: Workers Demand Break With Israel and NATO”

by ANA VRAČAR in Savage Minds on Substack

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“Thousands of workers across Italy joined a new general strike on 18 May, demanding complete severance of ties with Israel, an end to armament policies, and protection for the new civilian flotilla to Gaza—which was attacked again by Israeli forces on the very day of the strike. ‘We launched today’s general strike with the same strength and spirit as on September 22, 2025: ‘Let’s block everything’ has been and remains the watchword in our struggle against war, against complicity with the genocidal state of Israel, and against rearmament,” the grassroots trade union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) wrote’”

https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/italys-antiwar-strike-movement-expands

#Press #SocialMedia #Italy #GeneralStrike #PalestinianGenocide #Gaza #Flotilla #Israel #Palestine #Solidarity #Meloni #NATO #Rearmament

“From Palestine to the Black Sea:
Romania’s Anti-War Movement Targets NATO Expansion and Israeli Arms Firms”

by ANA VRAČAR in Savage Minds on Substack

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“As Romania prepared to host a Bucharest Nine (B9) summit and the Black Sea Defense, Aerospace and Security arms exposition, over 100 people gathered to discuss anti-militarization and solidarity with Palestine at the “From Palestine to the Black Sea” counter-conference. The meeting followed months of work through the Elbit Out! campaign, aiming to unmask and drive Israeli arms producer Elbit System out of the country, where several of its subsidiaries currently operate”

https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/from-palestine-to-the-black-sea

#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #Elbit ##ElbitOut! #Romania #BlackSea #BDS #EU #Complicity #Rearmament #NATO

Shadows Over Brussels & Kiev: #Corruption Scandals Challenge #VonderLeyen's Ukraine Agenda
"VdL faced criticism for refus'g to disclose contacts w te #arms #industry amidst an €800bil #rearmament prog, lead'g to legal action by MEP Fabio De Masi. When combined w te “Epstein Files” controversy involv'g fmr Commissioners, a pattern emerges.. Is te push for Ukraine aid a geopolitical necessity, or does it serve as a smokescreen for q'nable budgetary allocatns w'in Brussels?"
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/03/shadows-over-brussels-and-kiev-corruption-scandals-question-von-der-leyens-ukraine-agenda.html

Virkistävää puhetta USA:n Hesarin(?) pönkittämästä asevarustelu-kiimasta, https://fair.org/home/as-trump-uses-military-to-threaten-democracy-nyt-declares-military-needs-more-resources/

Euroopan komission deregulaatio-hingusta on sentään ilmestynyt "suomennosta", https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/dissecting-deregulation

#usa #war #varustelu #suomi #pelko #fear #fearMongering #rearmament #media #eu #europe #deregulation #luonto #yhteiskunta

In a valuable video conversation, Carole Cadwalladr and Robert Kagan talk about the world we've known is gone as the US careens towards fascist dictatorship and Europe risks being divided into fiefdoms by rapacious powers who have declared contempt for international law.

#Trump #NATO #Europe #Russia #China #InternationalLaw #GlobalInstability #rearmament #NuclearThreat
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0goGamFRtO0

"Trump has managed in just one year to destroy the American order that was, and he has weakened America’s ability to protect its interests in the world that will be. If Americans thought defending the liberal world order was too expensive, wait until they start paying for what comes next."

#Trump #NATO #Europe #Russia #China #InternationalLaw #GlobalInstability #rearmament #NuclearThreat
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"Americans are entering the most dangerous world they have known since World War II, one that will make the Cold War look like child’s play and the post–Cold War world like paradise. ...

Trump’s megalomania is transforming the United States from inter­national leader into international pariah, and the American people will suffer the consequences for years to come."

#Trump #NATO #Europe #Russia #China #InternationalLaw #GlobalInstability #rearmament #NuclearThreat
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"The American order is over because the United States has decided that it no longer wishes to play its historically unprecedented role of providing global security. The American might that upheld the world order of the past 80 years will now be used instead to destroy it."

~ Robert Kagan

#Trump #NATO #Europe #Russia #China #InternationalLaw #GlobalInstability #rearmament #NuclearThreat
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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/03/trump-national-security-greenland-spheres-of-interest/685673/?gift=3gozaec2NM6PUSZsUEI9kphswgVLHs-azhwbrEEQgjA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Germany inches towards martial law through mandated Russophobia

To enforce its war policy, the EU and Germany rely on repression. Journalists, humanitarian workers, and cultural institutions are targeted – which means all of us.

by Alexander Kiknadze
peoples dispatch
January 13, 2026

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/13/germany-inches-towards-martial-law-through-mandated-russophobia/

"According to the study, tax rates that are increased or newly introduced during rearmament phases generally remain in place at least in part even after these phases end. Fully repealing newly introduced taxes is the exception rather than the rule.

As a result, average tax revenues more than a decade after the start of a rearmament phase were still 20 to 30 percent above their original level, while top marginal tax rates were around 15 percentage points higher.

“The current rearmament in NATO countries is among the largest in Western industrialized countries over the past 150 years, comparable to the rearmament phases prior to the World Wars or after the Korean War. A look at history suggests that this will also entail long-term financial burdens for taxpayers,” says Christoph Trebesch, Director of the Research Center International Finance at the Kiel Institute and co-author of the study “Guns and Butter: The Fiscal Consequences of Rearmament and War.”

In wartime, governments have predominantly financed sharply rising military spending through higher public debt. In addition, new taxes are introduced or existing ones increased, for example to finance rising interest payments.

A similar pattern can also be observed in rearmament phases during peacetime, such as periods of geopolitical threat without direct warfare on a country’s own territory, conditions currently faced by many NATO members. While debt issuance and tax increases are smaller in such threat scenarios than in wars, they have nevertheless often led to noticeable changes in tax systems, including higher income or consumption tax rates."

https://www.kielinstitut.de/publications/news/rearming-for-deterrence-and-war-first-debt-then-higher-taxes/

#War #PublicDebt #Taxes #Rearmament #NATO #Warfare #Austerity

These persons try to convince Europeans that they should starve so their countries would have the money for arms. In the meantime rolling doors work pretty well. https://bewegung.social/@a_watch/115485505417524668
#warmongers #rearmeurope #rearmament #ShutElbitDown #elbit #germany #fuckthewarmongers #classwar

Ps. Of course the support of zionist regime has material interests. You believed it's out of shame?

“The ticking bomb of European rearmament”

by John Rees in Middle East Eye

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“The news, broken in a widely circulated Financial Times story, that European arms manufacturers are expanding capacity at triple the normal pace has astounded many commentators”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/ticking-bomb-european-rearmament

#Press #UK #EU #Rearmament #Warmongering #Disinformation #Misinformation #Propaganda #Russia #Ukraine #WWIII #Capitalism #Failure

“The German government is misleading the public with an alleged delivery freeze while continuing to approve millions of dollars' worth of military equipment for Israel,” said Lea Reisner.

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/33447

#rearmament #armsExports #exports #arms #weapons #armsTrade #Germany #ammunitions #missiles #military #foreignTrade #commerce #genocideSupport #complicityInGenocide

Interview with Andrew Feinstein on:
• Germany’s role in the international arms trade,
• the reason why there is a push on weapon production in Europe,
• German arms exports to Israel:
https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/news/detail/10066

@palestine

#Feinstein #weapons #armsTrade #diplomacy #narratives #Europe #politics #EuropeUkraine #EuropeanPolicy #rearmament #ReArmEurope #EuropeIsrael #Germany #genocides #GermanGenocides #defence #defense #industry #genocideSupport #complicityInGenocide

The EU has nominal limits on members' spending.

It enforces budget limits for nurses and public services; and authorizes overreach for the military.
It enforces budget limits on countries like Greece and Portugal; and authorizes overreach of Germany:
https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-approves-germanys-mega-spending-plan/

#brutalization #GermanProblem #spending #rearmament #ReArmEurope #economy #Germany #EU #industry #EuropeanUnion #euro #euroZone #Europe #debt #budget #defence #defense

"Who can doubt where all this is leading? For the first time since the cold war, Europe, Asia and the Middle East are being transformed into potential nuclear battlegrounds, with the difference, now, that atomic bombs and missiles are viewed not as deterrents but as offensive, war-winning weapons."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/10/world-nuclear-oblivion-opposition-us-russia-cold-war

#rearmament

"To proclaim the right of peoples to determine their own destiny in an international framework based on sovereignty, peace and cooperation among equals."

"Rearmament could reactivate the model tested during the eurozone sovereign debt crisis. Countries like Spain, Italy and Greece, with structurally high debt levels, will face serious difficulties in financing their war effort."

https://braveneweurope.com/hector-illueca-augusto-zamora-r-antonio-fernandez-manolo-monereo-how-to-save-europe

#diplomacy #narratives #EU #Europe #EU27 #EuropeUkraine #EuropeanPolicy #rearmament #ReArmEurope #sovereignty

The False Premise of #European #Rearmament https://www.thenation.com/article/world/europe-war-ams-nato-russia-weapons/

Have European leaders stopped to consider the Orwellian implications of gearing up their nations for perpetual war?

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#No al #rearmament
#No al #genocidi
#NoALaGuerra
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"Upon leaving politics in 2009, the well-connected and effortlessly Anglophone Merz became a senior counsel for Chicago-based law firm Mayer Brown and the supervisory council chairman of the German operations of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager."

by Dominik A. Leusder at Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2025/05/germany-merz-chancellor-cdu-neoliberalism/

#recession #Germany #assetManagement #law #CDU #budget #austerity #Merkel #industrialPolicy #AngelaMerkel #FriedrichMerz #Merz #ReArmEurope #rearmament #EU #exports #mercantilism #neoliberalism #Jacobin