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October 15, 2012
Peace activists hinder departure of F16 airplanes to NATO nuclear...

October 9, 2012
Peace movements file a complaint against exercises in nuclear warfare

April 1, 2012
NATO GAME OVER: non-violent intervention teams from ten European...

December 20, 2011
Vredesactie files complaint against Barco technology company for...

November 19, 2010
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb part 2

October 6, 2010
Technical analysis nuclear weapon storage on Kleine Brogel

October 6, 2010
Peace activists locate and film nuclear weapon shelters on military...

September 7, 2010
Nuclear weapons in governmental agreement: in 14 days more than...

April 3, 2010
Update Press release 3 april 2010

April 3, 2010
Now or never: get rid of nuclear weapons.

NATO trains for deployment of nuclear weapons in Kleine Brogel
Vredesactie issues a call to stop this preparation of war crimes

The NATO exercise Steadfast Noon, which serves to train for the deployment of nuclear weapons by F-16 fighter jets, appears to take place on the base of Kleine Brogel from Monday 15 until Friday 26 October. Vredesactie issues a call to stop this preparation of war crimes.

Peace activists hinder departure of F16 airplanes to NATO nuclear weapons exercise
As of 7:30 AM peace activists are using non-violent means to try and stop the departure of F16 airplanes from the base in Kleine Brogel. Starting today, Belgian pilots are training for the deployment of nuclear weapons together with their NATO-partners. Small groups of activists are going onto the runway to stop the taking off of the F-16s. Meanwhile, the main gate of the base is being blocked. In this way, Vredesactie and Action pour la Paix hope to prevent the preparation for war crimes.

Peace movements file a complaint against exercises in nuclear warfare
From 15 till 26 October, pilots of the Belgian Air Force will be conducting training exercises together with NATO-partners to prepare for the use of nuclear weapons. For this reason Belgian peace organizations went to the police today to file a complaint. The use of nuclear weapons, and by extension also the active preparation for said use, violates international humanitarian law.

NATO GAME OVER: 800 activists from all over Europe shut down NATO
1 April 2012. Around 2 pm 800 peace activists from more than ten European countries gathered near NATO headquarters in Evere, Brussels. 500 people tried nonviolently to enter the NATO compound. About 20 activists succeeded to enter the military site, 483 people were arrested. At the main entrance of the NATO headquarters 300 supporters cheered the intervention teams.

NATO GAME OVER 2012
A campaign by Vredesactie to create awareness
about the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago

International action days
30 March till 2 April
Brussels, Belgium

LOBBYING WARFARE
The brochure 'Lobbying Warfare - the arms industry's role in building a military Europe' maps out the key players in the defence and security lobby in Brussels, and highlights how the industry's close alliance with EU decision makers has contributed to the expansion of the EU's defence and security structures, and to the overall militarisation of EU foreign policy.

International action camp against NEAT - Sweden - Summer 2011
July 22nd-29th 2011, the Swedish antimilitaristic network Ofog organized an international peace action camp against the military training area NEAT, the North European Aerospace Test range in Northern Sweden.

NATIONAL COMPLAINTS DAY AGAINST AGREXCO // 14th may 2011
During the National Complaints Day, 400 Belgians filed a complaint against the Israeli firm Agrexco. Agrexco is Israel’s main exporter of agricultural goods from the illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Belgian airport of Liège is one of the main hubs for its distribution network across Europe. Agrexco has been challenged for its involvement in trade with the settlements for years, but refuses to cut its commercial ties with their agricultural business.

Action against military intervention in Libya

Bombing for human rights? Drop dead!
Flash mob/ Die in. First one organised last March 30, next one June 8, 2011

Campaign against imports from the Israeli settlements to Europe.
AGREXCO BLOCKADED AT BELGIAN AIRPORT

On February 11, 2011, a group of Belgian peace activists blocked the entrance of the Israeli company Agrexco’s distribution centre at Liège Airport. The activists protested against the import of agricultural goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. The settlements are in violation of international humanitarian law. Agrexco facilitates the economical growth of the settlements by exporting their agricultural produce to the worlds markets. The activists were aiming to prevent Agrexco from distributing its products on the European markets via Liège airport.

Civil disobedience against NATO
On November 19-21 NATO met in Lisbon to decide on its new strategic concept; 80 peace activists from all over Europe managed to disturb access to NATO Summit in Lisbon.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb part 2
Bombspotting exposes the irrational Cold War rhetoric behind NATO's new Strategic Concept with a hoax NATO News-website (natonews.tv) and interview on nuclear strategy with a representative of the Political Affairs and Security Policy Division.

Peace activists locate and film nuclear weapon shelters on military base of Kleine Brogel
Belgian bombspotters who campaign against nuclear weapons have filmed the nuclear weapon shelters on the military base of Kleine Brogel. They visited most hardened aircraft shelters on the base and located 8 of the 11 nuclear weapon storage shelters. They also succeeded in taking pictures inside one of the nuclear aircraft shelters.

VREDESACTIE TV
Here you link through to our you-tube profile where you can find the most recent bombspotting action reports. To be expanded ...

Bombspotters blockade UK nuclear weapon factory
February 15th in Aldermaston – on 3 April at all nuclear weapon bases in Europe! An international group of activists, coming from everywhere in Europe, blockaded on Monday 15th February the UK nuclear weapon factory in Aldermaston, together with the British peace movement.

Bomspotters defy militaries of air force base Kleine Brogel
On January 31st a group of anti-nuclear activists entered the air force base of Kleine Brogel in Belgium. They were astonished that for more than an hour they could walk undisturbed on the landing strip, through an open gate and up to the aircraft hangars where the nuclear weapons are stored. Only after one and a half hours all of the activists were detained on the base and their cameras and mobile phones confiscated.

BOMBSPOTTING-CAMPAIGN WEBSITE
For the 2010 Bombspotting campaign, Vredesactie (Peace Action) launched a new website. Here you can get a good overview (including video clips) on the whole range of DIY actions and mass action on civil disobedience that took place on April 3rd, one month prior to the NPT review conference. go to www.bomspotting.be

Holy man is bombspotter
Saint Nicolas (a local holy man, who comes around the 6th of December, gives presents to good children and punishes children who behaved badly by putting them in his bag) and four of his helpers entered the airforce base of Kleine Brogel on the 4th of December. They wanted to put the US nuclear weapons in their bag. The Saint was very displeased about his arrest and asked for help from other people, thereby giving the signal to start a series of Bombspotting actions.

CATERPILLAR BELGIUM TAGGED AS WARPROFITEER
On the 15th of dec 2009, the Transnational Awareness Group inspected Caterpillar's production site in Belgium. The inspectors visited the company in order to verify information about Caterpillar's involvement in warcrimes. The company allegedly supports the Israeli military by providing them with bulldozers for military operations. (more information at www.tagwar.eu)

OIP (B) TAGGED AS WARPROFITEER
OIP, the Belgian company producing night vision goggles and aimpoints, received unexpected visitors from the Transnational Awareness Group.
TAGroup inspectors entered the company's premises to verify information about complicity to warcrimes.
They were specifically concerned about arms sales to controversial countries like Columbia and Israël.
(more information at www.tagwar.eu)

DEXIA STOPS FINANCING ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
The Belgian-French financial group Dexia has announced it will no longer finance Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories through its Israeli branch Dexia Israel.

This is the result of a months-long campaign in Belgium, supported by NGO’s, political parties, local authorities, trade unions and other organisations. Dexia’s management states that financing Israeli settlements is indeed against the bank’s code of ethics and it will stop giving loans due to this.

Undercover activists invade ITEC arms fair
From May 12th to 14th, 2009, Brussels Expo hosted the ITEC exhibition (International Training and Education Conference) the annual top event for companies in the military training and simulation business.

On the first day of the event, Vredesactie activists went in undercover and revealed controversial links. On May 13th, a delegation of politicians visited ITEC to make clear that an event like this is not welcome.

ARMS TRANSFERS TO ISRAEL FUEL CONFLICT
The Israeli army in Gaza is using weapons partly produced in Belgium and The Netherlands. Moreover Dutch and Belgian airports are being used for the transfer of weapons and ammunition from the United States to Israel without scrutiny of the EU arms export criteria.

Belgium en The Netherlands do not apply these criteria consistently and the transfer of military goods from the US to Israel, notably ammunition, is not controlled at all.

60 YEARS OF NATO IS ENOUGH
60 YEARS OF NATO IS ENOUGH

>>21 MARCH 09: BELGIAN NATO GAME OVER. About 1000 people closed down the NATO headquarters in Brussels. Non-violently and effectively.
>>1-5 APRIL 09: ACTION CAMP AND COUNTER SUMMIT IN STRASBOURG, FR.
The European peace movement is saying STOP to NATO, with a series of non-violent actions.

War starts from Europe
14-15 November 2008: European day of action against military intervention infrastructure.
Europe is at war. The bombs are not falling in Europe. They are falling several thousands of km away in Iraq and Afghanistan. But still war is waged from Europe. Europe serves as a launch pad for military interventions worldwide. The frameworks differ: NATO, EU, US coalition of the willing, UN. The targets also vary: Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Chad, etc. But the departure points don’t: military bases and civilian airports and harbours in Europe.
We call for a European day of nonviolent direct action against war on 14-15 November 2008 against military intervention infrastructure.
War Starts from Europe. Let's Stop War from Europe. Take action at your local military bases and installations used for military interventions! Let’s resist military globalisation together!