Globally, war is an everyday reality. Long-term peace can only be achieved when the structural causes of conflict are overcome. After all, peace is more than just the absence of war. Conflicts often have structural causes such as inequality, or competition and power relations between states. Discover more about conflicts, their causes, and current debates on peace here.
When we open the news, get on the tram, scroll through TikTok: everywhere in our everyday lives, we are currently confronted with the topic of war. Just recently, a "initially voluntary" military service was decided upon. Huge sums of money are being poured into the German armed forces, some factories are now producing tanks instead of cars, and the armed forces regularly visit schools to inspire children to pursue a career in the military. In this article, we ask ourselves what it means to militarise society and look at some current examples of this in Germany.
In this article, you will learn what has been decided with the new military service law in Germany and how the right to conscientious objection can be exercised. We take a look at international perspectives on military service and conscientious objection and examine solidarity movements of the past as a counter-perspective to the German government's rearmament plans.
Many people believe that nuclear power is the solution to the world's energy needs. This is often due to misinformation and half-knowledge. Because there is a lot to be said against it: For example, reactor disasters, the globally unresolved question of where to store highly radioactive nuclear waste, and the problematic extraction of uranium as the basis for nuclear power. The fact is that uranium has been radioactive for thousands of years and is therefore harmful to humans and the environment. So what is there to the idea that nuclear power is helpful and good for the future?
The conflict in Colombia has established itself as the longest and one of the most complex armed conflicts in the world. Since colonial times, the country's history has been marked by violence, a racist violence that has led to extreme inequality in the distribution of wealth. This inequality in Colombia persists to this day and is a central point in the numerous violent clashes.
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