Erfolg der Tschechischen Friedensbewegung

Die Regierung ist abgewählt. Sie stolperte über ein Misstrauensvotum des Parlaments. Ein wesentliche Grund war die starke Ablehnung des US-Raketenprojektes und der Regierung, die offensichtlich Interessen der US-Militärindustrie vertrat, in der Bevölkerung. Die Friedensbewegung hat mit friedlichen Mitteln wie Hungerstreiks im Geiste Gandhis wesentlich dazu beigetragen dieses Thema unverrückbar im demokratischen Prozess zu deponieren.

In Österreich könnte die Friedensbewegung vielleicht von unseren Nachbarn lernen. Der Tango Korrupti rund um die Eurofighter ist ja ein Trauerspiel ohne gleichen. Mehr als 200 Millionen „Provisionen“ wurden rund um den Ankauf von Luftraum-Nachschaugeräten in Umlauf gebracht und bislang haben sich fast alle Ehrenmänner und auch einige besonders feine Damen entwinden können. Wenn der Staat aus Sicht der Bürger und Bürgerinnen versagt, dann empfiehlt sich seit den überzeugenden Schriften von Thoreau der konsequente Widerstand mit friedlichen Mitteln.

Brief von Jan Tamas

Dear friends,

I am very happy to announce that the Czech government has fallen. The Parliament voted the no-confidence. For us it is a great victory: we knew that the only way to stop the installation of the US radar base was the fall of the government and we worked for more than 2 years in this direction with permanence and coherence. A government that represented the interests of the US military industry has fallen.

Our work has been fundamental in encouraging the members of the Parliament who already were against the radar and to spread doubts in the ones who were in favor. And it was just the change of mind of some deputies that made the fall of the government possible.

On the other hand, pressed by the hunger strike, the Social-Democratic Party had to take a clear position supporting us and this will make it more difficult for them in the future to change their opinion about the radar. The collaboration with the Communist Party, that has always supported our initiatives, has been decisive as well.

Thanks to all of you for the support you gave us in many activities, support that was critical.
Thanks to all the pacifist organizations, thanks to the members of the European Parliament who believed in our fight, thanks to the mayors of different countries, thanks to the Humanist Movement, that allowed this protest to expand to many European countries and to reach other continents.

A great space should be given to this news. Now the US must rearrange their plans because of the protest of a people who don’t want foreign troops on this territory.
And the invading armies should withdraw from all the occupied territories of the world.

Now it is necessary to develop a strong opposition to the „Star Wars“ and in favor of the nuclear disarmament also in other countries.

Now in the Czech Republic a new chapter of our struggle begins.
A strong hug

Jan Tamas