A new international policy of peace is necessary

28. Juli 2014

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the WWI on August 1, 1914 and the 75th anniversary of the aggression of Hitler’s Germany on Poland on September 1, 1939, the beginning of WWII, the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) – Association of Anti-fascists, the umbrella association of organizations of former resistance fighters, partisans, members of the anti-Hitler coalition, persecuted by the Nazi regime and anti-fascists of today’s generations from twenty-five countries in Europe and Israel calls peace movements, political groups and governments for common activities for a new international policy of peace.

The wars of 1914-18 and 1939-45 were the results neither of „Sleepwalkers“ nor of a „coalition of totalitarian regimes”, but a proof for the fight for imperialist interests, for might and influence in Europe and the world. After the liberation from fascism 1945 the Anti-Hitler-Coalition tried in the decisions of the Potsdam conference and by creating the United Nations to rebuild the international relations and to ban the war out of the life of the peoples. We remind to the fact that forty years ago by political activities of peoples and states in the CSCE – process it has been successful to eliminate the danger of war in Europe.

Since the war against Yugoslavia and the civil war in Ukraine we can see that the danger of war is a reality in current Europe. Although one can hear other words than 1914 or 1939, but the only stakes are also today the penetration of interests of power, regions of influence and – growing up – the dominance and reserves for raw material. For that the military alliance NATO claims for itself a global room for activities – ostensibly for “defence of Western values”, while injuries of human rights, even mass murders are evaluated under the aspects of interests in raw material. Also the right of self-determination of peoples is ignored thereby.

As a “peace-messenger” – appointed by the United Nations – we call the UN, the international organizations and social forces to support initiatives for a new international policy of peace. This includes the recognition of the right of existence of all states and the enforcement of an equitable world economic order. Also the states of the European Union could make their contribution in addition if they reject the militarization of the foreign policy.

In this sense we call peace forces, parties, trade unions and critics of the globalisation, to be active in actions, in voting’s and explanations for a new international policy of peace. The FIR calls its member federations to take part in such initiatives with their historical experiences.