BAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS MUTLANGEN BUECHEL

The local NGO Peaceworkshop Mutlangen is active in the national nuclear weapons ban campaign Buechel is everywhere ( nuclear-weapon free. Now Thus, our organization is one of more than 70 others who every year participates in protests against nuclear weapons in the US military air base Buechel in the federal state of Rheinland-Pfalz. More than 30 years ago in the little village Mutlangen, there was a similar situation as in Buechel now: US nuclear missiles were stationed just at the edge of this village. Thanks to the massive and nationwide peace movement in Mutlangen, these weapons were finally withdrawn from the region by the US Army .Nuclear weapons are also a global issue (there are more than 14.000 nuclear weapons remaining around the world. Therefore, we invite volunteers from all over the world to learn about peace together with us, and to support activities we organize against nuclear armament. The workcamp will start in Mutlangen in the federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, 40 km east of Stuttgart. In the second part, we move on to the military airbase Buechel, about 50 km west of Koblenz, where nuclear weapons are still stationed. We will be there during the international week of protest, that means that you will have a chance to meet many international peace activists. Participants will get to know and discuss history, nuclear disarmament, trust building and non-violence.The campaign: Twenty nuclear bombs are still at Buechel. They belong to the US Army and in case of war, German pilots on the command of US President are obliged to use them. Instead of going through with abolition, as the international law demands, these weapons are going to be upgraded. The campaign demands the stop of the so-called bomb modernization, their removal from Germany and a legal ban of all nuclear weapons. The campaign is part of ICAN, International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons, which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017.