Mujeres de Negro Madrid

English El 30 de abril de 2023 En la Plaza Mayor (junto al caballo), a las 12 horas Mujeres de Negro contra la guerra - Madrid Invitan a una concentración de negro y en silencio: CRISIS CLIMÁTICA Y GASTO MILITAR Mujeres de Negro de Madrid pedimos a nuestro gobierno que: ♀ Busque soluciones para la reconversión de las fábricas de armamento españolas en otras industrias benéficas para la población y el medio ambiente. ♀ Rebaje paulatinamente los presupuestos de defensa y vaya reduciendo los efectivos militares españoles hasta su completa desaparición e invierta medidas para paliar la crisis climática. ♀ Tome medidas efectivas y a largo plazo contra la crisis climática. ♀ Proteja, coopere y potencie a todos los colectivos que de-fendemos el medio ambiente, rechazamos los ejércitos y las guerras y defendemos la paz. ♀ A todos los gobiernos que garanticen la seguridad y la sa-lud de las personas y del Planeta. Expulsemos la guerra y la violencia de la historia

CLIMATE CRISIS AND MILITARY EXPENDITURE We are in the period of income tax returns and it is the time to talk again about how our taxes are spent. We are told that the Spanish military budget must go up 2% because that is what NATO requires of us. That would amount to raising the military expenditures as much as all that was destined for protection of the environment in 2020. The military budget has not ceased to rise since the 90’s, and no one has yet seen how this budget benefits the common good. Nevertheless, the climate crisis is more worrisome and its consequences more palpable: for example, it is predicted that with the rise in global temperature, the olive harvest could be reduced by 20%, and this year because of the drought almost all the harvest of grains will be lost. The world population is increasingly sensitized to the degree of destruction our civilization is causing on the Planet. In addition, in the majority of armed conflicts there are underlying interests in