To mark the NATO summit held in May 2012 in Chicago and the simultaneous G8 summit held in Camp David, Maryland, War Resisters League and the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance released a new popular education resource.
This participatory workshop explores:
- The story of NATO and G8: who makes them up, what they do, and how they have grown over time;
- How NATO and G8 have worked together to profit from and control most areas of the world, especially the Global South;
- How the countries that control NATO/G8 have imposed an economic and/or military agenda on the people of Afghanistan, Libya, Greece, Iraq and other countries throughout the world, including the U.S.;
- How specific banks central to NATO/G8 countries’ economic policies profit from militarism;
- How struggles against economic austerity, war and militarism are connected across the globe; and
- What we can do make the connections for our networks and communities between global and local struggles for justice.