In Viana do Castelo, the International Day of Peace, September 21st, was marked with the collective creation of a traditional salt carpet for peace.
As always, in defense of peace, solidarity with the Palestinian people was expressed.
Also within the scope of the Solidarity Campaign with the Palestinian People, another public act of solidarity took place on September 25th in the Praça da Estação in Ermesinde, where the exhibition "Gaza Sea of Memories and Mourning" was displayed.
“The urgency of the struggle for peace today” was the theme of the debate held on Wednesday, September 24, at Casa do Alentejo in Lisbon. Launching the topic were CPPC leader Isabel Camarinha, Casa do Alentejo president Manuel Verdugo, and Major General Agostinho Costa.
September 21st marks the International Peace Day, designated by the United Nations to affirm and promote peace and prevent tensions and causes of conflict in the world. In our time, celebrating this day and reflecting on its meaning is of the utmost importance, given the extremely serious situation in the world, with the proliferation of conflicts, the insane arms race, and the dangerous militaristic rhetoric prevailing, particularly in NATO and the European Union.
The WPC is vehemently condemning the repeated and ongoing immoral maneuvers of the US-administration on various levels in order to aggravate the economic blockade and sanctions against the sovereign will of the Cuban people who defend their right to determine their future and destiny without foreign and imperialist interference. The plans and actions of the USA are openly aiming at the asphyxiation of the brave Cuban people in order to achieve popular discontent against the Cuban Revolution.
On September 16th, at Largo Camões in Lisbon, we once again took to the streets to demand an end to the genocide and continued solidarity with Palestine.
As part of the solidarity campaign with the Palestinian people, which will run until November 29th, with demonstrations in Lisbon and Porto, the organizing organizations once again demanded an end to Israel's crimes, the bombings of Gaza City and neighboring countries, the recognition of the State of Palestine, and unrestricted access for humanitarian aid!
The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) strongly condemns Israel's attack on the capital of Qatar, Doha. This is yet another violation of international law committed by the State of Israel, bombing yet another sovereign country—after Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and Yemen—which deserves the deepest condemnation.
Déclaration du CMP concernant l’« Accord de Paix » étasunien pour la Palestine
The World Peace Council expresses its deep concern and opposition to the recent developments around the “US Peace Deal” over Palestine supervised and imposed by the US administration which comes in clear continuation of the “US plan of the century”. This “new” plan is converting the Palestinian Gaza Strip into a de facto US protectorate leaving the Israeli occupation over Palestine untouched, especially the more than 50% of the territory of the Gaza Strip.
The U.S. Peace Council condemns the U.S. government’s escalating wars abroad and its deepening war against working-class, Black, Brown, Indigenous, immigrant, and other oppressed and vulnerable communities here at home. The same imperialist system that wages aggression against Venezuela and Iran intensifies repression in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities across the United States. These are not separate wars — they are fronts of a global imperialist system in decline, struggling to maintain its exploitative, unilateral hegemony in the face of a rising multipolar world.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he would destroy Gaza City and expel its population, imposing a new and unacceptable forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, a step that is part of Israel's policy of genocide and colonization against the Palestinian people.
The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) strongly condemns this new escalation of Israel's aggression against the Palestinian people and calls for solidarity from the peace and solidarity movement and the Portuguese people with Palestine.
