{"id":614418,"date":"2025-12-05T19:29:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/614418\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:29:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:29:27","slug":"we-object-because-peace-requires-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/614418\/","title":{"rendered":"We object because peace requires courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"otherlangs\">This post is also available in: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenza.com\/it\/2025\/12\/germania-obiettiamo-perche-la-pace-richiede-coraggio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenza.com\/de\/2025\/12\/wir-verweigern-weil-frieden-mut-braucht\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img width=\"820\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WirVerweigern1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Wir verweigern, weil Frieden Mut braucht\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>Red writing: We object!  (Image by https:\/\/widerstands-kollektiv.org)<\/p>\n<p><strong>During the night between Thursday, December 4th and Friday, December 5th, activists from the \u201cWir verweigern! (We object!)\u201d campaign modified several German army posters to draw attention to the right to conscientious objection and counter propaganda in favour of war and violence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, as a young man, it\u2019s disturbing to see this pro-war advertising everywhere, a war the state wants to send me into through compulsory military service. My life is not your asset!\u201d explains one of the activists.<\/p>\n<p>Wir verweigern! is a youth group campaign calling for mass civil disobedience and resistance to rearmament and compulsory military service. In early September, activists spray-painted the exterior wall of the Bundestag nursery: \u201cAre you forcing your children to kill too?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2658802 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WirVerweigern3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"847\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>White writing: Do what really matters. 70 reasons for the German Army. Why we cannot hand over responsibility. Find your reasons. 70 years of the German Army. Red writing on \u201cresponsibility\u201d: kill.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2658803 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WirVerweigern2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"700\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>White writing: Because fundamental rights don\u2019t defend themselves. Find your reasons. 70 years of the German army. Red writing on \u201cfundamental rights\u201d: Capitalists.<\/p>\n<p>The protest against compulsory military service is growing. Youth and student organizations across Germany are calling for a nationwide strike today, Friday, against the mandatory medical check-up.<\/p>\n<p>One activist commented: \u201cWe don\u2019t want to die for a state that doesn\u2019t care about us. Our schools and universities are falling apart, our pensions are disappearing, and we are experiencing the full impact of the climate catastrophe. As if that weren\u2019t enough, we are now also expected to kill and be killed on the front lines for the powerful interests of others. But let\u2019s be clear: we will refuse military service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Press release from <a href=\"https:\/\/widerstands-kollektiv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/widerstands-kollektiv.org\/<\/a>, December 5, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This post is also available in: Italian, German Red writing: We object! 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