Nuclear Weapons: at what cost?

#GDAMS2025 #AbolishNukes #NuclearBanTreaty #DisarmamentEducation #GlobalPeace

🖊️ Are you an individual who believes in peace, justice, and sustainability?
Then your voice matters. ✊

We say: No to war budgets. Yes to life budgets.

#StopRearmEurope #SignForPeace #MoveTheMoney #DisarmForPeace #PeaceEconomy #WelfareNotWarfare #CommonSecurity #GDAMS2025

Peace Wave 2025: Abolish Nukes, Build Peace

✊ Be part of the global demand: Wave Peace, Not Nukes.

🔗 More info: ipb.org/peace-wave-2025
🔗 Treaty background: TPNW – Nuclear Ban Treaty

#GDAMS2025 #PeaceWave2025 #AbolishNukes #NuclearBanTreaty #DisarmamentEducation #GlobalPeace

Stop European rearmament - Online petition We oppose the European Union's plans to spend an extra €800 billion on arms. Likewise, we oppose increased military spending in non-EU states. These hundreds of billions will be stolen from social ser...

🧨 €800 Billion for War? Europe Must Choose Peace! And, you can do something about it. Sign the petition now: www.openpetition.eu/petition/onl...

#StopRearmEurope #MoveTheMoney #WelfareNotWarfare #PeaceEconomy #DisarmForPeace #NoToMilitarism #CommonSecurity #GDAMS2025 #IPB #GCOMS

📅 Nuclear Disarmament
☢️ $82 Billion on Nuclear Weapons? That’s Insanity, Not Security.

It’s time to ask:
Are we building peace, or preparing for annihilation?

We say: Ban the bomb. Fund the people.

#GDAMS2025 #BanNuclearWeapons #HumanSecurityNow

📅 Global South Solidarity
🌍 The Global South Pays the Price of Global Militarism

True peace must be decolonial, intersectional, and global.

Solidarity with the Global South means challenging the structures that perpetuate violence and poverty.

#GDAMS2025 #GlobalJustice #DemilitarizeNow

📅 May 24 – International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament

👩🏽‍🦳 There Is No Peace Without Feminism

A feminist approach to peace is inclusive, just, and sustainable.

It’s time to dismantle patriarchy and militarism — together.

#GDAMS2025 #FeministPeace #WomenPeaceSecurity

📅 Youth and the Future

🎓 Books, Not Bombs: What Are We Leaving for the Next Generation?

Young people are rising to demand a world of justice, peace, and sustainability.

We must invest in youth, not in militarization.

#GDAMS2025 #PeaceForFuture #YouthForPeace

🧨 Militarism and the Climate Crisis 🌍
Billions for Bombs — But Who Pays the Price?

It’s time to #DemilitarizeToDecarbonize and invest in people, planet, and peace. 🕊️
👉 Learn more: demilitarize.org

#GDAMS2025 #ClimateJustice #MoveTheMoney

🌈 GDAMS 2025 Finale: Let’s Keep Up the Pressure!

Thanks to everyone who joined us this action GDAMS action days.

Let’s keep pushing to demilitarize our world and invest in peace, people, and the planet. #GDAMS2025 #MoveTheMoney

🧨 Europe’s Militarism on Autopilot 🚨

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, EU countries have rushed to rearm at historic levels — but at what cost?

#MoveTheMoney #GDAMS2025 #WelfareNotWarfare #StopRearmEurope #DisarmForPeace #NoToMilitarism #PeaceEconomy

"Presidential candidates must present plans for building peace through dialogue and trust, not military expansion. "
— South Korean Civil Society Joint Statement (2025 GDAMS).
#GDAMS2025 #PeaceNotWar #DisarmNow
👉 Read the full statement:https://bit.ly/JointStatement_2025GDAMS

We held a stall with the Leeds Food Not Bombs group for #GDAMS2025 to raise awareness about the lunacy that our government increased military spending by £2.2 billion in April.

Meanwhile, the government is also making devastating cuts to vital!

@gcomsuk.bsky.social @demilitarizeday.bsky.social

📅 Peacebuilding Works
🕊Peace isn’t just idealistic — it’s cost-effective, sustainable, and transformative. One of the alternatives for militaristic security is Common Security.
We need to fund peace like our lives depend on it — because they do.
#GDAMS2025 #InvestInPeace #PeaceWorks

Record military spending: the world on the way to an arms race The world spent 2.71 trillion $ in the military in 2024, according to new data published on Monday by SIPRI. Global military spending reached $2.7

We must redirect public funds toward peace, justice, and sustainability.
📰 Read our latest article on Pressenza:
🔗English - www.pressenza.com/2025/05/reco...
🔗German - www.pressenza.com/de/2025/05/r...
#GDAMS2025 #MilitarySpending #StopTheArmsRace #DisarmForPeace #PeaceEconomy

💣 Meet the Defense Giants Set to ReArm Europe 🚨

As European leaders hand billions to weapons-makers, we ask:
Who really profits from war—and who pays the price?

#StopRearmEurope #GDAMS2025 #WelfareNotWarfare #PeaceNotProfit #DisarmForPeace #NoToMilitarism #ArmsTrade #FortuneReport

Global military expenditure hit a record high in 2024, rising 9.4% in real terms to $2718 bn - the steepest year-on-year rise since the end of the cold war.

Latest stats below👇

#GDAMS2025

World military expenditure rose by 9.4 per cent in real terms to $2718 billion in 2024, the highest global total ever recorded by SIPRI and the 10th year of consecutive increases.
Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3GH5GNe

#GDAMS2025 #MilitaryExpenditure #DefenseBudget #MilitaryBudget #SIPRI

Unprecedented rise in global military expenditure as European and Middle East spending surges (Stockholm, 28 April 2025) World military expenditure reached $2718 billion in 2024, an increase of 9.4 per cent in real terms from 2023 and the steepest year-on-year rise since at least the end of th...

Unprecedented rise in global military expenditure as European and Middle East spending surges. New SIPRI data on global #MilitarySpending out now.

Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3GH5GNe
Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/AVE...

#GDAMS2025 #MilitaryExpenditure #DefenseBudget #MilitaryBudget #SIPRI

📊 Military Spending in Europe: What’s the Cost of Security?
In 2023, EU Member States spent a staggering €298 billion on the military — rising to €374 billion with the UK and Norway included.
#MoveTheMoney #GDAMS2025 #WelfareNotWarfare #StopRearmEurope #DisarmForPeace #NoToMilitarism #PeaceEconomy

Sign the 2025 GDAMS APPEAL Now

🔥 The World Is Burning — And They’re Fueling It With Weapons!
We demand disarmament, diplomacy, and real security built on justice and cooperation — not weapons and fear.
#GDAMS2025 and demand a safer, fairer, demilitarized world.
demilitarize.org/media_news/g...

Open letter: End the financing of nuclear weapons! - Medact For the health of people and the planet, the elimination of nuclear weapons and prevention of their use is an urgent priority. Take action! Sign the open letter!

📣 As part of Global Days of Action On Military Spending, Don't Bank on the Bomb UK is calling on Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Natwest & Standard Chartered to stop choosing profit over people, & end the financing of nuclear weapons.

Add your name! #GDAMS2025
www.medact.org/2025/actions...

#GDAMS2025 | Official Launch Today

🌍 Today marks the launch of GDAMS 2025!
📢 Join us from April 10 to May 9 as we demand governments rethink their priorities. Every dollar spent on weapons is a dollar not spent on healthcare, education, or climate action.

As part of the Global Days of Action on Military Spending #GDAMS2025, we are calling on these 5 banks to stop choosing profit over people and #MoveTheMoney.

#GDAMS2025

🌱 Climate Crisis or Arms Race?

During GDAMS, we call for urgent action: Redirect military spending toward climate resilience and a green just transition.

The planet can’t wait—and neither can we.

Join GDAMS 2025 ！

#GDAMS2025
💰 Military Spending vs Human Security
Around the world, basic human needs are unmet—yet military budgets continue to soar. In 2023, global military expenditures surpassed $2.2 trillion. Imagine the impact if just a fraction of that went to housing, clean water, or sustainable jobs.

#GDAMS2025
🕊️ “Excessive military spending is one of the greatest obstacles to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.” – UNODA
Organize actions now to call for demilitarization and call to stop the increasing budget for weapons. Join GDAMS and amplify the call for global peace.

#GDAMS2025 | Create your own GDAMS Online Campaign
How about you if you would be given trillion $, where would you spend it aside from military spending?
🎨Here are sample banners from the previous year.
👉Stay tune for our official banner template this year.

#GDAMS2025 | Get Involved in GDAMS: Become a GCOMS Partner
🌍 Become a partner and collaborate in transformative actions this year GDAMS!
📌 Sign up here: demilitarize.org/get_involved...

#GDAMS2025 | How to Plan Your GDAMS Campaign?

Check out our official toolkit with tips, strategies, and practical guides to help you organize your own GDAMS initiative!
👉
demilitarize.org/get_involved...

👉 Send us a message in our GCOMS account for your plan of action.