🚨 The GDAMS Toolkit 2026 is here — your all-in-one guide to making an impact during the Global Days of Action on Military Spending. 🌍✊

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GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization" The global security landscape has deteriorated massively in recent years: the number of wars and violent armed conflicts active today is the highest since the end of World War II, erupting across the world and drawing in an unprecedented number of states and actors. From Gaza and the West Bank, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Ukraine, Venezuela, Iran, and beyond, levels of violence, civilian suffering, and violations of international law have reached heinous heights, including the commission of genocide. This surge in conflict and violence is neither accidental nor inevitable, it reflects a broader resurgence of imperialism and militarization, spearheaded by the United States, in which brute force, military might and coercion have become dominant tools of international relations. Powerful states and regional actors continue to fuel wars - not only through direct intervention but also through extensive arms transfers, strategic alliances and geopolitical competition - prioritizing narrow interests over human security and peace. Nuclear armed states have resumed a new and accelerating nuclear arms race with countries overtly shaping foreign policies around the most inhumane weapon ever created. Likewise, the proliferation of new military technologies from drones and artificial intelligence to space and sonic weaponry which are now being tested on the battlefield, have accelerated a new arms race with no international agreements or restrictions to their use. The result is a fractured world order in which international law and multilateral institutions struggle to constrain violence and uphold basic norms. Civilians bear the brunt of this global militarization, while the systems designed to prevent atrocities and manage conflict, especially the United Nations, are increasingly undermined by - now heightened - double standards, weak enforcement, funding cuts, disregard for existing treaties, and the pervasive influence of war profiteering. Gaza has been the most visible and atrocious example of the application of this paradigm, where we are now two and a half years into the first livestreamed genocide in human history, and with Israel’s impunity and support by the West still, for the most part, unchallenged. This new global insecurity is being driven by ever-increasing global military expenditure. Year-upon-year record levels of military spending are increasing the risk of conflicts with no concern for the global challenges that pose real threats to people all across the world, including accelerating climate breakdown, deepening inequality, or chronically underfunded essential public services. This reveals a stark misalignment of priorities: ever more money for weapons, and ever less for human security, climate action, foreign aid, healthcare, decent jobs, housing, education, and public infrastructure. While communities face a cost of living crisis with rising inflation and a shrinking social safety net that places the heaviest burden on the working class, escalating militarization and military spending - frequently justified in the name of security - divert resources from the peaceful development that gives people meaningful employment, dignity, and safety. War does not bring security, neither abroad nor at home. Instead, its consequences rebound domestically in highly militarized countries, manifesting in authoritarianism, repression, intensified surveillance, loss of democratic freedoms, police militarization and the aforementioned cuts to vital public services, all together generating new insecurities. Fueled by these trends, a growing far-right promotes increasingly aggressive and openly supremacist discourses and policies, targeting precisely those most affected by these trends and intensifying a climate of fear which, in turn, paves the way for further militarization and securitization. At the same time, accelerating militarization is reviving and expanding military service and conscription, pulling young people into systems of war rather than investing in their education, livelihoods, and future prospects. Moreover, rising military spending is worsening the climate crisis, which alongside the threat of nuclear war represents an existential threat to humanity and the planet. Armed forces are major contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions, and have a key role in sustaining extractivism and protecting the interests of transnational corporations. Every increase in military budgets also means fewer resources for urgent climate action. But despite being part of the problem, militarization is the go-to solution of global economic and political elites. Furthermore, this paradigm erodes trust between countries, undermining the collective effort that the environmental crisis requires. All this bears the question: How are further increases in military spending going to make us safer? These militaristic policies have been tested over and over and the result has always been war, repression and distrust. How is doing the same going to give a different result this time? Our answer is clear, and therefore: - We urge governments to undertake major reductions to their military expenditure and redirect those funds to social and environmental sectors, tackling the global challenges of our time and funding human security. - We call for urgent global disarmament, the reduction of nuclear arsenals and the funds allocated to them, halting the arms trade, and ceasing arms shipments to nations embroiled in conflict, regional instability, or those systematically violating human rights and international law. - We demand governments prioritize peace and justice over corporate profits gained from arms manufacturing and trading. - We underline the need for the development of new and responsive international and regional security frameworks grounded in the shared principles of common security, human security, disarmament, and global justice. - We demand governments focus on collaborative and diplomatic solutions, committing to negotiation and multilateralism, adhering to international law and disarmament treaties, and revitalizing and reforming the international conflict resolution framework of the United Nations. We urge the convening of a Fourth Special Session on Disarmament in the United Nations as agreed upon unanimously in the Pact for the Future. - We encourage civil society at local, national, regional, and international levels to join forces and challenge the rising trend of military spending, bolster the global movement for peace and justice, and confront decision-makers who attempt to justify relentless militarism under the guise of security.

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GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization" The global security landscape has deteriorated massively in recent years: the number of wars and violent armed conflicts active today is the highest since the end of World War II, erupting across the ...

We endorse the #GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization".
Your organization can also sign it and take futher action here:
actionnetwork.org/forms/gdams-...
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Official poster for the GDAMS 2026 campaign. The graphic features a tank entwined with vines and tropical plants, with the text "WAR COSTS US THE EARTH" and event details. - Photo: GDAMS 2026 Campaign

Global Days of Action on #MilitarySpending April 10 – May 9, 2026💲

Explore more ➡️ www.betterworld.info/GDAMS - Follow us and share 📣

This event coincides with the annual SIPRI Report on global military spending

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Join our #gdams Launch event and info session on Zoom on April 9 (13:00 CEST) to learn, connect, and take action. We'll present our toolkit, where you'll find dozens of inspiring actions and resources.

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GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization" The global security landscape has deteriorated massively in recent years: the number of wars and violent armed conflicts active today is the highest since the end of World War II, erupting across the ...

We endorse the #GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization".
Your organization can also sign it and take futher action here:
actionnetwork.org/forms/gdams-...
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Join our #GDAMS Launch Event on Zoom on April 9 (13:00 CEST) to learn, connect with others, and take action. We'll present our toolkit, where you'll find dozens of inspiring actions and resources.
Registrations: forms.komun.org/gdams---info...
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Are you planning any actions for the #GDAMS period? You can submit them by filling in this form: forms.komun.org/gdams-2026-a... or scan the QR code. We'll list them in our global map and agenda and help you disseminate them!

You can also explore events happening near you at demilitarize.org.

Arms Race vs. Human Development

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The climate crisis is no longer denied—it’s officially an existential threat. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: while governments talk “green,” the system driving the crisis hasn’t changed.

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🚨 How to Win Campaigns

Think campaigns are about facts?
Think again.

Winning a campaign isn’t about ideas— it’s about making people care enough to act.

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GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization" The global security landscape has deteriorated massively in recent years: the number of wars and violent armed conflicts active today is the highest since the end of World War II, erupting across the ...

We endorse the #GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization".

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Trump vs. the Canadian public

The Canadian government is caught between public opinion and pressure from Donald Trump to join the military operation in Iran.

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#Canada #Trump #NATO #GCOMS #GDAMS

💥 $1 BILLION+ a day — the cost of the Iran War

And that’s just what the U.S. is spending. See the live price ticker here: iran-cost-ticker.com?ref=dollarsa...

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What sustains the arms race?

It’s not just about defense—it’s a self-feeding system. Arms races thrive on mistrust, political interests, and constant escalation.

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📢El llamamiento de los Días de Acción Global sobre el Gasto Militar #GDAMS ya está abierto a adhesiones:
"Un llamamiento a la acción contra la militarización global"

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📢El llamamiento de los Días de Acción Global sobre el Gasto Militar #GDAMS ya está abierto a adhesiones:
"Un llamamiento a la acción contra la militarización global"

¿Tu organización ya se ha sumado?
Podéis leerlo y firmar aquí:
demilitarize.org/gdams-2026-u...

GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization" The global security landscape has deteriorated massively in recent years: the number of wars and violent armed conflicts active today is the highest since the end of World War II, erupting across the ...

We endorse the #GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization".
Your organization can also sign it and take futher action here:
actionnetwork.org/forms/gdams-...
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Why so much? Why ever more?
Military Spending

We spend more on weapons for security…
but end up feeling even more insecure 🤔

Are we actually safer, or just stuck in a security dilemma?

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📢La crida dels Dies d'Acció Global sobre la Despesa Militar #GDAMS ja està oberta a adhesions:
"Una crida a l'acció contra la militarització global"

La teva organització ja s'hi ha sumat?
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GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization" The global security landscape has deteriorated massively in recent years: the number of wars and violent armed conflicts active today is the highest since the end of World War II, erupting across the ...

We endorse the #GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization".
Your organization can also sign it and take futher action here:
actionnetwork.org/forms/gdams-...
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@theactionnetwork.bsky.social

Per mostrar el rebuig a la guerra i a la militarització, suma't als Dies d'Acció Global contra la Despesa Militar #GDAMS!

Del 10 d'abril al 9 de maig, impulsem accions arreu per exigir retallades en la despesa militar i promovem alternatives.

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🚨 The true cost of peace

Global military spending is soaring, fueling new arms races and draining resources from the things that actually make societies secure.

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#InvestInPeace #Disarmament #GCOMS #GDAMS

Dies d'acció global contra la guerra, el rearmament i la militarització. #GDAMS Del 10 d'abril al 9 de maig accions a tot el món! @demilitarizeday.bsky.social
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GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization" The global security landscape has deteriorated massively in recent years: the number of wars and violent armed conflicts active today is the highest since the end of World War II, erupting across the ...

We endorse the #GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization".
Your organization can also sign it and take futher action here:
actionnetwork.org/forms/gdams-...
@demilitarizeday.bsky.social
@intpeacebureau.bsky.social
@theactionnetwork.bsky.social

GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization" The global security landscape has deteriorated massively in recent years: the number of wars and violent armed conflicts active today is the highest since the end of World War II, erupting across the ...

We endorse the #GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization".
Your organization can also sign it and take futher action here:
actionnetwork.org/forms/gdams-...
@demilitarizeday.bsky.social
@intpeacebureau.bsky.social
@theactionnetwork.bsky.social

GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization" The global security landscape has deteriorated massively in recent years: the number of wars and violent armed conflicts active today is the highest since the end of World War II, erupting across the ...

We endorse the #GDAMS 2026 Appeal "A Call to Action Against Global Militarization".
Your organization can also sign it and take futher action here:
actionnetwork.org/forms/gdams-...
@demilitarizeday.bsky.social
@intpeacebureau.bsky.social
@theactionnetwork.bsky.social

Para mostrar el rechazo a la guerra y a la militarización, ¡súmate a los Días de Acción Global contra el Gasto Militar #GDAMS!

Del 10 de abril al 9 de mayo, impulsamos acciones en todo el mundo para exigir recortes en el gasto militar.

Únete: demilitarize.org

📚 Learn. Share. Question the narrative.
(Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – SIPRI)

🚨 #GDAMS 2026 | April 10 – May 9
Join the Global Days of Action on Military Spending and demand major cuts to military budgets.

Per mostrar el rebuig a la guerra i a la militarització, suma't als Dies d'Acció Global contra la Despesa Militar #GDAMS!

Del 10 d'abril al 9 de maig, impulsem accions arreu per exigir retallades en la despesa militar i promovem alternatives.

Uneix-t'hi: demilitarize.org