{"id":78983,"date":"2022-03-21T09:42:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T08:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/?p=78983"},"modified":"2025-07-02T18:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T16:21:46","slug":"powershift-e-v-stellungnahme-zum-ukraine-krieg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/powershift-e-v-stellungnahme-zum-ukraine-krieg\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerShift e.V. \u2013 Opinion on the war in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Escape routes for all \u2013 no new wave of upgrades \u2013 energy, transport, raw materials & agricultural transition away from fossils<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Berlin, 21 March 2022<\/p>\n

We condemn the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. We support the worldwide calls for an immediate ceasefire, a withdrawal of Russian troops and a peaceful, democratic reconstruction of Ukraine. At the same time, we want to draw attention to the dramatic consequences of the war outside the immediate war zone, especially in the Global South, and call for decisive countermeasures by politicians:<\/p>\n

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  1. Enabling escape, opening escape routes, avoiding racism and discrimination between refugees<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Our solidarity is with all Ukrainians and all people who are victims of the Russian attack in Ukraine; All those who need to flee and all those who are fighting for a peaceful, self-determined and democratic future for Ukraine. Our solidarity also extends to all people in Russia who oppose and refuse warfare in many ways.
    \nAll people fleeing to Germany, regardless of their residence status or citizenship, must be admitted and supported unbureaucratically. Particular attention shall be paid to the equal treatment of marginalised people, in particular BiPOC persons, Sintezza and Romnja minorities and LGBTIQ persons. All people fleeing war have the right to be protected here.<\/p>\n

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    1. No increased rearmament of Germany, more funds for civil conflict management<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      We oppose the militarization of society and politics. We reject the announced special fund for the armament of the Bundeswehr in the amount of 100 billion euros and a permanently increased arms budget of 2 billion euros.% of gross domestic product. Beyond the already excessive level of Western military spending, this policy of rearmament will devour important resources that we actually need for social compensation, civil conflict management and development cooperation, and social-ecological transformation.<\/p>\n

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      1. Global solidarity: Moving away from fossils, cars and meat towards a peaceful energy, transport, raw materials and agricultural economy <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        This war brings death and suffering to the people of Ukraine, but it also threatens to have dramatic global repercussions: UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres warns of a \"hurricane of starvation<\/strong>\u201c. If there are major cuts in the export of grain and fertilisers from Ukraine and Russia and therefore prices rise worldwide, millions of people are at risk of starvation and malnutrition by next year. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that the number of undernourished people worldwide will increase by 8 to 13 million in 2022\/23 if the conflict in Ukraine continues for months. African countries and the Middle East are particularly affected.
        \nThe Russian war machine is controlled by the Coal, oil and gas industry<\/strong> financed. It fuels both the invasion of Ukraine and the climate crisis. Together with Ukrainian environmental and climate activists, we therefore demand that the dependence on fossil fuels be ended as soon as possible, that all imports of fossil fuels from Russia be dispensed with and that all fossil fuels be phased out as soon as possible. (https:\/\/www.with-ukraine.org\/<\/a>)!
        \nThe now openly erupted energy conflict with Russia and the increased energy and raw material prices mainly affect poorer population groups in this country and people in poorer countries who depend on raw materials and energy imports. These drastic social consequences must be absorbed as much as possible in solidarity.
        \nA socio-ecological transformation of our economy and way of life, which had long been necessary to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis, is now all the more urgent as a transformation of the \u201cdeveloping country Germany\u201d:<\/p>\n