Women across Europe protested militarization, austerity, and the far-right in massive International Women’s Day demonstrations.
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/09/women-warn-european-governments-on-march-8-we-wont-work-for-your-wars/
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They will if they want their PSL.
Dedicating 5% of GDP to military spending is bullshit, but a degree of targeted spending is still needed to counteract aggression by countries like Russia that would otherwise invade countries like Ukraine with impunity.
3.5% is supposed to be used on military weapons and gear, and a bunch of it could be dedicated to ensuring that current military stocks are maintained and usable; iirc, Germany discovered many of their stockpiled tanks hadn’t been properly maintained and therefore weren’t suitable to be sent to Ukraine, and other countries faced similar issues.
The other 1.5% can be used on a wide range of “dual use” projects, including things like improving road and rail infrastructure and increasing civilian resilience.
