WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE FRANCE - news journal UPDATE - (en) France, Monde Libertaire - International Call for June 21st - Desertion Day (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Our comrades in the CNT-AIT are relaying a call from the Czech anti-militarist and anarchist collective Dezerter, inviting individuals, collectives, and communities worldwide to celebrate June 21st as Desertion Daya day of awareness, resistance, and courage to say NO to war. This day is: - An expression of solidarity with all those who have refused or refuse to fight; - A tribute to those who have been executed, imprisoned, or persecuted for desertion; - A call for the demilitarization of societyfrom schools to borders; - A reminder that any war can end when people stop fighting it. The symbol of this day is the daisya simple yet resilient flower that grows even through the ruins of war.

Wear it, draw it, plant itand spread its silent defiance. Send us photos of your daisies by email! May the Earth be covered in a field of daisies!

- Dezerter Anti-militarist Magazine (Czech Republic)

Contact: dezerter@riseup.net

The Paris gathering is supported by the "Olga Taratuta" Initiative in solidarity with Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian deserters (contact@solidarite.online; https://nowar.solidarite.online/blog) and the CNT-AIT Paris Suburbs (contact@cnt-ait.info; https://cnt-ait.info)

Come celebrate this day of desertion with us in song (for the Fête de la Musique). Meet us from 11:00 AM at the corner of Boulevard Ornano and Rue Baudelique for an anti-militarist information point at the Ornano market and an impromptu choir performance!

If you would also like to organize an information point at the market or elsewhere, you can download the leaflet and the songbook of anti-militarist songs.

(Text in A4 PDF format for downloading, printing, and distributing:

https://cnt-ait.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Appel-international-21-juin-deserteurs.pdf)

Songbook of anti-militarist songs:

https://cnt-ait.info/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Carnets-de-chants-8-mai-2026.pdf

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MANIFESTO OF JUNE 21 - DAY OF DESERTION

We, who refuse to kill or be killed, declare June 21 a Day of Desertion - a day for all those who have decided to defy war by leaving its machinery.

It is a day to celebrate life, not death. We are not heroes of history books, but survivors of conscience.

A deserter is not a traitor. A deserter remains true to what makes us human: compassion, conscience, and the will to choose their own destiny.

In every war, someone stands up and says: No! This is not my war!

On this longest day of the year, when light triumphs over darkness, we remember that even in the most militarized times, some refuse to pull the trigger.

The act of desertion is a cry against war - and a whisper of hope for the whole world.

- Dezerter Antimilitarist Magazine, Czech Republic

Contact: dezerter@riseup.net

https://monde-libertaire.net/?articlen=9058
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