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Most of our content is only available in German and French, so this archive of all our English content is rather empty.
Service Citoyen: Against the expansion of forced service
Today, the Service Citoyen association will submit its popular initiative “Für eine engagierte Schweiz” to the Federal Chancellery with an expected 102,134 signatures. Should a referendum be held, the GSoA will campaign vehemently against the extension of forced military service. The Service Citoyen initiative wants all citizens to be required to perform forced service in…
Event: Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and Switzerland
Nuclear weapons are one of the few threats with the potential to wipe out all of human civilisation. How do we deal with this politically? How do we build a safer world in the coming decades? This is what we will discuss at this event with high-profile speakers at the international and Swiss levels. Friday,…
Manifesto: Army
The army is the main instrument of Swiss militarization and ensures that our understanding of security continues to be strongly influenced by the military. The waste of human, financial and ecological resources for which the army is responsible is immense. A Switzerland without an army, which propagates civilian solutions instead of armed force, is therefore…
Resolution: Against the extension of forced service
Against the extension of forced service This resolution was adopted by the GSoA General Assembly on October 3, 2021. Resolution: Against the extension of forced service This year, the “Service Citoyen” association plans to launch the popular initiative “For a Service Citoyen”, which calls for the introduction of a compulsory civic service for all. In…
Armaments
Our content on armaments is only available in French and German, sorry.