On Thursday, March 5, 2026, tens of thousands of students across Germany demonstrated
against the new compulsory military service.
The "School strike against compulsory military service" initiative had already mobilized over 55,000 young
people in more than 90 cities in December 2025 to protest against the so-called "Military Service Modernization Act".
The law was passed by the Bundestag on December 22, 2025 and came into force on January 1, 2026.
Over 18-year-olds in Germany must now fill out the questionnaires for the military examination.
From 2027 onwards, the samples will be mandatory.
Phil Werring from the Münster School Strike Committee declared for the initiative "School Strike against Conscription":
"For years we young people have had to endure everything and now we are to be forced into the barracks, soon into the war.
We won't let them do that to us. We are striking for peace, for our future.
We call on all people - young and old - to join the protests and support us students in our actions!"
Statements by the heads of government Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer on the attack by
the USA and Israel on Iran reveal that the students' concerns are not at all far-fetched.
A joint declaration dated February 28, 2026 states:
[Speaker 2: "We will take the necessary measures to defend our interests and those of our allies in the region.
This can potentially include, if necessary, enabling proportionate defensive military action to destroy
Iran's ability to launch missiles and drones at source."
So that means that Germany, France and Great Britain would be prepared to shoot into Iran and thus become active belligerents.
The German Foreign Minister Wadephul is tooting the same horn.
According to his assessment, the war against Iran could also affect Germany and Europe.
But neither the Germans, the British nor the Americans have any desire for war.
On March 3, even the mainstream in the form of SRF and Tagesschau admitted that memories of the 2003 Iraq
war were still very vivid in both the US and the UK.
[Tagesschau quote: "Great Britain is only hesitantly supporting the USA in the war against Iran.
This is not only for military reasons.
Many people have not forgotten the US legitimization of the Iraq war in 2003.
Britain has a collective war trauma - and that is Iraq.
This became clear in the debate in the House of Commons when it came to the British position on
the latest attacks by the USA and Israel in Iran.
Labor MP Diane Abbott reminded Prime Minister Keir Starmer that many people in the
constituencies still remembered the Iraq war very well.
It is the memory of a war that was justified by the US government in 2003 with the alleged discovery of chemical and
biological weapons of mass destruction and components for nuclear weapons - although this could not be proven later.
Despite this, Tony Blair's government went to war alongside the USA - in a war that violated international law.
This is exactly what Abbott wanted to remind the House of Commons - and she was not the only MP to mention Iraq."
The result of the war in Iraq: well over a million dead Iraqis!
Is this what the US government's protection of Iraqis from a dictator like Saddam Hussein looks like?
Can you top that in terms of brutality?
The Iraq war lie is far from the only lie the US government told before going to war with another country.
Here you can see a short list of past wars in recent decades:
World War I: May 7, 1915: "German submarine sinks the US passenger ship Lusitania".
America declares war on Germany!
Lie: The USA sacrificed 1,200 passengers under the pretext of entering the war.
They deliberately provoked the launch, even though Germany had previously warned the passengers
in American newspapers against boarding this ship.
World War 2: "Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Habour".
2,400 US soldiers die.
Lie: Pearl Habour was not a surprise attack!
The US president deliberately ignored a news channel's warning because he wanted to go to war.
Before the attack, 83% of Americans were against going to war, afterwards 1 million Americans volunteered for the war.
3rd Vietnam War: "Vietnamese speedboats attack US destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin"
Lie: Ex-US Secretary of Defense McNamara later confirmed that this incident was a lie.
58,000 US soldiers and 3 million Vietnamese lost their lives for this lie.
4th Iraq War I: "Nurse reports to US Congress that Iraqi soldiers killed babies from incubators".
Congress approves the war by a narrow majority.
Lie: The incubator story was a LIE that was "rewarded" with 10 million US dollars.
5th Afghan war: "Terrorist attack on World Trade Center!"
The USA responds with the war on terror and bombs Afghanistan.
Lie: The explosive nanothermite is found in the rubble of the WTC.
The blast was also confirmed by a janitor and many eyewitnesses.
6th Iraq War II: "Saddam Hussein has nuclear weapons!"
Lie: Even after the war, no evidence could be produced. It was an outright lie.
Dear viewers, have you recognized the common thread of the warmongers?
They always acted from America and always spread their lies via the mass media.
But what about the Iran war this time?
The head of the US National Intelligence Agency, Tulsi Gabbard, told the US Senate Intelligence Committee in March 2025:
]"According to US intelligence, Iran is not currently building a nuclear bomb.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not yet granted any new approval for the
program, which has been suspended since 2003."
The Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi also said regarding Iran:
[Rafael Grossi: "We had no evidence of systematic efforts to acquire nuclear weapons."
Nevertheless, US President Donald Trump repeatedly claims, without any proof, that Iran
is on the verge of building a nuclear weapon.
His aim is to prevent this.
And here again a lie about an unproven nuclear weapons program seems to be enough to bomb a sovereign state!
Contrary to all international law!
However, the mood against the wars orchestrated by the establishment now seems to be shifting
worldwide and especially in the main war party, the USA.
AUF1 reported on March 5:
"Brutal scenes at the US Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing yesterday (Wednesday)
on military readiness with respect to Iran.
Ex-navy sergeant Brian McGuinness sharply criticized the belligerent US involvement in the Iran war.
In the middle of the hearing, McGuinness shouted: "This is wrong! Nobody wants to fight for Israel!"
Tumultuous scenes broke out. The Capitol Police used brutal force against the ex-Marine and tried to drag him out of the hall.
Up to three officers tugged at the veteran - and broke his arm in the process!
The video goes viral.
Observers are already describing the incident as the first major contribution to the anti-war campaign."
As brutal as the scenes are: They give hope.
People obviously no longer want to bleed for the establishment's fantasies of omnipotence.
They feel that they are being used in wars that are not in their interests.
But what could the solution for a quick end to all wars look like?
Ivo Sasek shows in a speech from August 2025: "How to end wars quickly":
[Ivo Sasek: "They always want war out there, let's say yes to war.
What might be the but here?
We say yes to wars - but we only send those to war who start the wars, who profit from the wars,
who have to go into battle against each other 1:1!
Not for them innocent fathers, innocent sons!
Then soccer pitches can suffice, or disused ancient Roman arenas should be enough for this minority.
Can you imagine that?"