An Empire of Bases Poisons Water, Threatening Its Own Collapse
The U.S. military’s fire-fighting foam is contaminating groundwater and sickening people in communities near U.S. military bases around the world Double, double toil and trouble;
VIDEO: Overseas Base Realignment and Closure Coalition (OBRACC) Senate Launch Event
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Something We Can Agree On: Close Some Overseas Bases
By Miriam Pemberton, November 28, 2018 From Defense One This moment, after the midterm elections and before the partisan wars get fully back into gear,
Talk Nation Radio: James Crossland on War Reformers and War Abolishers
James Crossland is Senior Lecturer in International History at Liverpool John Moores University, and a founder member of the Humanitarian Working Histories Group. He is
Open Letter to Senator Bernie Sanders
On Wednesday, November 28, 2018, over 100 U.S. scholars, intellectuals, and activists published the open letter to Senator Bernie Sanders below and invited others to
We need your support today, Giving Tuesday
When you buy anything as a gift or make a donation on someone’s behalf, we’ll send a beautiful card at the time of your choosing
Listen to the Governor of Okinawa
By Alexis Dudden, November 12, 2018 From LobeLog The East China Sea seems to have disappeared. Not literally of course, yet only a few years
The NYT’s David Sanger, the Boy Who Cried “Nukes”!
By Joseph Essertier, November 23, 2018 From Counterpunch Since the early 1990s the US mass media has consistently portrayed the government of North Korea as a “desperate
I Never Expected To Become A Conscientious Objector
By Matt Malcom, World BEYOND War I never expected to become a conscientious objector. If you would have asked me two years ago to name
The Dramatic Struggle for Our Planet and for Humanity in Henoko, Okinawa
Photos by Kawaguchi Mayumi Text by Joseph Essertier The political scientist and activist Douglas Lummis has written, “The reasons for abandoning construction of the new
Known Terrorist Searched for Explosives at Dublin Airport or Peace Activist Endures Routine Harassment at Dublin Airport?
By Pat Elder My boarding pass displayed the dreaded SSSS. I knew something wasn’t right when I tried to download my boarding pass
Talk Nation Radio: Barry Sweeney on Ireland, Peace, and Neutrality
Barry Sweeney is a member of the coordinating committee of World BEYOND War, of which I’m the director. Barry is based in Ireland, but is
H. G. Wells and the War To End War
By Tad Daley, November 16, 2018 From Inkstick Possibly you’ve noticed that the war to end war didn’t. It has become almost a cliché to
David Swanson at the International Conference Against US/NATO Military Bases, Dublin 2018
David Swanson, director of World BEYOND War, lays out the many reasons why war can and must be abolished at the International Conference Against US/NATO
Pat Elder at the International Conference Against US/NATO Military Bases, Dublin 2018
Pat Elder, 2018 Green Party Congressional Candidate from Maryland and World Beyond War coordinating committee member, delivered hard truths about the US military’s disdain for
World BEYOND War News: Close All Bases
Movement to Close U.S. and NATO Bases Gathered in Dublin World BEYOND War and allies met in Dublin, Ireland, this past weekend. Text and video
Greatest Crime on Earth
By David Swanson, Director, World BEYOND War Remarks at No Bases Conference in Dublin, Ireland, November 18, 2018 I’m willing to bet that if I
Veterans For Peace is handing this flyer to U.S. troops on Mexican border
Soldiers, you are not alone! a message from Veterans For Peace You are not alone if you are thinking WTF am I doing on the
Talk Nation Radio: Stephen McKeown on Armistice Day
November 13, 2018 Steve McKeown was a radio operator in the 4th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army in Vietnam in 1966 to 1967. He
Adam Hochschild on Democracy Now
On Armistice Day, Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman interviewed historian Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 and King Leopold’s Ghost.
Book Launch Event in Washington, D.C., November 29, 2018
Alternative Approaches to Global Security: A book launch and symposium on rethinking global security and alternatives to war Thursday, November 29, 2018, 6:30 – 8:00
No to NATO Yes to Peace April 2019 Rides and Lodging Board
Main No to NATO Yes to Peace page. The location of the No to NATO — Yes to Peace Festival is St. Stephen’s Church at
World BEYOND War is a finalist for the Educators’ Challenge Competition
World BEYOND War is a finalist for the Educators’ Challenge competition created by the Global Challenges Foundation. The Educators’ Challenge seeks “innovative approaches to engage
Dan Crenshaw Sounds Like a Propagandist for Mass Murder
By David Swanson, Director of World BEYOND War What is more sick about U.S. society? 1) It’s totally 100% acceptable to make cruel stupid jokes
Why Yemeni War Deaths are Five Times Higher Than You’ve Been Led to Believe
By Nicolas J S Davies, CounterPunch In April, I made new estimates of the death toll in America’s post-2001 wars in a three-part Consortium News report. I estimated that these wars
TRUMP NOT WELCOME IN FRANCE!
By Jeunesse Révolution Macron Invites Trump and Netanyahu to a “Peace Forum” French President Emmanuel Macron invited Donald Trump and 60 heads of State to
Armistice Day First
By John LaForge It gets harder to commemorate World War I, because of time and the public’s embrace of, or indifference to, a permanent war
A Tale of Two Marines
By David Swanson These two young men may have an infinite number of things in common, but the actions they took this week do not.
Celebrate Armistice Day, Not Veterans Day
By David Swanson for The Humanist Do not celebrate Veterans Day. Celebrate Armistice Day instead. Do not celebrate Veterans Day — because of what it
