Are Your Savings Invested In War?
War-making is a multi-billion dollar business. If we want to pull the plug on war, we need to reduce its economic profitability. And that means
Monbiot’s New Story Uncut and Unrated
By David Swanson, July 4, 2018. I’m going to praise the heck out of yet another terrific book I’ve just read while yet again exclaiming
Ready for a New ‘Missile Gap’ and Trillion-Dollar Arms Race?
By Dave LIndorff, July 4, 2018, This Can’t Be Happening. The fireworks next time! You may have to wait a bit, but what’s in store
Antinuclear Resisters at Büchel Airbase in Germany
By Pat Elder, July 4, 2018. WBW’s Pat Elder is encamped with antinuclear resisters just outside the gate of Büchel Airbase in Germany and he
What can be learned from a mass shooting that didn’t happen?
By Michael Nagler, July 3, 2018, Waging Nonviolence. Nonviolence is spread out all around us, yet we so often fail to see how it can
Ban Tear Gas
by David Swanson, July 3, 2018. Tear gas is among the least of the problems facing those who care about the murder and destruction of
Thousands Protest at Ramstein
This past week, thousands of people from 13 NATO countries converged on the U.S. Ramstein Airbase in a remote area of western Germany to demand
Trump threatens Canada, ‘defence’ community stays quiet
by Yves Engler, June 29, 2018, rabble.ca A volatile leader in charge of a military behemoth prone to aggression has repeatedly attacked Canada and its
On the 50th Anniversary of the Non-Proliferation Treaty: An Exercise in Bad Faith
by Alice Slater, June 30, 2018. On July 1, the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will turn 50 years old. In that agreement, five nuclear
Why It Matters That Peace Is Gone from Ocasio-Cortez Website
UPDATE HERE. By David Swanson, World BEYOND War Newly popular Democratic politician hero and nominee for a seat in the U.S. Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used
On Purpose, In Kabul
By Kathy Kelly, June 26, 2018 Writing this week for the Chicago Tribune, Steve Chapman called a U.S. Government report on the war in Afghanistan
Prodding Google to Go All-In For Peace
From KnowDrones, June 28, 2018 On Wednesday, June 27, 2018, I was one of five anti-war workers who went to Google’s mammoth office in New
Let’s Design a World Beyond War
By Joanne Lucas Cvar, June 25, 2018 Last night I had the strangest dream/ I never dreamed before/ I dreamed the world had all agreed/
Altruism and Sadism in Public Policy
By David Swanson Remarks at Peace Resource Center of San Diego, June 23, 2018. There are three things that are almost always underestimated: the U.S.
The Persistent Myth of US Precision Bombing
by Nicolas J. S. Davies, June 22, 2018, AntiWar.com. In my recent report on the death toll in America’s post-9/11 wars, I estimated that about
Webinar: Growing the Movement for a World BEYOND War
On June 18, 2018, World BEYOND War kicked off its new webinar series with a well-attended event. A full recording of this webinar can be
Why Are the Poor Patriotic?
By David Swanson, June 15, 2018. We should be very grateful to Francesco Duina for his new book, Broke and Patriotic: Why Poor Americans Love
Murder Incorporated
By David Swanson, June 18, 2018. Murder Incorporated is a three-book series by Mumia Abu Jamal and Stephen Vittoria, which I can highly recommend based
Sveriges militära vanvett
Source. Broschyren ”Om krisen eller kriget kommer” har inte bara väckt uppmärksamhet i Sverige. Faktiskt publicerade jag nyligen här en artikel av Jan-Erik Gustavsson. ”Om
US Conference of Mayors Urges Trump To Diligently Pursue Korea Peace
At the close of its 86th Annual Meeting in Boston, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM), unanimously adopted a sweeping resolution “Calling on the Administration and
Anti-nuclear activists called for the abolition of nuclear weapons in Seattle
June 11, 2018, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action. Activists from Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action began their Summer campaign against nuclear weapons by
Stop the Deadly Violence in Cameroon
By Tony Jenkins, World BEYOND War Photo caption: Peaceful protestors in Cameroon calling for an end to violence, Anglophone marginalization, and arbitrary arrest. (Photo: Screen
What Else Canadians Should Be Sorry For — Besides Burning the White House
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War Six-years after the British landing at Jamestown, with the settlers struggling to survive and hardly managing to get their
Sweden’s Military Madness
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, June 13, 2018 The government of Sweden has reinstated the military draft and sent a war propaganda brochure to
Let’s Continue Progress Toward Peace in Korea
By David Swanson, June 12, 2018. Less than a year ago, President Donald Trump was threatening North Korea with “fire and fury.” Today such threats
The Necessity of a Trump-Putin Summit
By Stephen F. Cohen, June 6, 2018 From The Nation Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies and politics at NYU and Princeton, and
What is Israel doing in Alaska?!
From the Peace Report, June 5, 2018 Israel will be testing their Arrow 3 weapons system, among other things, on Kodiak Island, Alaska in the
Statement of Unity by Korean Americans and Allies on the Historic Inter-Korean Summit and the Upcoming U.S.-North Korea Summit
Since the historic April 27 summit between the leaders of North and South Korea at Panmunjom, longstanding tensions and war threats on the Korean peninsula
“Google Should Not Be In The Business Of War”: Understanding the Weaponization of Artificial Intelligence
By Marc Eliot Stein, June 8, 2018 In early April, more than 3100 Google employees signed a letter that begins with the words “Google should
North Korea Has Taken Big Steps. Now It’s Trump’s Turn To Show Goodwill.
By Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright, June 5, 2018 From The Guardian Respect and reciprocity are key elements in Korean culture. During our recent trip