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By David Swanson, August 5, 2018. Last May I was in Russia when fascists held a rally in my hometown of Charlottesville, not to be

by Maya Evans,  August 4, 2018, Voices for Creative Non-violence I have just arrived in Hiroshima with a group of Japanese “Okinawa to Hiroshima peace

By Harriet Heywood, May 18, 2018, Citrus County Chronicle, republished August 6, 2018. Numerous international polls name the United States as the biggest threat to

Abe Kosuzu, Professor, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, August 6, 2018. First of all, I would like to send my heartfelt sympathy to the people

by Terry Crawford-Browne, August 4, 2018. We South Africans are still reeling in shock six years after the cold-blooded murder of 34 miners by the

By Robert Fantina, August 3, 2018 World BEYOND War endorses U.S. bill H.R 4391, introduced by Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN), with nine (9) co-sponsors. The

By Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com, and PopularResistance.org, August 1, 2018. It’s been almost eight years since Chalmers Johnson died.  He was the author of, among other works, Blowback:

By David Swanson, director of World BEYOND War Now being planned and built in Washington, D.C., which is already just about coated in monuments to

By Stacy Bannerman, July 31, 2018 From Common Dreams How do you clear a room of climate activists? Start talking about war. It’s not just

By Ann Wright, Freedom Flotilla, July 29, 2018 The motor vessel Al Awda (The Return), traveling in international waters towards Palestinian waters, 49 nautical miles from the

By Gayle Morrow, July 27, 2018 From Counterpunch Words matter. It’s an important lesson learned by children in the play yard and PR firm executives

Joe Meadors is the US delegate on the 2018 Gaza Freedom Flotilla that is underway now.  He was a survivor of the 1967 Israeli air and

Yasha Levine is a Russian-born American investigative journalist. He is the author of Surveillance Valley, a book about the forgotten military history of the Internet.

David Swanson examines how the U.S. myths create support for war. He provides new context for crises in Korea, Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan in the

By Frank Cordaro From Popular Resistance, July 23, 2018 “This Needs To Happen All Over The Country” As part of the “NO Respect – Ground the

From Save Jeju Now, July 12, 2018 We absolutely oppose international fleet review in Jeju! On March 30, this year, Gangjeong villagers have already expressed

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War Israel has passed a law allowing its Minister of Education to ban from its schools any person or group

And we know what usually happens in that situation. Military is off the radar of most Canadians: DND poll By Murray Brewster · CBC News

By David Swanson, July 19, 2018. In planning a conference that is coming up in Toronto, I’ve been seeking out stories of peace and justice

By Terry Crawford-Browne, World BEYOND War South Africa Coordinator, July 17, 2018 World BEYOND War and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign are partnering with the Congolese

Buchel Action, July 15, 2018. On Sunday, July 15th 2018, eighteen people from four different countries cut through fences to reclaim German Air Force Base Büchel,

by Barry Sweeney, July 14, 2018, Peace and Neutrality Alliance. Opposition TDs (Members of Parliament) in Ireland are mobilizing against a sharp rise in defense

From Popular Resistance, July 13, 2018 In Argentina, political parties, social organizations, human rights groups, workers’ unions and Mapuches held a caravan to protest the

From Tid til Fred, June 21, 2018 Peace is achieved by peaceful means All Nordic countries are being rearmed under the leadership of NATO. The

By Stephanie Busari and Schams Elwazer, CNN. Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Former sworn enemies Ethiopia and Eritrea Monday signed an agreement to end the war between the

Photo by Vrede.be By Pat Elder, World BEYOND War The weekend of July 7th and 8th witnessed the European peace movement come together in Brussels,

By David Swanson, July 9, 2018. C.J. Hinke has produced probably the best collection I’ve read of writings by and about conscientious objectors and war

By Ray Acheson, July 6, 2018 From The Nation On July 7, 2017, the world made history. Surrounded by atomic-bomb survivors, antinuclear activists, members of