US withholding Chilcot Inquiry docs as they may discourage future wars US is interested in
Let It Shine
By Kathy Kelly “This little light of mine, I’m gonna’ let it shine! Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.” Imagine children lustily
The Rise of the Permanent Prisoners of War
By David Swanson If someone has had the good fortune not to encounter the world of U.S. police and prisons, and the misfortune to learn
TV Commercials Urging U.S. Drone Operators to ‘Refuse to Fly’ Pulled from Air
Cable Provider Has Strong Links to Military Industry, Including Snowden Employer and Drone Contractor Booz Allen Hamilton CLOVIS, NM – An international cable provider with links
Which U.S. Senators Really Want War on Iran — An Update
UPDATE: Stabenow Yes takes potential No list down to 14. But Blumenthal is still undecided, so it’s 15. ____________ This is an update to “Which
YES to Iran Agreement: Stop the Threat . . . From the U.S.
We must uphold the Iran nuclear agreement, but upholding it while pretending that Iran has a nuclear weapons program, or is threatening anyone, will not
Environmentalist Writer Claims Military Saves Lives
Jeremy Deaton seems to be a fine writer on the subject of climate change right up until he stumbles across the propaganda of the U.S.
Report of the 2015 World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
Received by World Beyond War on Saturday, August 22, 2015 Dear friends, With the theme: “A Nuclear Weapon-Free, Peaceful and Just World – Let Us
U.S. Bows Out After Plowshares Conviction is Vacated: Appeals Court Ill-Informed on Nuclear Overkill
By John LaForge The 2012 Transform Now Plowshares anti-nuclear action made the “Fort Knox” of weapons-grade uranium look like “F Troop.” Three senior peace activists
Never again—Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s 70th Anniversary Commemoration
By Blase Bonpane A holocaust began on this day in 1945 and has continued to the present. Some 30 million people have been sacrificed. It
Women Who Crossed Korean DMZ Call for Restraint and Dialogue
The exchange of fire across the De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea is rapidly spiraling out of control and could escalate into a
When $8.5 Trillion is Chump Change
By David Swanson Three cheers for Reuters pointing out that the Pentagon can’t explain what it did with $8.5 trillion that taxpayers gave it between
World Beyond War Supports Japan Protesters: “Preserve Peace Constitution”
World Beyond War Supports Japan Protesters Calls for Preservation of Peace Constitution Thursday, August 20, 2015 World Beyond War endorses the efforts of peace groups
Most Disgusting Game Ever
By David Swanson No, I’m not referring to the U.S. election. I’m referring to “Bycatch.” The name refers not to fish accidentally caught and killed
Consorting with the devil
By Mel Gurtov Throughout the Cold War, and doubtless right down to the present, professional people with skills relevant to “national security” have been secretly
Replanting
By Kathy Kelly “A nation that will keep people in slavery for 244 years will “thingify” them—make them things. Therefore they will exploit them, and
Good People Doing Bad Things
By Kent Shifferd In World War II, good American boys who wouldn’t have kicked a cat flew bombers that set cities filled with innocent German
The unending persecution of Chelsea Manning
By Norman Solomon, Al Jazeera The U.S. government is trying to destroy Chelsea Manning. Five years after the arrest of Manning, an Army private, for
Redemption Remains
By David Swanson It is possible for people to behave well in a crisis. It is possible for people to maintain their dedication to good
David Swanson on Julian Bond, pipeline protests, and politics
Audio here: http://insidecville.com/nation/david-swanson-8-17-15/
World Beyond War Berlin Event, September 16 with Ray McGovern and Elizabeth Murray
Former CIA analysts Ray McGovern and Elizabeth Murray Ukraine, Middle East, US-drone wars via Ramstein Wednesday, September 16, 2015 7.30 PM Location: Sprechsaal Marienstrasse 26
Chelsea Manning supporters to deliver nearly 100,000 signatures to Army ahead of Tuesday hearing
WikiLeaks whistleblower Manning faces possible indefinite solitary confinement for minor “infractions”, was denied access to prison legal library WASHINGTON, DC––Advocacy groups supporting imprisoned WikiLeaks whistleblower
Assange and the Value of WikiLeaks: Subverting Illusions
By Norman Solomon Three years after Ecuador’s government granted political asylum to Julian Assange in its small ground-floor London embassy, the founder of WikiLeaks is
Talk Nation Radio: Inder Comar on Prosecuting Bush for War
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-inder-comar-on-prosecuting-bush-for-war D. Inder Comar is legal director at Comar Law, a boutique law firm in San Francisco. We discuss the case of Saleh v. Bush
A 90-MILE PRO-PEACE, ANTI-RACIAL PROFILING WALK
FROM THE DANE COUNTY JAIL IN MADISON, WISC., TO VOLK FIELD NEAR CAMP DOUGLAS Madison–20 activists from across the U.S. will participate in a pro-peace,
T-Shirt for Peace
Help World Beyond War and look great by getting this t-shirt from a friend of ours: http://www.tfund.com/USOPEA
New Pentagon War Manual Could Have Been Written By Nazis
By Sherwood Ross The Pentagon’s new Law of War Manual(LOWM) sanctioning nuclear attacks and the killing of civilians, “reads like it was written by Hitler’s
Cold War redux: Could war games spark a European conflict?
By MARK MacKINNON, LONDON — The Globe and Mail War between Russia and the NATO alliance should be unthinkable. But a new study of recent military exercises