Youth, Peace Education & Action: Reflections on Policy, Praxis, and the Field
Speakers on youth and peace from Burundi, Nigeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Venezuela. #WorldBEYONDWar
Go to Summer Camp in Montenegro for Peace
The Civic Initiative “Save Sinjajevina” will organize an educational and recreational camp for the third consecutive year under the slogan “All to Sinjajevina.” #WorldBEYONDWar
No Other Option: Eastern Ukraine Must Be Destroyed To Save It
In the war’s second year, it is clear Russia had options other than ruinous invasion and occupation. #WorldBEYONDWar
The Silent Slaughter of the Flower of Ukraine’s Youth
If Ukraine’s “Spring Offensive” plunges on to the bitter end, it could be more like the British and French Somme Offensive. #WorldBEYONDWar
Crisis in Peru: A Podcast With Ricardo Antonio Soberón Garrido and Gabriel Aguirre
Peru’s ongoing political crisis is urgent and may soon get worse, according to Ricardo Antonio Soberón Garrido who spoke with World BEYOND War’s Gabriel Aguirre and Marc Eliot Stein on the June 2023 episode of World BEYOND War podcast. #WorldBeyondWar
‘Just Stop:’ Collingwood World BEYOND War Activists Block Road to Weapons Fair
Four Collingwood residents and members of the South Georgian Bay World BEYOND War chapter joined about 120 peace activists in blocking the entrances to the annual defence and security conference in Ottawa, hope it helps more people learn about Canada’s war deals. #WorldBEYONDWar
Cruelty to Immigrants Is Cruelty to Children
The policy, for example, of making children “legal” but leaving their parents subject to being snatched and deported at any moment is not a policy of kindness to children. #WorldBEYONDWar
Coalition of Pro-Neutrality Groups to Hold People’s Forums on Ireland’s Neutrality, in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, & Galway (17th–22nd June)
The “People’s Forums on Ireland’s Neutrality” will be held in Limerick (17th June), Dublin (19th June), Cork (20th June) and Galway (22nd June). #WorldBEYONDWar
World BEYOND War in Africa Contributes to Democracy Residencies with Other Organisations in the Global South
In the Global South, anti-democratic practices in times of crisis are emerging as a common problem. #WorldBEYONDWar
De-Escalation Can Start with Ending All Nuclear Weapons ‘Sharing’
What if nobody stuck nukes in anybody else’s countries? #WorldBEYONDWar
Peace Events Held in Vienna, Estonia, Budapest
World BEYOND War Education Director Phill Gittins, Board Member Yurii Sheliazhenko, and Advisory Board Members Ann Wright and Tamara Lorincz participated in an international summit for peace in Ukraine, held in Vienna, Austria, June 10-11. #WorldBEYONDWar
New Report Highlights Military Background in Mass Killers
Mass shooters are over three times as likely as the general population to have been in the military. #WorldBEYONDWar
Norman Solomon’s ‘War Made Invisible’ Refutes Collusion with War Makers
New book asks why people often identify more with the bombers rather than with the bombed. #WorldBEYONDWar
Talk World Radio: Matthew Hoh on Making Peace in Ukraine
This week on Talk World Radio we’re talking with Matthew Hoh about possibilities for peace in Ukraine. #WorldBEYONDWar
Talk World Radio: Adrienne Pine on Sanctioning Countries and Then Refusing to Admit Refugees
This week on Talk World Radio we’re discussing Venezuela, sanctions, and immigration with Adrienne Pine, visiting professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. #WorldBEYONDWar
A Ceasefire and Armistice in the Russia-Ukraine War Will Take Much Longer Than We Want
We must acknowledge that even if negotiations did produce a ceasefire and then an agreement of some sort, neither Ukraine, Russia, the U.S./NATO would be fully satisfied. #WorldBEYONDWar
WBW News & Action: Stopping War in its Tracks
Read our email newsletter from June 12, 2023. #WorldBEYONDWar
Peace by Peaceful Means. Ceasefire and Negotiations Now!
We call on civil society in all countries to join us in a week of global mobilization (Saturday 30th September – Sunday 8th October 2023) for an immediate ceasefire and
peace negotiations to end this war. #WorldBEYONDWar
Can You See War?
The buzzing noise of a drone never ceases. A missile screaming into your house is hard to miss. Gun fire. The door kicked in. These are not subtle gestures. Yet Norman Solomon’s new book is called War Made Invisible. What? #WorldBEYONDWar
Talk World Radio: Norman Solomon on War Made Invisible
This week on Talk World Radio we’re talking with Norman Solomon about his brand new book War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine. #WorldBEYONDWar
Dead Ukrainians and Russians Have Not Died in Vain, As Long As We Keep the Dying Going
We are now coming up against this maddeningly irrational syndrome in Ukraine, on both sides of a war that may, in the end, kill all life on Earth so that those already killed in it should not have died in vain. #WorldBEYONDWar
Volunteer Spotlight: World BEYOND War Burundi Chapter Coordinator Elvis Ndihokubwayo
The June 2023 Volunteer Spotlight features Elvis Ndihokubwayo, coordinator for the World BEYOND War Burundi chapter. #WorldBEYONDWar
The Problem of Peaceful Societies for the Belief in the Necessity of War
It is proven that human societies have existed and still exist without violence or war. The question is whether we will collectively choose that well-trodden path. #WorldBEYONDWar
Webinar: Want Israeli-Palestinian Peace? Try A Model of Confederation
Is there a viable model of two states, Palestine and Israel, working in cooperation? #WorldBEYONDWar
Every War Ends with a Negotiation: Stop the Killing
Every War Ends with a Negotiation: Stop the Killing! #WorldBEYONDWar
Let’s Stand with Peace, and Shame on Peace Deniers
Along with timely demands for the Russian army’s withdrawal from Ukraine, withdrawal of U.S. military bases from Europe, and cessation of NATO expansion, we need to demand the abolition of the whole system of militarized economy. #WorldBEYONDWar
Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage
Forty-eight hours before a global peace conference in Vienna, Austria, was to begin, the venue host abruptly cancelled. Peace, it seems, cannot be discussed, especially peace in Ukraine. #WorldBEYONDWar
A War Long Wanted
Matt Hoh writes that many in Brussels, DC, Kyiv, London, and Moscow have desired this war for decades. #WorldBEYONDWar
Con Éxito Se Desarrolló la “Cumbre de Paz” en Argentina
On May 31, the “Cumbre de Paz” was held in Argentina, an initiative developed by the organization “Mil Milenios de Paz”, with the participation of various activists and peace ambassadors from various parts of the world. #WorldBEYONDWar
The Grass Is Greener: Kathy Kelly on Peace Wave, Octopuses and More
Kathy Kelly from World BEYOND War gave us a little time to talk about world peace; then we discussed octopus farming, Gonzalo Lira, labor law, and Cop City. #WorldBEYONDWar
