Obama Extends War in Afghanistan
By Kathy Kelly News agencies reported Saturday morning that weeks ago President Obama signed an order, kept secret until now, to authorize continuation of the
Audio: Katherine Gun on Why We Should Support WorldBeyondWar
Above is audio of Katherine Gun answering a question at a forum in London. She was asked what people should do. Of course, we love
Are there 100 people on Planet Earth who believe all of these 10 truths?
World Peace is highly desirable. World Peace is possible. There’s a law against war. Everyone should know the law against war. The public is almost
David Swanson to Speak in Michigan
Coming Events! Announcing our 2015 Annual State Conference WAR NO MORE, WAR NEVER AGAIN!: PEACE AS POLICY featuring DAVID SWANSON Author and activist David
The Outpost That Doesn’t Exist in the Country You Can’t Locate
A Base Camp, an Authoritarian Regime, and the Future of U.S. Blowback in Africa By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Admit it. You don’t know where Chad
FERGUSON AND THE ‘US VS. THEM’ ILLUSION
By Robert C. Koehler As the grand jury’s decision on whether nor not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson loomed, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon
US Prepares to Sell Saudi Arabia Warships to Help Take Down Iran
By Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space The American revolution was supposed to have happened because of the
Who Says Ferguson Can’t End Well
Just as a police officer in a heightened state of panic surrounded by the comfort of impunity will shoot an innocent person, the Governor of
No Anti-War Voices on TV — Well, Sort of
Here’s FAIR’s excellent report on pro-war bias in the corporate media, and here’s Peter Hart describing it well on Democracy Now: I’d love to see
Watch Schooling the World, Stop Schooling the World
It’s becoming slightly more common in the Western industrialized world to propose radical cultural change away from consumerism and environmental destruction. It’s not hard to
ISIS, Ebola, Ferguson (nukes?)
By Patrick T. Hiller Did you notice? Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel just announced plans to massively “upgrade” the US nuclear arsenal. It might have
Okinawa Elects All Anti-U.S.-Bases Candidates
Some news of more resistance in Okinawa from Hiroshi Taka: “I am writing this email to all the friends who have sent warm messages of
Do Wars Really Defend America’s Freedom?
By Lawrence Wittner U.S. politicians and pundits are fond of saying that America’s wars have defended America’s freedom. But the historical record doesn’t bear out
Redefining “Imminent”
By Brian Terrell How the U.S. Department of Justice Makes Murder Respectable, Kills the Innocent and Jails their Defenders Political language can be used, George
Time to Learn the Lessons of Failed U.S. Wars
By Gerry Condon, Vice President, Veterans For Peace As a Vietnam era veteran, I paid close attention to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s Veterans Day speech,
The Bases of War in the Middle East
From Carter to the Islamic State, 35 Years of Building Bases and Sowing Disaster By David Vine, TomDispatch With the launch of a new U.S.-led war
East Coast WAGING PEACE Public Events for David Hartsough Nov 18 – Dec 10, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA November 18 Tuesday 11-12:30pm Montgomery County Community College in Rockville,MD, Science Center 152. Contact: Alonzo Smith 240-994-0115 7-8:30pm University of Maryland
How Is a Prison Like a War?
By David Swanson The similarities between mass incarceration and mass murder have been haunting me for a while, and I now find myself inspired by
Talk Nation Radio: Leslie Cagan on Climate and Peace Activism
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-leslie-cagan-on-climate-and-peace-activism Leslie Cagan has worked in a wide range peace and social justice movements for almost 50 years: from the Vietnam war to racism at
Letter to Norwegian Parliament
David Swanson Director of World Beyond War, http://WorldBeyondWar.org Charlottesville VA 22902 USA President, Olemic Thommessen Stortinget/Parliament of Norway, Oslo. I write to you
An Armistice Day Poem
NOVEMBER COMES November comes on to me like a C-130 slinking into Dover Air Force base laden with tin caskets draped in red, white, and
The Second Chance Act needs your support
Right now, there’s a law called the Second Chance Act that recently expired and needs to be reauthorized. In 2008, it was passed by bipartisan
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Я понимаю, что войны и милитаризм несут в себе больше опасности, чем защиты: они убивают, ранят и калечат взрослых, подростков и детей, наносят урон естественной
Over 20 Peace Groups Unite to Push U.S. Congress to End War
Open this PDF for a joint statement from over 20 peace organizations and what you can do: