Peace on Earth 1939 Anti-War Cartoon
A cartoon about a post-apocalyptic world populated only by animals.
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Video and Audio: Roadmap to Apartheid Jody Sokolower on Talk Nation Radio A Story in Pictures Made of Bodies A Force More Powerful. How nonviolent
Abolish War Campaign (resources)
Video and Audio: We Can Win by David Swanson Transcript of David Hartsough and David Swanson on Blase Bonpane’s Radio Show The Campaign to End
Security Without War (resources)
World Beyond War’s Book: A Global Security System: An Alternative to War Video and Audio: Erica Chenoweth TED Talk Erica Chenoweth on Talk Nation Radio
We Need $2 Trillion/Year For Other Things (detail)
It would cost about $30 billion per year to end starvation and hunger around the world. That sounds like a lot of money to you or
We Need $2 Trillion/Year For Other Things (resources)
Video and Audio: The Three Tenors: War Is Over David Vine on Talk Nation Radio Calculator of Trade Offs: CostofWar.com Articles: A Global Marshall Plan
War Impoverishes Us (resources)
Videos: Tax Dollars at Work Graphics: National Priorities Project: Discretionary Spending 2014 Articles: Tomgram: Chris Hellman, $1.2 Trillion for National Security The Telegraph: Cost to
War Impoverishes Us (detail)
Direct Expenses: War has a huge direct financial cost, the vast majority of which is in funds spent on the preparation for war — or
War Erodes Our Liberties (resources)
Video and Audio: Robert Parry on Talk Nation Radio John Whitehead on Talk Nation Radio Gregory D. Foster on Talk Nation Radio Shahid Buttar on
War Erodes Our Liberties (detail)
We’re often told that wars are fought for “freedom.” But when a wealthy nation fights a war against a poor (if often resource-rich) nation halfway
War Threatens Our Environment (resources)
Speeches: Pat Elder at No Bases Conference, November 2018. David Swanson at People’s Climate March 2017. Projects: The Flame Tree Project: PDF Flyers: Flyer: PDF
War Threatens Our Environment (detail)
Watch or read about the NoWar2017: War and the Environment Conference. The banished thrush, the homeless rook Share now the human exile’s woe. Mourns not
War Endangers Us (detail)
There are more effective tools than war for protection. War planning leads to wars. War making provokes danger. And war’s weapons risk intentional or accidental apocalypse. War
War Endangers Us (resources)
Video and Audio: Rooj Alwazir on Talk Nation Radio Alice Slater on Talk Nation Radio Bruce Gagnon on Talk Nation Radio Articles: U.S. Military Operations
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War Is Immoral (detail)
Murder is the one crime that we’re taught to excuse if it’s done on a large enough scale. Morality demands that we not so excuse
War Is Immoral (resources)
Images: We must ask people to look at the horrific images of war and be horrified. Here’s a collection of images. Video and Audio: Ann
Myth: War Is Beneficial (detail)
Probably the most common defense of wars is that they are necessary evils. That myth is debunked on its own page here. But wars are also
Myth: War Is Beneficial (resources)
Video and Audio: Nobel Lecture by Harold Pinter Jean Bricmont on Talk Nation Radio Rafia Zakaria on Talk Nation Radio Talk Nation Radio: The Congo
Myth: War Is Necessary (detail)
It has become uncommon for war makers to advertise their wars as desirable, and standard policy to claim that every war is entered into as
Myth: War Is Necessary (resources)
Video and Audio: Stephen Kinzer on Talk Nation Radio Mairead Maguire on Talk Nation Radio Miko Peled on Talk Nation Radio Paul Chappell on Talk
Tax Dollars at War
Based on a “Flashpoints” interview with Dennis Bernstein & Dave Lindorff.
Myth: War Is Inevitable (resources)
Video and Audio: This video addresses the myth that humans are naturally violent: Book Discussion with Paul Chappell on The Art of Waging Peace. This 1939 antiwar
Myth: War Is Inevitable (detail)
If war were inevitable, there would be little point in trying to end it. If war were inevitable, a moral case might be made for
World Beyond War
World Beyond War is a global nonviolent movement to fully end the institution of war and establish a just and sustainable peace.
Security Without War
Militarism has made us less safe, and continues to do so. It is not a useful tool for protection. Other tools are. Studies over the past
The Success of Nonviolent Civil Resistance: Erica Chenoweth
Between 1900-2006, campaigns of nonviolent civil resistance were twice as successful as violent campaigns. Erica will talk about her research on the impressive historical record
Gene Sharp: How to Start a Revolution
How to Start a Revolution is a BAFTA award winning British documentary film about Nobel Peace Prize nominee and political theorist Gene Sharp, described as
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Abolish War Campaign
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