30 Nonviolent Things Russia Could Have Done and 30 Nonviolent Things Ukraine Could Do
The war-or-nothing disease has a firm grip. People literally can’t imagine anything else — people on both sides of the same war.
Audio: Drum Beats of War, Russia, China: Who Calls Shots?, Dr Alison Broinowski, War Powers Reform (Vol#221)
Dr Alison Broinowski, AM, discusses the long proposed legislative reforms that would require parliamentary discussion prior to commitment of Australian forces to international deployment rather than the existing powers conferred solely on the prime minister and constitutionally on the governor general as commander in chief.
Montreal Chapter of WBW Screens “War Made Easy”
On March 09 2022, Montreal for a World BEYOND War hosted a screening of War Made Easy: How presidents and pundits keep spinning us to death.
Ukraine: An Opportunity For Peace
The war in Ukraine is both a wake up call about the folly of war and rare opportunity to move toward a more peaceful world.
Why Russian and Ukrainian Warmongers Portray Each Other as Nazis and Fascists
When the knowledge and effective practices of peaceful life will be widespread and all forms of violence will be limited to a realistic minimum, people of Earth will be immune to the war disease.
OMG, War Is Kind of Horrible
For decades, the U.S. public seemed largely indifferent to most of the horrible suffering of war. The corporate media outlets mostly avoided it, made war look like a video game, occasionally mentioned suffering U.S. troops, and rarely touched on the countless deaths of local civilians as if their killing were some sort of aberration.
Will Russian Diplomats Resign in Opposition to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine?
Nineteen years ago, in March 2003, I resigned as a U.S. diplomat in opposition to the President Bush’s decision to invade Iraq.
Are we Heading Toward WWIII & Nuclear War?
It has become unbearable to observe the western media, in the grip of corrupt military contractors, wielding their undue influence on the unknowing victims of the media “news” reports as they publicly and shamelessly celebrate their enormous profits this year from the billions of dollars in weapons they are selling to keep the Ukraine war going.
Ahimsa Conversation # 106 David Swanson
The notion that war is normal and we have to struggle for peace is a fundamental lie. Actually, every war is the consequence of a long, concerted and diligent effort to avoid peace.
National Chamber of Commerce in Bolivia Launches National Committee on a Culture of Peace
World BEYOND War Education Director Phill Gittins is a founding member of a National Committee on a Culture of Peace launched in Bolivia by the National Chamber of Commerce.
VIDEO: Russia’s Demands Are Clear – US & West Ignores Them
Watch comedian, activist, writer, and creator Lee Camp’s discussion on ‘Russia’s Demands Are Clear – US & West Ignores Them’.
Italian Veterans Against the War
The former Italian soldiers victims of depleted uranium are against the sending of weapons and soldiers and demand truth and justice for themselves and for civilians, following the ‘uranium pandemic’ unleashed by NATO.
Humanity at a Crossroads: Cooperation or Extinction
We hold in our hands vast power to both create and destroy, the likes of which have never been seen in history.
VIDEO: Dr. Yurii Sheliazhenko on Ukraine Crisis: Causes, Impact, & Future
Watch this latest video from WBW Board Member in Ukraine Yurii Sheliazhenko.
Japan Declares Okinawa a “Combat Zone”
On 23 December last year, the Japanese Government announced in the event of a “Taiwan Contingency” the US military would set up a string of attack bases in the “southwest islands” of Japan with the help of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.
VIDEO: Webinar: In Conversation with Máiread Maguire
Since receiving the Nobel Peace prize, Máiread has continued to work to promote dialogue, peace and disarmament both in Northern Ireland and around the world.
Military Spending | Foreign Policy Primer For U.S. Congressional Candidates
Hosted by Ryan Black of RootsAction and ProgressiveHub, guests Lindsay Koshgarian of the National Priorities Project, David Swanson of RootsAction and World BEYOND War, and Khury Petersen-Smith, Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies explore and discuss out-of-control Pentagon spending and the military budget.
Some of the Voices of Peace on the Streets of Japan Immediately After the Invasion of Ukraine
Ever since the Russian government started its attack on Ukraine on the 24th of February, large numbers of people have gathered on streets in Russia, Europe, the U.S., Japan, and other regions of the world to show their solidarity with the people of Ukraine and demand that Russia withdraw its forces.
VIDEO: How to Think About Ukraine
Watch World BEYOND War’s David Swanson speak on ‘How to Think About Ukraine’ in an event in Washington, D.C.
How the U.S. Has Empowered and Armed Neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Troubling and dangerous U.S. relationship with the Azov Battalion and other neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups in Ukraine explored.
Stop Padding the Pentagon’s Budget, 86 Groups Tell Biden
Eighty-six national and state organizations pen a letter to President Biden calling to lower the amount of military spending in his Fiscal Year 2023 budget request.
Talk World Radio: Now That War Victims and Burn Pits Matter, Meet Iraqis Who Live Near Burn Pits
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re talking about burn pits. Our guest Kali Rubaii is an assistant professor of anthropology at Purdue University, researching the environmental health impacts of war.
A Guide for Peace in Ukraine: A Humanist and Nonviolent Proposal from Portugal
The Centre for Humanist Studies “Exemplary Actions” is disseminating a non-violent proposal for the restoration of peace in Ukraine, inviting citizens and non-governmental organisations who identify with it to sign it and send it to the Russian, Ukrainian and American embassies alongside other organizations in order to produce a popular outcry capable of influencing the course of events.
Video: Putin, Biden and Zelenskyy, Take Peace Talks Seriously!
Speaking in Kyiv under Russian bombardment, Yurii Sheliazhenko explains how a perspective of nonviolent global governance in a future world without armies and borders will help to deescalate Russia-Ukraine and East-West conflict threatening nuclear apocalypse.
Marching, Singing, and Chanting for Peace
About 150 Montrealers, armed variously with dogs, placards and strollers took to the streets near Parc LaFontaine on March 6, to demand a stop to NATO expansion and peace in Ukraine.
Russia’s Demands Have Changed
One way to negotiate peace would be for Ukraine to offer to meet all of Russia’s demands and, ideally, more, while making demands of its own for reparations and disarmament.
Video of Webinar: The Russia-Ukraine War and the Imperative of Organizing for Peace
The latest from peace activists about the current moment. How are we organizing to end the war between Ukraine and Russia?
Video: Rachel Small at Rally for Peace in Ukraine
Watch World BEYOND War Canada Organizer Rachel Small at rally for peace in Ukraine on March 6, 2022.
WBW News & Action: Abolition of War or of Humanity
Read our email newsletter from March 7, 2022.
The EU is Wrong to Arm Ukraine. Here’s Why
Weapons won’t bring stability – they will fuel further destruction and death. The EU must back diplomacy, demilitarisation and peace.
