Notes from the 2021 International Bureau of Peace Conference
The IPB Congress in Barcelona was overall a breath of fresh air.
Media Whitewashes Liar Colin Powell, Africa’s Last Formal Colony, Facebook Targets Internet Speech
In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by David Swanson, activist, journalist, radio host, Executive Director of World BEYOND War and author of the new book “Leaving World War II Behind”.
Irresponsible Hatecraft and Proper Drone Murders
A friend asked if I could “refute” an article about drones published by “Responsible Statecraft,” and I’m not really sure I can. If an article were to oppose certain types of rape or torture or animal cruelty or environmental destruction but build in the assumption that one simply must have those things, albeit reformed versions of them, I couldn’t refute the need to oppose the particular atrocities
Talk World Radio: Margaret Kimberley on Powell, Obama, and Assange
Margaret Kimberley is a co-founder and Executive Editor and Senior Columnist for Black Agenda Report.
History of the North Korea “Nuclear Crisis” with Hyun Lee
A history of the North Korea “Nuclear Crisis” presented by Hyun Lee to the NJ/NY Korea Peace Now Grassroots group on October 15, 2021.
Colin Powell’s Own Staff Had Warned Him Against His War Lies
Powell’s staff warned him that the specific claims he wanted to make were not going to even sound plausible. They will be recorded by history more simply as blatant lies.
WBW News & Action: New Anti-War Pro-Peace Resources Database
Read our e-newsletter from October 18, 2021.
Ban The Use of Drones as Weapons
America’s parting drone attack in Afghanistan, which killed an aid worker and his family, is emblematic of the entire drone war.
War Abolishers of 2021: Yoshioka Tatsuya, Rosemary Kabaki, Mel Duncan, Pablo Dominguez, Petra Glomazic, Milan Sekulovic, Persida Jovanovic
By Marc Eliot Stein, October 15, 2021 On October 6, 2021, World BEYOND War presented the first War Abolisher awards to Peace Boat, Mel Duncan
The New War
National Guard units across the country have been called to battle wildfires, conduct rescue operations in flood-stricken areas, and respond broadly to disaster relief brought on by climate change.
Sinjajevina Pasturelands, Resisting NATO Ecocide, and World Beyond War Awards
On September 27, 2021, World BEYOND War announced that the recipient of the inaugural War Abolisher Award, in the Civic Initiative Category, would be the Save Sinjajevina campaign.
Climate and Militarism Event Planned for 4 November in Glasgow, Scotland
A broad and growing coalition of peace and environmental organizations has announced plans for an event on Thursday, 4 November, in Glasgow.
War Powers Reform and the Pretense Thereof
I don’t like the downsides in these bills at all. I think they’re horrific, disgraceful, and absolutely indefensible. But I think they’re outweighed by the upsides, even in the Senate bill, though the House one is better. Yet, clearly best of all would be for Congress to make use of any of these things, either one of the new bills or the law as it exists today.
The Empires That Brought Us Here
Empire is still (or newly, as it wasn’t always) a touchy subject in the U.S. Empire.
Military Suicide: One More Reason To Abolish War
The Pentagon issued its annual report recently on suicide in the military, and it provides us with very sad news. Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on programs to stem this crisis, the suicide rate for active-duty U.S. troops rose to 28.7 per 100,000 during 2020, up from 26.3 per 100,000 the previous year.
Talk World Radio: Yves Engler on the Canadian Military
This week on Talk World Radio: Stand on Guard for Whom? — A People’s History of the Canadian Military. That’s the title of the new book, his twelfth, from our guest Yves Engler.
Interview with Reiner Braun: Reimagining a Better World
A few days before the IPB World Peace Congress 2021 in Barcelona, we talked to Reiner Braun, Executive Director of the International Peace Bureau (IPB) about how the peace movement, trade unions and the environmental movement can come together, why we need a peace congress of encouragement and youth, which will take place completely hybrid from 15-17 October in Barcelona and why it is exactly the right moment for it.
AUDIO: Peace Witness – Liz Talks With Matt Fuller
Matt Fuller is currently a PhD student at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Transnational Institute Publishes a Primer on Climate Security
There is a growing political demand for climate security as a response to the escalating impacts of climate change, but little critical analysis on what kind of security they offer and to who.
Volunteer Spotlight: John Miksad
The October 2021 Volunteer Spotlight features John Miksad, a World BEYOND War chapter coordinator from the New York City Tri-State Area.
Video: Alison Broinowski and David Swanson on AUKUS and USUKA
Excerpted from an interview of Alison Broinowski and David Swanson by James Wohlgemuth.
Stop The Arms Fair: Liverpool Says No to The Merchants of Death
Several hundred people attended the latest rally against the Electronic Warfare Europe arms fair on Saturday lunchtime.
Imagine a World with U.S.-China Cooperation
On September 10, 2021, during an important diplomatic meeting that occurred by telephone, U.S. President Joseph Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping affirmed the necessity of a better relationship between their two nations.
Draft Registration: End It, Don’t Expand It
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Sept. 23 to expand Selective Service registration for a future military draft to women as part of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and the Senate is expected to do the same when they vote on their version of the NDAA in the coming weeks.
A New Effort to Protect the Legal Right to Peace
The Platform for Peace and Humanity has launched its global advocacy programme titled “Towards the enforcement of the right to peace.”
Aichi Residents Win a Legal Victory for Takae, Okinawa and for Peace
Two hundred residents of Aichi Prefecture, where I live, have just scored a significant victory for peace and justice.
Harry Potter and the Secret of COP26
“Blimey, Harry!” exclaimed Ronald Weasley, his face pressed to the window, peering out at the swiftly passing countryside as the glistening red Hogwarts Express belched coal smoke into the sky on its way north to Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference.
1+1 EPISODE 100! Yuri Speaks to David Swanson on ‘Good Wars’ & the Myth Being Sold to Us
A video interview of David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War.
