The Quiet Power of Everyday Resistance
Most accounts of life in, say, Nazi Germany in the late 1930s or Rwanda in the early months of 1994—each a place and time when preparation for war and mass violence had begun to alter the granularity of the everyday—paint an image of large-scale conflict as totalizing.
SURVEY: Starting a Montreal Chapter | SONDAGE: lancement d’une section montréalaise
A few World BEYOND War members are preparing to start a new chapter in Montreal. We’ve created this short survey to get to know potential chapter members and assess the best way to launch a chapter. Please take a moment and fill it out!
Quelques membres de World BEYOND War se préparent à lancer une nouvelle section à Montréal. Nous avons créé ce court sondage pour connaître les membres potentiels de la section et pour évaluer la meilleure façon de lancer une section. Veuillez prendre un moment pour y répondre!
Divest From War Invest For Peace
These four programs offer alternatives and actions we can take to redirect our common wealth for the health and prosperity of people and the planet.
‘No Militarization of Space Act’ introduced in Congress
A “No Militarization of Space Act”—which would abolish the new U.S. Space Force—has been introduced in the U.S. Congress.
The Big Business of Future Wars
Lawmakers in Congress are preparing to consider big cuts to the emergency $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill designed to fight the climate apocalypse and provide a safety net to struggling Americans.
The Economist Magazine Is Pushing Pro-Draft Propaganda
Prominent London-based international magazine “The Economist” published an article entitled “Call me maybe” (on their website, “The military draft is making a comeback”).
Can War Be Both Reformed AND Abolished?
A recent article and a recent book have raised this familiar topic anew for me.
Rehumanize Podcast: Talking About the War on Terror with David Swanson
In this episode, our hosts Herb and Emiliano are joined by David Swanson of World BEYOND War to reflect on the aftermath of 9/11 and the war on terror.
Drawdown: Improving U.S. and Global Security Through Military Base Closures Abroad
Despite the withdrawal of U.S. military bases and troops from Afghanistan, the United States continues to maintain around 750 military bases abroad in 80 foreign countries and colonies (territories).
Afghanistan War Shifts to Illegal Drone Strikes
Three weeks after his administration launched a drone attack that killed 10 civilians in Kabul, Afghanistan, President Joe Biden addressed the United Nations General Assembly.
Success: Meng Freed!
World BEYOND War is a proud member of the Cross-Canada Campaign to Free Meng Wanzhou and was pleased to support various actions in the lead-up to this victory.
World BEYOND War Gets Its Own 501c3
We are excited to announce that just days ago we were approved in the U.S. by the IRS for our own independent charitable 501(c)(3) status! This is big news for our small team as we continue to grow and expand.
Bearing Witness in Afghanistan — A Conversation With Kathy Kelly on Ending War and Listening to its Victims
This week, Michael Nagler and Stephanie Van Hook talk to Kathy Kelly, life-long nonviolence activist, co-founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence and co-coordinator of the Ban Killer Drones Campaign.
Tainted Water Release by U.S. in Okinawa Further Deepens Mistrust
We are at a loss for words at the erratic attitude and behavior of the U.S. forces stationed in Okinawa Prefecture.
‘War on Terror’ Terrorized Afghans for 20 Years
The aerial slaughter of a family of 10, including seven children, in Kabul on August 29 was no anomaly. It typified the .20-year Afghan war—except that a conspicuous press exposé forced the U.S. military to apologize for its “mistake.”
Armi, Sempre Armi, Tantissime Armi da il Manifesto
Il Patto Aukus tra Stati uniti, Australia e Gran Bretagna ha provocato un terremoto diplomatico, le reazioni sdegnate della Cina ma in pratica si sta risolvendo in una sorta di bazar degli armamenti.
Videos from CODE RED PLANET: The 23rd Kateri Tekakwitha Peace Conference
At this year’s Kateri Peace Conference, held online on September 18, 2021, our speakers and our community gathered to look clearly at the present crisis yet also to the future and to explore realistic and hopeful solutions.
Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
In 2020 the Futenma Marine Corps Command was forced to cancel the popular, annual Futenma Flightline Fair that had been scheduled for Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15.
Veterans To President Biden: Just Say No To Nuclear War!
To mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, September 26, Veterans For Peace is publishing an Open Letter to President Biden: Just Say NO to Nuclear War! The letter calls on President Biden to step back from the brink of nuclear war by declaring and implementing a policy of No First Use and by taking nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert.
What the War of Terror Has Cost Us with David Swanson
Author, activist, journalist, radio host, David Swanson spoke at the “Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on Terror” event. David Swanson is executive director of World Beyond War and campaign coordinator of Roots Action.
Protestors From 12 States Converge At Creech Afb For Week Of Protest To Demand An End To Remote Drone Killing, And Ban On Killer Drones
Kabul Killing of Afghan family, including 3 adults and 7 children, by U.S. Drone Last Month will be Memorialized
Civic Initiative Save Sinjajevina to Receive the War Abolisher of 2021 Award
Today, September 27, 2021, World BEYOND War announces as the recipient of the War Abolisher of 2021 Award: Civic Initiative Save Sinjajevina.
Samuel Moyn’s Unprincipled Attack On Human Rights Giant Michael Ratner
Samuel Moyn’s vicious and unprincipled attack on Michael Ratner, one of the finest human rights attorneys of our time, was published in the New York Review of Books (NYRB) on September 1.
325 Organizations Propose Climate Solution You’ve Never Heard Of
Many of us have been screaming about it at the tops of our lungs for years and years, writing about it, making videos about it, organizing conferences on it. Yet it is ineluctably unknowable.
U.S. Media Obsessed With Smaller Two of Three Big Bills in Congress
The super unprecedentedly ginormous Building Back Better bill is widely advertised as costing $3.5 trillion – and I think we’d all love to hear just a few hundred more times how Senator Joe Manchin won’t stand for it, wouldn’t we? But that number is spread over 10 years.
U.S. Militarism’s Toxic Impact on Climate Policy
President Biden addressed the UN General on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a “point of no return,” and a promise that the United States would rally the world to action.
