‘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.
4,391+ Actions for a Better World: Campaign Nonviolence Action Week is bigger than ever
From Sept 18-26, tens of thousands of people are taking action for a culture of peace and active nonviolence, free from war, poverty, racism, and environmental destruction.
Iraq Vet Disrupts George W. Bush Speech
Iraq War veteran and Empire Files producer Mike Prysner disrupted a speech by George W. Bush in Beverly Hills on Sept. 19, 2021.
Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Biden Administration’s Order to Deport Haitians as Illegal and Racist
When a white Fox News reporter used a drone to film the thousands of Haitian and other Black asylum seekers camped beneath a bridge spanning the Rio Grande and linking Del Rio, Texas to Ciudad Acuña, in the Coahuila state of Mexico, he immediately (and deliberately) brought a stereotypical image of Black migration: That of the teeming, African hordes, ready to burst the borders and invade the United States. Such images are as cheap as they are racist. And, typically, they erase the larger question: Why are so many Haitians at the U.S. border?
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).
WBW News & Action: Award To Go To Mel Duncan
Read our e-newsletter from September 20, 2021.
Talk World Radio: Delmarie Cobb on Rahm Emanuel’s Nomination
This week on Talk World Radio: Rahm Emanuel has been nominated for worst politician ever — just kidding, he’s been nominated for Ambassador to Japan.
Video: CODE RED PLANET: The 23rd Kateri Tekakwitha Peace Conference (Online)
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.
Mel Duncan to Receive the David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher of 2021 Award
Today, September 20, 2021, World BEYOND War announces as the recipient of the David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher of 2021 Award: Mel Duncan.
Peace Group Welcomes New Zealand’s Ban on Australian Nuclear Submarines
The New Zealand Government’s announced continuation of its anti-nuclear policy, which will ban any future Australian nuclear submarines from entering New Zealand waters or ports, has been welcomed by long term peace activists, the International Affairs and Disarmament Committee of the Aotearoa /New Zealand Peace Foundation.
Jail the Killer Drone Operators Instead of the Drone Whistleblowers
Now is the time for accountability for the U.S. assassin drone program.
Old Soldier Mark Milley Should ‘Fade Away’
If Biden lacks the courage to fire Milley, let’s us agitate to remove him – whether dumb, insubordinate, duplicitous – or all three.
Marcha Mundo sin Guerras y sin Violencia
World March Without Wars and Without Violence, Bicentennial Costa Rica
Ernst Friedrich’s Anti-War Museum Berlin Opened in 1925 and Was Destroyed in 1933 by The Nazis. Reopened in 1982 – Open Daily 16.00 – 20.00
Ernst Friedrich, the founder of the Anti-War Museum in Berlin, was born on February 25th 1894 in Breslau. Already in his early years he was engaged in the proletarian youth movement.
Peace Education for Citizenship: a Perspective for Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe in the 20-21 centuries suffered a lot from political violence and armed conflicts. It is time to learn how to live together in peace and in pursuit of happiness.
Rwanda’s Military is The French Proxy on African Soil
Over July and August Rwandan soldiers were deployed in Mozambique, purportedly to fight ISIS terrorists. However, behind this campaign is French maneuvering that benefits an energy giant eager to exploit natural gas resources, and perhaps, some backroom deals over history.
Stop The Arms Fair
A short documentary made in collaboration with Fossil Free London highlighting the links between the arms trade and the environment.
Why We Oppose the National Defense Authorization Act
The moment of ending a war widely viewed as a 20-year catastrophe, having spent $21 trillion on militarism during those 20 years, and the moment when the biggest Congressional question in the media is whether the United States can afford $3.5 trillion over 10 years for things other than wars, is hardly the moment to increase military spending, or even to maintain it at remotely its current level.
Volunteer Spotlight: Yurii Sheliazhenko
The September 2021 volunteer spotlight features Yurii Sheliazhenko from Kiev, Ukraine. Yurii is the executive secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, a board member of the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection, and a new board member of World BEYOND War.
