9/11 to Afghanistan – If We Learn the Right Lesson We Can Save Our World!
Twenty years ago, in reaction to the horror of September 11th, the whole world rallied behind the US.
Talk World Radio: David Vine on U.S. Bases Everywhere
This week on Talk World Radio: U.S. military bases all over the world and what the heck are they doing there?
The Human Experience of Counterterrorism in the Global War on Terror (GWOT)
This analysis summarizes and reflects on the following research: Qureshi, A. (2020). Experiencing the war “of” terror: A call to the critical terrorism studies community. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 13(3), 485-499.
Audio: Disrupting Land Forces in Brisbane, Australia
Margie Pestorius is a long time peace activist and co-organiser of the recent successful Disrupt Land Forces actions in Brisbane, Australia.
Let’s Help End U.S. Support of the Duterte Regime in the Philippines
The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines invites you to participate in a week of solidarity and action, from Sept 18-24th to End U.S. support of the Duterte Regime!
Peace Boat to Receive Award as Lifetime Organizational War Abolisher of 2021
If war is ever to be abolished, it will be in great measure due to the work of organizations like Peace Boat educating and mobilizing thinkers and activists, developing alternatives to violence, and turning the world away from the idea that war can ever be justified or accepted. World BEYOND War is honored to present our very first award to Peace Boat.
WHIF: White Hypocritical Imperial Feminism
In 2002, U.S. women’s groups sent a joint letter to then-President George W. Bush in support of the war on Afghanistan to benefit women. Gloria Steinem (formerly of the CIA), Eve Ensler, Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, and many others signed. The National Organization for Women, Hillary Clinton, and Madeline Albright wanted war.
Video: Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War of Terror
We’ll hear testimonials from: John Kiriakou, Vijay Prashad, Sam Al-Arian, Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans, Assal Rad, David Swanson, Kathy Kelly, Matthew Hoh, Danny Sjursen, Kevin Danaher, Ray McGovern, Mickey Huff, Chris Agee, Norman Solomon, Pat Alviso, Rick Jahnkow, Larry Wilkerson, and Moustafa Bayoumi.
Rep. Barbara Lee, Who Cast Sole Vote After 9/11 Against “Forever Wars,” on Need for Afghan War Inquiry
Twenty years ago, Rep. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against war in the immediate aftermath of the devastating 9/11 attacks that killed about 3,000 people.
The Horror of a U.S. Drone Strike Killing 10 Members of the Same Family Including Children in Kabul
On Monday 30th August reports began to emerge that a drone strike in Kabul had killed a family.
أميركا الخروج المرّ | صانعو الحرب
Video in Arabic. In English it says: Stop the damn wars!
Why Meng Wanzhou Should Be Released Now!
By releasing Meng today, Canada could show a measure of independence of foreign policy and begin to restore friendly political and economic relations with the People’s Republic of China, our second-largest trading partner, for the mutual benefit of the Canadian and Chinese peoples.
Remembering Des Ratima
World BEYOND War Aotearoa New Zealand is heartbroken to report the untimely death of Maori elder Des Ratima, aged 69.
Guantanamo Past the Point of All Shame
U.S. high schools should teach courses on Guantanamo: what not to do in the world, how not to make it even worse, and how not to compound that catastrophe beyond all shame and recovery.
Video: End The Western/Gulf War on Syria, a conversation with Johnny Achi, Rick Sterling, & Alfred De Zayas
In conversation with Johnny Achi, Rick Sterling and Alfred De Zayas, we talked about what the anti-imperialist/peace movement must understand about the ongoing situation in Syria.
Talk World Radio: Coleen Rowley on the Failures of 9/11 and Everything Since 9/12
This week on Talk World Radio, the failures of September 11th and the failures of the global war launched on September 12th.
Video: Celebration to Honor David Hartsough, Recipient of the 2021 Clarence B. Jones Award for Kingian Nonviolence
The USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, is pleased to honor David Hartsough with the institute’s 2021 Clarence B. Jones Award for Kingian Nonviolence.
WBW News & Action: What Ending a War Could Look Like
Read our Email Newsletter from September 6, 2021.
World BEYOND War Exposes Warmongering Corruption at Toronto Air Show
World BEYOND War members were at the Toronto Air Show on Sunday to make sure everyone understood that it was an advertisement for F-35s that Canada should not buy.
Video: Kathy Kelly Leads Discussion of Peace Activism and Afghanistan
This is week 1 of a book club organized by World BEYOND War with Kathy Kelly and the book “Bending the Arc: Striving for Peace and Justice in the Age of Endless War.”
What Ending a War Could Look Like
When you imagine ending a war, do you imagine the U.S. President lamenting the human cost of the war’s financial expense while simultaneously demanding that Congress increase military spending — and while mentioning new wars that could potentially be launched?
Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, David Swanson, Jackie Larkin September 9, 2021
Many took heart when America announced an end to its military occupation of Afghanistan last month.
$21 Trillion over 20 Years: Breaking New Report Analyzes the Full Cost of Militarization Since 9/11
The report found that over the last 20 years, militarized foreign and domestic policies in the United States have cost $21 trillion.
Peace Activist Kathy Kelly on Reparations for Afghanistan & What the U.S. Owes After Decades of War
As the United States ends its military presence in Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation and war, the Costs of War Project estimates it spent over $2.2 trillion in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and by one count, over 170,000 people died during the fighting over the last two decades.
Talk World Radio: Afghanistan: And Stay Out
It’s never too soon to end a war, even if you don’t really end it, tell lots of lies about it, and increase military spending to prepare for more wars.
New Anti-War Billboards Go Up in Berlin
Nuclear weapons threaten our security. We demand Germany’s support for the UN Treaty on Nuclear Weapons.
WBW Podcast Episode 28: The Life of Activism with Jodie Evans
I spoke with longtime peace activist and CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans during a significant moment in history. On the morning of our podcast interview, USA was completing its withdrawal from 20 disastrous years of war in Afghanistan.
COP26: Countdown to Glasgow Webinar
On August 23, CODEPINK and World Beyond War have hosted a webinar highlighting the intersection between militarism and climate change leading up to the COP26 talks in Glasgow, Scotland.
