A Year of World BEYOND War Work in Ireland
You’ll want to check this out, not just as an example of what can be done, but also for the powerful images and poetry and prose included.
Town of Chesapeake Beach Tests Oysters from 23 Miles Away
Low PFAS results in oysters from remote testing location likely orchestrated to cover for the Navy’s PFAS contamination of the Chesapeake Bay near the town.
Remember the Kellogg-Briand Pact
The West Suburban Peace Coalition (WSPC) has announced the winners of the 2021 Peace Essay Contest. Contestants submitted essays answering the question ‘How can we obey the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, the law that outlawed war?’
Biden Must Call Off the B-52s Bombing Afghan Cities
U.S. military officials now believe Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, could fall in one to three months.
How International Law Facilitates the Bombing of Civilians in the U.S. War on Terror
The Obama Administration constructed the concept of frontier territories—areas that are out of state control but fall within a state’s territorial boundaries—to “sidestep legal constraints” in the use of military force and “cover up what many would consider extra-legal behavior” in U.S. drone warfare.
On Painting Daniel Hale: His Exquisite Burden
Painting a portrait takes time, to hurry is to court mistakes. My rule is to be passionate but patient, leaving time to ruminate as I struggle to get the precise glint in the eye, curve the lips just so, and shape the highlight on the bridge of the nose to fit its contour.
How the Nuclear Weapons Industry Is Dominating Think Tank Research
A recent study finds that all major institutions working on nuke policy are getting funds from companies with a vested interest in it.
Please Join Us in Honoring David Hartsough
Please join us in honoring David Hartsough with the institute’s 2021 Clarence B. Jones Award for Kingian Nonviolence. The award ceremony will take place as an online webinar on Thursday, August 26, from 11:45am to 1:30pm.
Video: Ann Wright and Whistleblowers Discuss DISSENT: Voices of Conscience
This is one session of an online bookclub that Ann Wright is doing for World BEYOND War.
Red tank tracks painted at London, Ont. MP offices and home of General Dynamics president
The groups World Beyond War, People for Peace London and Labour Against the Arms Trade are mentioned in a news release announcing the move.
Activists Paint Tank Tracks to Doors of Weapons Dealers
Activists across Canada mark anniversary of Yemen school bus massacre at weapons manufacturers and politicians’ offices, demand Canada stop arming Saudi Arabia.
Talk World Radio: Danny Sjureson on What the U.S. Military Is Doing in Africa
This week on Talk World Radio: Danny Sjursen.
Learning From Vamik Volkan
A new film by Molly Castelloe called “Vamik’s Room,” introduces the viewer to Vamik Volkan and psychoanalysis of international conflict.
BREAKING: Activists protest at Lockheed Martin facility on anniversary of Yemen school bus massacre, demand Canada stop arming Saudi Arabia
Activists are protesting outside Lockheed Martin’s Dartmouth facility in Halifax, Canada to mark the third anniversary of the Yemen school bus massacre.
BREAKING: On the anniversary of Yemen school bus massacre, activists in London Ontario mark the complicity of General Dynamics Land Systems and the Liberal government in war crimes against Yemeni civilians, and demand that Canada stop arming Saudi Arabia
Activists left symbolic red tank tracks in front of the home of Danny Deep, President of General Dynamics Land Systems in London, as well as at the offices of Liberal MPs Peter Fragiskatos (London North Centre) and Kate Young (London West), to mark the third anniversary of the Yemen school bus massacre.
Volunteer Spotlight: Andrew Dymon
Each month, we share the stories of World BEYOND War volunteers around the world. Want to volunteer with World BEYOND War? Email greta@worldbeyondwar.org. Location: Charlottesville,
WBW News & Action: Film Festival for Nonviolent Action
Read World BEYOND War’s E-Newsletter from August 9, 2021.
Peace Perspectives by World BEYOND War and Activists in Cameroon
The key historical juncture that marked divisions in Cameroon was the colonisation (under Germany, and then France and Britain). Kamerun was an African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916.
Video: Ann Wright and War Resisters Discuss DISSENT: Voices of Conscience
This is one session of an online bookclub that Ann Wright is doing for World BEYOND War.
Glen Ford, Veteran Journalist and Founder of Black Agenda Report, Dies
It is not uncommon to hear that many Africans were introduced to Glen Ford the moment they became ‘activated’ to move away from the democratic party. That introduction often came by way of The Black Agenda Report where Ford (and others) continuously picked apart the insidious and warmongering nature of the neoliberal party.
WBW Podcast Episode 27: High Tech Weapons and Artificial Intelligence
By Marc Eliot Stein, July 31, 2021 World BEYOND War · High Tech Weapons and Artificial Intelligence USA’s investment in high-tech weapons and military artificial
William Astore Is Talking About Lessening the Damage, Not Actual Defense
William Astore’s latest article on TomDispatch proposes to “Reinvent the U.S. Military for Real National Defense.”
US, FSM Reach Consensus on a Plan to Build Military Base in Micronesia
The United States and the Federated States of Micronesia have agreed on a plan to build a military base in the Pacific island nation, in line with the Pentagon’s strategic ambition to increase its footprint in the Indo-Pacific region and keep China at bay.
Video: Walking a Path to a World Beyond War
World BEYOND War and the Abraham Path Initiative co-hosted this lively discussion on how stable, community-based tourism may be a pathway to peace, and how to get involved in future peace walks.
Talk World Radio: Bryan Burrough: Forget the Alamo!
This week on Talk World Radio: Remembering the Alamo, or — better yet — forgetting it. Our guest Bryan Burrough is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and the author of seven books, including the New York Times #1 best-selling Barbarians at the Gate (with John Helyar) and Public Enemies. He is co-author of a terrific new book called Forget the Alamo.
From Afghanistan to Russia and China: David Swanson talks to RT International 2021 07 26
Scale back one war, escalate another.
Solidarity Webinar: Cancel Talisman Sabre – No More War Games in the Pacific!
On Saturday, July 24, 2021, World BEYOND War and the Pacific Peace Network co-hosted a webinar to declare peace and call for the cancellation of the Talisman Sabre military exercises in the Pacific.
