Talk Nation Radio: Enough Blood Shed, End the Arms Trade
Mary-Wynne Ashford is a retired Family Physician, with a specialty in Palliative Care. She was Co-President of the International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War for
Italian Dock Workers Refuse To Resupply Saudi ‘Weapons’ Ship
February 18, 2020 From Middle East Monitor Italian dock workers have refused to load electricity generators onto a notorious Saudi cargo ship suspected of carrying arms to
Bernie Finally Puts a Number on Cutting Military Spending
By David Swanson, Executive Director, World BEYOND War, February 25, 2020 Bernie Sanders’ campaign has published a fact sheet on how everything he proposes can
WBW News & Action: How to Do Nonviolent Action
Countdown to #NoWar2020, May 26-31, Ottawa, Canada #NoWar2020, World BEYOND War’s 5th global convergence, is coming up on May 29-30 in Ottawa. #NoWar2020 is unlike
Is War Necessary?
By John Reuwer, February 23, 2020, World BEYOND War Remarks by World BEYOND War Board Member John Reuwer in Colchester, Vermont, on February 20, 2020
PFAS Contamination Near George Air Force Base Threatens Public Health
The groundwater in Victorville and throughout much of California is contaminated with PFAS, the “forever chemicals.” By Pat Elder, February 23, 2020, World BEYOND War
Fresno’s PFAS Contamination Problem
The Air Force’s fire training area and Fresno’s Water Treatment Plant are too close for comfort. By Pat Elder, February 23, 2020, World BEYOND War
Nonviolent Action for Peace
By David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War George Lakey’s new book is called How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning.
Volunteer Spotlight: Liz Remmerswaal
In each biweekly e-newsletter, we share the stories of World BEYOND War volunteers around the world. Want to volunteer with World BEYOND War? Email greta@worldbeyondwar.org.
Feed People, Not War!
VIDEO: Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI, 4th CD) joins Milwaukee County Supervisor Steven Shea and peace activists from Milwaukee’s End the Wars Coalition in supporting the
How Are We Going to Pay for Saving Trillions of Dollars?
By David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War, February 21, 2020 Enhanced Medicare for All — that wild scheme that Michael Bloomberg calls “untried”
You Have To Laugh
By David Swanson, February 20, 2020 It’s often hard to report on U.S. politics and government with a straight face. It’s even harder to report
Talk Nation Radio: Richard Sanders on Shutting Down Weapons Shows
Richard Sanders is a researcher/writer/activist who has engaged full-time in the peace movement since 1984 when he escaped academia with an MA in cultural anthropology. His
2020 List of Valid Nobel Peace Prize Nominations
From The Nobel Peace Prize Watch, February 2020 Letter submitted to the committee here Media release here See our NPPW guidelines for screening The address for
Trudeau’s Centre for Peace, Order, and Good Government is a Sham
By Yves Engler, February 16, 2020 Should peace groups challenge Canadian militarism by pushing clear, principled, demands or by promoting a militarist government’s bid to
Building the Wanfried Peace Factory (In The Middle Of Germany)
By Wolfgang Lieberknecht, February 19, 2020 Because networking for peace needs places for personal encounters, we are building the Wanfried Peace Factory in the middle
Afghan Troops Say Taliban Are Brothers And War Is “Not Really Our Fight.”
By Nicolas J S Davies, February 18, 2020 The world is waiting anxiously to see whether the U.S. and Afghan governments and the Taliban will
World BEYOND War Decries NATO’s “Defender 20” War Games
02.17.20 Deployments are now underway for NATO’s “Defender 20” war games, scheduled for April and May. Defender 20 will involve 20,000 U.S. troops, the largest
Okinawans Educating People about PFAS Contamination around U.S. Bases
By Joseph Essertier, February 16, 2020 On Friday, the 6th of March, activists in Okinawa will hold a lecture about U.S. bases poisoning the water of
Can the World’s Second Superpower Rise From the Ashes of Twenty Years of War?
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, February 15, 2020 February 15 marks the day, 17 years ago, when global demonstrations against the pending
Shut Down Canada Until it Solves its War, Oil, and Genocide Problem
By David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War Indigenous people in Canada are giving the world a demonstration of the power of nonviolent action.
Legislative Remedies: California Acts on PFAS/PFOA In Drinking Water But More Needs To Be Done
By Pat Elder, February 14, 2020 On February 6, 2020 the California State Water Resources Control Board lowered its “Response Level” to 10 parts per
Endless War Is A Disastrous (But Profitable) Enterprise
By Lawrence Wilkerson, February 11, 2020 From Responsible Statecraft “The collapse of the Libyan state has had region-wide repercussions, with flows of people and weapons
Talk Nation Radio: Jefferson Morley on Israel, Iran, and the United States
Jefferson Morley is a Washington author and investigative reporter. Over the last 35 years he has served as Washington correspondent for The Nation and Salon and as editor and reporter
War Is an Enormous Threat to the Climate Movement
By Sarah Lazare, February 10, 2020 From In These Times The 2020s opened with dual crises. In Australia, unprecedented bushfires tore across a total area
WBW News & Action: War and Environment Video
New Video: Environment and War Martin Sheen has recorded a new video for World BEYOND War on the topic of war and the environment. Watch
David Swanson to Speak in Florence, Italy on April 25, 2020
World BEYOND War, February 10, 2020 The event will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. INVITO AL CONVEGNO DEL 25 APRILE Caro Amico,
Climate Change, Tech Workers, Antiwar Activists Working Together
By Marc Eliot Stein, February 10, 2020 I was recently invited to speak at an Extinction Rebellion gathering in New York City on behalf of
New Video: Martin Sheen on War and Environment
Martin Sheen has recorded this for World BEYOND War on the topic of war and the environment. Learn more at https://worldbeyondwar.org/environment/
Pinkerism and Militarism Walk into a Room
By David Swanson, February 6, 2020 Charles Kenny’s book, Close the Pentagon, has an endorsement from Steven Pinker despite wanting to close something that Pinker
