World Beyond War is a global nonviolent movement to fully end the institution of war and establish a just and sustainable peace.
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“You say you’re against war, but what’s the alternative?” World Beyond War is pleased to provide the 2016 edition of the book that everyone has been asking for: A Global Security System: An Alternative to War. […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (NEWSPLEX) — For the past year, there has been a lot of talk of what to do with the Robert e. Lee statue and other monuments around town. After what happened last weekend, a local resident is hoping […]
When it comes to understanding wars, for some people, a picture of the dead or of the injured or of the traumatized or of those made refugees can be worth ten million words. And, for at least some of us, […]
Partners on this campaign include: World Beyond War, RootsAction.org. To join us in working on this campaign, scroll down and fill out the form. Get DIVEST mugs, magnets, shirts. While governments buy weapons, market weapons to other governments, donate weapons […]
August 17, 2017 Charlottesville!!!! We spend our hour in solartopia with the great Peace activist David Swanson talking to us from the belly of the beast. David has observed the chaos and bloodshed in charlottesville firsthand. His insights and opinions […]
By David Swanson, August 24, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. Washington, D.C., needs a three-dimensional, sculptural Guernica dedicated to and with explanatory information about the victims of U.S. bombings in over 30 countries that the United States has bombed. And it […]
Reuters Staff, August 23, 2017 About 20 U.S. nuclear warheads are thought to be stationed at a military base in Buechel, in western Germany, according to unofficial estimates. The U.S. embassy in Berlin said it does not comment on nuclear […]
When Russia and Syria killed civilians in driving Al Qaeda forces out of Aleppo, U.S. officials and media shouted “war crimes.” But the U.S.-led bombardment of Iraq’s Mosul got a different response, notes Nicolas J S Davies. By Nicolas J […]
By David Swanson, August 23, 2017, FireDonaldTrump.org. Several years back, I led a team of authors drafting articles of impeachment against then-President George W. Bush for then-Congressman Dennis Kucinich. We drafted over 60 and settled on the best 35. Had […]
By Karl Mathiesen, August 22, 2017, Climate Home. De Brum, who witnessed the destructive power of nuclear weapons as a child, won justice for his tiny country against formidable economic and political odds. Born in 1945, Tony de Brum grew […]
By David Swanson, August 19, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. Under the new policy just announced in Charlottesville, Virginia, the city will be taking down all but the non-racist war monuments and memorials in all of its public spaces. Three monuments […]
The candidate who once warned America about Hillary Clinton’s hawkishness is turning into a war machine. By Jennifer Wilson, Micah Zenko, August 9, 2017, Foreign Policy. Throughout the 2016 campaign, many people opposed to Donald Trump’s candidacy were nonetheless reluctant […]
By Sam Husseini, August 18, 2017. Many have focused on President Donald Trump’s statements on Charlottesville condemning the “violence” from “both sides”. Which is understandable, since the killing of Heather Heyer and overwhelming violence came from white supremacists. But virtually […]
“Ten percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and ten percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.” Susan Sontag. By Heidi Tilney Kramer / OpenDemocracy, August 17, 2017, Alternet. […]
