World Beyond War November 2015 Social Media Campaign: #NOwar

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What if people around the world devoted the month of November to #NOwar?
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What if people around the world devoted the month of November to #NOwar?

In the US and many other countries, November 11 is remembered as the date of the armistice ending WWI.

What if people everywhere re-claimed that date for its original meaning – the determination to “end all wars”?

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“In Flanders Fields” – “If ye break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep . . . “
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We’ll be adding new images daily here — some based on your social media contributions! — and linking them to key sections of our World Beyond War call to action,  A Global Security System: An Alternative to War.

Help us share this message on social media:
Retweet our November campaign tweet and like @worldbeyondwar on Twitter.
Like and share our November Campaign message on Facebook, and like World Beyond War on Facebook.

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Of course, please be sure to sign the World Beyond War Declaration of Peace, and receive regular updates.

(More on the main World Beyond War social media page!)

An international Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth will be held for the second time November 14-20 – sponsored by War Resisters’ International:

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International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth.
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For November 11 — Veterans Day/Armistice Day – we featured this article from Veterans for Peace executive director Michael McPhearson (and it was also carried in Truthout and Common Dreams):

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Don’t thank me anymore . . . . Take care of us when we return home and work to end all war.
Michael McPhearson
Executive Director, Veterans for Peace
Veteran of the Persian Gulf War
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Veterans for Peace organized events across the US – see this page to find a group near you!

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Veterans for Peace (VFP) Armistice Day actions.

AND . . . please sign up for this VFP November 11 “thunderclap” and share with friends:

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Participate in the VFP thunderclap today and send a message to “Reclaim #ArmisticeDay” on November 11th

 

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“Those who love peace must learn to organize as
effectively as those who love war.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Campaign Nonviolence stands w/ Veterans for Peace and World Beyond War in saying: #NOwar
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Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence has encouraged its supporters worldwide to join this campaign.

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Join with Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence to say #NOwar in November!

Thanks for your support, Father John Dear and everyone at Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence!

Here are seven ways to say #NOwar throughout the month of November – provided by Campaign Nonviolence.

AUSTRALIA: November 11 in Canberra: End the War on Syria SpeakOut @ Defence HQ.

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Stop making refugees – end the war on Syria
SpeakOut @ Defence HQ Russell (Canberra) 12:30 – 2 pm Wednesday November 11

ITALY: On November 3, European activists will protest against NATO exercises in Teulada, Sardinia:

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Call for Action in Trident Juncture 2015 War Theaters – November 3, 2015 – Teulada, Sardinia

JAPAN: Street protests and intense discussion continue across social media to try to prevent Japan from re-militarizing.

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An entire arm of the protest movement against re-militarization in Japan is led by high school students.
(More at @wakamono_kenpou.)

In Okinawa, protests against the US military presence intensify:

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Protesting continued US military presence in Okinawa.
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MALAYSIA: From World Future TV in Malaysia: Nov 11 is world’s no war day

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“No, I am not going ten thousand miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. ” – Muhammad Ali
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Hmmm … what lesson will leaders around the world learn from Tony Blair?
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October 25, 2015: “Tony Blair apologizes for Iraq War mistakes”

How will you be  saying #NOwar in November?

2 Responses

  1. Well,you could call this a prelude to this November of “end all wars”,as a protest rally will be held on October 31 at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. A warship is getting ‘christened’, and I will be there. I am thinking of making a sign that reads “War is not Christ’s Way”..

  2. You do realize, I hope, that the Flander’s Field poem actually calls us to war, when necessary to defend the right. Funny to see it on an anti-war site. Let us continue to hold up the torch and fight for the right! As Abe Lincoln said “to sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.”

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