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By Phil Armstrong and Catherine Armstrong, July 9, 2020 From Counterfire What nations say they stand for and what the evidence suggests they stand for can be – and frequently are – two entirely different things. This highly thought-provoking book […]
The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 June 22, 2020 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau: As a Hiroshima survivor, I was honoured to jointly accept the Nobel […]
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, July 10, 2020 The new film, The Vow From Hiroshima, tells the story of Setsuko Thurlow who was a school girl in Hiroshima when the United States dropped the first nuclear bomb. She was […]
By Merci Llarinas-Angeles, July 10, 2020 The tasks ahead to build an alternative global security system (AGSS) are a gigantic challenge to all of us who believe that a peaceful world is possible, but there are stories of hope all […]
By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, July 9, 2020 DIMPLES OF FREEDOM Dimples of mighty river donga, river Sokoto flowing honey of liberation, dripping sweetness of decades Of freedom harvest Taraba and ekuku flowing with seasons coming after one another […]
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, July 9, 2020 The U.S. Congress has 100 Senators and 435 House Members. Out of the full 535, there are 20 thus far who have made themselves sponsor or cosponsor of a resolution to […]
By Linda van Tilburg, July 7, 2020 From BizNews When Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu became the chair of South Africa’s arms trade regulator, the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) adopted a much stricter approach to the export […]
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, July 8, 2020 The Kateri Peace Conference, which has been held in upstate New York for 22 years, will be held online this year, allowing anyone in the world who can get online to […]
July 4, 2020 Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper Department of Defense Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer Department of the Navy Nora Macariola-See Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific 258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860-3134 Re: […]
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#DYK: In violation of the Covid aviation lockdown regulations, six flights of Turkish A400M aircraft landed in Cape Town during 30 April to 4 May to uplift cargoes of RDM munitions for export to Turkey #WorldBeyondWar #weapons #war
South Africa Arms Industry Is Dodging Rules To Sell Weapons To Turkey - World Beyond War . . .
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By Linda van Tilburg, July 7, 2020 From BizNews When Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu became the chair of South Africa’s arms trade regulator, the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) adopted a much stricter approach to the export [...]Recent UN investigation shows that war crimes and possible crimes against humanity were committed during the battle for Syria's opposition-held Idlib province #HumanRightsWatch #HumanRightsViolations #WorldBeyondWar
UN alleges war crimes during Syria's Idlib offensive
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Report describes 17 attacks on hospitals, 14 involving schools, nine on markets, and 12 on civilian homes in Idlib.South America is the region of the world where peace deteriorated most last year, followed by Central America and the Caribbean, with peacefulness expected to drop globally as a result of COVID-19 #humanrights
Latin America sees largest decline in peacefulness as COVID-19 poses further threat
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South America is the region of the world where peace deteriorated most last year, according to the "Global Peace Index 2020" report.Let's celebrate 20 U.S. Congress Members who understand what’s needed: move major amounts of money out of wars into human and environmental needs buff.ly/2OcC77V #ClimateChange #HumanRights
Ridding humanity of #NuclearWeapons is the obvious, most-important, end in itself and first step toward ridding ourselves of #war, but it’s unlikely to happen unless we move forward on ridding ourselves of the whole institution of war at the same time buff.ly/3iNzzLz
