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What should unarmed civilians do when militaries attack or occupy their communities? What meaningful alternatives can peacebuilders offer? This six-week online course offers one such alternative: a comprehensive introduction to Unarmed Civilian Defense (UCD) — a people-powered approach to protecting communities and resisting violence without weapons. Begins today. Almost full.
War Abolisher Awards: learn about the awards, see the past recipients, nominate the next winners. Nominations accepted only through May 17.
From one of the world’s most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that U.S. power poses to humanity’s future as well as a sharp indictment of both American foreign policy and the national myths that support it. In July, 2025, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of the book The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World By Noam Chomsky and Nathan J. Robinson. Leading the discussions will be Nathan J. Robinson. When you sign up we’ll mail you the book.
May 19, join a Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine webinar featuring Palestinian religious voices calling for an end to war. Register here.
WBW will open a new chapter in Burkina-Faso on May 20, and hold a Gambia Youth Peace Forum on Killer Robots on May 31.
May Day in Bogotá.
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May 19: Yellow Ribbon Casualty Campaign
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Latin America:
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No More Military Spending In Latin America
Asia:
We Were So Close: Life After Conscience and the Abraham Accords
Steps Needed in India, Pakistan, and World to Avoid Destruction
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Rahm, Hakeem, and Special Places in Hell
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