WBW News & Action: Shutting Down Wars and Bases

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Dear Friend,

With one person alone, the U.S. president, threatening several wars at a time, the need for a stronger movement to abolish all war is greater than ever.

—David Swanson, Executive Director, World BEYOND War

We’ve Just Held a Global Day of Action for Venezuela

On January 17, 2026, 42 actions took place in 11 countries for the Global Day of Action in Solidarity with Venezuela, which had been called for by World BEYOND War and endorsed by 42 organizations worldwide.

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The struggle for peace in Venezuela is ongoing:

Announcing Second Annual Global Days of Action to #CloseBases

The bases problem: The United States has used its bases in Latin America and the Caribbean to attack Venezuela, while threatening to take over Greenland to build more bases there. Iran is bordered by seven nations with U.S. bases. The nations to the south and east of China are packed with U.S. bases, as is Europe, as is Israel. Africa has foreign bases from several empires. Russia is making more use of its bases in Belarus.

Why February 23: On February 23, 1903, the United States took over Guantanamo from Cuba. It has never restored it. People across Latin America have used this date to organize events opposing bases, militarism, and the Monroe Doctrine. We made it a global day of action for the first time in 2025. We’re expanding our second annual collection of events to include the February 21-22 weekend.

What you can do: Use our resources to easily plan a local educational or activist event of any kind: a panel, a protest, an art display, a banner-drop, a sit-in, a press conference, a film screening, a rally, a march.

We call on individuals and organizations around the world to join the Global Days of Action to #CloseBases on February 21-23, 2026, by organizing events at military base sites or other locations near you.

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Upcoming Online Book Clubs and Online Course

Digital devices have saturated the planet and revolutionized the ways in which we relate to each other. Now the promise and perils of AI pose new challenges. This book addresses the historic links within the military, industrial, entertainment complex and how communications technology, trends in popular culture and consumer driven capitalism are at odds with goals for future sustainability.

In February, 2026, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of the book Mind Abuse: Media Violence and Its Threat to Democracy with the author Rose A. Dyson.

When you register for the club, we will send you a PDF of the book.