Fewer Americans Want To Serve In The Military. Cue Pentagon Panic.
By William M. Arkin, April 10, 2019 From The Guardian Donald Trump’s three-quarters-of-a-trillion-dollar defense budget request submitted to Congress last month contains a dirty secret, one
10 Reasons Assange Should Walk Free
By David Swanson, Director, World BEYOND War Governments’ (monstrous and criminal) behavior should not be secret. People should know what their government is doing, and
Talk Nation Radio: Vijay Mehta on How Not to Go to War
Vijay Mehta is an author and peace activist. He is Chair of Uniting for Peace and founding Trustee of Fortune Forum Charity. His notable books
Why Refusing To Label Iran’s Revolutionary Guard As A Terror Organization Keeps Us Out Of War
By Patrick J. Hiller, April 11, 2019 A “Twitter-stamp” by Secretary of State Pompeo made it official. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is now designated
U.S. Senate Goes Easy on Pentagon Environmental Chief As She Testifies on PFAS Contamination
By Pat Elder, Civilian Exposure, April 10, 2019 This is how I would have handled the questioning as a U.S. Senator. Ms. Maureen Sullivan, Deputy
Blase Bonpane Will Be Badly Missed
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Minnesotans honor Martin Luther King and Say Yes to Peace, No to NATO
By Meredith Aby-Keirstead, April 5, 2019 From Fight Back! News St. Paul, MN – On April 4, 80 people gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol
Talk Nation Radio: Maria Zakharova on Ukraine and NATO
Maria Zakharova is an activist and public lecturer based in Odessa, Ukraine. She has been a strong supporter of the Council of Mothers of May
Plowshares Activists Call for Renewal of Movement
April 7, 2019 On Anniversary of Anti-Nuclear Weapons Protest, Plowshares Activists Petition Calls for Renewal of Movement, Dismissal of Charges On April 4, the first anniversary
WBW News: Ending War on Yemen and Everywhere
U.S. Congress Finally Votes to End One of Its Wars Following major public pressure by World BEYOND War and many other organizations, both houses of
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NATO Interrupted
Wednesday morning an event was held in a building overlooking Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., at an organization called the Center for European Policy Analysis,
We Say NATO’s Got to Go
Lyrics by Ben Grosscup To tune of Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho We say NATO’s got to go, got to go, got to go
If You Want to Be President, Show Us Your Budget
By David Swanson, March 28, 2019 Trump wants to leave 31% of discretionary spending for all things non-military, while Bernie wants to move some unspecified amount of money from
Pelosi and McConnell: Cranking Up Bipartisan Madness for NATO
By Norman Solomon, March 28, 2019 When Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell teamed up to invite NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to address a joint
War, Peace and Presidential Candidates
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies, March 27, 2019 Forty-five years after Congress passed the War Powers Act in the wake of the
WBW News: Unwelcoming NATO Video
It’s almost time to unwelcome NATO! Watch and share this new video about our upcoming events on April 3rd and 4th. We now know where
20 years later: the victims of NATO’s use of uranium weapons in the Balkans must finally be helped
Berlin, March 24, 2019 Joint Statement by ICBUW (Int. Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons), IALANA (Int. Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms), IPPNW (Int. Physicians
When the Irish Ambassador Talks About Independence in Charlottesville
Here’s the description of an event planned for April 2nd at the University of Virginia: “His Excellency Daniel Mulhall, Ambassador of Ireland to the United
Dear World, Here’s How to Close Your U.S. Military Bases
Dear Brothers and Sisters, If you live among the Other 96% — that portion of humanity that the U.S. government does not claim to represent,
‘Surrounded by the Fire of War’: Remembering NATO’s 1999 Aggression in Yugoslavia
By Greta Zarro, March 21, 2019 From The Progressive “The burning city was abandoned by those who had means,” writes Ana Maria Gower. “Alone on the empty
Five Benefits of Life Without NATO
By David Swanson, March 20, 2019 This week, war industry employee Hans Binnendijk claimed in the weapons-advertisement conveyance Defense News that we all get five big benefits from NATO:
Korea Peace Now! Cooperation Continuing Despite Stalled Dialogue With US
By Ann Wright, March 21, 2019 While U.S.-North Korean contact is stalled, relations between North Korea and South Korea continue to increase. Encouraging worldwide support
War Erodes Liberties
By Kirk Johnson, March 19, 2019 Do nations that wage more war provide those within their borders with more freedoms? It’s often stated that correlation
Two U.S. Veterans For Peace Refused Bail, Charged with Trespassing at Shannon Airport
Two U.S. Veterans For Peace Refused Bail at Ennis District Court Charged with Trespass and Causing Criminal Damage at Shannon Airport Monday 18 March A
New Podcast Episode: Talking About #NoToNATO With Friends From USA, London, New Zealand
By Marc Eliot Stein, March 15, 2019 We had just uploaded the exciting new second episode of World BEYOND War’s new podcast when the news
The PFAS Contamination Crisis: US Military Poisons Hundreds of Communities
By Pat Elder, March 15, 2019 Military Times recently reported that 16 relatives from one family living close to Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs
Lost Generations: Past, Present and Future
By Alan Knight, March 15, 2019 From 1899 to 1902, Ellen La Motte trained as a nurse at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. From 1914 to
Artificial Morality
By Robert C. Koehler, March 14, 2019 Artificial Intelligence is one thing. Artificial morality is another. It may sound something like this: “First, we believe
Wealth Concentration Drives a New Global Imperialism
By Peter Phillips, March 14, 2019 Regime changes in Iraq and Libya, Syria’s war, Venezuela’s crisis, sanctions on Cuba, Iran, Russia, and North Korea are
