Ten Contradictions That Plague Biden’s Democracy Summit
The greater possible value of this gathering of 111 countries is that it could instead serve as an “intervention,” or an opportunity for people and governments around the world to express their concerns about the flaws in U.S. democracy and the undemocratic way the United States deals with the rest of the world.
Governor of Hawai’i Orders Operations of U.S. Navy’s Massive Jet Fuel Tanks Suspended and Fuel Removed from Tanks within 30 Days
What has happened to the military families underscores the dangers to the 400,000 residents in Honolulu whose water would be contaminated by a predicted major leak from the underground fuel storage tanks.
How Congress Loots the U.S. Treasury for the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex
Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military budget bill for 2022.
Opposition to AUKUS Should Inspire Global Opposition to U.S. Empire
At World BEYOND War we are inspired by the organization of events in Australia against the USUKA, er AUKUS, alliance and in agreement with the statement released by Australians for War Powers Reform.
Biden-Putin Talk Tuesday With Xi in the Wings
Is President Biden still out to lunch on this key issue?
Why We Should Oppose the Democracy Summit
The exclusion of certain countries from the U.S. “democracy summit” is not a side issue. It is the very purpose of the summit.
Pearl Harbor: Don’t Drink the Water or Believe the Myths
Celebrate Pearl Harbor Day right!
World BEYOND War Montreal Chapter Demonstrates in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en
Hundreds of people gathered for a loud protest at the RCMP’s Quebec headquarters in Montreal on Saturday afternoon.
Honolulu Citizens Demand the Closing of the US Navy’s 225 million gallon, 80-Year-Old, Leaking Underground Jet Fuel Tanks
The long citizen protest underscoring the dangers from the U.S. Navy’s 80-year-old leaking 20 jet fuel tanks at Red Hill — each tank 20 stories tall and holding a total of 225 million gallons of jet fuel — came to a head over the weekend with Navy families around the large Pearl Harbor Naval Base being sickened by fuel in their home tap water.
Forever Partnership, Forever War
AUKUS has ensured that Australia’s future will be tied to US warmongering
Youth from Around the World Contribute to a Book on Peace
Five members of the World BEYOND War Youth Network (WBWYN) from five continents have contributed, together with WBW’s Education Director, to a chapter in a new book.
Reflecting on the Dawn of Everything
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow is, I think, a terrific contribution to human knowledge and guide to pursuing more of the same — as well as a notable accomplishment for the Davids of the world, who have perhaps been falling a bit short lately. A few of the points it documents and persuades of are:
Cameroon Chapter of World BEYOND War Joins Project Empowering Women
Cameroon for a World BEYOND War has been identified in the West region of Cameroon to take part in WILPF Cameroon’s nine-month project on empowering girl mothers and IDP women (women internally displaced by the conflicts in the Northwest and Southwest regions).
Talk World Radio: Alfred McCoy on Empire and the Supposed Rule-Based Order that He Claims China Threatens
Alfred W. McCoy is the author of a tremendous new book called To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change.
VIDEO: Irish Chapter Webinar: The U.S. Military’s Use of Shannon Airport
In this week’s conversation Peadar King discusses with former army officer and peace activist Edward Horgan the role of over 38 peace activists who have been prosecuted by the Irish State for protesting at Shannon airport against Irish complicity in U.S. Middle East wars.
WBW News & Action: We Took Over a Pipeline Company Office
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VIDEOS: Peace Pole Installation in Hastings, New Zealand
Peace pole installation in city centre opened by the community.
VIDEO: The Waihopai Spy Base in New Zealand Through the Decades
The white domes at the Waihopai spy base have been an iconic symbol of New Zealand’s part in the Five Eyes spy network but now they are being decommissioned.
Fighter Jets Are For Climate Losers
On November 25th 2021, a group of activists gathered in front of Steven Guilbeault’s office on de Maisonneuve Est in Montréal, armed with signs and an ardent desire to save the world… from Canada.
Dozens of Protests Across Canada Demand Cancellation of Planned Purchase of 88 Fighter Jets
Dozens of #NoNewFighterJets protests took place across Canada this week calling on the government to cancel their planned purchase of 88 new war planes.
‘Our Land, Our Life’: Okinawans Hold Out Against New U.S. Base in Coastal Zone
“Even at a base level, there’s a refusal of democracy to Okinawans here organizing.” #WorldBEYONDWar
Episode 30: Glasgow and the Carbon Bootprint with Tim Pluta
Our latest podcast episode features an interview about the antiwar protests outside the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow with Tim Pluta, World BEYOND War’s chapter organizer in Spain. Tim joined a coalition to protest COP26’s weak stance on the “carbon bootprint”, the disastrous abuse of fossil fuels by military forces that USA and other nations refuse to acknowledge.
Talk World Radio: Chris Gelardi on Guam Resisting Empire
This week on Talk World Radio, the U.S. colony of Guam. Our guest, Chris Gelardi is a New York City-based journalist. His work appears in The Nation, The Intercept, and The Appeal, among other publications.
AUDIO IN SPANISH: Constructores de Paz
World BEYOND War es un movimiento no violento global para poner fin a la guerra y establecer una paz justa y sostenible.
The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, World BEYOND War, November 22, 2021 The border between post-coup Ukraine and the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s
The Deep Structure of the Cold War and the EU
The EU must dare to deviate from the path currently taken by the Cold War adversaries.
Peace Poles Erected by World BEYOND War and Rotary in Hastings, New Zealand
For the next three months, Civic Square will be home to a unique collection of Peace Poles/Pou as part of the Hastings District Council’s vibrancy project.
Space: The U.S. Has Questions for Russia, Which Has More for the U.S.
On November 15, 2021, the Russian Ministry of Defense carried out the successful destruction of the discontinued and decommissioned national spacecraft named “Tselina-D”, which was put into orbit back in 1982.
Hundreds Take Over Pipeline Company Office in Toronto
Hundreds take over pipeline company office in Toronto in support of eviction of Coastal Gaslink, as RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) invade, make mass arrests on Wet’suwet’en Territory.