500 Organizations Propose Mysteriously Unknowable Climate Solution
In a remarkable feat of epistemic magic, 500 environmental and peace organizations and nearly 25,000 individuals have endorsed a petition that will be delivered to the COP26 climate conference — a petition proposing a solution that could add dramatically to efforts to protect the Earth’s climate, but a solution that it is impossible for most members of the homo sapiens species to become aware of.
Sudan Needs Aid and Support for Nonviolent Activism
We must support the people who have taken to the streets in huge numbers.
The Trouble with a Humanitarian Award for Hillary Clinton
Open Letter to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Learning from Prince Tokugawa
Japan’s Prince Iyesato Tokugawa ought perhaps to be of more interest to us right now than a Japanese princess currently marrying a “commoner,” or Hollywood movies so focused on the violent moments in history that they’ve now got actors shooting cinematographers.
Transnational Institute Release Report on How the World’s Wealthiest Nations Prioritise Borders Over Climate Action
This report finds that the world’s biggest emitters are spending an average 2.3 times as much on arming borders on climate finance, and up to15 times as much for the worst offenders. This “Global Climate Wall” aims to seal off powerful countries from migrants, rather than addressing the causes of displacement.
Talk World Radio: Daniel Ellsberg on the Most Dangerous Missiles
Daniel Ellsberg is a former U.S. military analyst employed by the RAND Corporation who precipitated a national uproar in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, the U.S. military’s account of activities during the Vietnam War, to The New York Times.
Doctor in Canada Takes Fighter Jet Protest to the Streets Today
A Langley doctor refuses to give up his battle: Brendan Martin will continue to protest the planned purchase of warplanes by the federal government early next year.
Korea Advocacy Week in U.S. Nov. 1-4 — by Zoom, Email, Phone
We would like to invite you to join Peace Action NYS and the Korea Peace Now Grassroots Network for an Advocacy Week from November 1st through 4th.
Resisting Militarization in Jeju and Northeast Asia
St. Francis Peace Center Foundation, located in Gangjeong Village on Jeju Island, South Korea, hosted an English-language online course titled “Resisting Militarization in Jeju and Northeast Asia.”
Police Increasingly Cite Climate Disasters When Seeking Military Gear, Documents Show
When locals learned that the Johnson County, Iowa, sheriff’s office had gotten hold of a massive, mine-resistant vehicle, Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek reassured a skeptical public that officers would primarily use it during extreme weather events in order to save residents from the state’s extraordinary blizzards or floods.
Do You Want a New Cold War? The AUKUS Alliance Takes the World to the Brink
Before it’s too late, we need to ask ourselves a crucial question: Do we really — I mean truly — want a new Cold War with China?
King George Was More Democratic Than American Revolutionaries
According to the Smithsonian Magazine — brought to you by the folks with museums up and down the National Mall in Washington D.C. — King George III was the democrat and humanitarian in 1776.
Webinar on Climate and War with Huntington Woods Peace Group
By Huntington Woods Peace Group, October 20, 2021
David Vine on the Absurd Number of American Bases Around the World
Scott talks with David Vine about a report he wrote recently for the Quincy Institute along with Patterson Deppen and Leah Bolger.
Notes from the 2021 International Bureau of Peace Conference
The IPB Congress in Barcelona was overall a breath of fresh air.
Media Whitewashes Liar Colin Powell, Africa’s Last Formal Colony, Facebook Targets Internet Speech
In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by David Swanson, activist, journalist, radio host, Executive Director of World BEYOND War and author of the new book “Leaving World War II Behind”.
Irresponsible Hatecraft and Proper Drone Murders
A friend asked if I could “refute” an article about drones published by “Responsible Statecraft,” and I’m not really sure I can. If an article were to oppose certain types of rape or torture or animal cruelty or environmental destruction but build in the assumption that one simply must have those things, albeit reformed versions of them, I couldn’t refute the need to oppose the particular atrocities
Talk World Radio: Margaret Kimberley on Powell, Obama, and Assange
Margaret Kimberley is a co-founder and Executive Editor and Senior Columnist for Black Agenda Report.
History of the North Korea “Nuclear Crisis” with Hyun Lee
A history of the North Korea “Nuclear Crisis” presented by Hyun Lee to the NJ/NY Korea Peace Now Grassroots group on October 15, 2021.
Colin Powell’s Own Staff Had Warned Him Against His War Lies
Powell’s staff warned him that the specific claims he wanted to make were not going to even sound plausible. They will be recorded by history more simply as blatant lies.
WBW News & Action: New Anti-War Pro-Peace Resources Database
Read our e-newsletter from October 18, 2021.
Ban The Use of Drones as Weapons
America’s parting drone attack in Afghanistan, which killed an aid worker and his family, is emblematic of the entire drone war.
War Abolishers of 2021: Yoshioka Tatsuya, Rosemary Kabaki, Mel Duncan, Pablo Dominguez, Petra Glomazic, Milan Sekulovic, Persida Jovanovic
By Marc Eliot Stein, October 15, 2021 On October 6, 2021, World BEYOND War presented the first War Abolisher awards to Peace Boat, Mel Duncan
The New War
National Guard units across the country have been called to battle wildfires, conduct rescue operations in flood-stricken areas, and respond broadly to disaster relief brought on by climate change.
Sinjajevina Pasturelands, Resisting NATO Ecocide, and World Beyond War Awards
On September 27, 2021, World BEYOND War announced that the recipient of the inaugural War Abolisher Award, in the Civic Initiative Category, would be the Save Sinjajevina campaign.
Climate and Militarism Event Planned for 4 November in Glasgow, Scotland
A broad and growing coalition of peace and environmental organizations has announced plans for an event on Thursday, 4 November, in Glasgow.
War Powers Reform and the Pretense Thereof
I don’t like the downsides in these bills at all. I think they’re horrific, disgraceful, and absolutely indefensible. But I think they’re outweighed by the upsides, even in the Senate bill, though the House one is better. Yet, clearly best of all would be for Congress to make use of any of these things, either one of the new bills or the law as it exists today.
The Empires That Brought Us Here
Empire is still (or newly, as it wasn’t always) a touchy subject in the U.S. Empire.
Military Suicide: One More Reason To Abolish War
The Pentagon issued its annual report recently on suicide in the military, and it provides us with very sad news. Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on programs to stem this crisis, the suicide rate for active-duty U.S. troops rose to 28.7 per 100,000 during 2020, up from 26.3 per 100,000 the previous year.