Marcha Mundo sin Guerras y sin Violencia
World March Without Wars and Without Violence, Bicentennial Costa Rica
Ernst Friedrich’s Anti-War Museum Berlin Opened in 1925 and Was Destroyed in 1933 by The Nazis. Reopened in 1982 – Open Daily 16.00 – 20.00
Ernst Friedrich, the founder of the Anti-War Museum in Berlin, was born on February 25th 1894 in Breslau. Already in his early years he was engaged in the proletarian youth movement.
Peace Education for Citizenship: a Perspective for Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe in the 20-21 centuries suffered a lot from political violence and armed conflicts. It is time to learn how to live together in peace and in pursuit of happiness.
Rwanda’s Military is The French Proxy on African Soil
Over July and August Rwandan soldiers were deployed in Mozambique, purportedly to fight ISIS terrorists. However, behind this campaign is French maneuvering that benefits an energy giant eager to exploit natural gas resources, and perhaps, some backroom deals over history.
Stop The Arms Fair
A short documentary made in collaboration with Fossil Free London highlighting the links between the arms trade and the environment.
Why We Oppose the National Defense Authorization Act
The moment of ending a war widely viewed as a 20-year catastrophe, having spent $21 trillion on militarism during those 20 years, and the moment when the biggest Congressional question in the media is whether the United States can afford $3.5 trillion over 10 years for things other than wars, is hardly the moment to increase military spending, or even to maintain it at remotely its current level.
Volunteer Spotlight: Yurii Sheliazhenko
The September 2021 volunteer spotlight features Yurii Sheliazhenko from Kiev, Ukraine. Yurii is the executive secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, a board member of the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection, and a new board member of World BEYOND War.
A National Rite of Passage: Beyond War
A recent New York Times op-ed was perhaps the strangest, most awkward and tentative defense of the military-industrial complex — excuse me, the experiment in democracy called America — I’ve ever encountered, and begs to be addressed.
It’s Time to Make Canadian Militarism an Election Issue.
World BEYOND War was proud to launch a new four-part anti-war platform for the 2021 Canadian federal election alongside 40 groups in the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network.
9/11 to Afghanistan – If We Learn the Right Lesson We Can Save Our World!
Twenty years ago, in reaction to the horror of September 11th, the whole world rallied behind the US.
Talk World Radio: David Vine on U.S. Bases Everywhere
This week on Talk World Radio: U.S. military bases all over the world and what the heck are they doing there?
The Human Experience of Counterterrorism in the Global War on Terror (GWOT)
This analysis summarizes and reflects on the following research: Qureshi, A. (2020). Experiencing the war “of” terror: A call to the critical terrorism studies community. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 13(3), 485-499.
Audio: Disrupting Land Forces in Brisbane, Australia
Margie Pestorius is a long time peace activist and co-organiser of the recent successful Disrupt Land Forces actions in Brisbane, Australia.
Let’s Help End U.S. Support of the Duterte Regime in the Philippines
The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines invites you to participate in a week of solidarity and action, from Sept 18-24th to End U.S. support of the Duterte Regime!
Peace Boat to Receive Award as Lifetime Organizational War Abolisher of 2021
If war is ever to be abolished, it will be in great measure due to the work of organizations like Peace Boat educating and mobilizing thinkers and activists, developing alternatives to violence, and turning the world away from the idea that war can ever be justified or accepted. World BEYOND War is honored to present our very first award to Peace Boat.
WHIF: White Hypocritical Imperial Feminism
In 2002, U.S. women’s groups sent a joint letter to then-President George W. Bush in support of the war on Afghanistan to benefit women. Gloria Steinem (formerly of the CIA), Eve Ensler, Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, and many others signed. The National Organization for Women, Hillary Clinton, and Madeline Albright wanted war.
Video: Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War of Terror
We’ll hear testimonials from: John Kiriakou, Vijay Prashad, Sam Al-Arian, Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans, Assal Rad, David Swanson, Kathy Kelly, Matthew Hoh, Danny Sjursen, Kevin Danaher, Ray McGovern, Mickey Huff, Chris Agee, Norman Solomon, Pat Alviso, Rick Jahnkow, Larry Wilkerson, and Moustafa Bayoumi.
Rep. Barbara Lee, Who Cast Sole Vote After 9/11 Against “Forever Wars,” on Need for Afghan War Inquiry
Twenty years ago, Rep. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against war in the immediate aftermath of the devastating 9/11 attacks that killed about 3,000 people.
The Horror of a U.S. Drone Strike Killing 10 Members of the Same Family Including Children in Kabul
On Monday 30th August reports began to emerge that a drone strike in Kabul had killed a family.
أميركا الخروج المرّ | صانعو الحرب
Video in Arabic. In English it says: Stop the damn wars!
Why Meng Wanzhou Should Be Released Now!
By releasing Meng today, Canada could show a measure of independence of foreign policy and begin to restore friendly political and economic relations with the People’s Republic of China, our second-largest trading partner, for the mutual benefit of the Canadian and Chinese peoples.
Remembering Des Ratima
World BEYOND War Aotearoa New Zealand is heartbroken to report the untimely death of Maori elder Des Ratima, aged 69.
Guantanamo Past the Point of All Shame
U.S. high schools should teach courses on Guantanamo: what not to do in the world, how not to make it even worse, and how not to compound that catastrophe beyond all shame and recovery.
Video: End The Western/Gulf War on Syria, a conversation with Johnny Achi, Rick Sterling, & Alfred De Zayas
In conversation with Johnny Achi, Rick Sterling and Alfred De Zayas, we talked about what the anti-imperialist/peace movement must understand about the ongoing situation in Syria.
Talk World Radio: Coleen Rowley on the Failures of 9/11 and Everything Since 9/12
This week on Talk World Radio, the failures of September 11th and the failures of the global war launched on September 12th.
Video: Celebration to Honor David Hartsough, Recipient of the 2021 Clarence B. Jones Award for Kingian Nonviolence
The USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, is pleased to honor David Hartsough with the institute’s 2021 Clarence B. Jones Award for Kingian Nonviolence.
WBW News & Action: What Ending a War Could Look Like
Read our Email Newsletter from September 6, 2021.
World BEYOND War Exposes Warmongering Corruption at Toronto Air Show
World BEYOND War members were at the Toronto Air Show on Sunday to make sure everyone understood that it was an advertisement for F-35s that Canada should not buy.
Video: Kathy Kelly Leads Discussion of Peace Activism and Afghanistan
This is week 1 of a book club organized by World BEYOND War with Kathy Kelly and the book “Bending the Arc: Striving for Peace and Justice in the Age of Endless War.”