What Ending a War Could Look Like
When you imagine ending a war, do you imagine the U.S. President lamenting the human cost of the war’s financial expense while simultaneously demanding that Congress increase military spending — and while mentioning new wars that could potentially be launched?
Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, David Swanson, Jackie Larkin September 9, 2021
Many took heart when America announced an end to its military occupation of Afghanistan last month.
$21 Trillion over 20 Years: Breaking New Report Analyzes the Full Cost of Militarization Since 9/11
The report found that over the last 20 years, militarized foreign and domestic policies in the United States have cost $21 trillion.
Peace Activist Kathy Kelly on Reparations for Afghanistan & What the U.S. Owes After Decades of War
As the United States ends its military presence in Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation and war, the Costs of War Project estimates it spent over $2.2 trillion in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and by one count, over 170,000 people died during the fighting over the last two decades.
Talk World Radio: Afghanistan: And Stay Out
It’s never too soon to end a war, even if you don’t really end it, tell lots of lies about it, and increase military spending to prepare for more wars.
New Anti-War Billboards Go Up in Berlin
Nuclear weapons threaten our security. We demand Germany’s support for the UN Treaty on Nuclear Weapons.
WBW Podcast Episode 28: The Life of Activism with Jodie Evans
I spoke with longtime peace activist and CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans during a significant moment in history. On the morning of our podcast interview, USA was completing its withdrawal from 20 disastrous years of war in Afghanistan.
COP26: Countdown to Glasgow Webinar
On August 23, CODEPINK and World Beyond War have hosted a webinar highlighting the intersection between militarism and climate change leading up to the COP26 talks in Glasgow, Scotland.
What the War of Terror Has Cost Us So Far
Malika Ahmadi, two, died in a U.S. drone strike on Kabul today, her family says. Has the war of 20 years cost us the ability to care?
The Washington Post’s Case Against Democracy
The Washington Post has been a leading promoter of the Rules Based Order, which some have confused with a pro-democracy initiative. The Post has, however, assembled a powerful case against democracy, that we all need to take seriously if we want to be, you know, serious.
Afghan Crisis Must End America’s Empire of War, Corruption and Poverty
Americans have been shocked by videos of thousands of Afghans risking their lives to flee the Taliban’s return to power in their country – and then by an Islamic State suicide bombing and ensuing massacre by U.S. forces that together killed at least 170 people, including 13 U.S. troops.
They’re About to Add Women to Military Draft in the Name of Feminism
In some future lovely little war, perhaps with China or some other demonized target, some percentage of the U.S. public may suddenly exclaim: “Hey, since when does a draft include young women as well as men?!”
Best We Don’t Ask Why We Go to War.
Australia seems to hold more inquiries into itself than almost any other country. We inquire into everything, from Indigenous deaths in custody, child sexual abuse, and same sex marriage to bank misdemeanours, casino operations, pandemic responses, and alleged war crimes. There’s one exception to our obsession with self-scrutiny: Australia’s wars.
Ann Wright and Whistleblowers Discuss DISSENT: Voices of Conscience
This is one session of an online bookclub that Ann Wright is doing for World BEYOND War
War: Ever More Present and Absent
In many ways, war is ever more and less visible. Of course in U.S. academia, the Pinkerist pretense that we are living through a period of great peace is accomplished by all sorts of statistical manipulation, but first and foremost by declaring civil wars to not be wars, and declaring U.S. wars to be civil wars
Talk World Radio: KiJi Noh on How the U.S. Military Has Spread COVID Globally
This week on Talk World Radio, one of the ways in which the killing machine of war just keeps on killing.
Why does nobody lament initiators of war in Afghanistan?
The media outlets are blaming Biden for the withdrawal, but assessing no blame to anyone for starting the war in the first place, Leah Bolger, president of World Beyond War, told IRNA on Tuesday.
Audio: Alison Broinowski on Afghanistan
World BEYOND War Board Member Alison Broinowski discusses Afghanistan.
COP26: Countdown to Glasgow
CODEPINK and World Beyond War host a webinar highlighting the intersection between militarism and climate change leading up to the COP26 talks in Glasgow, Scotland.
How Successful Was the Global War on Terror? Evidence of a Backlash Effect
This analysis summarizes and reflects on the following research: Kattelman, K. T. (2020). Assessing success of the Global War on Terror: Terrorist attack frequency and the backlash effect.
Drone Warfare Whistleblower Daniel Hale Honored With Sam Adams Award For Integrity in Intelligence
The Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence are pleased to announce drone warfare whistleblower Daniel Hale as the recipient of the 2021 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence. Hale — a former Air Force intelligence analyst in the drone program — was a defense contractor in 2013 when conscience compelled him to release classified documents to the press exposing the criminality of the US targeted assassination program.
WBW News & Action: Don’t Get Yanked into War With China
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AUDIO: David Swanson Discussed Afghanistan with Robert Patillo
David Swanson discussed Afghanistan with Roberto Patillo on his radio show.
End the U.S. Military Air Base Construction in Henoko, Okinawa
A petition to President Joe Biden was read aloud in English and Japanese at the White House and at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, August 21, 2021, by David Swanson and Hideko Otake.
World BEYOND War Publishes Drone Fact Sheet
Here is our new fact sheet on killer drones — as put together by Montréal-based activist Cymry Gomery.
Stop the Militarization of Space
The protest outside Rocket Lab HQ Auckland at 12 Noon 21 June 2021 was to oppose the launches of US military payloads in Space.
Will Americans Who Were Right on Afghanistan Still Be Ignored?
America’s corporate media are ringing with recriminations over the humiliating U.S. military defeat in Afghanistan. But very little of the criticism goes to the root of the problem, which was the original decision to militarily invade and occupy Afghanistan in the first place.