Where Did the War on Cancer Come From?
Did you ever wonder whether Western culture focuses on destroying rather than preventing cancer, and talks about it with all the language of a war against an enemy, just because that’s how this culture does things, or whether the approach to cancer was actually created by people waging a real war?
Dannevirke Military Parade’s Close Timing With Christmas Parade Upsets Peace Advocate
A Hawke’s Bay peace advocate says the sight of 100 soldiers marching down Dannevirke’s main street as part of a charter parade earlier in December was “inappropriate” so close to Christmas.
Bristol MoD Site Blockaded: “Spend Money On Climate Action, Not On Weapons”
Early this morning, protesters from Extinction Rebellion Bristol and Christian Climate Action blocked access to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) site at Abbey Wood near Bristol.
Will Biden’s America Stop Creating Terrorists?
The militarized counterterrorism policy Biden has supported in the past—based on airstrikes, special operations and the use of proxy forces—is precisely what keeps USA’s conflicts raging.
WBW News & Action: Peace Season
There’s a lot of news about what we’ve been doing and what’s coming next.
27 Things We Can Do to Let There Be Peace on Earth
Note that many of these items are U.S.-specific, and one is particularly for Ohio. The video included here was with the Columbus (Ohio) Free Press. But many of these are steps needed everywhere on earth.
New Video: Educating About and For the Abolition of War
Presentation by Phill Gittins, Education Director of World BEYOND War.
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Portland Works to Demilitarize Police
A coalition in Portland, Oregon, U.S., is continuing to build a campaign to demilitarize police.
World BEYOND War Contributes to Report on Peace Education in Formal Schools
World BEYOND War Education Director Phill Gittins contributed to the creation of a new report by Caroline Brooks and Basma Hajir called “Peace education in formal schools: Why is it important and how can it be done?”
Join Code Pink, Beyond The Bomb, Women Cross The DMZ And World Beyond War For “How To Avoid A War In Asia”
Join Code Pink, Beyond the Bomb, Women Cross the DMZ and World Beyond War for “How to Avoid a War in Asia”
I Agree With The Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff On Foreign Bases
You may have heard that the U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill to spend $741 billion renaming military bases that have been heretofore named for Confederates. You may think that’s a grand idea but still wonder at the price tag.
We’re Putting Up New Billboards In Germany And United States
As part of our ongoing global billboards for peace campaign, and as part of our efforts to organize events and awareness around the entering into law of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on January 22, 2021, we are working with the organizations named on the billboards below to put up billboards around Puget Sound in Washington State and around downtown Berlin, Germany.
Talk Nation Radio: Alison Cole on Demilitarizing Policing
Alison Cole is a former researcher and activist living in Portland, Oregon. She is working with a coalition of community organizations to demilitarize their local law enforcement agencies.
Webinar: Glory – The Deadliest Drug
In this World BEYOND War webinar, Yale Magrass and Charles Derber, authors of the new book “Glorious Causes”, consider how elites galvanize people for war and bring them to adopt political-economic identities which contradict their rational self-interest.
“Disarmament Instead Of Armament”: Nationwide Day Of Action In Germany A Great Success
With more than 100 events and several thousand participants, Germany’s nationwide Day of Action of the initiative “Disarmament instead of Armament” – under Corona conditions – was a great success.
Volunteer Spotlight: Katelyn Entzeroth
The volunteer spotlight for December features Katelyn Entzeroth from Portland, Oregon.
The Collapse Of Michèle Flournoy’s Hopes For The Top Pentagon Job Shows What Can Happen When Progressives Put Up A Fight
Just a few weeks ago, super hawk Michèle Flournoy was being touted as a virtual shoo-in to become Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Defense. But some progressives insisted on organizing to raise key questions: Should we accept the revolving door that keeps spinning between the Pentagon and the weapons industry?
Webinar: AFRICOM & Human Rights In Africa
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom-US Section, Black Alliance for Peace, & World BEYOND War hosted this webinar on the United States African Command (AFRICOM) and Human Rights in Africa on Friday, Dec. 4.
Vancouver WBW Pursues Divestment and Nuclear Abolition
The Vancouver, Canada, chapter of World BEYOND War is advocating for divestment from weapons and fossil fuels in Langley, British Columbia, (something World BEYOND War has had success with in other cities), as well as supporting a resolution on nuclear abolition in Langley, in light of the recent achievement of the 50th nation ratifying the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
In The Context Of Empire: Waging Peace With David Swanson
“In The Context Of Empire” is a podcast where two social studies teachers discuss history, American empire, US politics and their own lives. Traditional narratives regarding American history are challenged in a tone that ranges from playful to hostile.
Cameroon’s Long Civil War
A rupture and a long war between the government of Cameroon and its English-speaking population has been worsening since October 1, 1961, the date of the independence of the Southern Cameroon (Anglophone Cameroon). Violence, destruction, assassinations and horror are now the daily life of the people of Southern Cameroon.
METO Partnership With World BEYOND War
As part of METO’s strategy to reach out and partner with likeminded organizations working in fields of mutual concern, we are delighted to announce a partnership with World BEYOND War (WBW).
It’s Time For Arms Companies To Be Kicked Out Of The Classroom
In the rural county of Devon in the UK lies the historic port of Plymouth, home to Britain’s Trident nuclear weapon system. Managing that facility is Babcock International Group PLC, an arms manufacturer listed on the FTSE 250 with a turnover in 2020 of £4.9bn. What is much less known, however, is that Babcock also runs the education services in Devon, and in many other areas across the UK.
Murders And Humiliations Of Armenians By Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Objective evidence has been obtained of the murder and torture of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians held by the Azerbaijani armed forces, as well as cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment with them, the press service of the Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office reported.
Eisenhower’s Ghost Haunts Biden’s Foreign Policy Team
Biden’s foreign policy team will need a special kind of confidence to confront the most serious challenge they face: the controlling and corrupting power of the Military-Industrial Complex, which President Eisenhower warned our grandparents about 60 years ago.
CN Live: War Crimes
Australian journalist Peter Cronau and (ret.) U.S. Col. Ann Wright discuss the recently released Australian government report on war crimes in Afghanistan and the history of impunity of U.S. war crimes.
Talk Nation Radio: Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd on Michèle Flournoy
This week on Talk Nation Radio: Michèle Flournoy and other disastrous cabinet prospects. Our guests are Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd.
A Lifetime Of Antiwar And Anti-Nuclear Activism
Alice Slater, an attorney from NYC talks about her decades of work with the UN, the Lawyers Alliance Against Nuclear Weapons, and her numerous visits to Russia and China.
Fort Everywhere
By Daniel Immerwahr, November 30, 2020 From The Nation Shortly after the Covid-19 pandemic struck the United States, a reporter asked Donald Trump if he
Teach-in: US Aggression On China: Laying Out The Problem
Why is the US escalating economic, ideological, and with threats of military aggression on China? How is this being done? What are the stakes?