The World Is Banning Nuclear Weapons — Can Trumpland Join the World?
Scientists tell us that a single nuclear weapon could cause devastating climate change. Donald Trump tells us . . . well, a bunch of incoherent
Resolution Passed by California Democratic Party
RESOLUTION 17-05.33 CDP Resolution to Budget for Peacebuilding for People and the Environment WHEREAS the Administration’s budget has proposed moving $54 billion from human and
The Long History of War’s Environmental Costs
By Richard Tucker, World Beyond War Talk at No War 2017 Conference, September 23, 2017 Good morning, friends, Nothing like this convergence has happened before.
JROTC Firing Ranges in our High Schools Expose Children to Lead
By Pat Elder, September 29, 2017. Children are being exposed to toxic lead particulates through their participation in the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC)
The Ken Burns Vietnam War Documentary Glosses Over Devastating Civilian Toll
By Nick Turse, September 28 2017, The Intercept. “I think that when Americans talk about the Vietnam War … we tend to talk only about
Armistice Day 99 Years On and the Need for a Peace to End All Wars
By David Swanson November 11 is Armistice Day / Remembrance Day. Ninety-nine years ago, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th
Why We Must Take Children Out Of Military Environments
By Rhianna Louise, September 22, 2017, Huffington Post. This week 17 former Army Foundation College Harrogate instructors face a court martial. They are charged with
Let’s Put to Rest These Myths about U.S.-North Korea Relations
By Joseph Essertier, World Beyond War Not even a year has passed since Donald Trump’s election victory. Yet already, his over-the-top, pugnacious rhetoric and actions
How Military Outsourcing Turned Toxic
Fraud. Bribery. Incompetence. The military’s use of contractors adds to a legacy of environmental damage. by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Photography by Ashley Gilbertson/VII Photo, special to
A Global Security System: An Alternative to War (Fifth Edition)
“You say you’re against war, but what’s the alternative?” The Fifth Edition of A Global Security System: An Alternative to War (AGSS) is now available!
Daniel Kovalik on Morgan Freeman and the Plot to Scapegoat Russia
Daniel Kovalik is author of the recently-released book The Plot to Scapegoat Russia: How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Russia.
Take a Knee for Freedom of Religion
By David Swanson, September 26, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. What is freedom of religion? It is not actually or directly freedom to think or not
Dennis Kucinich Speaks at UN for Nuclear Weapons Ban
By Dennis J. Kucinich, on Behalf of the Basel Peace Office Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly, High Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament, Tuesday,
Today Is the Day
by Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Today, September 26, is the International Day for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons. This day, first proclaimed by the
Congressional Progressive Caucus Opposes Escalating U.S.-North Korea Tensions
September 26, 2017. Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) with CPC Peace and
The Killing of History
by John Pilger, September 22, 2017, Counter Punch . One of the most hyped “events” of American television, The Vietnam War, has started on the PBS
MERKEL CLOBBERED WHILE RIGHTISTS THREATEN
Berlin Bulletin No. 134, September 25 2017 By Victor Grossman A key result of the German elections is not that Angela Merkel and her double
Rich Man’s War; Poor People’s Blood
Live streamed anti-drone protest at Hancock Drone Base, Syracuse, NY area. Get text notifications when OVOC is streaming live. Text OVOC to 24587. Sponsored by
Daniel Kovalik on Morgan Freeman and the Plot to Scapegoat Russia
Daniel Kovalik is author of the recently-released book The Plot to Scapegoat Russia: How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Russia.
A Multifaceted Movement to Outlaw War: as Outlined in David Swanson’s “War No More: the Case for Abolition”
By Robert Anschuetz, September 24, 2017, OpEdNews . From April to June of 2017, I participated in what was for me an eye-opening eight-week online
Lenape Call for a new cycle of consciousness to protect Mother Earth
The UN building in Manhattan, original land of the indigenous Lenape People (Image by user: Knowsphotos on Flickr) The Abolition 2000 Annual Meeting took place
We Are All Expendable: U.S. Military Environmental Pollution from Okinawa to Camp Minden and Colfax
By Mike Stagg Organizers at the No War 2017 Conference invited me to speak at their conference at American University in Washington on September 23.
Stones to Drones: A Short History of War on Earth
Gar Smith / World Beyond War #NoWar2017 Conference, September 22-24 at American University in Washington, DC. War is humanity’s deadliest activity. From 500 BC to
