Talk Nation Radio: Ann Wright on Antiwar Activism
This week on Talk Nation Radio we’re talking antiwar activism with Ann Wright who was in the U.S. Army/Army Reserves for 29 years and retired
Decision On New Canadian Warplanes To Be Made In “Several Months”: CBC News
By Brent Patterson, July 31, 2020 From Peacebuilders International Canada Today, July 31, is the deadline set by the Canadian government for three transnational corporations
My Painful Poetry
By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, July 31, 2020 MY PAINFUL POETRY Its rhymes are of the poverty stripped widows in Liberia. Its symbols are
How To Demilitarize Police
July 30 2020 webinar with World BEYOND War’s David Swanson and Greta Zarro on how to start and win a campaign to ban militarized policing
It’s Time for a Fundamental Reassessment of Canadian Foreign Policy
By World BEYOND War & The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, July 29, 2020 In the Summer of 2020, many prominent Canadian politicians, artists, academics and
Talk Nation Radio: Marjorie Cohn on Legal Remedies to Federal Troops in the Streets
davidcnswanson · Talk Nation Radio: Marjorie Cohn on Legal Remedies to Federal Troops in the Streets Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School
Military Aid Worsens Human Rights Conditions In Post-Conflict Countries
From Peace Science Digest, July 25, 2020 This analysis summarizes and reflects on the following research: Sullivan, P., Blanken, L., & Rice, I. (2020). Arming
Volunteer Spotlight: Furquan Gehlen
Each month, we share the stories of World BEYOND War volunteers around the world. Want to volunteer with World BEYOND War? Email greta@worldbeyondwar.org. Location: Vancouver,
No, Canada Doesn’t Need To Spend $19 Billion On Jet Fighters
By Bianca Mugyenyi, July 23, 2020 From The Tyee Canada should not be buying expensive, carbon-intensive, destructive fighter jets. Protests are being held Friday at more
WBW News & Action: 75 Years of Nukes Is Enough
75 Years of Nukes Is Enough. Events: July 30, 2020: Webinar: 100 Seconds to Midnight – What does this mean? What can we do? August
VIDEO: International Press Briefing on Decision to A-Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By World BEYOND War, July 26, 2020 Watch the video here. Speakers include: Moderator Barbara Cochran, Former news executive at NPR, NBC, and CBS and professor
Children of Xenophobia
By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, July 26, 2020 CHILDREN OF XENOPHOBIA Children eating bullets and firecrackers Beggars of smile and laughter Silent corpses sleeping
Why Your Local Police Department is Armed to the Teeth. And What You Can Do About It.
By Taylor O’Connor | www.everydaypeacebuilding.com Black Lives Matter Protest in Seattle, WA (30 May 2020). Photo by Kelly Kline on Unsplash “What the main
The Alps-Adriatic Manifesto: New Politics for a Post COVID World
By Global Campaign for Peace Education, July 26, 2020 Editors’ Introduction This Corona Connection introduces the Alps-Adriatic Manifesto, a declaration of regional trans-border collaboration and
The Pentagon’s Apples
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, July 26, 2020 This video is from this year’s Peacestock:
Youth Leaders Demand Action: Analysis of the Third UN Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security
By Global Campaign for Peace Education, July 26, 2020 (Reposted from: Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. July 17, 2020.) By Katrina Leclerc “Coming from
All the Videos of the Recent Peacestock
By World BEYOND War, July 26, 2020 Here’s the playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA8iQZBZUonFsqTnYg7T3h493Z1aYzTUl
Women, Peace and Security Video Panel: Observation of 2020 as a Landmark Year
By Global Campaign for Peace Education, July 26, 2020 Featuring Betty Reardon, Kozue Akibayashi, Asha Hans, and Mavic Cabrera Balleza. Hosted and moderated by Tony
‘Medicine Not Missiles’: Langley Protestors Call On Federal Government To Cancel $19B Fighter Jet Procurement
By Sarah Growchowski, July 23, 2020 From Aldergrove Star Concerned residents of Langley, British Columbia, Canada plan to protest in front of Langley-Aldergrove MP Tako
“Cohesive” Italian Parliament On Neocolonial Missions
By Manlio Dinucci, July 21, 2020 Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini (Democratic Party) expressed great satisfaction with the “cohesive” vote of the Parliament on international
Speaking of Things That Should Be Torn Down
MSFC HISTORIAN MIKE WRIGHT AND IRIS VON BRAUN ROBBINS, DAUGHTER OF WERNHER VON BRAUN, VIEW VON BRAUN BUST IN 4200 COURTYARD. By David Swanson, World
Video: Obstacles to Nuclear Abolition — a discussion with David Swanson, Alice Slater, and Bruce Gagnon
David Swanson, Alice Slater, and Bruce Gagnon discuss obstacles to nuclear abolition and the U.S.-Russia relationship.
Identity Apples
By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, July 23, 2020 IDENTITY APPLES I am a fat skeleton, resurrecting from the sad memories of dada and dark
The Man Behind The Petition To De-Militarize Charlottesville Police
July 23, 2020 NewsRadio WINA · The Man Behind the Petition to De-Militarize Charlottesville Police Les Sinclair talks with David Swanson, executive director of WorldBeyondWar.org
Collingwood Peace Group Wants National Fighter Jet Contract Cancelled
by Erika Engel, July 22, 2020 From Collingwood Today Local pacifists are adding their voices to a petition calling for the cancellation of a $19 billion
The American People Agree: Cut The Pentagon’s Budget
From Data For Progress, July 20, 2020 $740 billion. That’s how much Congress is on track to approve for the defense budget in 2021. In
Talk Nation Radio: All Questions Answered
July 21, 2020 davidcnswanson · Talk Nation Radio: All Questions Answered This week on Talk Nation Radio: Where’s our money? Why so many wars? A
Digging Up Permasecrets: A Talk With Nicholson Baker
By Marc Eliot Stein, July 21, 2020 “I believe that secrecy is the refuge of the incompetent, and I believe absolutely that this book demonstrates
Charlottesville Va. Bans Militarized Policing — Your City Can Too
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, July 20, 2020 By unanimous vote, the City Council of Charlottesville, Va., on Monday evening voted to ban militarized
Who Was Our Worst President? Think About It When A Grim 75th Anniversary Arrives
By Paul Lovinger, July 21, 2020 From History News Network Princeton Professor Sean Wilentz, who teaches the history of the Revolutionary War and early American