The PFAS Contamination Crisis: US Military Poisons Hundreds of Communities
By Pat Elder, March 15, 2019 Military Times recently reported that 16 relatives from one family living close to Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs
Lost Generations: Past, Present and Future
By Alan Knight, March 15, 2019 From 1899 to 1902, Ellen La Motte trained as a nurse at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. From 1914 to
Artificial Morality
By Robert C. Koehler, March 14, 2019 Artificial Intelligence is one thing. Artificial morality is another. It may sound something like this: “First, we believe
Wealth Concentration Drives a New Global Imperialism
By Peter Phillips, March 14, 2019 Regime changes in Iraq and Libya, Syria’s war, Venezuela’s crisis, sanctions on Cuba, Iran, Russia, and North Korea are
How Not to Go to War
By David Swanson, Director, World BEYOND War If you saw a book in Barnes and Noble called “How Not to Go to War,” wouldn’t you
David Swanson Addresses the 2019 Recipients of the Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County
Every year, every high school in Virginia’s Fairfax County is invited to select a student who has worked to promote peace for the Student Peace
West Point Tries to Defend the Idea of a Just War
By David Swanson, Director, World BEYOND War Villanova University is hosting a West Point Military Academy-supported event about “Just War” theory. The professor who teaches
Talk Nation Radio: Omali Yeshitela on No to NATO — Yes to Peace
Omali Yeshitela is Chairman of the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace, and Reparations. The website is at blackisbackcoalition.org He has agreed to
WBW News: Support those who refuse to support war
Support Microsoft Employees Who Refuse War Work A global coalition of Microsoft employees is refusing to work on military weaponry. Learn more and sign your
Which U.S. Congress Members Support Ending Which Wars
Yemen: How the House voted, April 4, 2019, 247-175, to end it: roll call. How the Senate voted, March 13, 2019, 54-46, to end it:
High School Students and Peace Making
Remarks at Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County, Va., March 10, 2019 By David Swanson, Director, World BEYOND War Thank you for inviting me here.
An American Casualty of US Economic Sanctions on Iran
By David Hartsough, March 8, 2019 I went to Iran with a peace delegation of 28 Americans organized by Code Pink, a women-led peace activist
A Green New Basic Income Guarantee
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War U.S. military spending eight years ago was at $1.2 trillion per year, when one added in the nukes in
Draft Registration Will Be Either Ended or Imposed on Women
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War A choice must now be made. It is officially unconstitutional to discriminate against 18-year-old women by not forcing them
Everyone Has Fallen for the Lies About Venezuela
By Lee Camp, TruthDig There are three things I know for sure in this fanciful, sometimes inglorious experience we call life: You will never have
Finding the Moral Courage to Say No to War: The Story of Harry Bury
Book Review: Maverick Priest: A Story of Life on the Edge by Father Harry J. Bury, Ph.D. Robert D. Reed Publishers, Bandon, OR, 2018. By
The Conflict of Our Time: U.S. Imperialism vs the Rule of Law
By Nicolas J S Davies, World BEYOND War The world faces many overlapping crises: regional political crises from Kashmir to Venezuela; brutal wars that rage
The Million Parts per Trillion Tour
By Pat Elder, March 7, 2019 I drove across the country with my daughter Holly last week to draw attention to the reckless behavior of
Iran Wants Peace. Will The US Allow Peace With Iran?
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, March 7, 2019 We just returned from nine days in Iran with a 28-person peace delegation organized by CODE
What’s NATO Ever Done? Nuclear-Armed Terrorist Organization creates enemies
By John LaForge In April 2019, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will celebrate its 70th anniversary in Washington, D.C. In view of the alliance’s
Has NATO Met Its Match?
By David Swanson, March 6, 2019 Despite claims by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to have defeated its own troops using Facebook (and, really, what plot
Announcing NoWar2019 in Limerick, Ireland, October 5-6
We’re excited to announce our fourth annual conference, combined with a rally. Learn more and register here: https://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2019
Asking Charlottesville to Divest from Weapons and Fossil Fuels
Reach this page at divestcville.org. Divest all public money from weapons companies, major war profiteers, and fossil fuel companies. The following draft is endorsed by
Are We Anti-Empire or Anti-War?
By David Swanson, March 1, 2019 Obviously many of us are both. I have zero use for either empire or war. But I’m using those
We’re Asking Charlottesville to Divest from Weapons and Fossil Fuels
By David Swanson, February 28, 2019 Charlottesville, Virginia, has yet to take down its racist statues (the ones all the fuss has been about or
Kathy Beckwith: “It’s Time To Abandon War”
Is using war as a means of resolving conflict an outdated premise? Is it time for us to move on from the battlefield? And if
Talk Nation Radio: Liz Remmerswaal Hughes on Peace Activism in New Zealand
Liz Remmerswaal Hughes is a member of the Coordinating Committee of World BEYOND War. She is the Country Coordinator for World BEYOND War in New
War Isn’t in Your Genes or Your Jeans
By David Swanson, February 25, 2019 I’ve written before about the pseudo-science of genetics, which is almost as crazy as the popular understanding of it. Our culture
WBW News: Korea, Yemen, Venezuela, and Making Peace
Tell the U.S. Congress and President to Finally Allow Ending the Korean War Join the thousands who have already signed. Petition in English and Japanese