
NINTH CIRCUIT CONFIRMS JUDGES WHO WILL HEAR ARGUMENT ON LEGALITY OF IRAQ WAR
WitnessIraq San Francisco, Calif. — Today the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit confirmed that Circuit Judges Susan Graber and Andrew Hurwitz,

Washington’s Putin Obsession
By Michael Brenner, Professor of International Affairs Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh Official Washington is obsessed with Vladimir Putin. So, too, is America’s entire political class.

Today, Pope Francis Issued the Catholic Church’s First Statement on Nonviolence—Ever
By Rev. John Dear Today, Pope Francis released the annual World Day of Peace Message for January 1, 2017, called “Nonviolence—A Style of Politics for

Peter Ongera
PETER ONGERA Peter Ongera, World Beyond War’s Country Coordinator for South Sudan and a member of the WBW Coordinating Committee, is a positive social entrepreneur

Barry Sweeney
Barry Sweeney is a former Member of the Board of Directors of World BEYOND War. He is from Ireland and based in Italy and Vietnam.

Patrick Hiller, Advisory Board Member
Patrick Hiller is a Member of the Advisory Board of World BEYOND War and a former Member of the Board of Directors of World BEYOND

David Swanson, Executive Director
David Swanson is Co-Founder, Executive Director, and a Board Member of World BEYOND War. He is based in Virginia in the United States. David is

Stop the Spiral of Violence — for a New Policy of Peace and Détente now!
In recent years both NATO and Russia have increasingly engaged in deterrence through rearmament and threats against each other rather than working for common security

Leah Bolger
Leah Bolger was Board President of World BEYOND War from 2014 until March 2022. She is based in Oregon and California in the United States

Alice Slater
Alice Slater a Member of the Board of Directors of World BEYOND War. She is based in New York City. Alice is the UN NGO

Military Recruiting in the United States, and Planning its Decline and Fall
By David Swanson This text is the foreword to a new book by Pat Elder called Military Recruiting in the United States. Most people in

Talk Nation Radio: Chip Gibbons on Anti-Russia Committee and Censoring Criticism of Israel
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Pivot Toward War: US Missile Defense and the Weaponization of Space 25th Annual Space Organizing Conference & Protest
Pivot Toward War: US Missile Defense and the Weaponization of Space 25th Annual Space Organizing Conference & Protest April 7-9, 2017 Huntsville, Alabama Join us

Nuclear Weapons Modernization: a New Nuclear Arms Race? Who Voted for it? Who Will Benefit from It?
By Kevin Martin and Paul A. Olson, PeaceVoice When General John Hyten recently assumed his post as the new head of U.S. Strategic Command, he

6 weeks Left for President Obama to Approve Clemency for U.S. Army Whistleblower Chelsea Manning
By Colonel (Retired) Ann Wright, Peace Voice At a vigil on November 20, 2016 outside the gates of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, speakers underscored the

75 Years of Pearl Harbor Lies
By David Swanson Pearl Harbor Day today is like Columbus Day 50 years ago. That is to say: most people still believe the hype. The

Congress drops plans to make women register for draft
By Rebecca Kheel, The Hill Congress has abandoned plans to require women to register for the draft in an annual defense policy bill. Instead, the

Congress drops plans to make women register for the draft
By: Leo Shane III, Military Times Lawmakers have officially dropped plans to make women register for the draft, instead opting for a review of the

MPs launch new attempt to interrogate Tony Blair over Iraq
Commons urged to set up inquiry into former PM’s evidence to Chilcot and reconsider his right to seat on privy council By Chris Ames and

How a Syrian White Helmets Leader Played Western Media
Reporters who rely on the White Helmets’ leader in Aleppo ignore his record of deception and risk manipulation. By Gareth Porter, Alternet The White Helmets,

Trump’s Possible Path Out of Ukraine Crisis
Exclusive: The U.S.-backed coup in Ukraine in 2014 sparked a New Cold War with Russia, but a President Trump could roll back tensions with a

UN Security Council Seats Taken by Arms Exporters
By Lyndal Rowlands, Inter Press Service News Agency UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 2016 (IPS) – Nine of the world’s top ten arms exporters will sit on