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On September 23, the Concord Peace Vigil walked in solidarity with World Beyond War’s message and Pace e Bene’s Campaign Nonviolence.          

News 24 Africa A confidential United Nations report obtained by Radio Tamazuj a Sudanese website says that the largest security threats to South Sudan’s transitional

By David Swanson Remarks at #NoWar2016 The United States government recently gave more than a million dollars to the family of one victim it had

By Leah Bolger Remarks at #NoWar2016 How many people here consider themselves peace activists? Now, how many people here consider themselves anti-war activists? Although the

By KEVIN J KELLEY, NAIROBI NEWS South Sudan President Salva Kiir and former Vice-President Riek Machar, fierce rivals in a civil war that has claimed

By Cesar Jaramillo, Huffington Post Make no mistake: neither North Korea’s latest nuclear weapons test nor the recent high-stakes stalemate over Iran’s nuclear program are

By Robert C. Koehler, Common Wonders Maybe half a million dead, half a country — 10 million people — displaced from their homes, jettisoned onto

From David Swanson, director of World Beyond War We congratulate German World Beyond War activists and all of your allies and other peace leaders for

Press release by German anti-war organisations. Down With Weapons!!! Cooperation Instead of NATO Confrontation, Disarmament Instead of Welfare Cuts – The current wars and military

  WEST POINT “STOP THE IMPERIAL WARS” PROTEST SET FOR SEPT. 26 WHAT: A “Stop the Imperial Wars” protest on the day of the first

By David Swanson Bill Ayers’ short new book, Demand the Impossible: A Radical Manifesto, is different from the typical liberal view of a better world

A story of an Afghan family: This was not a typical festive ‘first world’ outing, as its need and idea arose not from leisure, but

A report from a watchdog accuses South Sudanese leaders of amassing vast fortunes as millions struggle to survive.   South Sudan gained its independence five

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-reese-erlich-and-coleen-rowley-on-syria-war-and-peace Reese Erlich is a foreign correspondent and book author. The paperback edition of Erlich’s book Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and

By David Swanson The new corporate-funded African-American History museum in Washington, D.C., built on the former site of Camp Democracy and all sorts of protests

By David Swanson Excerpted from the just released book War Is Never Just. World War II is often called “the good war,” and has been

By Seth Kershner, In These Times Despite President Obama’s much-touted 2015 executive order, an In These Times investigation reveals evidence that police departments are still

British investigation: Gaddafi was not going to massacre civilians; Western bombing made Islamist extremism worse By Ben Norton, Salon A new report by the British

Sept. 18-26: spotlight annual week of nonviolent action in a violent nation & world during final stretch of presidential election A Chicago priest will lead thousands

by Victor Grossman – BERLIN BULLETIN No. 117 The marriage of Monsanto with Bayer breaks records not only due to its size but because of

Shannonwatch is hosting a series of events at Shannon Airport on October 8th and 9th to mark the 15th anniversary of the illegal US-led invasion

By David Swanson Several weeks back I was invited to speak this coming October at a U.S. university on ending war and making peace. As

By David Swanson San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been given much deserved credit for protesting racism by sitting out the Star Spangled Banner,

Commentary for the Special Issue on Peace, Conflict, and War Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, June, 2011 Michael D. Knox, PhD* University of South

WHAT: Screening of Paying the Price for Peace: The Story of S. Brian Willson, and discussion with the director Bo Boudart and with peace activist

By David Swanson Now there you have two things that I never expected to write. How often is Congress right about anything or Stephen Kinzer