The Case Against a Military Intervention to Stop the Gaza Genocide
The more we put into unarmed civilian defense, the more likely it is to succeed, whereas the more we put into escalating the war with an “intervention” the more likely the war is to do more damage. #WorldBEYONDWar
VIDEO: Draw the Line Canada: Mass Organizing Call
Our powerful cross-movement panel reminded us that from climate destruction to anti-migrant racism, from underfunded public services to endless wars, the crises we face are deeply connected. #WorldBEYONDWar
The DOD PFAS Discharge Protection Act Doesn’t Do Much
It commits only a token amount of funding and focuses narrowly on monitoring stormwater runoff, just one of many pathways of PFAS contamination from military bases. #WorldBEYONDWar
VIDEO: David Swanson and Santita Jackson on Ukraine
I was happy to discuss Ukraine for an hour with Santita Jackson. #WorldBEYONDWar
Volunteer Spotlight: WBW Senegal Chapter Coordinator Suzanne Diouf Mbodji
The August 2025 Volunteer Spotlight features WBW Senegal Chapter Coordinator Suzanne Diouf Mbodji. #WorldBEYONDWar
Video In Solidarity With Palestine, From Costa Rica / Vídeo En Solidaridad Con Palestina, Desde Costa Rica
Video made in solidarity with Palestine from Costa Rica. #WorldBEYONDWar
A New Chapter In Honduras to Make Our America A Zone Of Peace / Un Nuevo Capítulo En Honduras Para Hacer De Nuestra América Una Zona De Paz
We have launched a new chapter of WBW in Honduras. #WorldBEYONDWar
Ethiopia: The Role of Youth in Abolishing War and Protecting Human Rights
World BEYOND War (WBW) Ethiopia Chapter, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Jimma Branch, organized a three-day workshop from August 12 to 14, 2025. #WorldBEYONDWar
WBW News & Action: A Day of Peace
Read our Email newsletter from August 18, 2025. #WorldBEYONDWar
US-Russia Talks: the Choice Between Peace and Escalation
The whole world celebrated the end of the Cold War in 1991, but the people of the world are still waiting for the long-promised peace dividend that a generation of corrupt, war-mongering leaders have stolen from us. #WorldBEYONDWar
OPEN LETTER to Journalists on the Vast Undercount of Deaths & Serious Injuries in Gaza
Now, if you take the current Hamas figure of just over 62,000, you are telling the public that 97% of Gazans are still alive. This is lethally absurd. A more conservative figure is that 500,000 Palestinians have been killed. #WorldBEYONDWar
Peace is Possible – “Why Do Some People Look at NATO as a Threat?” with 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 Representative of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. #WorldBEYONDWar
Ukrainian Friend Tells BBC of Conscientious Objection Difficulties
Yurii Sheliazhenko speaks to Matthew Syed of the BBC for the Radio 4 Sideways programme. #WorldBEYONDWar
How to Prevent Nuclear War
“We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors; we have borrowed it from our descendants” #WorldBEYONDWar
AFRICOM & Human Rights in Africa
This webinar, hosted on August 13, 2025, helped to shed light on the impact of AFRICOM, militarization, and war across the African continent, fueled by imperialism and extractivism. #WorldBEYONDWar
OPEN LETTER: Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska
This week’s summit between Presidents Trump and Putin in Alaska is an opportunity for Russia and the West to negotiate a peaceful settlement in Ukraine. #WorldBEYONDWar
Eleven Opportunities for Australia
Australians at meetings like this often ask “What can we do?” I want to offer you a list of opportunities Australia has to achieve independence and peace in our region. #WorldBEYONDWar
Talk World Radio: A Victory for Students for Justice in Palestine
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re talking about a successful lawsuit and impactful campus activism against genocide. #WorldBEYONDWar
Ukraine: WE TOLD YOU SO
After years of pointless killing, dying, wounding, traumatizing, and destroying, we’ve got 69% of Ukrainians telling pollsters they think an end to the war should be negotiated as soon as possible. #WorldBEYONDWar
Resisting the Silencing of Voices of Peace in Hiroshima
Socially backward-looking forces here in Japan are weakening the right to freedom of speech, and this will negatively impact the peace movement in profound ways in the future. #WorldBEYONDWar
ODVV interview: Reclaiming Peace in a World at War: A Conversation with David Swanson
In this interview, David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War, argues that Israel’s 2025 attacks on Iran blatantly violate international law. #WorldBEYONDWar
Reap What You Sow, Don’t Lose Heart: A Review
Reap What You Sow is a two-woman play which digs deeply into the debate between a military response to conflict and a nonviolent one. The two women are mother and daughter who truly love each other. #WorldBEYONDWar
Solidarity and Joint Actions of Civil Society Movements in the U.S. for a Nuclear Free World
Thank you for the opportunity to speak at the 2025 World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. #WorldBEYONDWar
Watermelons in the Rain: Australians March for End to Genocide in Palestine
We knew a thousand police couldn’t arrest 90,000 of us, so the march for Palestine was always going to happen. An 11th-hour decision by Justice Belinda Rigg just made it legal. #WorldBEYONDWar
Open Letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese MP from Australian Former Diplomats
We are distressed that Australia has done so little to prevent the progressive erosion of international law, the persistent armed assaults on Palestinian people, and the violation of their human rights in Gaza and the West Bank. #WorldBEYONDWar
Poll: 69% of Ukrainians Want Negotiated End to War as Soon as Possible
Just 24% of Ukrainians want to keep fighting, a near complete reversal of public opinion since 2022. #WorldBEYONDWar
A Genocide, Manufactured in Wisconsin
Since Oshkosh Corporation told The Cap Times that it was moving away from military vehicles, it has only doubled down on selling them to Israel. #WorldBEYONDWar
If Humans Were As Evil As We’re Usually Told, We’d Be Extinct
Did you know that for most of our species’ existence our ancestors led lives that were egalitarian, healthy, leisurely, playful, and full of friendship and cooperation? #WorldBEYONDWar
WBW News & Action: 80 Years of Nukes
Read our email newsletter from August 4, 2025. #WorldBEYONDWar
50th Anniversary of Helsinki Accords Marked With New Initiative for Peace
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords, when diplomats and heads of state met to reduce Cold War tensions and work towards security and cooperation in Europe. #WorldBEYONDWar