The U.S. Has a Ramstein Problem
Remarks at demonstration near Ramstein Air Base in Germany, June 28, 2025. #WorldBEYONDWar
NATO’s 5% Pledge: An Obscene Betrayal of Global Needs
At this week’s NATO summit in The Hague, leaders announced an alarming new goal: push military spending to 5% of nations’ GDP by 2035. It represents a major step backwards—away from addressing the urgent needs of people and the planet. #WorldBEYONDWar
The Radical Wisdom of Neutrality
In a neutral view of the world, with a blindfold to block out prejudice and only prejudice, the crime of war would be a crime if a poor country far away and different from yours did it, and if yours did it. #WorldBEYONDWar
Regina Doctors Vote to Close Accounts with Banks Profiting from Israel’s Genocide
Regina’s physicians just passed a motion at their AGM to close accounts with Scotiabank and other major financial institutions investing in arms manufacturing. #WorldBEYONDWar
Fasting for Gazans: Kathy Kelly’s “Other Lands Have Dreams” — Day 33
This will be the final of the “Fast for Gaza” conversations with peacemaker Kathy Kelly. It was the beginning of a brutal heat wave in NYC; we found a shady spot on the UN side of 1st Avenue. #WorldBEYONDWar
My Experience at the ECOWAS 50th Anniversary Dialogue in Senegal
The presence of WBW Senegal and WBW Gambia chapters at the forum was not only symbolic, but it was also strategic. #WorldBEYONDWar
Meeting Held Between Senegal and Gambia chapters of World BEYOND War
During the recent regional conference in Dakar to mark the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), I had the pleasure of meeting Omar Mboob. #WorldBEYONDWar
Rallying for Peace in Brussels and The Hague: Some Videos
No to NATO! Yes to Peace! #WorldBEYONDWar
The EU is on a War Path
In March 2025, the EU unveiled a €800 billion militarisation plan, framed as “defence readiness”, fuelled by war rhetoric, U.S. alignment, and profit for arms industries. Peace, it seems, is off the table. #WorldBEYONDWar
The Growing Nuclear Arsenals and Sharpened Rhetoric
It is precisely because arms “controllers” never advocate for nuclear elimination, abolition, or disarmament and fail to promote the many missed opportunities to achieve an end to the bomb, that we never get to see the end to nuclear weapons. #WorldBEYONDWar
WBW News & Action: No More Wars: Dismantle the War Machine
Read our email newsletter from June 23, 2025. #WorldBEYONDWar
Big Demonstration Unwelcomes NATO to the Hague
Crowds of thousands bearing flags and banners, singing and chanting for peace, wound their way through the streets of The Hague, Netherlands, on Sunday, past the Peace Palace where the International Court of Justice meets. #WorldBEYONDWar
Bombing Iran Is Part of the USA’s Repetition Compulsion for War War War
Twenty years ago, one day in June 2005, I talked with an Iranian man who was selling underwear at the Tehran Grand Bazaar. People all over the world want peace, he said, but governments won’t let them have it. #WorldBEYONDWar
Video: Pacific Neutrality Campaign Launch: Prevent a U.S.-China War
The Pacific Peace Network & World BEYOND War hosted this webinar on Saturday, June 21, 2025 to launch the campaign, Declare Neutrality & Prevent a U.S.-China War, a peace and solidarity campaign. #WorldBEYONDWar
Lessons from Vieques: Resisting U.S. Militarism, Building Unity
This May marked 22 years since the U.S. Navy was evicted from the island of Vieques. #WorldBEYONDWar
Thirsting for Justice Under Empire
Instead of partnering with Israel to ethnically cleanse Palestine, eradicate Gaza, and attack Iran, U.S. people should say two simple words, “We’re sorry,” and immediately work to make reparations. #WorldBEYONDWar
Talk World Radio: What Happened on the March to Gaza
This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about peace activism and Gaza, and the recent global march to Gaza. #WorldBEYONDWar
BREAKING: WAR ON IRAN IS THE DUMBEST & DEADLIEST IDEA!
Today on Legitimate Targets, Jackson Hinkle speaks with World BEYOND War’s David Swanson (@davidcnswanson) about the prospects of a US WAR ON IRAN, UKRAINIAN TERRORISM & Trump’s FAILURE to “END THE WARS.” #WorldBEYONDWar
3-Theater-War Madness EXPOSED: Build Pacific Neutrality NOW! | Bevan Ramsden & Ann Wright
Bevan Ramsden and Ann Wright are members of the Pacific Peace Network, which recently launched a peace and solidarty campaign calling on Pacific Rim countries to declare their neutrality for the sake of preventing a US-China war. #WorldBEYONDWar
Everything You Think About WWII Is a Lie
A conversation with author David Swanson about the Second World War. #WorldBEYONDWar
Podcasting Exactly How Stupid War Is. Even — Gasp! — That War.
Stupidest thing ever? #WorldBEYONDWar
Helsinki, 50 Years Later
The Helsinki Accords of 1975 look from the perspective of 50 years later like part of a trend away from the insanity of mass-murder and nuclear belligerence, in contrast to an opposing trend today. #WorldBEYONDWar
A U.S. Bank Closed Our Accounts Because I’d Visited Cuba Six Months Ago
This was the action of a particular bank called First Citizens, with no indication of any involvement by any government. #WorldBEYONDWar
Talk World Radio: Poems for Gaza
This week on Talk World Radio we are hearing and discussing poetry about Gaza. Our guest, Anita Barrows, is a poet, novelist, and translator. #WorldBEYONDWar
Solidarity With Palestine From Ecuador / Solidaridad Con Palestina Desde Ecuador
Solidarity with Palestine expressed from Ecuador. #WorldBEYONDWar
Statement Bogotá Chapter / Pronunciamiento Capítulo Bogotá
Statement rejecting war and proposing peace. #WorldBEYONDWar
Militarization, Repression, Political Persecution In Panama / Militarización, Represión Y Persecución Política En Panamá
In Panama the people oppose militarization. #WorldBEYONDWar
A Weekend of Activism and Hope in Washington DC
For pro-peace, antiwar activists, the weekend of the Trump parade was a rich weekend to engage. #WorldBEYONDWar
Israel’s Strikes on Iran Spark Growing Dissent in Congress
If the American people continue to raise their voices, the tide in Washington could turn away from support for a war with Iran that could plunge the region into deeper chaos while offering no relief for the suffering people of Gaza. #WorldBEYONDWar
Reports with Video from the March to Gaza
Cym Gomery, organizer of World BEYOND War’s chapter in Montreal, Canada, has traveled with the Canadian delegation of the March to Gaza, now in Egypt trying to reach Gaza. Cym has sent reports and videos. #WorldBEYONDWar