WBW News & Action: Start a Lasting Peace in Ukraine Now
Read our email newsletter from February 17, 2025. #WorldBEYONDWar
If Peace Is Upsetting to You, Something May Be Wrong
Excluding peace as a “special interest” seems like a recipe for war. #WorldBEYONDWar
WILPF Cameroon and its Strengthened Commitment to Peace and Equality
One of the key events of this milestone year was a joint webinar with World BEYOND War, which also celebrated its 10th anniversary. #WorldBEYONDWar
World BEYOND War Annual Report for 2024
World BEYOND War’s 2024 annual report is now available as a PDF here. #WorldBEYONDWar
Start a Lasting Peace in Ukraine Now
We are heartened to learn that the U.S. government is communicating with the Russian government, and are only sorry that such a basic step seemingly required a presidential election, when a glance at the Doomsday Clock ought to have been sufficient. #WorldBEYONDWar
What’s Wrong With Nuclear Weaponry and Energy
The nuclear energy and weapons industries rise or fall together. And they fall or we do. #WorldBEYONDWar
World BEYOND War’s New Chapter in India Marches for Peace
On February 12, 2025, members of the World BEYOND War India Chapter marched wearing blue peace scarves and carrying signs with messages about peace and nonviolence in support of the Buddhist Peace March to Sankarankoil. #WorldBEYONDWar
Conscientious Objectors and Deserters in Belarus Face Repression and Resistance
Belarusian conscientious objectors and deserters face severe repression for refusing to serve in the military or attempting to evade conscription. #WorldBEYONDWar
Declaration: No to the Militarization of Argentina / Declaración: ¡¡No a la Militarización de Argentina!!
The undersigned individuals and organizations wish to express our concern over a series of measures and actions being taken by the government of the President of Argentina, Javier Milei. #WorldBEYONDWar
Billboard in New Haven, Connecticut, Says “Stop Arming Israel”
A number of groups and individuals have rented time on an electronic billboard in New Haven, Connecticut, over the I-95 highway to spread the message, “Stop Arming Israel.” #WorldBEYONDWar
Trump Has a Path to Mount Rushmore
But only if he achieves total global nuclear disarmament. Nothing less will do. (“Buying Greenland” will not get you there, Mr. President!) #WorldBEYONDWar
The Need for Australia to Act Independently and Be Freed of the U.S. Alliance Has Never Been Greater
Never has there been a greater need for Australia to turn away from its military alliance with the United States and forge an independent and peaceful foreign policy. #WorldBEYONDWar
U.S. Citizen to Enter a German Prison on February 26 for Protesting Nuclear Weapons
We assured the soldiers guarding the base that our intentions were not intended to violate the law but to call attention to the crime of the United States Air Force keeping about 20 nuclear B61 bombs there. #WorldBEYONDWar
Statement by Non-Governmental Organizations on President Trump’s Recent Statements Endorsing the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza
By the undersigned organizations, February 11, 2025 We are deeply alarmed by President Trump’s recent statements that appear to endorse and plan for forced Palestinian
The Psychological Impact of the Israeli Occupation on Palestinians
By understanding these dynamics, we not only recognize the suffering endured but also highlight the resilience, dignity, and agency of the Palestinian people. #WorldBEYONDWar
JFK’s Peace Speech and a World BEYOND War
But Kennedy went further than that in this speech. He proposed something so amazing that most readers and listeners to his speech cannot believe it is there and so do not believe it is there. #WorldBEYONDWar
Global Day of Action to Close Military Bases
On February 23rd people all over the world plan to hold protests calling for the closure of military bases, including those of their own nation’s military and those of foreign militaries. #WorldBEYONDWar
Talk World Radio: Another World Is Possible
This week on Talk World Radio we are speaking with Natasha Hakimi Zapata, the author of the new book Another World Is Possible: Lessons for America from Around the Globe. #WorldBEYONDWar
Social Media’s Peace Potential – A Short Diary of a TikTok Refugee
It’s very rare for U.S. residents to look with such admiration at another country. The label “TikTok refugees” garnered over 100 million reactions. The interactions between users in the U.S. and China have been stunning. #WorldBEYONDWar
Resisting Riviera of the Middle East
“There is something sick and rotten about states and societies that not only support and enable mass killings but also make money off of them.” #WorldBEYONDWar
Stop the Chalk River Nuclear Waste Disposal Facility
“A repository is an admission that you cannot do anything about radioactive waste—cesium, tritium, carbon-14, strontium-90, plutonium and other radioactive materials are not things that existed before 1945.” #WorldBEYONDWar
Bibi: The Making of a Genocidaire
In the end, I have to say, they got Nixon on trivial nonsense, but they got him. If Netanyahu goes down for a box of Cuban cigars, and his replacement understands that part of the problem was genocide, I bet even the Cubans will celebrate. #WorldBEYONDWar
Doomsday Clock Needs Adjusting
The minimal advance in the hands of the Clock was a strange and misleading top-line for the Bulletin’s actual Doomsday Clock Statement, which was brimming with extremely dire warnings that deserve far greater attention. #WorldBEYONDWar
Influential Saudi Arabia Leader Tells Trump to Pound Sand on Relocation of Palestinians from Gaza
If Palestinians in Gaza are moved, “they should be allowed to return to their homes and to their orange and olive groves in Haifa, Jaffa and other towns and villages from which they fled or were forcibly driven out by the Israelis.” #WorldBEYONDWar
Big Win in Canada for No Arms in the Arts
On Monday the Giller Prize, Canada’s biggest literary award, announced that it had ended its relationship with its lead sponsor, Scotiabank, after a multifaceted year-long boycott and divestment campaign. #WorldBEYONDWar
Renaming The Gulf of Mexico Isn’t A Laughing Matter But Part of a U.S. Imperialist Power Grab
Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” isn’t just another absurd stunt or another example of his outlandish behavior. #WorldBEYONDWar
Listen Carefully to the Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
A remarkable film called Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat is up for a possible Oscar for best documentary this year. #WorldBEYONDWar
Talk World Radio: Annelle Sheline on Gaza
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re speaking with Annelle Sheline, a research fellow in the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute who was previously a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. State Department. #WorldBEYONDWar
Video: Head of NATO Tells European Union to Move Money from Healthcare and Retirement to War
Evil deemed respectable. Shame nowhere to be seen. Sit, Rutte! Roll over! Good dog! #WorldBEYONDWar
WBW News & Action: Country Is Humanity
If this was forwarded to you, sign up for future news here. The Doomsday Clock is at its closest to midnight. Here are three things