Can Rotary Help End War?
WBW Executive Director David Swanson discusses with Rotary members what can be done to end war. #WorldBEYONDWar
Don’t Bring a Sword to a Gun Fight, Bring Unarmed Friends
Until the day that governments at least slightly represent the will of people, and until laws and diplomacy become the norm, what are people to do whose villages are being invaded or bombed or bulldozed? #WorldBEYONDWar
Vanessa Fox: Understanding Moral Injury
Moral injury is a trauma that occurs when we are forced to act against our moral values, World BEYOND War’s organizing intern Vanessa Fox tells us. With wars raging from Gaza to Ukraine to Sudan to the US/Mexico border, we are all suffering from moral injury right now. #worldbeyondwar
Assange to Address Council of Europe
We discuss with former Australian diplomat and World BEYOND War Board Member Alison Broinowski. #WorldBEYONDWar
Raising the Curtains of Patriarchal Normalcy at Foreign Military Bases
No military base – overseas or in our own back yard – is natural. No military base is inevitable. Military bases are established and sustained by political processes designed to make each of them seem normal. #WorldBEYONDWar
Protests at 50 Indigo Bookstores in Canada Highlight Company’s Connection to Israeli Military
On Wednesday, thousands of concerned residents, authors, activists and human rights advocates, including Jewish and Palestinian representatives, gathered at 50 Indigo Books & Music locations. #WorldBEYONDWar
Notes From The Police State Of Italy
In Italy you can get 6 years in prison for reporting on genocide. #WorldBEYONDWar
Togo Pour un Monde au-delà de la Guerre : Cultiver la Paix en Soi Pour Mette Fin à la Guerre
Members of the Togolese chapter of World BEYOND War mobilized to celebrate the International Day of Peace, as part of an exchange meeting on the theme: “Peace in oneself, No to War”. #WorldBEYONDWar
Mapping the U.S. Empire
U.S. bases are on land stolen from Hawaiians, Aleutian Islanders, the people of several Pacific atolls, Okinawans, Innuits, Chagossians, Koreans, Palestinians, and until those bases were closed the people of Vieques and Culebra. #WorldBEYONDWar
Video: Ending War — Barbara Gaughen-Muller Interviews David Swanson
Rotary and World BEYOND War have together been offering an online course called Ending War 101. You can take it here. #WorldBEYONDWar
Resisting the USA’s Military Empire from Australia
We should exercise our sovereignty as an independent nation rather than feel we need a big brother nation to protect us. #WorldBEYONDWar
Volunteer Spotlight: WBW Board Member Geoff Holland
The September 2024 Volunteer Spotlight features WBW Board Member Geoff Holland. #WorldBEYONDWar
The New York Times Wants More Weapons
The New York Times is hyping a report by war profiteers proposing higher war spending. #WorldBEYONDWar
World BEYOND War and Friends Celebrate International Day of Peace in Maine
At the Common Ground Country Fair, Maine Peace Education launched a new initiative, hosting presentations that focused on peace and justice. #WorldBEYONDWar
International Peace Day 2024 in Africa: Creating a Culture of Peace
During the week culminating on September 21, 2024 with the celebration of the International Peace Day, African chapters called for peace in Africa and the world through various actions. #WorldBEYONDWar
Ukrainian Vision of Peace
Statement adopted by general assembly of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement on the International Day of Peace 21 September 2024. #WorldBEYONDWar
Climate and Peace Groups Join Together in First Global Week of Action
Peace and climate movements are taking action together in the first Global Week of Action for Peace and Climate Justice to highlight the connections between their causes. #WorldBEYONDWar
Together for Peace
Remarks via zoom to conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 21, 2024. #WorldBEYONDWar
Upcoming Webinar: Unarmed Civilian Defence: Preventing and Resisting War
War and armed conflicts pose the biggest threats to peace, security, and sustainable development. But what can ordinary people do when militaries attack? #WorldBEYONDWar
Please Stop Saying That Every War Is Not a War But Something Bad
For the love of all that is decent, immediately stop the self-defeating idiocy of calling every goddamned war “not a war.” Please. With all due respect. #WorldBEYONDWar
Selling War: How Raytheon and Boeing Fund the Push for NATO’s Nuclear Expansion
To “counter Russia’s nuclear blackmail,” the Atlantic Council confidently asserted, “NATO must adapt its nuclear sharing program.” #WorldBEYONDWar
UN Overwhelmingly Votes To Sanction Israel, Impose Arms Embargo
The Palestinian-drafted resolution called on Israel to end “its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” within 12 months, including the presence of illegal settlements and hundreds of thousands of illegal settlers. #WorldBEYONDWar
MIT Coalition for Palestine Announces Major Divestment Win
This is the first known shutdown of an American-Israeli weapons manufacturer partnership at a U.S. university since the war on Gaza has begun. #WorldBEYONDWar
At Cornell University: Necessary Discomfort: On the Sept. 18 Career Fair Disruption
What does it mean to live because other people are dying? A friend posed this question at Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine’s vigil Tuesday night, describing the agonizing cognitive dissonance . . . #WorldBEYONDWar
Activism ALSO Exists Through Small, Everyday Acts
Being a peace activist isn’t always easy. Some days, we feel far removed from the great actions taken by our mentors, our leaders, those who have/are REALLY making a difference. #WorldBEYONDWar
Press Conference on the UN Uniting for Peace Resolution – Live in New York City
CODEPINK New York, World BEYOND War, and allies are demanding the UN General Assembly invoke resolution 377(v) “Uniting for Peace” in order to override the UN Security Council and sanction Israel. #WorldBEYONDWar
Canadian Newspapers Fail To Disclose Military Experts’ Funding
“It’s misleading at best to the Canadian public and creates this one-channel narrative.” #WorldBEYONDWar
This Morning I Woke Up to Gun Shots
The gunfire has reached a level that confirms that Bamako is under attack. #WorldBEYONDWar
Can the World Save Palestine From U.S.-Israeli Genocide?
It would certainly be unprecedented for the world to unite, in opposition to Israel and the United States, to save Palestine and enforce the ICJ ruling that Israel must withdraw from Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. #WorldBEYONDWar
Un Capítulo Para La Paz de Colombia en Bogotá
Un nuevo capítulo de WBW en Bogotá. #WorldBEYONDWar