CrossTalk on Ukraine: Negotiated End?
World BEYOND War Executive Director David Swanson condemning Russian warmaking on Russian TV.
Demanding a Just Peace in Ukraine and the Abolition of All War
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has horrified people around the world and has, quite rightly, been widely condemned. But in the inevitably polarized and propaganda-laden wartime media environment, it has been remarkably difficult to go beyond that.
Ukrainians Could Defeat a Russian Occupation by Scaling Up Unarmed Resistance
As scholars of nonviolent resistance, we see four key ways Ukrainians can organize and expand the civil resistance that’s already happening.
The MADness of the Resurgent U.S. Cold War With Russia
The war in Ukraine has placed U.S. and NATO policy toward Russia under a spotlight, highlighting how the United States and its allies have expanded NATO right up to Russia’s borders, backed a coup and now a proxy war in Ukraine, imposed waves of economic sanctions, and launched a debilitating trillion-dollar arms race
Talk World Radio: Milan Sekulović on Saving a Mountain in Montenegro
This week on Talk World Radio we’re discussing efforts by local residents to save a mountain in Montenegro from being turned into a military training ground.
Protest Actions Across Canada Mark 7 Years of War in Yemen, Demand Canada End Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia
March 26 marked seven years of the war in Yemen, a war which has claimed the lives of almost 400,000 civilians. Protests in six cities across Canada held by the #CanadaStopArmingSaudi campaign marked the anniversary while demanding Canada ends its complicity in the bloodshed.
VIDEO: Conversation with a Ukrainian Peace Activist in Kiev
I interview Yurii Sheliazhenko live from Kiev. Yurii is executive secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement and a board member of the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection and World Beyond War.
Biden’s Unhinged Call for Regime Change in Russia
Ever since Joe Biden ended his speech in Poland on Saturday night by making one of the most dangerous statements ever uttered by a U.S. president in the nuclear age, efforts to clean up after him have been profuse.
VIDEO: A Just Transition Away from the War Economy and Military-Industrial Complex is Possible
Our insatiable war economy is making all of us less safe—and the more we come to economically depend on it, the harder it is to transition away from it. But it can be done.
Podcast Episode 34: Kathy Kelly and the Courage for Peace
“I was arrested for singing … I’ve been hauled off and left to swelter in paddy wagons for 7 hours, and hog-tied and somebody kneeled on me and I thought if I’d been another color and saying ‘I can’t breathe’ …” – Kathy Kelly
Russian soldiers release Ukraine town’s Mayor and Agree to Leave after Protests
Russian forces agreed to leave town of Slavutych if those with arms handed them over to the mayor.
Rock ‘n roll pour la paix / Rock ‘n Roll for Peace
About one hundred people marched for peace in Ukraine and Yemen on Saturday, March 26th, one of dozens of such rallies across Canada on that date.
VIDEO: Rising Tensions Over Ukraine
In this edition of Spotlight, Press TV has conducted an interview with Yaroslav Zheleznyak and David Swanson to discuss the rising tensions over Ukraine.
VIDEO: NATO Says It’s For the Rule of Law, and Other Absurdities
Interview of David Swanson.
Cessate il Fuoco. Giù le Armi. Bisogna Fermare la guerra. / Cease Fire. Lay Down Arms. We Must End War.
Siamo solidali e uniti con gli attivisti per la pace in Ucraina, in Russia e in tutto il mondo che stanno resistendo alla guerra e cercando vie di pace.
A Sacred Duty
War is a crime against humanity; I am, therefore, determined not to support any kind of war, and to strive for the removal of all causes of war.
When Backing War is the Only Sane Position, Leave the Asylum
If you find yourself in a room, zoom, plaza, or planet in which only more war is considered a sane policy, check quickly for two things.
Montreal for a World BEYOND War Sends Letter on Nuclear Weapons to Canadian Government
“We are writing to you today to express our profound concern about Canada’s role in exacerbating the threat of nuclear war.”
Four Hawaii State Legislators Declare “Over Militarization” to Be a Threat to the Security of Hawai’i and the International Community
In a remarkable twist, four members of the Legislature of the State of Hawai’i are finally challenging the U.S. military in Hawai’i.
From Moscow to Washington, the Barbarism and Hypocrisy Don’t Justify Each Other
Russia’s war in Ukraine — like the USA’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — should be understood as barbaric mass slaughter. For all their mutual hostility, the Kremlin and the White House are willing to rely on similar precepts: Might makes right.
VIDEO: Civil Resistance in Ukraine and the Region
How does civil resistance work and what can it achieve? This panel discussed how civilians are using strategic civil resistance to diminish the power and impact of the Russian military.
VIDEO: Peace Activism in Ukraine, UK, and Croatia
How to sustain pacifism in the current circumstances of the war in Ukraine and in long term?
Peace Activists Occupy Roof of Raytheon Building to Protest War Profiteering
“With every war and every conflict, Raytheon’s profits multiply,” said one of the activists.
Supporting Wars But Not Militaries
Dobos sets aside the question of whether any war can be justified, arguing instead that “there may be cases where the costs and risks generated by a military establishment are too great for its existence to be justified, and this is even if we think that some wars are necessary and consistent with the demands of morality.”
VIDEO: Yurii Sheliazhenko on Democracy Now Proposes Non-Militarized Resolution of Conflict in Ukraine
Yurii Sheliazhenko is a Board Member of World BEYOND War.
Talk World Radio: Hassan El-Tayyab: Stop Waging War on Yemen
This week on Talk World Radio we’re discussing the war on Yemen with Hassan El-Tayyab, the legislative director for Middle East policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation.
Conscientious Objectors Are at Risk in Several European Countries
The European Bureau for Conscientious Objection publishes today its Annual Report on Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Europe 2021, covering the region of Council of Europe (CoE).
The People of Yemen Suffer Atrocities, Too
The United Nations’ goal was to raise more than $4.2 billion for the people of war-torn Yemen by March 15. But when that deadline rolled around, just $1.3 billion had come in.
Volunteer Spotlight: Harel Umas-as
The March 2022 Volunteer Spotlight features Harel Umas-as from the Philippines, a student intern with World BEYOND War’s No Bases campaign.
