The New War
National Guard units across the country have been called to battle wildfires, conduct rescue operations in flood-stricken areas, and respond broadly to disaster relief brought on by climate change.
Sinjajevina Pasturelands, Resisting NATO Ecocide, and World Beyond War Awards
On September 27, 2021, World BEYOND War announced that the recipient of the inaugural War Abolisher Award, in the Civic Initiative Category, would be the Save Sinjajevina campaign.
Climate and Militarism Event Planned for 4 November in Glasgow, Scotland
A broad and growing coalition of peace and environmental organizations has announced plans for an event on Thursday, 4 November, in Glasgow.
War Powers Reform and the Pretense Thereof
I don’t like the downsides in these bills at all. I think they’re horrific, disgraceful, and absolutely indefensible. But I think they’re outweighed by the upsides, even in the Senate bill, though the House one is better. Yet, clearly best of all would be for Congress to make use of any of these things, either one of the new bills or the law as it exists today.
The Empires That Brought Us Here
Empire is still (or newly, as it wasn’t always) a touchy subject in the U.S. Empire.
Military Suicide: One More Reason To Abolish War
The Pentagon issued its annual report recently on suicide in the military, and it provides us with very sad news. Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on programs to stem this crisis, the suicide rate for active-duty U.S. troops rose to 28.7 per 100,000 during 2020, up from 26.3 per 100,000 the previous year.
Talk World Radio: Yves Engler on the Canadian Military
This week on Talk World Radio: Stand on Guard for Whom? — A People’s History of the Canadian Military. That’s the title of the new book, his twelfth, from our guest Yves Engler.
Interview with Reiner Braun: Reimagining a Better World
A few days before the IPB World Peace Congress 2021 in Barcelona, we talked to Reiner Braun, Executive Director of the International Peace Bureau (IPB) about how the peace movement, trade unions and the environmental movement can come together, why we need a peace congress of encouragement and youth, which will take place completely hybrid from 15-17 October in Barcelona and why it is exactly the right moment for it.
AUDIO: Peace Witness – Liz Talks With Matt Fuller
Matt Fuller is currently a PhD student at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Transnational Institute Publishes a Primer on Climate Security
There is a growing political demand for climate security as a response to the escalating impacts of climate change, but little critical analysis on what kind of security they offer and to who.
Volunteer Spotlight: John Miksad
The October 2021 Volunteer Spotlight features John Miksad, a World BEYOND War chapter coordinator from the New York City Tri-State Area.
Video: Alison Broinowski and David Swanson on AUKUS and USUKA
Excerpted from an interview of Alison Broinowski and David Swanson by James Wohlgemuth.
Stop The Arms Fair: Liverpool Says No to The Merchants of Death
Several hundred people attended the latest rally against the Electronic Warfare Europe arms fair on Saturday lunchtime.
Imagine a World with U.S.-China Cooperation
On September 10, 2021, during an important diplomatic meeting that occurred by telephone, U.S. President Joseph Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping affirmed the necessity of a better relationship between their two nations.
Draft Registration: End It, Don’t Expand It
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Sept. 23 to expand Selective Service registration for a future military draft to women as part of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and the Senate is expected to do the same when they vote on their version of the NDAA in the coming weeks.
A New Effort to Protect the Legal Right to Peace
The Platform for Peace and Humanity has launched its global advocacy programme titled “Towards the enforcement of the right to peace.”
Aichi Residents Win a Legal Victory for Takae, Okinawa and for Peace
Two hundred residents of Aichi Prefecture, where I live, have just scored a significant victory for peace and justice.
Harry Potter and the Secret of COP26
“Blimey, Harry!” exclaimed Ronald Weasley, his face pressed to the window, peering out at the swiftly passing countryside as the glistening red Hogwarts Express belched coal smoke into the sky on its way north to Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference.
1+1 EPISODE 100! Yuri Speaks to David Swanson on ‘Good Wars’ & the Myth Being Sold to Us
A video interview of David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War.
Nobel Committee Gets Peace Prize Wrong Yet Again
The Nobel Committee has yet again awarded a peace prize that violates the will of Alfred Nobel and the purpose for which the prize was created, selecting recipients who blatantly are not “the person who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the establishment and promotion of peace congresses.”
France and the Fraying of NATO
Biden has infuriated France by arranging the agreement to provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia. This replaces a contract to purchase a fleet of diesel-powered subs from France.
Revealed: The Uk Military’s Overseas Base Network Involves 145 Sites In 42 Countries
The size of this global military presence is far larger than previously thought and is likely to mean that the UK has the second largest military network in the world, after the United States.
Why Does Congress Fight Over Childcare But Not F-35s?
President Biden and the Democratic Congress are facing a crisis as the popular domestic agenda they ran on in the 2020 election is held hostage by two corporate Democratic Senators, fossil-fuel consigliere Joe Manchin and payday-lender favorite Kyrsten Sinema.
The Quiet Power of Everyday Resistance
Most accounts of life in, say, Nazi Germany in the late 1930s or Rwanda in the early months of 1994—each a place and time when preparation for war and mass violence had begun to alter the granularity of the everyday—paint an image of large-scale conflict as totalizing.
SURVEY: Starting a Montreal Chapter | SONDAGE: lancement d’une section montréalaise
A few World BEYOND War members are preparing to start a new chapter in Montreal. We’ve created this short survey to get to know potential chapter members and assess the best way to launch a chapter. Please take a moment and fill it out!
Quelques membres de World BEYOND War se préparent à lancer une nouvelle section à Montréal. Nous avons créé ce court sondage pour connaître les membres potentiels de la section et pour évaluer la meilleure façon de lancer une section. Veuillez prendre un moment pour y répondre!
Divest From War Invest For Peace
These four programs offer alternatives and actions we can take to redirect our common wealth for the health and prosperity of people and the planet.
‘No Militarization of Space Act’ introduced in Congress
A “No Militarization of Space Act”—which would abolish the new U.S. Space Force—has been introduced in the U.S. Congress.
