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Powerpoint on closing bases. World BEYOND War Coordinating Committee Chair Leah Bolger is available to present this workshop to groups, in-person or virtually. Click here to contact Leah to arrange an event with your group.

Sign and promote this petition to get U.S. troops out of Germany.

Watch this video in italiano.

A report on the social and environmental risks of U.S. bases in Australia, prepared by Friends of the Earth Australia and the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network.

Bombs in Your Backyard: searchable database that allows people in the U.S. to find military installations near them and see the toxic impacts

Recommended Reading List:

• The Sun Never Sets: Confronting the Network of U.S. Foreign Military Bases by Joseph Gerson
• Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World by David Vine
• Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia by David Vine
• The Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle against U.S. Military Posts by Catherine Lutz
• Homefront by Catherine Lutz

A Pentagon Report released in March, 2018 details widespread chemical poisoning of water supplies on military bases and in surrounding communities worldwide. The report, Addressing Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) –  Maureen Sullivan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environment, Safety & Occupational Health) March 2018,  identifies the presence of PFOS and PFOA in drinking water at levels known to be harmful to human health. At least 401 bases are known to have contaminated water. The chemicals are used in fire retardants during routine fire-training exercises on American military bases. The lethal substances find their way into the groundwater and are linked to severe problems associated with women’s’ reproductive health. They include severe pregnancy complications and long-term fertility issues. Even more alarming, these chemicals contaminate human breast milk. PFOS and PFOA cause liver damage, high cholesterol, decreased response to vaccines, and an increased risk of thyroid disease, and asthma diagnosis. Cleanup will take years to address and the full scope of the problem is unknown to the public, especially in US bases overseas where the information is normally kept secret. The DOD has a long list of environmental cleanup responsibilities at each of its more than 2,900 facilities around the world. More.

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Movement to Close U.S. and NATO Bases Gathered in Dublin in November 2018:

World BEYOND War and allies met in Dublin, Ireland, in November 2018. Text and video of David Swanson’s remarks are here. Pat Elder presented here on the subject of the environmental damage of bases. Three complete videos of the three days of the conference are here. The conference program and schedule are here.

A Movement Was Launched in Baltimore in January 2018:

A No Foreign Bases conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., on January 12-14, 2018. Here is a tiny fraction of the highlights:

Full videos here.

David Swanson on Monroe Doctrine:

David Swanson in Baltimore:

Watch these videos from World Beyond War’s No War 2017:

Watch these videos from World Beyond War’s No War 2016:

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