Nonviolence: The Foundation of Peace
There are many modern instances of the successful use of nonviolence.
Alternatives
Outline of an Alternative Security System
(This is section 17 of the World Beyond War white paper A Global Security System: An Alternative to War. Continue to preceding | following section.) See four separate parts of the paper that compose the “Alternative Security System” […]
Common Security
(This is section 18 of the World Beyond War white paper A Global Security System: An Alternative to War. Continue to preceding | following section.) Conflict management as practiced in the iron cage of war is self-defeating. In what is […]
Demilitarizing Security
“Conflicts typical of the contemporary world cannot be resolved at gunpoint. They require not a recalibration of military tools and strategies but a far-reaching commitment to demilitarization.”
Shift to a Non-Provocative Defense Posture
A first step toward demilitarizing security could be non-provocative defense, which is to reconceive and re-configure training, logistics, doctrine, and weaponry so that a nation’s military is seen by its neighbors to be unsuitable for offense but clearly able to mount a credible defense of its borders.
Create a Nonviolent, Civilian-Based Defense Force
Civilian-based defense deploys a powerful coercive force that does not require military action.
Phase Out Foreign Military Bases
Withdrawing to an authentic defense of a nation’s borders is a key part of demilitarizing security, thus weakening the ability of the War System to create global insecurity.
Disarmament
Disarmament is an obvious step leading toward a world beyond war.
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) is guided by the vision of promoting global norms of disarmament and oversees efforts to deal with weapons of mass destruction and conventional arms and the arms trade.
End the Use of Militarized Drones
The problems with drone attacks are legal, moral, and practical.
Every war dollar is a dollar wasted that could have been spent on healthcare for all, forgiving student debt & providing clean water for all. Here's our how-to guide on dismantling the war machine.
A Global Security System: An Alternative to War (2018-19 Edition) - World Beyond War . . .
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“You say you’re against war, but what’s the alternative?” The 2018-19 edition of A Global Security System: An Alternative to War (AGSS) is now available! AGSS is World BEYOND War’s blueprint for an alternative security system – one in …Dismantle the business of war. Here's how.
War Abolition 101 (online course registration) - World Beyond War . . .
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6-week online course: February 18 – March 31, 2019. Click here for course details. Click below to register / purchase the War Abolition 101. $100.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cartNonviolent Gandhian resistance is statistically more effective than violent revolution. Here's our how-to guide on constructing a culture of peace.
A Global Security System: An Alternative to War (2018-19 Edition) - World Beyond War . . .
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“You say you’re against war, but what’s the alternative?” The 2018-19 edition of A Global Security System: An Alternative to War (AGSS) is now available! AGSS is World BEYOND War’s blueprint for an alternative security system – one in …Lawrence Ferlinghetti witnessed Nagasaki and became a pacifist.
On Veterans Day, remembering that Lawrence was present at D-Day in Normandy and also saw first-hand the devastation in Nagasaki which instantly turned him into a pacifist.
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