We call on all peace-loving people to denounce this continuing alliance between the Philippines and the U.S., and we call on other ASEAN governments to refuse to let the U.S. use them to advance its militaristic agenda. #WorldBEYONDWar
10 peace protestors have blocked the main gates of RAF Lakenheath, using heavy-duty locks to attach themselves to a car and to each other. #WorldBEYONDWar
Co-coordinator of World BEYOND War in Japan, Joseph Essertier is an American living in Japan who began actively opposing war in 1998 during the Kosovo War. #WorldBEYONDWar
From “Forces of allied and friendly nations” in Jordan to “agreed locations” in the Philippines and a “rotational presence” in Australia, governments use legal and diplomatic language that avoids describing facilities hosting U.S. forces as military bases. #WorldBEYONDWar
Independent water testing around U.S. military installations in Okinawa has exposed a specific chemical signature—a 3M fingerprint—that strips away the Pentagon’s shield of plausible deniability. #WorldBEYONDWar
Regular base operations and military exercises have led to environmental destruction, the displacement of Indigenous communities from their ancestral lands, and an increase in human rights violations, particularly gender-based violence. #WorldBEYONDWar
Jhay de Jesus, World BEYOND War’s organizer for Asia, talks about the political, social and activist environment in the Philippines, his background in university politics in Manila, and his current work interacting with peace groups and activists all over Asia. #WorldBEYONDWar
The Iranian military has attacked most countries hosting US bases because they’ve helped enable the US–Israeli war. In addition to the human toll, damage to military infrastructure and hardware runs into the tens of billions of dollars. #WorldBEYONDWar
The webinar illuminated the role and prevalence of military bases on foreign lands, an obvious instrument of militarism. The presentation also included information about an inspiring new initiative, World BEYOND War’s “No Bases Campaign.” #WorldBEYONDWar
