World BEYOND War — June 3, 2019 On the evening of June 3, 2019, the City Council of Charlottesville, Va., voted to divest the funds in its operating budget from weapons dealers and fossil fuel producers. Here’s the resolution as […]
By David Swanson, Executive Director, World BEYOND War, May 19, 2019 A coalition organized as DivestCville.org is asking the City of Charlottesville, Va., to divest all public money from weapons companies, major war profiteers, and fossil fuel companies. At its […]
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, May 2, 2019 The City of Charlottesville will be considering the question of divestment from weapons and fossil fuels at its meeting on May 6th. For details on the divestment campaign, how to attend […]
By Greta Zarro, April 2019 From Magasinet Motvind We live in an era of information, where news from every corner of the globe is accessible at our fingertips. The problems of the world are laid bare in front of us, […]
By Hal Conte, April 2, 2019 From Freely Magazine A consortium of 90 anti-war, peace and environmental groups are seeking to divest Temple University and other colleges as well as municipalities citywide and nationwide from weapons manufacturers and military contractors, […]
By Peter Phillips, March 14, 2019 Regime changes in Iraq and Libya, Syria’s war, Venezuela’s crisis, sanctions on Cuba, Iran, Russia, and North Korea are reflections of a new global imperialism imposed by a core of capitalist nations in support […]
Reach this page at divestcville.org. Divest all public money from weapons companies, major war profiteers, and fossil fuel companies. The following draft is endorsed by Indivisible Charlottesville, Casa Alma Catholic Worker, RootsAction, World BEYOND War, Code Pink, Charlottesville Coalition For […]
By David Swanson, February 28, 2019 Charlottesville, Virginia, has yet to take down its racist statues (the ones all the fuss has been about or any of the other ones). Charlottesville has yet to ban guns from public events. It […]
Greta Zarro is Organizing Director at World BEYOND War. She has a background in issue-based community organizing. Her experience includes volunteer recruitment and engagement, event organizing, coalition building, legislative and media outreach, and public speaking. Greta graduated as valedictorian from […]
October 23, 2018 by David Swanson Nicolas J. S. Davies writes about U.S. foreign policy, war and militarism for Consortium News and other outlets. He has been working as a researcher with CODEPINK, and co-authored its report on “War Profiteers: […]
After 74 years our world still has not learned that nuclear weapons should be abolished now! There is only one rational option if we wish to live in a peaceful world. #nucleardisarmament
‘I am Become Death’ comes to Tularosa Basin: The Trinity Test 74 years later | ICAN
Story of Tularusa Basin Downwinders- the community that lived near the fallout zone of the first nuclear weapon tested 74 years agoPat Elder and a group of activists tried their hardest to get the office of Senator John Barrasso to understand the damage military use of PFAS is doing to human beings.
Profit, Power, and Poison
"There’s a battle raging in the halls of Congress that will soon determine if the U.S. government will take steps to protect people from deadly contamination caused by the release of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, (PFAS) from military and industrial sites."
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By Pat Elder, World BEYOND War, July 14, 2019 Sen. John Barrasso, (R-WY) is the Senate’s top recipient of cash from the chemical industry. There’s a battle raging in the halls of Congress that will soon determine if the U.S. …
