By David Swanson, January 8, 2019 William James’ idea of the need to create a moral equivalent of war first struck me, decades ago, when I read about it, as about as sensible an idea as inventing a new way […]
Pat Elder, 2018 Green Party Congressional Candidate from Maryland and World Beyond War coordinating committee member, delivered hard truths about the US military’s disdain for environmental safety and sanity at the International Conference Against US/NATO Military Bases in Dublin, Ireland […]
By David Swanson These two young men may have an infinite number of things in common, but the actions they took this week do not. One used a pro-war ceremony at a professional basketball game to reject the celebration of […]
By David Swanson, November 8, 2018 The suspect in today’s mass shooting (well, the biggest one I’ve heard of thus far this morning; the day is young) is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. Another mass shooter in Florida last week […]
By Tom Violett I will leave this facebook post anonymous for now, this young man is a member of the Green Party of New Jersey. I met him about a year ago. He is a very passionate young man, struggling […]
By Alan Knight with with Shahrzad Khayatian, October 13, 2018 On August 23, 2018 the street price of 1 US$ in Iran was 110,000 Rial. Three months earlier the street price was 30,000 Rial. In other words, the oranges you paid […]
By William Thomas, USNR (Resigned) for Permanent War Department October 11, 2018. CAUTION! THIS LETTER MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION OR LANGUAGE READERS (WITH A CONSCIENCE) SHOULD FIND OBJECTIONABLE Hi! [print recipient’s full name clearly here] Yes, you guessed correctly. If you […]
Things Congress Could Do for Peace, From Easiest to Hardest
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When talking about how to fund useful projects, or talking about the federal budget or the U.S. economy, talk as if U.S. military spending exists. With 67 percent of federal discretionary spending …Yesterday's Militarism in the Media webinar. We maxed out Zoom's meeting room with 100 people! Next time we'll upgrade our capacity. Thanks to all who participated! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh3xlrfAhhYMilitarism in the Media: On January 15, 2019, 100 participants joined our webinar featuring experts Rose Dyson and Jeff Cohen discussing the role of the medi...
Talk Nation Radio: Rob Kajiwara on U.S. Bases on Okinawa
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Rob Kajiwara is an Okinawan-Hawaian singer-songwriter and visual artist. In 2017, he was made a cultural ambassador for his ancestral village of Nakagusuku, Okinawa. In 2018 he was also made a cult…Top 10 Reasons Not to Love NATO
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The New York Times loves NATO, but should you? Judging by comments in social media and the real world, millions of people in the United States have gone from having little or no opinion on NATO, or…How can we make the best case for shifting from war to peace? Take War Abolition 101 to brush up on your talking points. worldbeyondwar.org/downloads/war-abolition-101-online-course-registration/
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6-week online course: February 18 – March 31, 2019. Course fee: $100 Register/purchase War Abolition 101 below. How can we make the best argument for shifting from war to peace? What must we understand and know about the war system if …
