At this week’s NATO summit in The Hague, leaders announced an alarming new goal: push military spending to 5% of nations’ GDP by 2035. It represents a major step backwards—away from addressing the urgent needs of people and the planet. #WorldBEYONDWar
No to NATO! Yes to Peace! #WorldBEYONDWar
Crowds of thousands bearing flags and banners, singing and chanting for peace, wound their way through the streets of The Hague, Netherlands, on Sunday, past the Peace Palace where the International Court of Justice meets. #WorldBEYONDWar
Danaka Katovich talks about antiwar organizing with CODEPINK and staying resilient as peace organization’s face new levels of challenges, slanders and attacks. #WorldBEYONDWar
Swanson warns that U.S. media narratives, especially those painting Trump as anti-NATO, manipulate public opinion into blindly supporting NATO — even though Trump has actually pressured allies to spend more on weapons than ever before. #WorldBEYONDWar
David Swanson, peace activist from World BEYOND War, argues that NATO is not a defensive alliance but the most powerful war-making and weapons-dealing machine in history. #WorldBEYONDWar
Approximately 100 U.S. B61-12 gravity bombs currently are stored in six air bases in five NATO countries – Aviano and Ghedi in Italy, Incirlik in Türkiye, Kleine Brogel in Belgium, Volkel in Netherlands, and Büchel in Germany. #WorldBEYONDWar
The rational and moral international piece of the Hands Off agenda should be to eliminate both NATO and the voracious militarism that threaten the future of life on this planet. #WorldBEYONDWar
World BEYOND War Advisory Board Member Ann Wright spoke at a protest in Wiesbaden. #WorldBEYONDWar
