Category: North America

2022 War Abolisher Awards to Go to Italian Dock Workers, New Zealand Filmmaker, U.S. Environmental Group, and British MP Jeremy Corbyn

World BEYOND War’s Second Annual War Abolisher Awards will recognize the work of an environmental organization that has prevented military operations in state parks in Washington State, a filmmaker from New Zealand who has documented the power of unarmed peacemaking, Italian dock workers who have blocked the shipment of weapons of war, and British peace activist and Member of Parliament Jeremy Corbyn who has taken a consistent stand for peace despite intense pressure.

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Whidbey Environmental Action Network to receive War Abolisher Award

The Whidbey Environmental Action Network (WEAN), based on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, will be awarded the Organizational War Abolisher of 2022 award by World BEYOND War, a global organization that will be presenting four awards at a ceremony on September 5 to organizations and individuals from the U.S., Italy, England, and New Zealand.

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Laurel disrupting a public-relations presentation by Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly and her German homologue Annalena Baerbock. The event was hosted by the Montreal Chamber of Commerce. She carries a sign that reads No NATO, Peace as others look on.

Disrupting Business-As-Usual at Montreal Colloquium

On August 3, 2022, two Montreal activists, Dimitri Lascaris and Laurel Thompson, disrupted a public-relations presentation by Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly and her German homologue Annalena Baerbock. The disrupters spoke out against Joly and Baerbock’s support for NATO expansionism and increased military spending.

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