By Marc Eliot Stein, March 15, 2019 We had just uploaded the exciting new second episode of World BEYOND War’s new podcast when the news came in that cast our roundtable in a terrible light. This episode features myself and […]
By Marc Eliot Stein, January 29, 2019 Five years ago, in January 2014, a few peace activists put into action an idea they’d been talking about: a new antiwar organization devoted to opposing all wars, without exception, and aiming for […]
By Mary Miller, November 1, 2018 What comes to mind when you hear the words “anti-war protest”? Most Americans will picture the protests against the Vietnam war in the sixties and early seventies, an era famous for its youth and […]
In some parts of the world, most people have never known peace. In other parts of the world, arming and waging war in distant places has been made to seem normal. Here are some tools to de-normalize it: Multi-Language Messaging […]
by Joanna Walters, October 7, 2017 From The Guardian The Marvel comic company dropped a partnership with the defense industry giant Northrop Grumman and canceled a launch event scheduled for New York Comic Con on Saturday, after plans for a special series […]
What if people around the world devoted the month of November to #NOwar? In the US and many other countries, November 11 is remembered as the date of the armistice ending WWI. What if people everywhere re-claimed that date for […]
Please support World Beyond War in saying ENOUGH! to war in Afghanistan and everywhere else during our October, 2015, social media campaign! We’re joining with many other organizations to build support for ending the war being waged by the US […]
Please support World Beyond War’s September, 2015, social media campaign! We’re focusing on the theme of #peace, in collaboration with all of the events associated with International Peace Day this month. We’ll be emphasizing the idea that peace is something […]
Please support World Beyond War’s August, 2015, social media campaign! First and foremost, provide comments (in the comment section below) telling us your thoughts on the question: What does it look like when the people successfully “force leaders to end […]
We had tremendous success with our July social media campaign! We’ve stimulated lots of comments on our site and discussion on Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere about what might be different if people believed and spoke and acted on the fact […]
“We can have wars for oil, or a moderate climate and an inhabitable planet. We cannot have both.”
Why stopping wars is essential for stopping climate change
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War isn’t just a waste of resources that could be used to tackle climate change, but is itself a significant cause of environmental harm, argues Elaine Graham-LeighThis article is by Stephen Kinzer, author of a book about the successful and disastrous US/UK 1953 covert overthrow of Iran’s elected leadership. Kinzer is spreading the word that the same crime is being carried out today in Venezuela.
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We used to overthrow foreign leaders the old-fashioned way: with our military. The new approach is just as egregious — and ineffective.Greta Zarro on the untold damage left behind by NATO’s intervention in Yugoslavia.
‘Surrounded by the Fire of War’: Remembering NATO’s 1999 Aggression in Yugoslavia
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“NATO’s war didn’t leave Yugoslavia any better off. It tore apart families and left the region straddled with debt, picking up the pieces.”Ann Wright: despite setbacks between North Korea and USA, there’s plenty of momentum towards peace in Korea.
Korea Peace Now! Cooperation Continuing Despite Stalled Dialogue With US - World Beyond War . . .
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By Ann Wright, March 21, 2019 While U.S.-North Korean contact is stalled, relations between North Korea and South Korea continue to increase. Encouraging worldwide support for a peace agreement for the Korean peninsula, a consortium of four international women’s groups …The US Department of Defense emits more CO2 than 160 other nations combined. #WarHurtsEarth That's why we're saying NO to NATO, the largest military alliance in the world. Join us to unwelcome NATO's arrival in DC this April 3. #NoMoreNato worldbeyondwar.org/notonato/
