Omali Yeshitela is Chairman of the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace, and Reparations. The website is at blackisbackcoalition.org He has agreed to speak on April 4th in Washington DC at the No to NATO — Yes to […]
Remarks at Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County, Va., March 10, 2019 By David Swanson, Director, World BEYOND War Thank you for inviting me here. I’m honored. And I’m reminded of lots of happy memories of Herndon High School, class […]
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, March 7, 2019 We just returned from nine days in Iran with a 28-person peace delegation organized by CODE PINK. It is clear that people in Iran want two things: To be respected as […]
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 cultural ambassador / special envoy for Ke Aupuni o […]
By David Swanson, Director, World BEYOND War Remarks at Rally outside White House, January 7, 2019. There are a number of problems with the idea that maintaining and expanding giant military bases in other people’s countries protects freedom in the […]
“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/
