Listen to Smedley Butler
This is excerpted and adapted from Swanson’s new book, War Is Still A Racket. #WorldBEYONDWar
This is excerpted and adapted from Swanson’s new book, War Is Still A Racket. #WorldBEYONDWar
Over 190 civil society groups and human rights advocates have signed this joint statement to express our unequivocal denunciation of the World Bank’s role. #WorldBEYONDWar
What’s needed is obvious. But we have to be willing to do it. We have to stop picking which type of people to care about. We have to stop worrying about the risks. We have to all stand up together. #WorldBEYONDWar
“The Omani FM decided to go public,” suggested one observer, “so that the American people knew that peace was within reach when Trump instead opted for war.” #WorldBEYONDWar
Moving into Stolen-Palestine will not be a big leap for U.S. troops who have been stationed abroad elsewhere, but people who plan to take up residence in gentrified Gaza should be prepared to rid themselves of any last shreds of decency. #WorldBEYONDWar
Normally, when one develops all the symptoms of a disease, the response ought not to be exacerbating the disease, but seeking to cure it. Approaches to healthcare in the United States have gone off the rails, of course, but think about the disease of military spending. #WorldBEYONDWar
What about the things we are being told right now to try to get a war started (which will likely mostly be forgotten in the future)? Well, first of all, what we’re being told is not working. Polling shows the U.S. public strongly opposed to a war on Venezuela. #WorldBEYONDWar
A new report by World BEYOND War finds that military bases used by foreign militaries are growing in number, as are public protests and advocacy against those bases. #WorldBEYONDWar #CloseBases
As Trump sends Marines into LA to support disappearing certain types of people (and as the main objection is that the military’s proper role is to kill and destroy elsewhere) it matters where Charlottesville came from. #WorldBEYONDWar