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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
The US government under Donald Trump has twice used disingenuous negotiations with Iran to provide cover for attacking it, in June 2025 and again before launching the current war in February. Now it is trying to do so for a third time. #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
Perhaps the “peace president” has created a starting point . . . for transcending war. #WorldBEYONDWar
In the United States in 2000 the number of young people held inside locked buildings was 108,800 and in 2022 it was 27,600. At least two-thirds of youth prisons and jails have been shut down. #WorldBEYONDWar
As often happens, the truth may be even worse than we’re being told. #WorldBEYONDWar
The people of Iran do not deserve what the U.S. government is doing to them. And we should not be a people who go along with it. #WorldBEYONDWar
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re talking about Iran, the world, and the problem of war. #WorldBEYONDWar
Lift the blockade. Allow Cuba to import fuel without threats of sanctioning the countries that provide it. Stop punishing farmers for trying to grow food—and the Cuban people simply trying to feed their families. #WorldBEYONDWar