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 […]
Dear Friends, “Salam (peace)!” is how Afghans greet one another, some of them simultaneously placing a hand over their hearts. But, while everyone including Afghans wants peace, the Afghan Peace Volunteers and I have observed that the human species appears […]
By David Hartsough, March 8, 2019 I went to Iran with a peace delegation of 28 Americans organized by Code Pink, a women-led peace activist group. The first day in Iran we had a very fruitful hour-and-half conversation with Javad […]
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 […]
By David Swanson, Director of World BEYOND War The U.S. State Department uses public funds and public employees to market private products designed for mass killing to foreign governments. Few corporations have benefitted more from this socialism for the oligarchs […]
By David Swanson, Director of World BEYOND War The New York Times and the people it gives voice to are very worried that Donald Trump may be too much in favor of peace in Korea, more in favor of peace […]
By Joseph Essertier, February 20, 2019 Event: “Now More than Ever, It Is Time To Remove All the Military Bases!” (Ima koso subete no gunji kichi wo tekkyo saseyou! Place: Yomitan Village Locality Promotion Center, Okinawa, Japan Time: Sunday, February […]
UPDATE: The Senate rejected the House’s version because of unrelated AIPAC nonsense the House inserted. So, both houses are set to vote again. By David Swanson, Director, World BEYOND War In 1973 the War Powers Resolution weakened the U.S. Constitution’s […]
From Press TV: The U.S. President Donald Trump has defended his decision to withdraw troops from Syria, claiming that the U.S.-led coalition succeeded in taking nearly all territories held by Daesh terrorists. Trump, however; added that the troops would be […]
“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/
