Regular base operations and military exercises have led to environmental destruction, the displacement of Indigenous communities from their ancestral lands, and an increase in human rights violations, particularly gender-based violence. #WorldBEYONDWar
By refusing to take part in waging war on the people of Iran, the South Korean government obtained something else favored by many of the people of South Korea: at long last a reduction in U.S. war rehearsals and hostility toward North Korea. #WorldBEYONDWar
Junk the Mutual Defense Treaty, Abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement, and Scrap the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement! The Philippine government must adopt a position of neutrality in the region. #WorldBEYONDWar
Even now, 81 years after the atomic bombings, right here on Earth where we live, we still see military invasions using nuclear weapons as tools of intimidation as well as other imperious actions by major powers in violation of international law. #WorldBEYONDWar
Robert Kagan, veteran warmonger extraordinaire, wants to know what the “utility” would be of admitting that the war on Iraq was “a mistake.” I’m glad he asked. #WorldBEYONDWar
Dr Ruth Mitchell, a 2017 Nobel Peace Prize winner, doctor and neurosurgeon, delivered the following speech to the Hiroshima Day protest on Gadigal Country/Sydney on August 1. #WorldBEYONDWar
Jhay de Jesus, World BEYOND War’s organizer for Asia, talks about the political, social and activist environment in the Philippines, his background in university politics in Manila, and his current work interacting with peace groups and activists all over Asia. #WorldBEYONDWar
The Iranian military has attacked most countries hosting US bases because they’ve helped enable the US–Israeli war. In addition to the human toll, damage to military infrastructure and hardware runs into the tens of billions of dollars. #WorldBEYONDWar
“The endless wars take a heavy toll on us all: they inflict physical and mental wounds that will last for the rest of our lives. We are living between runs to the bomb shelters and announcements of fallen soldiers.” #WorldBEYONDWar
