By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies, June 17, 2019 From Common Dreams While the mystery of who is responsible for sabotaging the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman remains unsolved, it is clear that the Trump administration […]
By David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War, June 17, 2019 Scientists not employed by ExxonMobil or named Neil DeGrasse Tyson have reached a universal consensus. Wanting the United States to attack Iran is the single stupidest idea yet […]
From TomDispatch, June 13, 2019 It’s been almost 18 years of “infinite” war, carnage, the mass displacement of peoples, the destruction of cities… you know the story. We all do… kinda… but most of the time it’s a story without them. You seldom hear their voices. They are rarely attended […]
From Reprieve.org.uk, June 10, 2019 A group of men who suffered torture and mistreatment at the hands of US forces in Afghanistan have appealed against the International Criminal Court’s decision not to launch an investigation into war crimes committed during […]
Ross Caputi is a PhD student in History at UMass and a coauthor of the critically important new book The Sacking of Fallujah: A People’s History. Ross Caputi’s experience as a U.S. Marine in Fallujah in 2004 compelled him to speak […]
As an international delegation to the Russian Federation of 25 individuals, we have visited Moscow, St. Petersburg, and three cities in Crimea (April 25-May 9). We came to learn, to listen, and to build a bridge of friendship through citizen […]
By John Scales Avery, May 21, 2019 On Monday, 13 May 2019, the New York Times posted an article with the title “White House Reviews Military Plans Against Iran. in Echoes of Iraq War”. Besides the aircraft carrier and other […]
By Abdul Cader Asmal, World BEYOND War, May 16, 2019 It is a painful irony for Muslims in America who on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq wrote (Boston Globe Feb. 5, 2003): “As loyal citizens of this […]
By Joseph Essertier, Coordinator of Japan for a World BEYOND War, May 16, 2019 The US government has violated the Vienna Convention Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations says that the premises of a diplomatic mission, such […]
PressTV: Should Iran Be Sanctioned? A debate with David Swanson.
An artwork titled "Statue of a Girl of Peace" is raising new controversies and discussions relating to Japan's World War 2 legacy of forced prostitution and sex-trafficking.
“When you’re in movement spaces, it’s very easy to focus on what you did wrong, or what other people in the movement did wrong. But we can never understate just how powerful the opposition is – that it’s because of that that we haven’t been as successful as we want to be.”
– Ashik Siddique on the latest World BEYOND War podcast episode.
@jclannon is a founding member of @shannonwatch which campaigns to end U.S. military use of Shannon Airport. Meet John at #NoWar2019 in Limerick this Oct 5-6 and learn about the campaign to get the U.S. military out of Ireland. worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2019/
“People [in the climate movement] are reflexively antiwar … but it feels so enormous and difficult that you get mired in it. It’s the same thing people say about climate change.” – Alex Beauchamp, Food & Water Watch, on the latest episode of the World BEYOND War podcast.
Surprise! Despite all the hype, USA's bloated military spending is actually terrible at employment. it's real good at funneling wealth to the wealthy, though.
Want to Tackle Unemployment? Reduce Military Spending - World Beyond War . . .
By Nia Harris, Cassandra Stimpson and Ben Freeman, August 8, 2019 From The Nation A Marilyn has once again seduced a president. This time, though, it’s not a movie star; it’s Marillyn Hewson, the head of Lockheed Martin, the nation’s top …
