Cancel RIMPAC 2020 Aotearoa
July 16, 2020 A month out from the start of RIMPAC, the US Navy led military wargames, peace groups are calling on Minister of Defence Ron Mark to pull the plug on NZ’s involvement this year with a special video […]
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Open Letter: US Navy Base In Northern Marianas Will Harm People And Environment
July 4, 2020 Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper Department of Defense Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer Department of the Navy Nora Macariola-See Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific 258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860-3134 Re: […]
Peace Network Says “RIMPAC” War Games Exploit Pacific Peoples
June 19, 2020 A new coalition of Pacific Peace groups says the “RIMPAC’ military exercises event exploits Pacific peoples and causes environmental damage and should be cancelled. The ‘war games’, which will be attended by up to 26 countries in […]
Despite COVID-19, US Military Continues War Practice In Europe And Pacific And Plans For More In 2021
By Ann Wright, May 23, 2020 During the COVID 19 pandemic, not only will the U.S. military have the largest maritime military maneuvers in the world, with Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) coming to the waters off Hawaii August 17-31, […]
New Zealand Military Spending: Welfare or Warfare?
From Peace Movement Aetearoa, May 14, 2020 Military spending in the 2020 ‘Rebuilding Together’ Budget is a total of $4,621,354,0001 – that is an average of more than $88.8 million every week. While this is a small decrease when compared with […]
World BEYOND War Hosts Webinar On Military Impact On Guam
By Jerick Sabian, April 30, 2020 From Pacific Daily News World BEYOND War hosted a webinar Thursday to talk about the impact of the U.S. military on Guam. The webinar, “Colonialism & Contamination: Mapping U.S. Military Injustices on the Chamorro People of Guam,” is […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Liz Remmerswaal
In each biweekly e-newsletter, we share the stories of World BEYOND War volunteers around the world. Want to volunteer with World BEYOND War? Email greta@worldbeyondwar.org. Location: New Zealand How did you get involved with World BEYOND War (WBW)? I met […]
Talk Nation Radio: Annette Brownlie: Australia Better Without U.S. Troops
Annette Brownlie is a mother and a life-long peace organiser and activist, arising out of the experiences of her father in WW2 and her own experiences as a teenager opposing the Vietnam war. Annette has had leadership roles in anti-nuclear, […]
New Zealand Government Updates Rules On What Can Be Sent Into Space
December 19, 2019 From New Zealand Herald Cabinet has agreed to updated rules around what can be launched into space from this country and banned payloads including those contributing to nuclear weapons programmes or any that support military operations ”contrary […]
Our Nuclear Arms Obsession Is A Countdown To Extinction
By Helen Caldicott, December 14, 2019 From Independent Australia I WRITE THIS PIECE as a physician expertly trained to make accurate diagnoses to either cure the patient or to alleviate their symptoms. I, therefore, approach the viability of life on Earth from […]
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On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on #hiroshima. As many as 140,000 people ultimately people died from the blast.
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My reckoning with #Hiroshima, 75 years later: "My father told me we might not change the whole world. But if we tell our story, person to person … someday."
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Daughters of the bomb: my reckoning with Hiroshima, 75 years later
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On the 75th anniversary of the A-bomb, a Japanese American writer speaks to one of the last living survivorsMilitarism did not bring peace to Iraq and Libya but rather fuelled a continuing crisis.
Meanwhile, the Canadian government is planning to spend $19 billion on new fighter jets #nonewfighterjets #WorldBeyondWar
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Canadian fighter jets, militarism and the human rights to water and sanitation in Iraq and LibyaPublished by Brent Patterson on August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Photo: 2,000-pound GBU-10 bombs are mounted on a CF-18 fighter jet at a base in Italy before deployment to Libya in 2011. The Canadian governme...NEW GLOBAL SKILLS EXCHANGE! 👉 Support #WorldBeyondWar by participating in our new online events!
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