Barry Sweeney is a member of the Board of Directors of World BEYOND War. Barry is based in Ireland, but is often in Vietnam and Italy. His background is in education and environmentalism. He taught as a primary school teacher […]
By Mike Finnerty, Limerick Leader, August 25, 2019 FOLLOWING last week’s fire on a plane carrying US troops at Shannon peace activists have confirmed that there will be a major anti-war conference in Limerick and Shannon in October. International speakers […]
By Jeffrey Sachs, August 20, 2019 From Tikkun With Donald Trump due to visit Europe again for the G7 summit later this month, European leaders have run out of options for dealing with the US president. They have tried to […]
By Shannonwatch, August 19, 2019 Shannonwatch are calling for an immediate review of the safety standards applied to US military and military contracted planes at Shannon Airport. A fire on an Omni Air International troop carrier brought the airport to […]
By David Swanson Remarks in Poulsbo, Washington, August 4, 2019 This week, 74 years ago, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were each hit with a single nuclear bomb that had the power of a third to a half of […]
Edward Horgan retired from the Irish Defence Forces with the rank of Commandant after 22 years service that included peacekeeping missions with the United Nations in Cyprus and the Middle East. He has worked on over 20 election monitoring missions […]
By Will Griffin, July 27, 2019 From The Peace Report Neutrality is an easy concept to understand: don’t invade other countries and don’t take sides in other people’s wars. Yet, Irish Neutrality has for decades aiding the U.S. military in […]
By Jordan Davidson, July 25, 2019 From EcoWatch Two dozen prominent scientists from around the world have asked the UN to make environmental damage in conflict zones a war crime. The scientists published their open letter in the journal Nature. The letter, titled […]
By Victor Grossman, Berlin Bulletin No. 161, July 23, 2019 Tug-of-war is an innocent sport and, if there’s no heat wave such as now in the USA and Europe, it can be fun for all the players. But in world […]
In Afghanistan, the spread of COVID-19 has been ignited by decades of armed conflict. Today, there are only 9.4 health professionals and 1.9 physicians per 10,000 people. Rural areas have as few as 0.6 physicians per 10,000 residents. #war #SDG3 #healthcare
Afghanistan's COVID-19 crisis has been fuelled by armed conflict
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Decades of armed conflict in Afghanistan has destroyed health-care infrastructure and the reconstruction efforts have failed to provide accessible healthcare, exacerbating the COVID-19 crisis.On August 6, participate in the Hiroshima Nagasaki Day 75th Anniversary Commemoration.
The online event will focus on 75 years of living with the threat of nuclear war, and the wisdom gained from its survivors. Register now: buff.ly/2Cvach4 #nuclearban #nuclearweapons
Global displacement reached a staggering 79.5 million people last year - almost double the number of people in crisis registered a decade ago – owing to #war, violence, persecution and other emergencies buff.ly/304rFEZ #HumanRightsViolations #WorldBeyondWar
