
International Forum for Peace
Message from World BEYOND War Executive Director David Swanson to the Foro Internacionale Por La Paz in Madrid. #WorldBEYONDWar

Message from World BEYOND War Executive Director David Swanson to the Foro Internacionale Por La Paz in Madrid. #WorldBEYONDWar

Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice held a rally at the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Monday, marking the International Day of Peace. The rally was moved under the Charlottesville pavillion due to rain. #WorldBEYONDWar

Over the past year, the Canadian government has undertaken aggressive efforts to strengthen and expand economic ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), while it directly enables the genocidal Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan. #WorldBEYONDWar

“How have you, your family or community been impacted by war?” This was the question Northland Grandmothers for Peace and Lake Superior Veterans for Peace, Ch. 80 asked the public around Memorial Day, 2026, in the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. #WorldBEYONDWar

Together with Kilusan para sa Pambansang Demokrasya, World BEYOND War commemorated the 45th International Day of Peace in Manilla with a public event held at a wall of remembrance bearing the names of many anti-martial-law heroes in the Philippines. #WorldBEYONDWar

From “Forces of allied and friendly nations” in Jordan to “agreed locations” in the Philippines and a “rotational presence” in Australia, governments use legal and diplomatic language that avoids describing facilities hosting U.S. forces as military bases. #WorldBEYONDWar

We held a counter-summit and protest of Canadian Prime Minister Carney’s CEO Summit. #WorldBEYONDWar

They recently raised the dilemma of Gazan children who have already lost years of education. Many live in wretched tent encampments, lack adequate food and medicine, and struggle with psycho-social traumas because of having lost their loved ones. #WorldBEYONDWar

Gandhian nonviolence was neither passivity, nor weakness, nor submission. #WorldBEYONDWar