By David Swanson, April 16, 2019 I was more surprised that your commission contacted me with a kind-of, sort-of invitation to speak than that you ultimately decided not to include me. I thank you for inviting me to submit testimony. You […]
By Hal Conte, April 2, 2019 From Freely Magazine A consortium of 90 anti-war, peace and environmental groups are seeking to divest Temple University and other colleges as well as municipalities citywide and nationwide from weapons manufacturers and military contractors, […]
By William M. Arkin, April 10, 2019 From The Guardian Donald Trump’s three-quarters-of-a-trillion-dollar defense budget request submitted to Congress last month contains a dirty secret, one that should make us all think twice about perpetual war and public support for it. […]
By Dr. “Hakim” Wee Teck Young, March 25, 2019 I decided to write this ninth love letter specially to Inaam, the 21st century generations of the world and the people of Okinawa because of three personal reasons. I miss having […]
Dear Friends, “Salam (peace)!” is how Afghans greet one another, some of them simultaneously placing a hand over their hearts. But, while everyone including Afghans wants peace, the Afghan Peace Volunteers and I have observed that the human species appears […]
By Robert C. Koehler, March 14, 2019 Artificial Intelligence is one thing. Artificial morality is another. It may sound something like this: “First, we believe in the strong defense of the United States and we want the people who defend […]
Every year, every high school in Virginia’s Fairfax County is invited to select a student who has worked to promote peace for the Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County. David Swanson of World BEYOND War delivered a stirring speech at […]
By David Swanson, February 25, 2019 I’ve written before about the pseudo-science of genetics, which is almost as crazy as the popular understanding of it. Our culture has long proposed that Oliver Twist could grow up middle-class in the slums because of […]
February 12, 2019 Ana Maria Gower is a Serbian-British mixed media artist focusing on the themes of memories, life path, and experiences of war. The origin of her artistic interests goes back to her own experience of surviving the NATO […]
By Emma Albirici, January 29, 2019 From ABC News Australia Maria Teresa Farci’s legs start to shake as she reads aloud from the diary she kept that describes, in heartbreaking detail, the last moments of her 25-year-old daughter’s tortured life. […]
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Art and Activism! How do they work together? Episode 4 of World BEYOND War podcast features Kim Fraczek of Sane Energy Project and Vy Vu, an artist with Sanctuaries DC.
Art and Activism: World BEYOND War Podcast Featuring Kim Fraczek and Vy Vu - World Beyond War . . .
By Marc Eliot Stein and Greta Zarro, May 24, 2019 How can we use art to amplify antiwar activism? How can peaceworkers, community organizers and concerned human beings use the creative process to elevate our message, to grow the movement, …Tell the UK not to extradite Julian Assange | RootsAction.org
Tell the UK not to extradite Julian Assange | RootsAction.org
Many prominent figures in the U.S. media, cheering Assange's arrest, display more loyalty to the U.S. government than to journalism or publishing. We have to step up in their absence and defend their institution.Stop the stenography. Get your facts straight. Context, context, context. Get better sources.
The way we talk about war can contribute to it. We must all do our part in promoting peace.
Four Simple Steps the U.S. Media Could Take to Prevent a Trump War With Iran
HERE WE GO again. Sixteen years after the U.S. media helpedthe Bush administration spread myths and lies about the threat posed by Iraq to the United States and its allies, the Trump administration is spreading similar myths and lies about the threat posed by Iran.It's time to start valuing people over the Pentagon. #PeopleOverPentagon Add your name here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-end-wasteful-military-spending?source=2019PentagonC...
