By Amada Benavides de Pérez, April 11, 2020 From Global Campaign for Peace Education For peace, welcome For children, freedom For their mothers, life To live in tranquility This is the poem Juan[1] wrote on World Peace Day, last September […]
By Matthew Hoh, April 21, 2020 From Counterpunch Bringing The Enemy’s War Home; The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai I was born near New York City in 1973, the year the United States officially ended its war in Vietnam and […]
By Brian Terrell, April 17, 2020 “But what of the price of peace?” asked Jesuit priest and war resister Daniel Berrigan, writing from federal prison in 1969, doing time for his part in the destruction of draft records. “I think […]
By Pat Elder, April 12, 2020 米軍基地から漏れ出した有害物資を含む泡消火剤 “Foam containing harmful materials leaked from U.S. military base” According to Okinawa-based Toshio TAKAHASHI, The Okinawa Defense Bureau has provided information on the release of foam from Futenma Airfield, which occurred on Friday, […]
By Alan Macleod, March 30, 2020 From Mint Press News The phrase “military-industrial complex” is thrown around a lot. But the fact remains that the United States spends almost as much on war as the rest of the world combined. American troops […]
By Marc Eliot Stein, March 27, 2020 Piril Torgut is a young Cypriot artist who paints and sculpts visceral images of a marine world. Visual Voices is a global organization and World BEYOND War affiliate that finds artists who can […]
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, February 15, 2020 February 15 marks the day, 17 years ago, when global demonstrations against the pending Iraq invasion were so massive that the New York Times called world public opinion “the […]
By Marc Eliot Stein, February 10, 2020 I was recently invited to speak at an Extinction Rebellion gathering in New York City on behalf of World BEYOND War. The event was designed to bring together three action groups: climate change […]
By Alan Macleod, January 31, 2020 From Mint Press News The United States Air Force has a new recruitment tool: a realistic drone operator video game you can play on its website. Called the Airman Challenge, it features 16 missions to […]
Phill Gittins is World BEYOND War’s Education Director. Phill has lived, worked, and travelled in over 50 countries across 6 continents; taught in schools, colleges, and universities in eight countries; and led experiential training and training-of-trainers for hundreds of individuals […]
According to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Boko Haram terrorist group has introduced the use of child soldiers to resuscitate its declining influence in the Lake Chad Basin buff.ly/2PSaOki #war #humanrights #africa #WarCrimes #childrenslivesmatter
"When a company profits from war and violence, it is in their interest to pressure for more war" - Wage Peace is asking Boing to STOP making weaponized drones in Brisbane.
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Did you know? The Middle East and North Africa region has the highest youth unemployment rate in the world. War-torn #Libya has the worst rate in the region with 50% cent of youth unable to find or maintain jobs #InternationalYouthDay #humanrights
The MENA region records highest youth unemployment rate in the world
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The Middle East and North Africa region has the highest youth unemployment rate in the world...It's #InternationalYouthDay! In this article, activist Tim Gee discusses the potential of #pacifism. "Pacifism is not passive. it's a process of creating the conditions of peace. It is the presence of justice not the absence of tension." #YouthDay
Why be a pacifist? - Waging Nonviolence
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From developing a pacifist economy to addressing structural injustice, author Tim Gee discusses the challenge and potential of pacifism in the 21st century.We live in a chaotic world, facing climate change, war, economic inequality, racism, and the #covid19 crisis.
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