Divest From The War Machine
World BEYOND War organizes to remove public and private assets from weapons manufacturers, military contractors, and war profiteers.
World BEYOND War organizes to remove public and private assets from weapons manufacturers, military contractors, and war profiteers.
The closing of U.S. bases and the removal of U.S. military personnel are critical to the elimination of war.
World BEYOND War believes that education is a critical component of a global security system and an essential tool for getting us there.
I understand that wars and militarism make us less safe rather than protect us, that they kill, injure and traumatize adults, children and infants, severely damage the natural environment, erode civil liberties, and drain our economies, siphoning resources from life-affirming activities. I commit to engage in and support nonviolent efforts to end all war and preparations for war and to create a sustainable and just peace.
I understand that wars and militarism make us less safe rather than protect us, that they kill, injure and traumatize adults, children and infants, severely damage the natural environment, erode civil liberties, and drain our economies, siphoning resources from life-affirming activities. I commit to engage in and support nonviolent efforts to end all war and preparations for war and to create a sustainable and just peace.
Public criticism of the US nuclear weapons deployed in Germany bloomed into a vigorous nationwide debate this past spring and summer focused on the controversial scheme known diplomatically as “nuclear sharing” or “nuclear participation.”
Many organizations have signed this new manifesto.
The President’s call to “restore patriotic education in our schools” via the creation of the “1776 Commission” aimed at controlling public school curricula once again set off my alarm bells. As a dual German-American citizen, I grew up in Germany and by design of the education system became very familiar with my birthplace’s history …
“I am a retired professional educator. After retirement I raised money for animal care and senior citizen ventures – good work. However, throughout those years, I continued to wonder what it would be like to raise money for a cause that really came from my heart …”
A former Salvadoran army colonel who served as a government security minister has been sentenced to 133 years in prison after being found guilty of the murder of five Spanish Jesuits who died in one of the infamous atrocities of El Salvador’s 12-year civil war.
It’s a sad day when the U.S. government openly assails the international law it helped to create. But that day came on September 2, 2020 when the U.S. government announced economic sanctions against top officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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What is our vision of America’s ideal future?
Ideas matter. Ideas have power. The ideas of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution inspired Americans to continually perfect our values-based democratic republic. The Declaration and the Constitution, our national charters, combined tragic compromises of white supremacy and slavery with the vision of freedom and equal rights for everyone. (On the top bar under Purpose, open Of Our Nation to see the history of civil war, constitutional amendments, and citizen movements to realize the ideas of our vision.)
At the nation’s start, there were two competing visions. Thomas Jefferson envisioned a nation of independent farmers and craftsmen, with a small central government mainly for defense. Alexander Hamilton envisioned an industrial America with factories, banks and a strong central government to aid development.
Our world is very different from that of Jefferson and Hamilton. Information technology and globalization have transformed our economy. Some Americans have become rich and most others have fallen behind. In our era of growing inequality and fears of terrorism, climate danger, and social conflict, there is no shared vision for America’s future.
Politicians offer policies like medication which promises to cure fears of the future. But these policies only address symptoms. The cure requires a vision of an America based on the values of the Declaration and Constitution designed for the new reality.
When there is no shared vision, politics becomes a fight over policies without the understanding of their overall benefit, relevancy and how they would be carried out.
Only citizens can change society. People’s ideas can change and sometimes change rapidly. A vision provides ideas to focus change and policies that lead toward a desired future. As we face new challenges, this conference will work toward a vision, based on the best in America and our founding values, to inspire action and realistic hope for a better future.
It is fitting and proper we meet in the People's House, the US Congress. Speakers will come from across the ideological spectrum. The conference will be constructive, in the words of Lincoln “with malice toward none, and charity for all” since “we are friends, we must not be enemies”.
Presenters will:
- define the problems and challenges;
- describe the ideal future that addresses those problems and meets those challenges; and
- focus what citizens can do through the political process and in civil society to realize that ideal future.
His take on the two biggest dangers the world faces. Think you know what they are? Want a great explanation you can share with others?
Tunde Osazua is a member of the Black Alliance for Peace’s Africa Team and the coordinator of the U.S. Out of Africa Network, the organizational arm of the Black Alliance for Peace’s campaign to shut down AFRICOM and end the U.S. invasion and occupation of Africa
We spoke to author and historian Nicholson Baker last month about his new book “Baseless: My Search For Secrets In The Ruins Of The Information Act”. We had so much to discuss about this disturbing and unusual book and the questionable CIA/military activities it explores that we saved part two of the interview for this month.
This week on Talk Nation Radio we welcome back Coleen Rowley. She is a retired FBI agent and former Minneapolis Division Legal Counsel who testified about the FBI’s pre 9-11 lapses as a whistle-blower in 2002 …
Nuclear Hell: Listen to the podcast. Nuclear Hell began 75 years ago with the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It continues to this day, with the ongoing threat of nuclear detonation. This week, we honor the
Ray McGovern was an infantry/intelligence officer in the early Sixties, and became a CIA analyst. His duties eventually included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing The President’s Daily Brief. He conducted the one-on-one morning briefings of President Reagan’s five most
Each month, we share the stories of World BEYOND War volunteers around the world. Want to volunteer with World BEYOND War? Email greta@worldbeyondwar.org. Location: Vancouver, Canada How did you get involved with World BEYOND War (WBW)? I have been involved
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