Divest from the War Machine Campaign
Divestment is a tangible tactic to defund war. About the Campaign Grassroots-led war divestment campaigns are springing up all over the world, from students organizing to divest university endowments, to
Divestment is a tangible tactic to defund war. About the Campaign Grassroots-led war divestment campaigns are springing up all over the world, from students organizing to divest university endowments, to
The closing of U.S. bases and the removal of U.S. military personnel from foreign countries are critical to the elimination of war. This campaign is a major focus for World
World BEYOND War believes that education is a critical component of a global security system and an essential tool for getting us there. We educate both about and for the
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.
Videos: Tax Dollars at Work Graphics: National Priorities Project: Discretionary Spending 2014 Articles: Tomgram: Chris Hellman, $1.2 Trillion for National Security The Telegraph: Cost to US of Iraq and Afghan Wars Could Hit $6 Trillion The U.S. Employment Effects of
Direct Expenses: War has a huge direct financial cost, the vast majority of which is in funds spent on the preparation for war — or what’s thought of as ordinary, non-war military spending. Very roughly, the world spends $2 trillion
Video and Audio: Robert Parry on Talk Nation Radio John Whitehead on Talk Nation Radio Gregory D. Foster on Talk Nation Radio Shahid Buttar on Talk Nation Radio Articles: What We’ve Forgotten: Excerpt from “When the World Outlawed War” by
We’re often told that wars are fought for “freedom.” But when a wealthy nation fights a war against a poor (if often resource-rich) nation halfway around the globe, among the goals is not actually to prevent that poor nation from
Speeches: Pat Elder at No Bases Conference, November 2018. David Swanson at People’s Climate March 2017. Projects: The Flame Tree Project: PDF Flyers: Flyer: PDF Infographic cards from WILPF Video: Host a screening of Scarred Lands & Wounded Lives: The
Watch or read about the NoWar2017: War and the Environment Conference. The banished thrush, the homeless rook Share now the human exile’s woe. Mourns not that forest felled, which took Three hundred years to grow? —S. Gertrude Ford A major
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