Weapons shipments should be blocked, arms fairs closed, blood profits protested, and the business of war made shameful and disreputable. World BEYOND War works to protest, disrupt, and reduce the arms trade.
World BEYOND War is a member of the War Industry Resisters Network, and works with organizations and coalitions around the world on this campaign, including Groups Against Arms Fairs (which we co-founded), CODE PINK, and many others.
Pictured: Rachel Small, World BEYOND War Canada Organizer. Photo credit: the Hamilton Spectator.
In 2024 we launched a project to shame war profiteers.
In 2023 we protested CANSEC.
In 2022 we gave a War Abolisher Award to Italian dock workers for blocking weapons shipments.
In 2022 we organized, with Groups Against Arms Fairs and other organizations, a global protest of Lockheed Martin.
In 2022 we protested CANSEC.
In 2021 our annual conference focused on opposing weapons fairs.
The latest news on efforts to end weapons dealing:
Arms Embargo Now Campaign Win in Canada!
Once again our movement has forced the government to do what it was determined not to — cut back the Canada-Israel arms trade, bit by bit, and move one step closer to an arms embargo. #WorldBEYONDWar
Civil Society Coalition Urges Canadian Government to Stop All Arms Transfers to Israel
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are deeply concerned at the enduring devastation in Gaza. #WorldBEYONDWar
World BEYOND War and Allies Build Opposition to Toronto Air Show
Opinion is shifting and opposition is growing against the annual military advertisement that is the Toronto Air Show. #WorldBEYONDWar
NATO/US Complicity in The Relentless Israeli Genocide of Gaza
Biden Says U.S. Should Not Have “Killing Fields,” While He is complicit in the Israeli “Killing Fields” in Gaza. #WorldBEYONDWar
From Wisconsin: Convention Held at Monona Terrace Faces Criticism from Pro-Peace Protesters
Protesters took to the Monona Terrace to protest the National Space & Missile Materials Symposium (NSMMS), claiming the City of Madison should not host an event like that. #WorldBEYONDWar
We Prevented an Israeli Weapons Exhibition
Stop Fuelling War: Our legal actions and activist mobilizations prevented Israeli arms companies from exhibiting at Eurosatory 2024. #WorldBEYONDWar
Constituents of 45 Canadian MPs Held Rallies Across Country on Thursday for Arms Embargo on Israel
On Thursday, June 13th, constituents of 45 MPs paid visits to their riding offices, demanding that they call for a full and immediate arms embargo on Israel. The delegations carried giant versions of #ArmsEmbargoNow. #WorldBEYONDWar
Death Visits Merchant of Death Boeing in Brisbane, Australia
Here’s a new video from 2023 War Abolisher Award winner David Bradbury. #WorldBEYONDWar
As Rafah Burns, Hundreds Confront Military and Weapons Company Representatives at CANSEC Arms Fair in Ottawa
A large protest is blocking the entrances to CANSEC, North America’s biggest weapons and military convention. #WorldBEYONDWar
The Arsenal of Genocide: the U.S. Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza
The paused shipment really has to be seen in the context of the arsenal with which the U.S. has equipped its Middle Eastern proxy over many decades. #WorldBEYONDWar
Arms Embargo Now: Canadian Civil Society Escalates Push for End to Canada-Israel Military Trade
Canadian civil society organizations across multiple sectors are escalating their push to end Canada’s trade in military and security technology with Israel. #WorldBEYONDWar
Report Back on the 5-hour Arms Embargo Blockade of a Critical U.S.-Canada Freight Line in Toronto
On Tuesday April 16th, hundreds of people in Toronto shut down a critical US-Canada freight line for 5 hours demanding a full arms embargo on Israel and an end to the genocide in Gaza. #WorldBEYONDWar
