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 2026 we protested CANSEC.
In 2026 we created this petition to ban military air shows.
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:
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
Campaña Por El Desarme
Capitulo de WBW en Chile aboga por una campaña de Desarme. #WorldBEYONDWar
Seven Weapons Company Blockades in Three Days: Taking a Stand to Demand Canada Stop Arming Genocide
In the face of unspeakable daily horrors, people from coast-to-coast are rising up to take matters into their own hands and force the Canadian government to #StopArmingGenocide. #WorldBEYONDWar
John Pilger RIP
We’ve recently lost one of the greats in John Pilger. Here are some videos. #WorldBEYONDWar
World BEYOND War Creates Tools for Disrupting Flow of Weapons from Canada to Israel
Canada exported over $21 million in military goods to Israel in 2022, including over $3 million in bombs, torpedoes, missiles, and other explosives. Let’s put a stop to this. #WorldBEYONDWar
Merchants of Death: The U.S. Bombing of the Kunduz Hospital
This episode examines the relentless and deadly bombing by U.S. attack planes of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. #WorldBEYONDWar
Coordinated Actions by Peace Activists Across Canada Disrupt Israeli Cargo Shipping Company Zim
Zim, Israel’s largest cargo shipping company, was disrupted across Canada in order to interrupt the global transport of Israeli weapons. #WorldBEYONDWar
Not a Single Car or Truck In: a Report Back on Blocking the Morning Shift at P&W, a Weapons Company Arming Israel
A blockade of 200 workers didn’t let a single car or truck into Pratt & Whitney Canada for their entire morning shift! A report back of what we accomplished, media coverage, and how to support. #WorldBEYONDWar
