75 Years of Nukes Is Enough. Events:
July 30, 2020: Webinar: 100 Seconds to Midnight – What does this mean? What can we do?
August 5, 2020: Webinar: Prevent Nuclear War, Ban Nuclear Weapons
August 5, 2020: Online Film: Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard
August 6, 2020: 75 Years Since Hiroshima
August 6, 2020: Hibakusha Remembrance Webinar
August 6, 2020: Webinar: Hiroshima Nagasaki Day 75th Anniversary Commemoration
August 6, 2020: Hiroshima/ Nagasaki Vigil
August 6, 2020: Hiroshima/Nagasaki Anniversary Peace Vigil
August 8, 2020: Candlelight Action Peace Wave キャンドル・アクション・ピース・ウェーブ
August 9, 2020: Webinar: 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings, with Dan Ellsberg
August 9, 2020: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki – 75th Anniversary
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Protests Across Canada on July 24 Demanded End to Fighter Jet Purchase: Peace groups and concerned citizens across Canada held a National Day of Action “Strike for Climate Peace: No New Fighter Jets” on Friday, July 24, to oppose the Canadian government’s plan to spend $19 billion for 88 new fighter jets. Demonstrations took place outside of the offices of Members of Parliament of all the political parties including in Victoria, Vancouver, Regina, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax. The National Day of Action was organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, World BEYOND War, and Peace Brigades International-Canada. A couple of examples of the press coverage:
Collingwood Peace Group Wants National Fighter Jet Contract Cancelled
Kateri Peace Conference: Bending the Arc: Striving for Peace, Justice in an Age of Endless War. August 21 at 7-9 p.m. ET (GMT-4) and August 22 at 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET (GMT-4). Via Zoom. Join Steve Breyman, John Amidon, Maureen Beillargeon Aumand, Medea Benjamin, Lawrence Davidson, Stephen Downs, James Jennings, Kathy Kelly, Jim Merkel, Ed Kinane, Nick Mottern, Rev. Felicia Parazaider, Bill Quigley, David Swanson, Ann Wright, and Chris Antal. The speakers are all authors of a new book of the same name as the conference. Reserve your tickets here.
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Join the Global Campaign for Peace Education (GCPE)! The GCPE, a partner of World BEYOND War, provides critical resources, analysis and curricula for educators supporting the abolition of war and alternative global security. Their broad mission is to universalize peace education. They are our go-to resource on peace education. Please take a minute to join the GCPE!
WBW just banned militarized policing in one city and is working with a number of others. Get started in your town here.
Also, join our free webinar with David Swanson and Greta Zarro on July 30th on how to start and win a campaign to ban militarized policing in your locality, anywhere on earth. David Swanson is World BEYOND War’s Executive Director. Greta Zarro is World BEYOND War’s Organizing Director. REGISTER.
Find upcoming events on the events list and map here. Most of them are now online events that can be participated in from anywhere on earth.
Poetry Corner:
Children of Xenophobia
Identity Apples
Diary of Povo
New Podcast:
Digging Up Permasecrets: A Talk With Nicholson Baker
Recent Webinars:
The #NoWar2020 Conference Was Held Online and You Can Watch the Videos.
Preventing Violence & Virus: civilian protection in South Sudan and beyond
News from Around the World
The Alps-Adriatic Manifesto: New Politics for a Post COVID World
Why Your Local Police Department is Armed to the Teeth. And What You Can Do About It.
“Cohesive” Italian Parliament On Neocolonial Missions
All the Videos of the Recent Peacestock
Women, Peace and Security Video Panel: Observation of 2020 as a Landmark Year
Speaking of Things That Should Be Torn Down
The Man Behind The Petition To De-Militarize Charlottesville Police
The American People Agree: Cut The Pentagon’s Budget
Talk Nation Radio: All Questions Answered
Charlottesville Va. Bans Militarized Policing — Your City Can Too
Who Was Our Worst President? Think About It When A Grim 75th Anniversary Arrives
Hiroshima And Nagasaki As Collateral Damage
75 Years: Canada, Nuclear Weapons and the UN Ban Treaty
David Swanson’s World BEYOND War
Seattle Area Billboards Inform Citizens Of Nuclear Weapons Stockpiled In Their Back Yard
Bats With Napalm Vests And Other Great American Innovations
Open Letter to the US House Foreign Affairs Committee
Be Kind to Those Offended By It
“Our Military Budget Is Out Of Control”: Open Letter to the US Senate
10 Reasons Why Defunding Police Should Lead to Defunding War
Talk Nation Radio: Heidi Peltier on the Camo Economy
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One Response
enough with the nukes! stop the business as usual cause business as usual leads to extinction! How many more people are dying?