WBW News & Action: It’s a Marathon

Dear Friend,

Ending war is urgent, but we have to keep at it and keep at it. It’s not a sprint. It’s a marathon, uphill, with your hands and feet tied together. But sometimes we break free and make progress.

—David Swanson, Executive Director, World BEYOND War

#NoWar2026 is coming October 23-25.

• March 14-28: Film Festival
• March 24: Réseaux sociaux et culture de la paix : La responsabilité des jeunes
• April Book Club: Peace Talk

• War on Iran and Impacts for the Pacific
• Women in Conflict Zones
• In Solidarity with Myanmar
• Femmes, Leadership et Culture de Paix – Bâtir un Sénégal Prospère

Visit WBW’s Global Events Calendar to find events and add your own events!

If you plan to attend a “no kings” event in the U.S. or an event anywhere else and think the world should have no warmongering kings, here are posters you can print.

Boycott Thai Airways

• End Deadly Violence in Cameroon
• No War, No Overthrow in Venezuela
• Keep Ireland Neutral
• BDS the US

Check out the new job posting.

We have just published a multimedia, collaborative collection of creative pieces.

WORLD:

• Breaking the Nuclear Taboo
• Hosting a U.S. Military Base Near Iran Is Bad for Your Health and Your Government
• Audio: Kathy Kelly on Iran

LATIN AMERICA:

• What You See If You Go to Venezuela
• How an Overseas Base Became a System of Indefinite Detention
• A Call to the Streets in Venezuela  

EUROPE:

• Britain’s Role in Attacks on Cyprus, Venezuela, and Iran
• Militarist Threats to Orbán from Zelensky Are Unacceptable
• The Rich Want War, We Want a Future – European Students Striking
• The Caravan That Symbolically United Washington, Moscow, Tel Aviv

ASIA:

• The Bases Basis for the Iran War
• Camp Hansen in Okinawa is an Example of the Burden of a Foreign Base
• The War on Iran—and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy
• Australians Protest Thai Airway’s Support for Genocide
• Empire in Pyeongtaek: The Real Cost of Camp Humphreys
• Strategic Necessity or Structural Imbalance? The Case of Camp Fuji
• U.S. Submarines Prepare for Wars in Australia
• Talk World Radio: Norman Solomon on the War on Iran

NORTH AMERICA:

• In Ontario, Activists Converge on Roshel Armoured Vehicle Plant at Shift Change
• Posters You Can Print and Bring to a “No Kings” Event 
• Canada’s Mark Carney Is “Flooding the Zone” — But Movements Are Fighting Back
• Media Release: Carney Government Chooses Trump and Arming Genocide
• Movement Update: Prime Minister Carney Just Shut Down Bill C-233
• We Oppose the “Automatic” Registration of Individuals for a U.S. Draft 
• Talk World Radio: Karen Malpede on Radical Lives and Bright Deaths
• Chuck Schumer: Man of Peace
• Critics Slam Carney’s Plan to Jump-Start Canada’s Economy via Military Industry