WBW News & Action: #NoWar2026

Dear Friend,

It’s almost time to all gather together online for #NoWar2026.

—David Swanson, Executive Director, World BEYOND War

Join us on October 23-25 for #NoWar2026: Beyond Borders, World BEYOND War’s annual global conference hosted on Zoom. 

• Webinar: U.S. Military Spending and How to Stop It
• We want your poems, prose, art pieces, essays, and photography.
• Rallies to End the War on Iran
• Support Dockworkers Blocking Weapons
• Send in your videos for the 24-Hour Peacewave
• Global Resistance Week to Stop U.S. Imperialism & Genocide
• Armistice / Remembrance Day
• World BEYOND War’s Fourth Africa Regional Peace Conference
• Support Student Strike for Peace
• Online Book Club: Free Signed Book

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

Find our sky-blue scarves, and a wide variety of shirts, gear, and books in the WBW Shop.

“He may not care about China as the big excuse for military spending, but I certainly care about the wonderful news that he’s taken that excuse away.”

WORLD:

• Nobel Peace Prize Turns Toward Peace in 2026
• Reactors on the Moon? 
• Video: Toward Developing the Concept of a “Just Peace”
• Activists Abused By Israel Return to New Freedom Flotilla Mission
• The Combination of Nuclear Energy and War Threatens Us All
• War Is Still A Racket and A Lie
• Which Way Is Peace?
• World Teachers’ Day: What Kind of Future Are We Educating For?
• One Down! Abolishing Dueling and Warmaking

LATIN AMERICA:

• WBW Latin America Organizer Addresses UN Human Rights Council Event

EUROPE:

• Webinar: NATO and the Balkans 
• Books or Bombs? France’s Student Revolt vs. NATO’s Spending Push
• Thousands Sign Petition in Solidarity with Flamingo Revolution
• Working on Neutrality in Switzerland
• Estrella Galán, Eurodiputada por España, (Mensaje Contra la Guerra)
• Olga Karach: We Are Working for Peace

ASIA:

• U.S. Marine Arrested in Okinawa Hotel for Killing a Japanese Woman
• World BEYOND War Asia Celebrated the International Day of Peace
• Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority Explains

NORTH AMERICA:

• Talk World Radio: A Call for a Forgiving Society
• Kathy Kelly Discusses the Illinois Young Voters’ Congress
• 10 Reasons for Public Executions
• 2026 US Peace Prize Awarded to WILPF US
• We Had to Destroy the Country to Save It
• “People-First Foreign Policy Pledge” Signed by National Organizations
• Talk World Radio: Charles Goyette on Empire of Lies
• 10 Reasons to Oppose the “Arc de Trump”
• Tabling for Peace in Illinois