#NoWar2018 happens in Toronto and livestreamed, September 21-22. Learn more.
In New Zealand World BEYOND War is working with others on a week of peace (and oppositing to a weapons expo) in October. Get involved.
On August 18, activists gathered for the 20th annual Kateri Peace Conference, in Fonda, NY. Watch World BEYOND War Organizing Director Greta Zarro’s talk on the “Social and Ecological Imperatives of War Abolition.” Video. Text.
At the Veterans For Peace Convention in St. Paul, Minnestoa, on August 26, World BEYOND War Director David Swanson spoke about the Kellogg-Briand Pact and was awarded the 2018 Peace Prize by the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation. Video. Text.
A Sustainable Global Economy as a Foundation for Peace: What might a peace economy look like? Can a global economic system uphold the dignity of all? How can we divest from the war machine? Watch the video and join the discussion.
A Global Security System: An Alternative to War is now on a poster. Get yours. See all our posters and shirts and gear. See A Global Securiity System, the book.
First International Conference Against US/NATO Military Bases: November 16-18, 2018, Dublin, Ireland. Join us there!
Waymakers for Peace: Hiroshima and Nagasaki Survivors Speak by Melinda Clarke is a wonderful new book about why and how to end all war. Read a review. Choose this book, or any of several others, or a scarf of shirt, when you become a World BEYOND War Sustainer.
News from around the world:
Hundreds join anti-U.S. base protest, scores rally off coast
Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): A Concise Overview
Meet the One Percent: “Giants: The Global Power Elite” by Peter Phillips
Joining the Conversation by Jonathan Deaton
Inside America’s Meddling Machine: The US Funded Group that Interferes in Elections Around the Globe
The Human Cost of War for Afghan Children
Trump Parade Canceled — Peace Parade Goes Forward
News Focus – War: is still very good for business
Talk Nation Radio: David Gallup on World Citizenship
The Political Economy of the Weapons Industry: Guess who’s sleeping with our insecurity blanket
