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  Alex, World BEYOND War · [email protected]
December 20, 2023 at 2:21 PM

Check out this video to see how WBW has grown

Featuring WBW Staff Since its founding nearly 10 years ago (our 10th anniversary is in January!), World BEYOND War has grown exponentially. Check out this video we've just made to show the timeline of our growth featuring our global team. To say we rely heavily on our indi…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
December 18, 2023 at 2:50 PM

Peace Resources We Want to Give You

We want our materials to reach as many people as possible, inlcuding in nations suffering under financial sanctions that prevent people from making purchases with credit cards on our website. We've made a great deal available for free, including: A Global Security System: An…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
December 15, 2023 at 2:02 PM

U.S. Troops: Stay Out of Scandinavia!

and everywhere else A petition to Members of Parliament in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden Add your name here. We, concerned citizens from many different parts of the world, wish to bring the following observations and recommendation to your attention. After the Second Wor…
  Alex, World BEYOND War · [email protected]
December 13, 2023 at 3:31 PM

This is how $25 supports the anti-war movement

And other ways to support WBW As we all know, ending war will be a grassroots movement based effort. It's the people who will bring peace. And a financial contribution is just one way (albeit a critical piece) of supporting an end to war. For example, did you know that you c…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
December 11, 2023 at 2:51 PM

WBW News & Action: The World Wants Peace

If this was forwarded to you, sign up for future news here. Online version with language translation.   World BEYOND War has been rallying for peace around the world, i…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
December 9, 2023 at 3:21 PM

Christmas Truces Past and Future

Wars need truces ASAP and permanently, but if Christmas (or the Olympics or Armistice/Remembrance Day or any other occasion) can shake people into a willingness to give peace on Earth a bit of a try, let’s use it! One way to get inspired about the idea of a future Christmas …
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
December 6, 2023 at 3:20 PM

You Can't Wage Wars Without Weapons

Please share this with others! The world's leading weapons dealer, the U.S. government, urgently needs to hear from the people of the entire world. U.S. President Joe Biden has asked for funding to send huge piles of free weapons to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan (to prolong…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
December 4, 2023 at 8:52 PM

Building a lasting movement for peace

In moments of mass-media attention to unpopular wars, some opponents of the latest war may end up becoming part of a lasting movement to abolish all warmaking everywhere. During each global climate summit at which governments plead insufficient funds to protect the Earth whi…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
December 1, 2023 at 2:03 PM

A Book Club to Figure Out Israel and Palestine

Critically important In January 2024, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of Tracing Homelands: Israel, Palestine, and the Claims of Belonging with the author Linda Dittmar. We will send each participant a paperback copy of the book. We'll…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 29, 2023 at 3:20 PM

Close the Foreign Bases in Djibouti

Do you know how many there are? Djibouti is a small East African country with an area of 23,200 square km or a little bit smaller than Haiti, Rwanda, or North Macedonia, or a little bit larger than Belize, El Salvador, Israel, or Slovenia. Within this space, we can find num…
  Seth & Alex, World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 28, 2023 at 2:21 PM

Today is the day . . .

. . . when, together, we can make a difference The day is finally here! Today is Giving Tuesday - the day of global giving. As we gear up for the holidays, let us take this opportunity to reflect on our global community and be a movement for good in our world! World BEYOND W…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 27, 2023 at 2:21 PM

WBW News & Action: a permanent humanitarian pause from war

what we really need If this was forwarded to you, sign up for future news here. Online version with language translation.   Nov. 28 Webinar: Sailing for a Nuclear-Free W…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 24, 2023 at 2:20 PM

December 2nd: Bury the Monroe Doctrine And All That It Means

200 years is more than enough Events are being planned around the world to bury the Monroe Doctrine on or about its 200th birthday on December 2, 2023, including in Mexico, Colombia, Wisconsin, Virginia, etc. We’ll be posting the events (and you can add your own) here. The e…
  Alex McAdams, World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 22, 2023 at 2:53 PM

Hi, it’s me again . . .

yes, it’s that time of year again John, can you believe it’s the time of year again when we talk holidays, gift giving, overeating, and end of year fundraising? As we make the most of this season, GivingTuesday presents us with the perfect opportunity to be a force for good …
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 20, 2023 at 4:04 PM

Genocide: There's a Law to Stop It

Several countries' governments have accused the Israeli government of genocide and asked the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israeli officials, but that court answers to the U.S. government and has refused for years to prosecute crimes by Israel or anyone else outs…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 13, 2023 at 3:22 PM

WBW News & Action: Stop Killing People

If this was forwarded to you, sign up for future news here. Online version with language translation.   Around the world we're rallying for peace in Palestine. Some repor…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 11, 2023 at 4:13 PM

We're hiring! Application deadline extended for U.S. Organizer

Dear John, World BEYOND War is hiring for a part-time U.S. Organizer, based in the Washington, DC area! The application deadline has now been extended to November 30. About the Position The U.S. Organizer’s primary role is to enlarge and activate World BEYOND War’s membe…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 10, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Dishonesty, Hubris, and Failure in the U.S. Military: An Inside Account

In November/December 2023, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of THE COST OF LOYALTY: DISHONESTY, HUBRIS, AND FAILURE IN THE U.S. MILITARY with the author Tim Bakken as part of a small group WBW book club limited to a group of 18 particip…
  Alex McAdams, World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 8, 2023 at 5:08 PM

3% of U.S. Military Spending Could End World Starvation

3% of U.S. military spending could end starvation on earth. And let’s be honest, that percentage keeps shrinking and will shrink a bit more if Congress approves President Biden’s request to send more weapons to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the U.S. border with Mexico. Fun…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 6, 2023 at 3:04 PM

Merchants of Death Go on Trial Nov. 12th

U.S. Weapons Makers To Be Tried By War Crimes Tribunal Beginning November 12, 2023 Please join us Sunday, November 12th for the livestreamed Opening Session of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal holding Weapons Manufacturers accountable for War Crimes and Crimes Ag…
  Phill, World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 3, 2023 at 1:50 PM

📣Our new online course starts on Monday!

📢 Our new course, The Monroe Doctrine at 200 and What to Replace it With, starts Monday! Register today! How do I sign up? Register here. This course is 100% online and interactions are not live or scheduled, so you can take part whenever works for you. The course runs fr…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
November 1, 2023 at 1:50 PM

Armistice / Remembrance Day

November 11, 2023, is Remembrance /Armistice Day 106 — which is 105 years since World War I was ended in Europe (while it continued for weeks in Africa) at the scheduled moment of 11 o’clock on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 (with an extra 11,000 people dead, wounde…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
October 30, 2023 at 1:51 PM

WBW News & Action: The Fierce Urgency of Ending War Now

If this was forwarded to you, sign up for future news here. Online version with language translation.   World BEYOND War Speaks for Peace on CBC National News in Canada…
  Gabriel, World BEYOND War · [email protected]
October 27, 2023 at 1:33 PM

➡️ Tell US Congress: No foreign military intervention in Haiti!

Dear John, Earlier this month, a foreign military intervention in Haiti, led by Kenya with support from the United States, was authorized by the UN Security Council. This new development is a worrying escalation of militarism in Haiti. Kenya will send more than 1,000 troops…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
October 20, 2023 at 1:31 PM

New Online Course on Ending the Monroe Doctrine and with it War

This course is 100% online and interactions are not live or scheduled, so you can take part whenever works for you. See introductory video and sign up for the course here. WBW's online courses are self-paced, using videos and texts and graphics, available on your schedule…
  Alex McAdams, World BEYOND War · [email protected]
October 18, 2023 at 1:51 PM

Do you believe in a peace without war?

We need your help to make it happen Peace cannot happen through war. Instead, violence gives rise to more violence and more destruction. We’re seeing that play out now between Russia and Ukraine and between Israel and Palestine with China and the U.S. and its allies on the br…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
October 16, 2023 at 1:21 PM

WBW News & Action: When will we ever learn?

A Pyrrhic Quagmire If this was forwarded to you, sign up for future news here. Online version with language translation.   No more weapons shipments to any of these wars…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
October 13, 2023 at 1:00 PM

No More Weapons Shipments to Wars

The world's leading weapons dealer, the U.S. government, urgently needs to hear from the people of the United States and the world. President Joe Biden has told the U.S. Congress that he will ask for funding to send huge piles of free weapons to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
October 11, 2023 at 6:53 PM

Webinar: Full Spectrum Dominance: What Is It, Really?

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET Join the World BEYOND War Florida Chapter & Veterans For Peace Chapter 136 - The Villages, FL for this webinar featuring activist & organizer Lisa Savage to discuss the U.S. military's policy of Full Spectrum Dominance. W…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
October 9, 2023 at 7:57 PM

Who benefits from each new war?

Who benefits from the new escalation in Palestine, the ongoing quagmire in Ukraine, the violence in Nagorno Karabakh, and Kashmir, and so many other places? The Merchants of Death! (U.S. weapons manufacturers who knowingly produce and sell products that attack and kill no…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
October 6, 2023 at 1:23 PM

New Book Club: Waging Peace with David Hartsough

Looking for an incredible but perfectly real account of opposing war with only the weapons of nonviolence? Interested in the lessons learned over a long lifetime by a co-founder of World BEYOND War who, with a knife to the heart during a Civil Rights sit-in, told his attacker…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
October 4, 2023 at 1:51 PM

Voices from Sanctioned Nations, Live Online

A Sanctioned World: A Crime Normalized Join us online on October 10, 2023, at 8 a.m. in Honolulu, noon in Mexico City, 2 p.m. in New York, 7 p.m. in Yaoundé, 8 p.m. in Berlin, 9:30 p.m. in Tehran. REGISTER. The U.S. government imposes broad sanctions on dozens of natio…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
October 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM

We're hiring in DC area

Did you know that you can work for peace and get paid for it? World BEYOND War has just posted an ad for a new staff person. Learn about World BEYOND War here. Learn about our current staff here. Learn about and apply for the job here. World BEYOND War is a global network…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
October 2, 2023 at 1:50 PM

WBW News & Action: Gaining ground too small to bury the corpses lost in gaining it

A Pyrrhic Quagmire If this was forwarded to you, sign up for future news here. Online version with language translation.   #NoWar2023 was incredible, and the videos are …
  Greta, World BEYOND War · [email protected]
September 30, 2023 at 4:02 PM

You're Invited: How to Start a WBW Chapter Info Session

Hi John, Are you looking for a way to get involved in local anti-war organizing? Do you want to learn how every day people can take action to resist militarism and promote real peace? Do you want to join a global movement of people who care about building a better world for …
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
September 28, 2023 at 2:21 PM

Peace in Ukraine Week Worldwide

The New York Times today published this image of the teeny amount of ground gained by each side, while both sides of the war between Russia and Ukraine proclaim eternal imminent victory and condemn compromise or peace as heretical treason. Over a half a million people have…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
September 25, 2023 at 3:50 PM

Sept 30 Zoom on No to NATO - Yes to Peace

Here's a website for planning for No to NATO / Yes to Peace events next July. Please join and invite others to join a public zoom event on this topic happening soon, September 30th. On September 30th at UTC 17:00 which is 7 a.m. in Honolulu, 10 a.m. in Los Angeles, 11 a.m.…
  Greta, World BEYOND War · [email protected]
September 21, 2023 at 12:04 PM

Happy International Day of Peace!

Happy International Day of Peace! Celebrate with us this weekend at #NoWar2023. Register today! Dear John, ? Happy International Day of Peace! I invite you to celebrate peace with us this weekend for World BEYOND War's annual global conference, #…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
September 20, 2023 at 6:48 PM

Peace Event in DC Thursday

Please come to the White House -- Lafayette Square -- at Noon on Thursday, September 21st, the International Day of Peace, to support Yurii Sheliazhenko. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting. And he is prosecuting Yurii for peace activism. Please bring signs in …
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
September 18, 2023 at 1:32 PM

WBW News & Action: Nonviolent Resistance vs. War

Working for peace around the world If this was forwarded to you, sign up for future news here. Online version with language translation.   #NoWar2023 Conference: Nonviol…
  World BEYOND War via ActionNetwork.org · [email protected]
September 17, 2023 at 1:31 PM

Join in: Petition to Be Delivered to Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Monday

Petition to Be Delivered to Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Monday It’s not too late to sign this petition, which will be delivered in Kyiv this week as well as in Washington, D.C. Sign here! By The Center on Conscience and War, World BEYOND War, Code Pink, Veter…
  David Swanson, World BEYOND War · [email protected]
September 15, 2023 at 1:21 PM

Urgent: Save Ukrainian Peace Activist from Prosecution

We’ve just learned that the office of the prosecutor and the “security service” of Ukraine have published press releases claiming to have put a stop to the activities of the “vicious Russian propagandist Yurii Sheliazhenko.” This is, of course, very strange because Yurii, a…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
September 13, 2023 at 1:51 PM

Upcoming Actions for Peace in Ukraine

Global Days of Action, Sept. 30 - Oct. 8, 2023 The International Summit for Peace in Ukraine, held in Vienna earlier this summer, proposed Global Days of Action, Sept. 30 – Oct. 8th, 2023. We strongly encourage everyone to take part. You can plan a meeting, rally, forum, …
  Greta, World BEYOND War · [email protected]
September 6, 2023 at 4:03 PM

Our annual conference is this month!

Less than 1 month until #NoWar2023: Register today! Dear John,I can't believe we are less than 1 month out from our annual global conference, #NoWar2023: Nonviolent Resistance to Militarism, happening virtually on September 22-24 to celebrate the…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
September 4, 2023 at 5:01 PM

WBW News & Action: Ending War 101

Working for peace around the world If this was forwarded to you, sign up for future news here. Online version with language translation.   Ending War 101: This 6-hour on…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
September 1, 2023 at 12:50 PM

Book Club: Shadows with Peter J. Manos

In October 2023 World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of Shadows with the author Peter Manos as part of a small group WBW book club limited to a group of 18 participants. We will send each participant a signed paperback, and let you know whi…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
August 28, 2023 at 3:01 PM

2023 War Abolisher Award Winners Announced

War Abolisher Award Winners Announced The 2023 War Abolisher Awards have been announced. See the announcements and acceptance videos, and those from past years too, at https://worldbeyondwar.org/war-abolisher-awards The 2023 Individual War Abolisher Award goes to Sultana …
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
August 25, 2023 at 1:50 PM

Sign the Declaration of Peace

Sign the Declaration of Peace Pick a language to sign in: English. 日本語. Deutsch. Español. Italiano. 中文. Français. Norsk. Svenska. Pусский. Polskie. বাংলা।. हिंदी।. 한국어. Português. فارسی. العربية. Українська. Organizations sign the pledge here. Get sign-up sheets. Buy a framed…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
August 23, 2023 at 1:31 PM

Building a Peace Movement With Your Help

World BEYOND War is building a global peace movement with your help, and we have big plans to enlarge it. We're adding new chapters and affiliates all the time, as well as staff and board members. While we're working to help one of our board members who is being prosecuted i…
  World BEYOND War · [email protected]
August 21, 2023 at 1:20 PM

WBW News & Action: Nonviolence or Nonexistence?

Working for peace around the world If this was forwarded to you, sign up for future news here. Online version with language translation.   Momentum is building to end th…