A
new collection of maps displays what militarism
looks like in the world. Included are these
topics: Wars, Weapons, U.S. Weapons, Money, Nukes,
Chemical and Biological, U.S. Military, Air
Strikes, Law, and Promotes Peace and Security.
See the
maps. |
World
BEYOND War's 5th annual global #NoWar2020
conference is going online! Join us on
May 28-30, 2020 for 3 days of FREE online sessions
on how to shut down a weapons expo, conversion to
a peace economy, and nonviolent strategies for
conflict resolution, plus a virtual anti-war
activists open mic session with live music.
Featuring Te Ao Pritchard, Siana Bangura, Simon
Black, Mary-Wynne Ashford, Tamara Lorincz, Brent
Patterson, Colin Stuart, Richard Sanders, Sandy
Greenberg, the Ottawa Raging Grannies, and more.
Learn
more &
register! |
Remember
Kent State, Jackson State, and all the victims of
wars. Bring your questions and suggestions. We'll
hear briefly from a number of key speakers before
moving into Q&A. Sponsors include:
Cleveland Peace Action, The Inter-Religious Task
Force on Central America (Cleveland), Columbus
Free Press, Daytonians Against War Now! (DAWN),
CODEPINK, World BEYOND War, Green Party Peace
Action Committee (GPAX), Voices for Creative
Nonviolence. Host: David Swanson, Executive
Director of World BEYOND War. Speakers: Leonardo
Flores, Latin America Campaign Coordinator
CODEPINK; Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative
Nonviolence; Andy Shallal, Busboys and Poets; Rich
Whitney, Green Party Peace Action Committee. RSVP
here. |
Help
make the global ceasefire real and complete:
(1) Sign
the petition. (2) Share this with
others, and ask organizations to partner with us
on the petition. (3) Add to what we know about
which countries are complying here.
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World
BEYOND War is excited to be partnering with
CODEPINK on a free 5-week divestment webinar
series. RSVP
here!
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Videos
of recent
webinars:
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War
Abolition and Italian Liberation Day
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This
virtual video event aired on Italian TV on April
25th. Speakers include Tim Anderson, Giorgio
Bianchi, Giulietto Chiesa (in his last public
event), Manlio Dinucci, Kate Hudson, Diana
Johnstone, Peter Koenig, Vladimir Kozin, Germana
Leoni von Dohnanyi, John Shipton, David Swanson,
Ann Wright, and many more. Here is the full video in
Italian:
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World
BEYOND War Chapters Are Staying
Active
New
Zealand is
working with allies to create a Ministry of
Peace.
Central
Florida held a
Zoom meeting in April on stopping sanctions, and
has planned one for May with Mel Duncan and John
Reuwer about Nonviolent Peaceforce.
Nagoya,
Japan has
been participating in antiwar street protests
weekly, as well as working in solidarity with
anti-base and pro-peace campaigns in Okinawa and
Korea.
Metro
Vancouver is
working through the Study
War No More study
guide as a group and planning a book study group.
They just held a Zoom meeting with the
directors/producers of the film The World Is
My Country.
Fort
Myers, FL just
held a film screening of Scarred Lands and
Wounded Lives, which sparked a lively
discussion.
South
Georgian Bay, Canada is
holding a meeting once a month, with an
educational component such as a video or speaker,
and has developed a weekly e-newsletter, and a
letter-writing campaign to PM Trudeau -- also
planning an event for the International Day of
Peace.
Asturias,
Spain has
been focusing on Cuban solidarity efforts and on
highlighting the impact of sanctions.
Berlin,
Germany has
gone online with an Easter Peace March, a weekly
vigil in solidarity with Latin America, and other
events that were previously off line, and has used
a
petition to
boost successful efforts to scale back war games
during the current pandemic.
Find your chapter or
start
one. |
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