Peacestock:
The 18th Annual Gathering for Peace:
#Peacestock2020 -- Theme: Where's the Truth? A
Free, Online Zooming Peace Gathering with Veterans
For Peace on Saturday, July 18th from 1pm to 4pm
CDT (GMT-5) featuring Norman Solomon and Andrew
Bacevich, as well as David Swanson and other peace
activists, along with inspiring music by Bill
McGrath. Sign up
here. |
Strengthening
Solidarity between Social Movements in Venezuela
and the United States: A Virtual Meeting
on Thursday, July 16, at 2 p.m. ET (GMT-4).
Representatives of social movements in Venezuela
and the United States will discuss current U.S.
and allied interventions against Venezuela and
concrete ways we can build greater solidarity to
end U.S. imperialism. The four Embassy Protection
Collective members who were arrested inside the
Venezuelan Embassy in Washington D.C. last year
will also speak on the call. The meeting will be
conducted in English and Spanish with simultaneous
translation. Sign up
here. |
War and
Nuclear Weapons: Films and Discussions:
Join us
for this series of discussions of films! We
recommend that you view each film ahead of time.
Then you can join us for the live (virtual)
discussions. Learn more
here. |
Hibakusha
Remembrance Webinar: On Thursday August
6th at noon Pacific Daylight Time: attend, and
invite your friends to attend, an online
presentation by Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford, Dr.
Jonathan Down, and youth activist Magritte
Gordaneer. In the hour-long session, with time for
Q&A, these experts will address the bombings,
the public health impact of nuclear war, the
proliferation of nuclear weapons, the state of
international law and other matters to help us all
make meaningful the vow: “Never Again.” RSVP. |
Kateri
Peace Conference: Bending the Arc: Striving for
Peace, Justice in an Age of Endless War.
August
21 at 7-9 p.m. ET (GMT-4) and August 22 at 10 a.m.
- 4 p.m. ET (GMT-4). Via Zoom. Join Steve Breyman,
John Amidon, Maureen Beillargeon Aumand, Medea
Benjamin, Kristin Christman, Lawrence Davidson,
Stephen Downs, James Jennings, Kathy Kelly, Jim
Merkel, Ed Kinane, Nick Mottern, Rev. Felicia
Parazaider, Bill Quigley, David Swanson, Ann
Wright, and Chris Antal. The speakers are all
authors of a new book
of the same name as the conference.
Reserve your tickets
here.
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We
received an incredible response to our call for
talent for the Global Skills
Exchange which is officially set to launch
next Monday, July 20th! We have some
great donations, so keep an eye out for an
upcoming email with details about how you can
learn how to play the piano or saxophone,
transform your life by working with a life coach,
learn traditional German cooking, receive multiple
therapeutic sessions, learn to knit, attend a
virtual poetry event, learn to paint, become
conversational in Kichwa, dance, take part in a
War Tax Resistance 101 workshop, or learn the five
elements as understood in traditional Chinese
medicine . . . among many other incredible and fun
opportunities that have been so generously
donated—all of this while supporting WBW's efforts
to abolish
war! |
How
does anyone become a peace activist?
Write down how you did (in any language) and
submit it to us for publication here. Read
examples from David
Swanson and Dave
Lindorff. See also our numerous
Volunteer
Spotlights for inspiration
(especially if you're not a peace activist yet):
Eleanor, Marilyn, Bob, Carolyn, Helen, Eliza, Marc Eliot Stein,
Barry Sweeney, Rivera Sun, Heinrich Buecker,
Al Mytty, Leah Bolger, John Pegg, Tim Pluta,
Tracy Oakley,
Liz Remmerswaal,
Darienne Hetherman,
Bill
Geimer. |
Find
a public space that you care about,
that’s beautiful or important to you, a shrine, a
site of conscience, a place of engagement or of
contemplation. Take your photo there with a
message against war or for peace. Feel free to
make use of this
gear or to make your own.
Post your photos to social media with the
hashtag #worldbeyondwar or email them to
us. |
Find
upcoming events on the events list and map
here. Most of them are now online
events that can be participated in from anywhere
on earth. |
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