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Blinken's Visit Supporting FIFA Threatens New Zealand’s Peaceful Reputation

Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 11:02 am | World Beyond War

A national peace network has called out the US Secretary of State’s visit to New Zealand as a threat to our peaceful reputation and not ‘good old-fashioned sports diplomacy,’ as described by our Foreign Minister. “If Secretary Blinken was coming ... More >>

Budget’s Record Defence Spending Will Please Our Dangerous Ally But Increase The Risk Of Nuclear War

Friday, 19 May 2023, 4:39 pm | World Beyond War

A New Zealand peace network says the budget’s record Defence spending will please our most dangerous ally- the United States- but dramatically increase the risk of propelling us into a nuclear war. World BEYOND War spokesman and former Disarmament ... More >>

Former Minister Calls Zelensky Address ‘An Affront To Democracy.’

Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 12:59 pm | World Beyond War

World BEYOND War Aotearoa spokesperson Hon. Matt Robson said today that the Zelensky address aimed to lock New Zealand into the NATO war strategy in Ukraine was an affront to democracy. “The New Zealand Parliament this morning turned its Debating Chamber ... More >>

War Abolisher Of 2022 Award Goes To William Watson

Monday, 5 September 2022, 10:39 am | World Beyond War

The Individual War Abolisher of 2022 award is going to New Zealand filmmaker William Watson in recognition of his film Soldiers Without Guns: An Untold Story of Unsung Kiwi Heroes. Watch it here . The War Abolisher Awards, now in their second year, ... More >>

The Deep Structure Of The Cold War And The EU

Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 10:06 am | World Beyond War

Strategy teacher Stefan Forss claims in the Helsinki newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet that Russia is preparing an invasion of Ukraine. More >>

Book Club: Join David Swanson To Read And Discuss His Book War Is A Lie

Saturday, 1 August 2020, 6:41 am | World Beyond War

Have you not yet read or would like to revisit David Swanson’s book War Is A Lie ? Still as timely and urgently needed now as it was when it was first published, this is a unique opportunity to read and discuss the book with the author himself. ... More >>

The Kateri Peace Conference Will Be Online

Sunday, 26 July 2020, 5:35 am | World Beyond War

BENDING THE ARC: Striving for Peace and Justice in a World of Endless War Supported on ZOOM by WORLD BEYOND WAR Join Steve Breyman, John Amidon, Maureen Beillargeon Aumand, Medea Benjamin, Lawrence Davidson, Stephen Downs, James Jennings, Kathy Kelly, ... More >>

Today Is The Launch Of The Global Skills Exchange!

Tuesday, 21 July 2020, 6:49 am | World Beyond War

Would you like a private or small-group, expert lesson in saxophone, violin, or piano? How about in podcasting, fundraising, researching your genealogy, weaving, knitting, watercolors, or painting your pet's portrait? What would you say to dancing, ... More >>

Keep the War Machine Out of the Galapagos Islands

Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 9:30 am | World Beyond War

The government of Ecuador has recently agreed to allow the U.S. military to base aircraft and naval ships at one of the Galapagos Islands in violation of the Constitution of Ecuador, which both forbids any foreign military installations and provides the ... More >>

“Giants: The Global Power Elite”

Monday, 27 August 2018, 11:54 am | World Beyond War

By Marc Eliot Stein, World BEYOND War https://worldbeyondwar.org/meet-the-one-percent-giants-the-global-power-elite-by-peter-phillips/ More >>

Time to Ban the Bomb - Alice Slater

Friday, 26 May 2017, 11:03 am | World Beyond War

This week, the Chair of an exciting UN initiative formally named the “United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination” released a draft treaty to ban and prohibit ... More >>

Petition Supporting Nuclear-Free Zones

Thursday, 2 March 2017, 12:36 pm | World Beyond War

Message Delivered to Foreign Ministers of the Latin American and Caribbean States assembled February 14, 2017 in Mexico City More >>

Putin could rescue the world – & win the Nobel Peace Prize

Thursday, 2 March 2017, 12:33 pm | World Beyond War

Donald Trump has promised to repair America´s infrastructure and to lower taxes. We all know this is undoable, and yet – it could be done. More >>

The Catholic Church’s First Statement on Nonviolence—Ever

Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 12:41 pm | World Beyond War

Today, Pope Francis released the annual World Day of Peace Message for January 1, 2017, called “Nonviolence—A Style of Politics for Peace.” This is the Vatican’s fiftieth World Day of Peace message, but it’s the first statement on nonviolence, ... More >>

A Visit to Russia for “Life Extension” of the Planet

Monday, 21 November 2016, 5:10 pm | World Beyond War

A Visit to Russia for “Life Extension” of the Planet By Brian Terrell, World Beyond War More >>

A Global Security System: An Alternative to War

Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 10:36 am | World Beyond War

World Beyond War, a U.S. nonprofit dedicated to ending all war, published this week a guide toward that end, a short book titled A Global Security System: An Alternative to War . More >>

Statement On AUMF – Reject Endless, Worldwide War

Sunday, 15 February 2015, 8:17 pm | World Beyond War

STATEMENT ON REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE (AUMF) – REJECT ENDLESS, WORLDWIDE WAR More >>

Germany Does Something the U.S. Hasn’t for Peace

Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 5:38 pm | World Beyond War

Imagine a letter co-signed by former presidents, former representatives from both sides of the aisle, House speakers, former governors, attorneys general, cabinet members, ambassadors, CEOs, movie stars and directors, writers, astronauts, religious ... More >>

Top Six Reasons to Stop Fighting Wars

Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 11:39 am | World Beyond War

Murder is the one crime that we're taught to excuse if it's done on a large enough scale. Morality demands that we not so excuse it. War is nothing other than murder on a large scale. More >>

A People’s Movement to End All War

Thursday, 13 February 2014, 1:46 pm | World Beyond War

When people sign the declaration of peace at WorldBeyondWar.org they have the opportunity to type in a brief statement in their own words. Thousands have done so, including those pasted below. “I support this proposal and agree with this great and important ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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