A blog about a criminal enterprise
By Pacifist Barricade, October 1, 2024
We have the distinct honor of having with us today one of the most serious, dedicated, and steadfast opponents of war in the U.S.
A prominent activist, David Swanson co-founded the website After Downing Street (now WarIsACrime.org), centered on the U.S. congressional inquiry into the Downing Street memo. His activism extended to launching a campaign aimed at impeaching President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, notably through the now-defunct
By Rotary, World BEYOND War, September 29, 2024
Rotary and World BEYOND War have together been offering an online course called Ending War 101. You can take it here: https://worldbeyondwar.org/endingwar101. In this video, WBW Executive Director David Swanson discusses what can be done with Rotary members who have taken the course.
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, September 28, 2024
Without a handful of nations — and principally one nation — arming the world to the teeth, we wouldn’t have wars, or at least not wars that looked like these horrors that we do have and that risk nuclear apocalypse. Most wars have identical weapons on both sides and almost nothing rational or sensible, and almost nothing honest ever said, about the entire enterprise.
Without the long-running predictable and predicted and protested efforts
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, September 25, 2024
Remarks at #NOWAR2024
We’ve heard a lot over the past few days about the damage foreign bases do and the good work people do to prevent them or close them. World BEYOND War works with our chapters, affiliates, and friends around the world on campaigns against bases. And we work globally to provide resources to these campaigns. The headquarters for getting informed and getting involved is worldbeyondwar.org/bases
By the Peace Podcast, September 25, 2024
Rotary and World BEYOND War have together been offering an online course called Ending War 101. You can take it here.
We recommend first doing the course and then joining us on September 27 for a live webinar on the general topic of “So, now what do we do?”
The webinar is free and open to all.
The New York Times is hyping a report by war profiteers proposing higher war spending.
The report is here. It’s on the website of the United States Senate Armed “Services” Committee, but the authors are Congresswoman Jane Harman, chair; Ambassador Eric Edelman, vice chair; General John M. Keane; Thomas G. Mahnken; Mara Rudman; Mariah Sixkiller; Alissa Starzak; Roger Zakheim.
Harman has not actually been a Congresswoman for 13 years, 10 of which years she has spent working for the weapons-company-funded
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, September 21, 2024
Remarks via zoom to conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 21, 2024.
It’s wonderful to be joining you even virtually in St. Petersburg, which I am informed is even more beautiful than Moscow, which I was fortunate enough to visit seven years ago — Moscow is a wonderful city 20 times the size of Washington, D.C. Just the long hours of sunlight were amazing to me. I met a lot of wonderful people when I was there. I didn’t agree
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, September 20, 2024
Yes, I’m going to say this again. I’ve heard not the slightest hint of a refutation or objection to it, and yet so many, many people ignore it.
For the love of all that is decent, immediately stop the self-defeating idiocy of calling every goddamned war “not a war.”
Please. With all due respect.
“It’s not a war. It’s terrorism.” “It’s not a war. It’s genocide.” “It’s not a war. It’s an occupation.” “It’s not
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The great portraitist Robert Shetterly has a new collection out in a book titled Portraits of Peacemakers: Americans Who Tell the Truth.
I recommend getting a copy for every person you know who enjoys art or history or activism or who is concerned by the mass killing of war.
I don’t think I’m biased by the honor I feel at having my portrait included in a collection of such wonderful people. I may be biased by my interest in advancing the cause of peace — but outside of corporate