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Make Your Town a Nuclear-Free Zone
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, May 1, 2023
Much of the southern half of the world is a nuclear-free zone. But what if you live in the northern half and under a national government that adores militarism and couldn’t possibly care less what you think?
Well, you can make your town or county or city a nuclear-free zone.
Tom Charles of Veterans For Peace, Chapter #35, in Spokane, Washington reports:
“On Nov. 7, 2022, our City Council passed an Ordinance that made our city nuclear-free
Biased Argument Against Swiss Neutrality
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, April 30, 2023
Tell me one good thing about Switzerland. Well, its flag is a plus.
No, the best thing about Switzerland is neutrality, or at least the idea of it.
The Washington Post (of course it’s the Washington Post) recently published an argument against the neutrality of Switzerland.
That neutrality has been rather blatantly phony since the mid-1990s. Switzerland is already on the map of NATO partners and U.S. weapons customers. Here’s how NATO explains
An Active, Growing, and Succeeding Movement to Abolish the Monroe Doctrine
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, April 29, 2023
Imagine a world where a broad coalition of people and groups unites against militarism and oligarchy, and where there are as many successes as failures to discuss.
Or just look at Latin America.
In a recent book, and in numerous articles, I’ve argued for burying the Monroe Doctrine after 200 years, and for supporting those at work doing so.
Right now, in Washington DC, CODEPINK has organized a gathering
A Video Discussion of Oromia with WBW’s Executive Director
By OMN Insight, April 27, 2023
David Swanson discusses peace negotiations between the Ethiopian government and the Oromo Liberation Army.
Talk World Radio: Nuclear Nincompoopery Needs Nullification Now
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Having Enemies Is a Choice
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, April 23, 2023
What’s something that nobody can give you unless you want it?
An enemy.
This ought to be obviously true in both the personal sense and the international sense.
In your personal life, you acquire enemies by seeking them out and choosing to have them. And if, through no fault of your own, someone is cruel to you, the option remains of not behaving cruelly in return. The option remains of not even thinking anything cruelly in return. That option might
What a Supporter of Peace Can Know and Do on Memorial Day
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, April 21, 2023
Some countries have a Catholic Church holiday every day of the year. The United States has a war holiday every day of the year. Some of them, such as so-called Veterans Day, began as peace holidays that — like Mother’s Day or Martin Luther King Jr. Day — were carefully stripped of any peace content, and were instead turned toward the glorification of war and war