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By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, October 1, 2024
David Swanson is Executive Director of World BEYOND War.
The Israeli government has been dragging Western weapons and militaries into wars for far too long, putting all of the world — and its global institutions — at risk. The move into Lebanon, creating more dead, injured, traumatized, and homeless already in huge numbers ought to snap some war supporters out of their trance.
The danger of a catastrophic
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Can you even imagine a world where the response of President George W. Bush to al-Qaeda’s acts of horror in September 2001 wasn’t the launching of “the Global War on Terror” which, from Afghanistan and Iraq across the Middle East and deep into Africa, became a global set of disastrous conflicts that might, in truth, have been al-Qaeda’s dream? Well, dream on.
And while
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
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Pentagon expert William Hartung first wandered into TomDispatch in March 2008, less than seven years after this country’s Global War(s) on Terror were launched, full-scale disasters that were already costing the American taxpayer a fortune and a half — or perhaps, given the subject, all too literally an arm and a leg. As he
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
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In a Lost Universe (With You Know Who) Creating a Genuine Hell on Earth ByImagine yourself in space, looking down on our world and yet unable to return any time soon.
Consider it our bad luck, in fact, that Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams were the two Americans sent to the International Space
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.
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It’s strange when you think about it. Today, TomDispatch regular Frida Berrigan offers a look at the staggering number of taxpayer dollars that go to just one major arms manufacturer in one city in America, New London, Connecticut, where she lives. It’s a company that’s