Category Peacemaking
Why Fight? African Feminists Emphasize Key to Global Peace
Peace is quintessentially a woman’s issue, most clearly when the continuum of male violence against women in its private, social and structural dimensions is grasped.
Yes to Peace, No to War: First International Conference Against US/NATO Military Bases
The myths around NATO 1. NATO is here to protect us. 2. NATO protects small countries. 3. NATO protection is necessary for US defense. The Conference Primary conference themes were US world domination, colonialism and militarism; the need for unity in what is global strife and an international struggle; the need for networking, both at […]
Demonization of Russia in a New Cold War Era, by Mairead Maquire
The demonization of Russia is, I believe, one of the most dangerous things that is happening in our world today.
How to Organize a Ban Nuclear Weapons Campaign, State by State, by Marie Braun
The next step toward attaining a world free of nuclear weapons must involve the nuclear armed states. Disarming nuclear weapons should not be a difficult process since we have the technical expertise and verification procedures in place.
You are invited to Join Veterans for Peace for their Annual Conference and Free Public Events in St. Paul
Workshops, panels, plenaries, an art exhibit, poetry, world peace, global issues, national speakers, end all wars, and more!
U.S. Congresswoman Betty McCollum says No New Nuclear Weapons and other good news
Women Walk for Peace in Korea
Veterans’ Group Says “No” to Emmy for PBS Vietnam War Series
Nowhere in 18 hours of programming does the G.I. resistance movement merit mention and “instead of honoring the civilian peace movement for its accomplishments, activists are generally belittled as self-interested and self-indulgent, with stress on its supposed deep antagonism toward American soldiers,” the ad protests.
Benjamin Britten’s ‘War Requiem’ with poetry by Wilfred Owen
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
Daniel Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky Discuss Nuclear War
Chomsky: Page after page of the book contains graphic examples of –you can only call it–this kind of insanity and at one point describes the book as a chronicle of human madness, which captures the character of the era we have been living in very accurately. And we should bear in mind that this is only one of two existential threats, the other…is another dramatic illustration of human madness, the threat of global warming…
Where on earth is the just economy that works for all, including Afghan children?
Oxfam calculated that the world’s eight richest individuals had as much wealth as the poorest half of the world.
Here’s how we put an end to violent conflict
In comparison to progress made in medicine, education, and financial access, progress in peacebuilding has been glacial.
Why Won’t the U.S. Give Peace a Chance? by Ted Rall
Here’s to the day the two Koreas see through us.
I’m Dreaming About a Modern World That Doesn’t Erase Its Indigenous Intelligence
we will not rest
hoping is not enough
our resilience shall prevail
War Abolition 201: New Online Course Begins February 26! (Video)
WorldBeyondWar.org Published on Jan 9, 2018 Join World Beyond War for “War Abolition 201: Building the Alternative Global Security System.” Our new online course runs the week of February 26 – April 16, 2018. Sign-up today! sign-up here: http://www.classroom.worldbeyondwar.org/ With what do we replace the war system (aka the military-industrial-corporate-governmental complex)? What truly makes us secure? […]
The People Who Made a Nuclear-Weapons-Prohibition Treaty Possible
The people behind the Nobel Peace Prize: ICAN – Abolish Nuclear Weapons
International Day of Non-Violence 2 October
“Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.” —Gandhi The “Non-Violence” (or “Knotted Gun”) sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd on display at the UN Visitors’ Plaza. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The International Day of Non-Violence is marked on […]
Outlawing War – Let St. Paul Know About the Kellogg-Briand Pact
GEOGRAPHY OF THE HEART By Steve Mckeown Veterans for Peace Newsletter Summer 2017 On August 5th, come join us at the St. Paul Farmers Market from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. to hand out leaflets to let people know about this street named after the only person from Minnesota to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize, […]
Celebrating July 4th in the Trump Years: Make it Inter-Dependence Day to Challenge the Ideology of Right Wing Ultra-Nationalism
The truth is, though, that much of what we love about America was created by ordinary citizens.
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