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Liberation is called disarmament, resistance is called nonviolence. Today more than ever

Ten years have passed since, in an article for April 25, I wrote that today liberation is called disarmament and resistance is called nonviolence – a formula that on April 25 of the following year would become the slogan of…

Having Enemies Is a Choice

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…

No to NATO: Protests against US-led military coalition held across Sweden

Thousands of people have held protests across Sweden to voice their anger at the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the country’s NATO membership bid. While holding placards and banners that read, “No to NATO”, and “NATO’s war will get…

European Bureau for Conscientious Objection Denounces Ukraine’s Suspension of Human Right to Conscientiously Object

By European Bureau for Conscientious Objection www.ebco-beoc.org, April 21, 2023 The European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO) met with its member organisation in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement (Український Рух Пацифістів), in Kiev on 15 and 16 April 2023. EBCO also met with conscientious objectors and members…

Let’s take Peace in our hands!

In Europe, Ukraine, Russia, and all over the world, people want peace while governments demand more and more weapons and human resources for war. People are asking for the right to health, education, work, and a liveable planet, but governments…

Humanity and Hope: Desmond Tutu

Following interviews with Noam Chomsky and Vandana Shiva and Silo‘s speech in Punta de Vacas on May 4, 2004, we continue our series of short inspirational videos with the “message of hope for activists” launched by Desmond Tutu in Cape…

Humanity and Hope: Silo

After the interviews with Vandana Shiva we continue our series of short inspirational videos on the theme of “Humanity and Hope” with an excerpt from a speech given by Silo in Punta de Vacas on May 4, 2004. Almost two…

We send volunteers to Ukraine

World BEYOND War’s Zaporizhzhya Protection Project will send a team of four volunteers to Ukraine on April 7, invited by people in close proximity to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant on the front lines of the war. These four are…

2 April “Let’s take peace in our hands”: the photos

We are constantly updating the photos coming to us from all parts of the world testifying to the adhesion to the campaign “Let’s take peace in our hands” and colouring cities and countries all over the world with peace and…

Portugal – activities for peace and nonviolence

Responding to the call of the collective “Europe for Peace“, which can be read here, a group of humanist activists promoted a rally for peace and nonviolence in the centre of the city of Porto, in Portugal, during the afternoon…

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