Peace and Disarmament

Correction: I should have said Kansas, not Kentucky. World BEYOND War supports getting in the streets everywhere on April 2nd for peace and nonviolent action with Europe for Peace. World BEYOND War members in Europe will spread the word and…

Anti-war protesters demonstrated across the country yesterday on the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and the ensuing war. Across from the White House in Lafayette Square, protesters heard speakers condemning America’s “eternal wars” and called for a reduction…

Dear M. Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, M.Prime Minister, you will meet in a few days the US President Joe Biden to talk about North America’s air defense agreement and other important issues. As a Canadian, and a single…

It is evening in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, one of NATO’s easternmost members. I am waiting at the edge of Izvor Park in the city center to meet with a young friend who has fled Ukraine. In the backdrop…

The peace movement did a great many things right in the first decade of this millennium, some of which we’ve forgotten. It also fell short in many ways. I want to highlight the lessons I think we’ve most failed to…

It has long been said: “The world is on the brink of great change” and indeed there have been great changes. As historical time speeds up, the more vertiginous. By Javier Belda Today we dream of adding to the statement:…

He is a Ukrainian who is not talked about much and whom the Western mainstream media does not like to talk about. He is Yurii Sheliazhenko, a conscientious objector, a representative of EBCO (European Bureau for Conscientious Objection) and War…

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released a new report on the global arms trade on Monday (13). According to the data provided, the volume of international transfers in the period between 2018 and 2022 was 5.1 per cent…

Five days later after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the 75th Academy Awards ceremony took place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. On that day, filmmaker Michael Moore was honoured with the golden statuette together with Michael Donovan for…

America’s aggressive military-industrial complex It appears that the military-industrial complex has complete control of the government of the United States, which recently voted to give the Pentagon roughly a trillion dollars of the tax-payers money. This was done by cutting…