Beginning July 3rd we're offering an online course called Leaving World War II Behind.
This course is 100% online and interactions are not live or
scheduled, so you can take part whenever works for you.
WBW's online courses
are self-paced, using videos and texts and graphics, available on your
schedule, 24-7, and discussion forums in which you can use videos and
texts and graphics to discuss and gain feedback, as well as to submit
optional assignments for feedback. There are also a few optional zoom
calls. Those are the only parts of the course that are scheduled.
Everything else is simply available on your schedule.
David Swanson is Co-Founder, Executive Director, and a Board
Member of World BEYOND War. He is based in Virginia in the United
States. David is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson’s books include War Is A Lie. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org. He hosts Talk World Radio.He is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and was awarded the 2018 Peace Prize by the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation. Longer bio and photos and videos here. Follow him on Twitter: @davidcnswanson and FaceBook. Sample videos.
Week 2: WWII and Death Camps
WWII was not fought to save anyone from death camps
Vanessa Tinker
is a lecturer at Collegium Civitas and Analysts of the Western Balkans
for the Opportunity Institute for Foreign Affairs in Warsaw, Poland. She
has over ten years of international experience as a researcher,
teacher, trainer, coordinator and manager of peace and conflict
studies-based programs in Asia Minor, the Western Balkans, Eastern and
Central Europe. Her areas of specialization include international
conflict analysis, peace education, peacebuilding, mediation, and
conflict transformation in conflict-sensitive and/or post-conflict
contexts. She holds a Ph.D. in International Conflict Analysis from the
University of Kent, UK.
Week 3: The Role of the U.S and Allies
The United States did not have to prioritize opposing the Soviet Union
The United States did not have to develop and promote the dangerous bunk science of eugenics
The United States did not have to develop the practice of racist segregation
The United States did not have to develop practices of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and concentration of people on reservations
The United States did not have to fund and arm the Nazis
Cynthia Brain
is an independent human rights and peacebuilding consultant based in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As a peacebuilding and human rights specialist,
Cynthia has almost seven years of experience implementing various
programs and projects in the U.S. and across Africa related to social
inequality, injustices, and cross-cultural communication. Her program
design and management portfolio includes research on international
terrorism education aimed to increase students’ awareness of terrorism
types, capacity-building training for women to improve women’s rights
advocacy on university campuses, educational programs aimed to educate
female students on the harmful effects of female genital mutilation and
providing human rights education workshops to improve students’
knowledge of the international human right systems and legal
infrastructure, among other locally-led projects. Cynthia teaches
multiple courses with the online platform World Beyond War in their
sustainable peace and international relations courses and has moderated
peacebuilding intercultural exchanges to enhance students’ intercultural
knowledge-sharing techniques. Her research projects include conducting
quantitative research on female sexual health education in Sub-Sahara
Africa and a correlational study on the influence of personality types
on perceived terrorism threats.
Cynthia’s 2021-2022 publication
topics include international legal research and analysis on children’s
right to a healthy environment, which was later implemented into
national legislation in Scotland, and the United Nation’s implementation
of the Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace Agenda at the local level in
Sudan, Somalia, and Mozambique. Most recently, she assisted on a policy
publication for the AU on the status of persons with disabilities in ten
selected AU member states, including Ethiopia, and made recommendations
to improve the situation of persons with disabilities across Africa.
Cynthia holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Global Affairs and
Psychology from Chestnut Hill College in the United States and holds an
LLM in Human Rights from the University of Edinburgh in the United
Kingdom. She is also an active member of Rotary International and
volunteers on projects being implemented in Ethiopia through her member
club, Addis Ababa West.
Week 4: The U.S and Japan, an Unnecessary Arms Race
The United States did not have to engage in an arms race with Japan
WWII does not prove that violence is needed for defense
Facilitator: Farrah Hasnain
Farrah Hasnain
is a Pakistani-American writer and researcher based in Tokyo. Since
2016, she has published ethnographic research on multicultural identity
among Japanese youth and workplace conditions for migrant workers. Her
work has been featured in Al-Jazeera, The New York Times, The Japan
Times, NHK, and more. In January 2023, she joined TEDx and did a TED
Talk on embracing the experience of aging. She currently manages
logistics under the UN system in Japan.
Week 5: The Impact and Myths of WWII
WWII was the worst thing humanity has done to itself and the earth in any short period of time
WWII in western culture is a dangerous set of myths
Facilitator: Elaheh Pooyandeh
Elaheh Pooyandeh
is an Iranian peace activist and educator. She has a masters degree in
Peace, Conflict and Development Studies from university of Bradford
(Rotary peace Fellow) and a LL.M in International Law. She currently
works as a freelancer in Iran. In the past she has worked in public
sector and NGOs. Her area of work and interest includes peace education,
development, chemical weapons disarmament and gender equality.
Week 6: Putting it all together
The world has changed: Hitler is not coming to get us
WWII and the case for war abolition
A call to action
Donna-Marie Fry
is a Member of the Advisory Board of World BEYOND War. She is from the
UK and based in Belgium. Donna is a passionate educator with over 14
years of experience learning with young people in formal and non-formal
education settings in the UK, Spain, Myanmar, and Thailand. She has
studied Primary Education and Reconciliation and Peacebuilding at the
University of Winchester, and Peace Education: Theory and Practice at
UPEACE. Working for and volunteering within Non-Profit and
Non-Governmental Organizations in education and peace education for more
than a decade, Donna feels strongly that children and youth hold the
key to sustainable peace and development.
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