Dear John,
We just had a terrific annual conference on abolition. The videos will be public soon. In the meantime, here's an article Greta Zarro wrote beforehand, and the text of my remarks that opened the conference. You'll see below that our annual conference on Africa is happening in about a month. Also below, is a report on a recent terrific direct action in Canada, and a link to resources for the upcoming Armistice / Remembrance Day. Most urgent is the action below to build pressure against a U.S. war on Venezuela.
—David Swanson, Executive Director, World BEYOND War
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The U.S. War Department is now sending numerous battleships and submarines, including the world's largest aircraft carrier, toward Venezuela, where Trump has threatened attacks on land to follow those that have killed over 40 people on 10 boats. The CIA has already been assigned to overthrow the Venezuelan government. We need to raise hell! A U.S. decision to massively bomb Syria in 2013 was reversed in large part by public pressure. Several times a push in Washington to urgently start a war on Iran has been halted, in large part by public pressure. Sign this petition now and share it widely:
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- Tell the World's Governments to End the Genocide: Take Action.
- Declare Neutrality and Help Prevent a U.S.-China War: Take Action.
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Imagine Africa Beyond War (November 27-28)
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World BEYOND War’s 3rd African Virtual Conference aims at analyzing the effects of Western imperialism, highlighting African resistance, and imagining a decolonized, war-free collaboration based on equality, justice, and peace.
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- Book Club: Propaganda, Lies, and False Flags: How the U.S. Justifies Its Wars -- Register.
- Book Club: Militarized Global Apartheid -- Register.
- Book Club: Mind Abuse: Media Violence and Its Threat to Democracy -- Register.
- Book Club: Four Picture Books for All Ages -- Register
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Armistice / Remembrance Day
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November 11, 2025, is Remembrance /Armistice Day 108 — which is 107 years since World War I was ended in Europe (while it continued for weeks in Africa) at the scheduled moment of 11 o’clock on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 (with an extra 11,000 people dead, wounded, or missing after the decision to end the war had been reached early in the morning — we might add “for no reason,” except that it would imply the rest of the war was for some reason).
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News from Around the World
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Protesters Blocked All Entrances to “War Crimes Summit” in London, Ontario
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Protesters shut down access to the "Best Defence Conference" in Canada.
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