Greta, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

April 26, 2021 at 5:00 PM

This is what success looks like

Dear John, We're only 5 weeks out until #NoWar2021, World BEYOND War's global convergence this June 4-6. Because it's virtual, I'm personally excited that it will be more globally accessible than previous #NoWar conferences, bringing together folks from 18 countries and coun…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

April 25, 2021 at 7:01 PM

Saving the Climate from War

Join this important, free, upcoming webinar: April 29: Militarism & Climate Change: Disaster in Progress Both anti-war and climate movements are fighting for justice and life for all people on a livable planet. It's increasingly clear that we can't have one without th…

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April 25, 2021 at 11:14 AM

SORRY for confusion: Webinar to launch movement to ban killer drones

We are extremely sorry for the confusion. Unless you are Brian Terrell, Kathy Kelly, David Swanson, or Leah Bolger, no, you are not expected to prepare a speech. The point of including each of your names below was a misguided attempt to communicate that you are invited to reg…

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April 24, 2021 at 5:00 PM

Webinar to launch movement to ban killer drones

Webinar: Campaign to Ban Killer Drones Is Launched as Biden Appears Ready to Expand Drone War Start: Sunday, May 02, 2021 • 10:00 AM • Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00) End: Sunday, May 02, 2021 • 11:30 AM • Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00…

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April 23, 2021 at 1:31 PM

John​​ xxxxxx​ invited to join movement to abolish war

The movement for peace is missing you. We're building a movement to end war. People have signed this pledge in 190 nations. Now, what we need most of all is for John xxxxxx to sign it. Please click here. Thank you! —World BEYOND War World BEYOND War is a global network o…

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  Alex, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

April 22, 2021 at 3:50 PM

Help Tambrauw Indigenous Activists Block A Base

The government of Indonesia is planning to build a military base (KODIM 1810) in the rural area of Tambrauw West Papua without consultation or permission from the Indigenous landowners. Dear John, The government of Indonesia is planning to build a military base (KODIM 1810) …

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April 21, 2021 at 2:00 PM

Book Club: Waging Peace with David Hartsough

Looking for an incredible but perfectly real account of opposing war with only the weapons of nonviolence? Interested in the lessons learned over a long lifetime by a co-founder of World BEYOND War who, with a knife to the throat during a Civil Rights sit-in, asked his attack…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

April 20, 2021 at 3:00 PM

Congress is threatening to expand draft registration to women

The U.S. Congress is closer than ever to underhandedly expanding draft registration to include women — with no referendum, no poll, no hearing, very little media coverage, and virtually no mention in the media of the option of abolishing draft registration for everyone rather…

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  Greta, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

April 14, 2021 at 4:09 PM

Join our global convergence this June 4-6

Dear John, In 2014, World BEYOND War was founded to be international, intersectional, and abolitionist. The idea was to bring together a global network of individuals and organizations with the shared goal of ending the institution of war. Seven years later, in an era of sky…

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  David Swanson, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

April 9, 2021 at 5:00 PM

​Economics of War and Peace and the City of Baltimore

Economics of War and Peace and the City of Baltimore Saturday, April 10th, 2021, 2:00 PM- 4:00 PM (EST) Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-economics-of-peace-and-the-city-of-baltimore-tickets-149443324005   Ellen Brown and Walt McRee from the Public Banking Ins…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

April 9, 2021 at 1:31 PM

People in 190 nations plus John​​ xxxxxx​

The movement for peace is missing you. We're building a movement to end war. People have signed this pledge in 190 nations. Now, what we need most of all is for John xxxxxx to sign it. Please click here. Thank you! —World BEYOND War World BEYOND War is a global network o…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

April 7, 2021 at 2:33 PM

Join a Book Club: Meet Leading Antiwar Authors Online

Reserve a spot for the club with your favorite book. Upcoming Online Antiwar Book Clubs These authors are donating their time to meet with you online four times over four weeks. They will mail you a signed copy of their book before the club starts. The money raised will fund …

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April 5, 2021 at 2:02 PM

WBW News & Action: What the Russian Foreign Minister Said About Us

Online version with language translation.   Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this week did not threaten war or scream that he was coming to eat your children. This may come as a shock to some media consumers, …

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

April 2, 2021 at 3:02 PM

John​​ xxxxxx​ and allies in 190 nations

We're building a movement to end war. People have signed this pledge in 190 nations. Now, what we need most of all is for John xxxxxx to sign it. Please click here. Thank you! —World BEYOND War World BEYOND War is a global network of volunteers, chapters, and affiliated …

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

April 1, 2021 at 5:01 PM

Sign the Petition to President Biden: Restore the Iran Deal

Sign the Petition to President Biden: Restore the Iran Deal Click here to add your name to a huge coalition petition that will help move President Biden to act before it's too late. In 2015, President Obama negotiated the Iran deal -- an agreement that blocked the United S…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

March 31, 2021 at 2:31 PM

End war and look good doing it

Look fabulous, start great conversations, and recruit people into the movement to abolish war! Browse the many, many products in our store. Have ideas for new products you can't find in our store? Reply and suggest them! —World BEYOND War World BEYOND War is a global…

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  Greta, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

March 29, 2021 at 4:00 PM

Weapons Fairs to War Zones: Unraveling the War Machine

Dear John, We're partnering with 350.org, CODEPINK, Campaign Against Arms Trade UK, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and many more organizations for our upcoming #NoWar2021 Global Conference on June 4-6, "From Weapons Fairs to War Zones: Unravelin…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

March 22, 2021 at 2:31 PM

WBW News & Action: How to Have an Impact

Online version with language translation.   We’ll be partnering with the Rotary Action Group for Peace on a new project: Peace Education and Action for Impact, which will prepare young peacebuilders…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

March 21, 2021 at 6:00 PM

Get the !%$%#^ out of Afghanistan

A Global Demand to 35 Governments: Get Your Troops Out of Afghanistan / A Thank You to 6 That Already Have The governments of Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Gre…

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March 19, 2021 at 1:02 PM

Unveiling new partnership and project with the Rotary Action Group for Peace

We are excited to announce that we'll be partnering with the Rotary Action Group for Peace (RAGFP) on a new project, entitled Peace Education and Action for Impact. This project is aimed at preparing young peacebuilders to advance positive change in themselves, their communit…

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  David, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

March 18, 2021 at 2:01 PM

Book Club: Leaving WWII Behind with David Swanson

Dear John, I hope you can be among the 18 people to join me for a 4-week online book club. We'll be discussing my book Leaving World War II Behind. I'll send you a copy of the book. Everything you need to know and the place to reserve your spot is here. I greatly enjoyed the…

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  Greta, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

March 17, 2021 at 3:20 PM

Announcing a new virtual platform for #NoWar2021

John, I'm excited to officially announce that we'll be partnering with Hopin to host our #NoWar2021 virtual global conference this June 4-6!! The virtual Hopin platform facilitates an interactive conference experience complete with one-on-one and small group networking, virtu…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

March 16, 2021 at 2:02 PM

Lift Deadly Sanctions During Pandemic

As a result of broad U.S. economic sanctions, countries such as Iran, Syria, Venezuela, North Korea, Sudan, and Zimbabwe struggle without adequate food, electricity, medicine, medical supplies, masks and respirators. Those who suffer most under sanctions include pregnant wome…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

March 15, 2021 at 3:00 PM

Email Your Representative and Senators to End Draft Registration, Not Require Women to Register

Congress is about make a fast-track decision to expand draft registration to women -- without even a hearing. Litigation challenging the Constitutionality of the requirement for men, but not women, to register with the Selective Service System (SSS) is pending in the Supreme…

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  Phill Gittins, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

February 24, 2021 at 4:01 PM

5 Days till it starts: Online Course on Ending War

Sign up before March 1. Dear John, Watch and share this new, minute-and-a-half video from Rey Ty about our new online course: We need to abolish the institution of war. Are you nodding your head, but not sure how to start? Whether you call yourself a peacebuilder, activist,…

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February 22, 2021 at 5:03 PM

WBW News & Action: 35 militaries that should get out of Afghanistan

Online version with language translation.   Read World BEYOND War's new 2020 Annual Report.   Sign and share this new petition that we will deliver to 35 nations' governmen…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

February 17, 2021 at 8:01 PM

Amazing Lineup for #NoWar2021

Imagine an online event with built-in one-on-one and small-group networking, booths for promoting your cause or learning about those of others, self-organized sessions to invite others to . . . in short, all the social interaction and freedom of a real-world conference with n…

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  Phill Gittins, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

February 15, 2021 at 7:32 PM

New Online Course on Ending War Starts in 13 Days

Sign up before March 1. Dear John, Watch and share this new, 32-second video from Leah Bolger about our new online course: We need to abolish the institution of war. Are you nodding your head, but not sure how to start? Whether you call yourself a peacebuilder, activist, ad…

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  Phill Gittins, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

February 10, 2021 at 7:05 PM

New video about new online course on ending wars

Sign up before March 1. Dear John, Watch and share this new, 57-second video about our new online course. We need to abolish the institution of war. Are you nodding your head, but not sure how to start? Whether you call yourself a peacebuilder, activist, advocate, educato…

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February 9, 2021 at 6:16 PM

Three new webinars to end wars

February 11: #NoHoneymoon “End the Wars” Capitol Call Party with Peace Activist David Swanson. Sign up here. February 12: Bahrain 10 Years After with Husain Abdula, Ali Mushaima, Medea Benjamin, Barbara Wien, and David Swanson. Sign up here. February 27: Fasting for Jus…

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February 8, 2021 at 3:00 PM

WBW News & Action: Ending all wars, one at a time

  Online version with language translation.   Yemen Yes! Now Afghanistan! If the U.S. government follows through on what President Joe Biden said last week about Yemen, that war’s days are number…

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February 5, 2021 at 3:16 PM

Yemen Peace

There are no guarantees, and ongoing vigilance will be required, but President Joe Biden's announcement of an end to U.S. particpation in and arming of the war on Yemen is a tremendous victory for all of us who have spent years pressing for it. It has been a global effort, wi…

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  David Swanson, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

February 3, 2021 at 2:41 PM

Join this webinar with Medea, Barbara, Husain, Ali, and me

Register now for this free webinar on Friday, February 12, 2021, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. ET (GMT-5). 10 years after the Bahraini government violently cracked down on mass pro-democracy protests in February 2011, the country remains riven by levels of unrest, political cris…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

February 1, 2021 at 6:02 PM

Quick: what's the best way to abolish war?

Dear John, If someone stops you on the street and asks "How do we abolish war?" it's not always easy to come up with a quick answer. That's why we developed War Abolition 101, to help you make the best case for shifting from war to peace. The 6-week online course, starting M…

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January 30, 2021 at 6:02 PM

Tell Congress to End the War on Yemen

The U.S. House of Representatives (in February and again in April, 2019) and the Senate (in December 2018 and March 2019) have each voted twice with strong bipartisan majorities to end the war on Yemen (vetoed by then-President Trump in April 2019). The Democratic Party Plat…

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January 29, 2021 at 2:31 PM

Webinar: Bahrain 10 Years After

Register now for this free webinar on Friday, February 12, 2021, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. ET (GMT-5). 10 years after the Bahraini government violently cracked down on mass pro-democracy protests in February 2011, the country remains riven by levels of unrest, political cris…

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January 28, 2021 at 3:01 PM

We Blocked Weapons Trucks in Canada. You Can Do the Same.

Pictured: Rachel Small, World BEYOND War Canada Organizer. Photo credit: the Hamilton Spectator. On the January 25th global day of action to end the war on Yemen one of the most dramatic actions that moved the demand for peace into the most media stories was taken by member…

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January 27, 2021 at 3:03 PM

Reject Victoria Nuland for Peace

Victoria Nuland has been nominated for U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. Nuland played a key role in facilitating a coup in Ukraine that helped create a civil war costing 10,000 lives and displacing over a million people. She advocates radically increased …

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January 25, 2021 at 3:06 PM

WBW News & Action: End War on Yemen

  Online version with language translation.   Find events today all over the world to help end the war on Yemen. Join the Upper Midwest Chapter (USA) of WBW for a webinar in so…

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January 22, 2021 at 2:01 PM

Nukes are illegal. Get them out of non-nuclear nations.

Nuclear weapons are now illegal in over 50 nations. Sign a petition that we will deliver to the governments of five "non-nuclear" nations in which the United States keeps nuclear weapons: Germany, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, and Turkey. The petition demands that the five nat…

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January 18, 2021 at 6:01 PM

Let's build up the Military Spending Reduction Caucus

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. The U.S. discretionary budget devotes more to militarism than to everything else combined. This spend…

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January 14, 2021 at 3:34 PM

New Online Course: How to End War

How can we make the best argument for shifting from war to peace? What must we understand and know about the war system if we are to dismantle it? How can we become more effective advocates and activists for ending particular wars, ending all wars, pursuing disarmament, and …

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  Greta, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

January 13, 2021 at 1:30 PM

Nukes are now illegal. Let's celebrate & mobilize.

Dear John, January 22 is the monumental day when nuclear weapons become illegal worldwide as the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force. You're invited to join World BEYOND War and our partners to celebrate this historic day, mobilize those countr…

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January 11, 2021 at 3:34 PM

WBW News & Action: Capital of Coups

Due to travel restrictions, the U.S. will be attempting coups only in its own capital. Normal worldwide services will resume shortly.   Online version with language translation.   …

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January 8, 2021 at 2:15 PM

Stop Excluding Military Pollution from Climate Agreements

As a result of final hour demands made by the United States during negotiation of the 1997 Kyoto treaty, military carbon emissions are exempted from climate negotiations. But the U.S. military is the largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels in the world and a key cont…

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  Alex McAdams, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

December 30, 2020 at 5:37 PM

Thanks To You, The Movement To End War Is Growing

As we close out this trying year, we are reflecting on all that we’ve been able to accomplish thanks in large part to our donors like you. Dear John, World BEYOND War staff members have recorded a video thanking World BEYOND War donors. As we close out this trying year, we ar…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

December 28, 2020 at 3:01 PM

WBW News & Action: Year Ahead

  Online version with language translation.   Learn about and register with early-bird discount for our annual conference -- all online -- #NoWar2021.   …

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December 23, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Earlybird Discount for #NoWar2021 Online Antiwar Extravaganza

It's going to be the webinar / actionar online event of 2021, World BEYOND War's annual conference gone virtual. Early-bird discounted tickets are available now -- for you or as gifts for your friends and loved ones. #NoWar2021 is a unique event that brings together a globa…

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  World BEYOND War · [email protected]

December 21, 2020 at 2:01 PM

Unveiling New Peace Billboards

We’re thrilled to announce a new series of billboards to be unveiled across multiple cities. Launched on or around January 22, 2021, the billboards based on the images below will celebrate and amplify the historic importance of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapo…

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  David, World BEYOND War · [email protected]

December 20, 2020 at 4:02 PM

How to build a movement that ends war

How do we build a movement that ends war? How did we build a movement that already educates thousands of people, divests millions of dollars, and helps prevent wars and influence governing bodies? Primarily, we found thousands of people in 188 countries and growing, willing…

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