By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, June 18, 2024 Of course, millions of people all over the world and in the United States support either Israeli or Hamas warmaking — warmaking which (one must point out the obvious because the very topic of warmaking renders so many people mentally dull) is on a very different […]
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Talk World Radio: Dan Kovalik on Why Palestine Matters
By Talk World Radio, June 17, 2024 AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded on Zoom. Here is this week’s video and all the videos on Youtube. VIDEO: This week on Talk World Radio, we’re talking about Palestine. Our guest, who has been on before, is Dan Kovalik, whose latest book is The Case for Palestine: […]
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Does Every Person in Israel Deserve to Die?
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, May 6, 2024 I fervently hope, dear reader, that you do not agree that every person in Israel deserves to die. But I know some of you do, and I hope to suggest a better way of looking at it. I know that you’re even more unlikely to agree […]
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Video of Online Debate: Can War Ever Be Justified?
By World BEYOND War, May 4, 2024 Is Large-Scale Violence Ever a Better Choice Than Nonviolent Action? Arguing that war can never be justified was David Swanson, an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is executive director of World BEYOND War and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson’s books include War Is A Lie. He […]
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Militarized Funding in Biden Budget Totals Well Over $1 Trillion (And It Will Grow)
By Lindsay Koshgarian, National Priorities Project, March 13, 2024 Today the White House released President Biden’s budget proposal, including a proposal for $1.6 trillion in discretionary spending for FY 2025, which begins on October 1, 2024. While the larger budgets makes some important strides forward, this discretionary proposal won’t provide security we need, in terms […]
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The Soundbyte That Abolishes War
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, March 7, 2024 It’s been a long and ciruitous search to find the handful of words that can end all warfare on Earth. Living in the United States I was long tripped up by the “Excuse me, but WHAT ABOUT HITLER?” question. I tried pointing out that the U.S. […]
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WBW Venezuela Chapter Participated In Large Mobilization To Demand A Ceasefire In Gaza/ Capítulo De WBW En Venezuela Participó En Gran Movilización Para Exigir Un Alto Al Fuego En Gaza
By Gabriel Aguirre, World BEYOND War, March 4, 2024 Last Saturday, March 2, as part of the initiatives of the internationalist caravan for Gaza-Palestine, a mobilization was organized in Venezuela, in which different international solidarity movements and platforms joined, as well as members of the WBW chapter in the country. The event began around 10:00 […]