World BEYOND War

Leaving World War II Behind: June 20 - July 31, 2022 online course registration: https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/leaving-world-war-ii-behind-june-19-july-31-2022-online-course-registration/

Join World BEYOND War this July 8-10 for #NoWar2022: Resistance & Regeneration, a virtual global conference. Register: https://act.worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2022/

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Training: Nonviolent Communication Skills with trainers Nick Rea and Saadia Qureshi. Preemptive Love Coalition’s mission is to end war and stop the spread of violence. But what does that actually look like on a granular level? What does it take for you, as a citizen of this world, to create a snowball effect of love and peacemaking in your local community? Join Nick and Saadia for a 1.5 hour interactive workshop where we will share what it means to be a peacemaker, learn tips on how to communicate with others when you often don’t agree, and to love anyway in the context of your own world. Held on July 9 2022 as part of the #NoWar2022 conference.

This session explored Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP), a nonviolent safety model emergent in recent decades. Communities worldwide suffering from violence in spite of the alleged protection of armed police and military forces are seeking alternatives. Many envision UCP replacing armed protection altogether – but how exactly does it work? What are its strengths and limitations? We discussed methods used in South Sudan, the U.S., and beyond to explore this grassroots, weaponless safety model.

Panel: Resisting & Regenerating in the Aftermath of War, Sanctions, & Violent Conflict ENGLISH VERSION This unique bilingual panel explores ways that communities around the world — from Afghan permaculture refugees to the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in Colombia to Mayan survivors of genocide in Guatemala — are both “resisting & regenerating”. We heard inspiring stories of how these communities have revealed the hidden truths about militarized violence they’ve faced, risen up nonviolently to war, sanctions, and violence, and forged new ways of peacefully rebuilding and co-existing in community rooted in cooperation and social-ecological sustainability. Featuring Rosemary Morrow, Eunice Neves, José Roviro Lopez, and Jesús Tecú Osorio. Moderator: Rachel Small. Held on July 10 2022 as part of the #NoWar2022 conference.

In working towards the abolition of the institution of war, this panel highlights that demilitarization alone is not enough; we need a just transition to a peace economy that works for all. Especially throughout the past 2.5 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been ever more apparent that there is an urgent need for a reorientation of government spending towards vital human needs. We talk about the practicality of economic conversion by sharing real-world successful examples and models for the future. Featuring Miriam Pemberton of the Peace Economy Transitions Project and Sam Mason of The New Lucas Plan. Moderator: David Swanson.

Public Banking can help keep millions of public dollars local every year, invested in the world we want, instead of going out of state to Wall Street banks that invest in war, weapons, climate-damaging extractive industries, and lobbyists who support profiteering. We say: In Women’s Ways of Knowing Money, No One Need Make a Killing.

Workshop: How to Block a Military Training Ground & Preserve the Balkans’ Biggest Mountain Grassland: An Update from the Save Sinjajevina Campaign, led by Milan Sekulović Held on July 9 2022 at the #NoWar2022 conference.

Video by Helena Cobban of Just World Educational. Event held at Busboys and Poets in Washington DC on August 5, 2022, with: Reiner Braun of International Peace Bureau Vicki Elson of NuclearBan.us Negar Mortazavi of Iran Podcast Sam Rosenthal of RootsAction.org and Defuse Nuclear War Angelo Cardona of World BEYOND War Kazuyuki “Kaz” Nakazato of Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) Washington D.C. Office

2022 War Abolisher Awards Go to Italian Dock Workers, New Zealand Filmmaker, U.S. Environmental Group, and British MP Jeremy Corbyn. https://worldbeyondwar.org/2022-war-abolisher-awards-to-go-to-italian-dock-workers-new-zealand-filmmaker-u-s-environmental-group-and-british-mp-jeremy-corbyn/

Videos by Glen Milner and David Swanson.

video by Ed Mays

Read "In New Zealand, World BEYOND War and Friends Give Out 43 Peace Poles" here: https://worldbeyondwar.org/in-new-zealand-world-beyond-war-and-friends-give-out-43-peace-poles/

Learn more and sign up: https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/book-club-the-crown-of-light-with-rivera-sun?clear_id=true

Upcoming Online Book Club: The Crown of Light with Rivera Sun: https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/book-club-the-crown-of-light-with-rivera-sun?clear_id=true

PEAI

PEAI

PEAI

Wars are raging and the climate is collapsing. Is there something that can be done to address both problems at once? Watch this webinar with Dr. Elizabeth G. Boulton, Tristan Sykes (Just Collapse), and David Swanson, with Liz Remmerswaal Hughes moderating.

Among the most immediate of the many threats faced by Ukrainians is the release of a nuclear dirty bomb by an intentional or accidental mishap at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which could create a Chernobyl-like disaster of far larger proportions. That’s why we are working on a proposal to establish an Unarmed Civilian Protection team to prevent a nuclear explosion that would impact Ukraine — and the world. LEARN MORE: https://worldbeyondwar.org/zap

Issue #200 of the Nuclear Resister newsletter is hot off the press! Since 1980, the Nuclear Resister has reported on more than 100,000 anti-nuclear and anti-war arrests while encouraging support for more than 1,000 imprisoned activists. This special online celebration event on Saturday, December 3, 2022 includes photos, songs and stories from decades of direct actions and more, honoring our resistance history and drawing inspiration for today's movement for a peaceful, nuclear-free future.