Peace and Disarmament

On its route through the Alps-Adriatic region, the international base team of the World March reached Sarajevo after setting off from Vienna. There, the team made contact with the organization Mreža za Izgradnju Mira (Network for Peacebuilding), which coordinates around…

The US Peace Memorial Foundation awards the US Peace Prize to recognize and honor the most outstanding and prominent American antiwar leaders. These courageous people and organizations have publicly championed peaceful solutions to international conflicts involving the U.S. and/or opposed U.S. war(s), militarism,…

On November 6, many of us woke to the reality that our nation is even more corrupt and dangerous than we had realized as a majority of  U.S. voters embraced and voted for a fascist, racist, convicted rapist and felon,…

In the context of the 3rd World March for Peace and Non-Violence, two events were organised in Prague, Czech Republic. They were organised by the co-operation of several organisations. On 10 November, a documentary video from the Ficnova festival –…

David Swanson, the Executive Director of World Beyond War and campaign coordinator of RootsAction.org, was awarded the Real Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 in a touching ceremony held on November 10, 2024, in Oslo. I had the pleasure of sitting…

As we write, New York City is an unsettling 70 degrees in November. Meanwhile, a cohort of war profiteers, their pockets lined by the very industries destroying our climate, are flying to COP, the annual U.N. climate summit hosted by…

October 24, 2024 – A comprehensive 12-point peace proposal, aiming to establish perpetual peace between Russia and Ukraine, has been endorsed by an international team of peace advocates at the recent BRICS summit. The plan, authored by prominent figures from…

David Swanson accepting the first annual Real Nobel Peace Prize, awarded by the Lay Down Your Arms Foundation. It’s wonderful to be here with many of you whose work I’ve known but whom I’ve rarely if ever been with in…

What resonates in people’s minds when visiting battlegrounds and war memorials? It might depend on each person’s perception, however, as humanity, a collective species on the planet, what binds us is a deep desire for peace and nonviolence, living together,…

Putin might agree to freeze the conflict along the Line of Contact in spite of prior rhetoric against this scenario in the event that Trump threatens to escalate the conflict as punishment if he doesn’t. Trump’s pledge to resolve the…