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Ann Wright: The voice of resistance against war and militarization

Ann Wright is a peace activist, former U.S. diplomat, and retired U.S. Army colonel. In 2003, she resigned from the diplomatic service in protest against the Iraq War and has since been tirelessly committed to peace, disarmament, and global justice.…

No war of aggression against Europe – Why Germany’s rearmament policy is leading in the wrong direction

On March 13, 2025, a public hearing was held in the budget committee of the German Bundestag on the planned amendment to the German constitution for a massive increase in military spending. Peace activist and expert Reiner Braun was invited…

Mexico’s ‘Yes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace’ Program

The Mexican government of Claudia Sheinbaum has launched the National Voluntary Disarmament Plan ‘Yes to disarmament, Yes to peace’, a program that aims to get the population to surrender their firearms in exchange for financial compensation. The President, accompanied by…

The 3rd World March: hope, humanity and the courage to change

The power of humanity, the longing for peace and the conviction that violence can never be the solution radiate from the action of the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence in Berlin, which this video impressively captures. By Reto…

The 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence reaches Sarajevo

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…

For a Middle East without nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction

This appeal is addressed to all those who refuse to accept the idea that humanity might risk extinction because the ruling classes of the most powerful countries in the world cannot communicate except through the language of weapons. Yet, 35…

The 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence in Sagada: The Philippine Experience

The 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence began in San Jose, Costa Rica on October 2, 2024, the International Day of Nonviolence, fifteen years after the 1st World March. Now traveling across the five continents, the World March base…

Acceptance of China’s initiative to renounce the first use of nuclear weapons under an international treaty

Acceptance of China’s initiative to renounce the first use of nuclear weapons under an international treaty. Until now, China has repeatedly stressed that it develops and deploys nuclear weapons only for defensive purposes. At the second preparatory meeting of the…

The reason for the existence

Since the dawn of reason and the awareness of being, man has looked up at the starry sky, searching for answers to his place in the universe and the meaning of his existence. Astronomy has revealed the vastness of the…

What they say and what they don’t say about war and violence: the humanist position

Before beginning the exposition of our proposals on the present problematic war situation, we consider it appropriate to make explicit some of our principles and beliefs, which come into play when considering the current situation, especially with regard to war…

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