Why Are HANDS OFF Rallies Supporting NATO?
During the past 30 years, NATO has fomented a vast arc of violence stretching from Libya to Afghanistan, leaving villages bombed, infrastructure destroyed, and countless dead.
NATO: From Cold War Defensive Coalition to Global Military Behemoth
NATO’s anniversary is the perfect opportunity for people to learn about its questionable past and reckless present.
NATO Spreads Nuclear Weapons, Energy and Risk
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty declares that NATO members will assist another member if attacked by “taking action as it deems…
International Court of Justice Rules That Israel Must Stop Killing Palestinians
By David Swanson / World Beyond War The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must cease its warmaking in Gaza — cease committing and inciting genocidal acts —…
The New York Times Tries to Lie About Ukraine Without Lying
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War I’m pretty sure I usually read the New York Times differently from how some people read it. I read it looking for two…
From Beyond the Death of Beyond Vietnam
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War Remarks in New York City, May 21, 2023 About a year-and-a-half before I was born down in midtown, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…
Talk World Radio: James Bamford on Israelgate and Nordstream
By David Swanson / Let’s Try Democracy This week on Talk World Radio we’re discussing Israelgate and Nordstream. Our guest, journalist James Bamford, has a new book called Spyfail: Foreign…
Quick Quiz: Mapping Militarism 2023
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War Can you test yourself with this quick quiz? A picture can be worth a trillion words — or a couple of trillion dollars…
New York Times Is Now Telling Bigger Lies Than Iraq WMDs and More Effectively
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War The New York Times routinely tells bigger lies than the clumsy nonsense it published about weapons in Iraq. Here’s an example. This package…
Ukraine and the Anti-Communications System
Remarks on Massachusetts Peace Action Webinar.
Nobel Committee Gets Peace Prize Wrong Yet Again
The Nobel Peace Prize selection ignores a side of the war that saw even Amnesty International denounced for observing.
World BEYOND War Volunteers to Reproduce “Offensive” Peace Mural
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War A talented artist in Melbourne, Australia, has been in the news for painting a mural of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers hugging — and…
Top 10 Reasons Sweden and Finland Will Regret Joining NATO
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War Friendly advice to my brothers and sisters in Finland and Sweden. Ask me about these points and explain the errors of my ways…
The Warmongers Miscalculated
The people inside the White House believe they can sell us what we don’t want to buy, but sometimes they miscalculate.
Hiroshima Is A Lie
Why do U.S. history teachers in U.S. elementary schools today — in 2021! — tell children that nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan to save lives — or rather “the…