World BEYOND War’s David Swanson, Kathy Kelly, Sellah N. King’oro, and John Reuwer, spoke on June 19 at the University of Massachusetts – Amherest at the conference on Resistance Studies.

Part 1 of 4: War and Resistance Studies, by David Swanson, June 19, 2026

In the 1990s I was doing a Master’s in Philosophy at the University of Virginia when some UVA professors and students began a campaign to get everyone who worked there paid a living wage. It was the first organized activism I worked on, the first time I planned events, recruited people, and argued against misleading claims from opponents of positive change. I got involved in living wage efforts around the country and eventually ended up working for a group called ACORN, but the leading lights read more

By Parallax Views, June 18, 2026

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On this special edition of Parallax Views, J.G. and a slew of top-notch guests delve into the antiwar movement and the attacks, past and present, on antiwar voices and dissidents.

When Iran moved toward a decent democratic government, the UK, U.S., and oil barons destroyed it and put in place a horrendously brutal dictatorship. When Iranians overthrew that dictatorship, religious lunatics seized power and treated the people of Iran so cruelly for so long that many of them longed for that dictatorship — or the CIA-owned son thereof — and still do. When Iraq attacked Iran, the U.S. provided targeting assistance and chemical weapons. Then the U.S. labeled Iran read more

If the U.S. government or state governments had a trillion dollars and a willingness to spend money on anything other than wars, and if they worked for us instead of for the oil companies, we could have solar power for almost every household in the country.

Even with little bits of a trillion dollars, we could have great things in the United States: free preschool for anyone who wants it ($35b), Medicaid for the uninsured ($214b), housing read more

Recently the least popular person alive said, “I didn’t guarantee no war. Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?”

Already unpopular with kind and decent people, Trump may have — with that comment — tanked his popularity with every weapons company public relations hack on Earth. Their most deeply held pretense has always been that military spending isn’t needed for wars but rather to prevent wars.

Of course, Trump promised not to start any read more

According to an email on Tuesday from The Hill newspaper, “The Iran war is on the ballot in South Carolina, where GOP primary voters will determine the political fate of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a steadfast ally of President Trump and one of the Senate’s most hawkish members. Graham is heavily favored to eventually secure the Republican nomination, but polls show he may need to win a runoff first, in what would be a first for the four-term senator.”

Everyone’s first thought read more

Remarks from a webinar about the Peace Manifesto.

Hi. This is David Swanson and I’m speaking as Executive Director of World BEYOND War. I’m honored to be a part of celebrating one year of the peace manifesto that people can find and promote at activatingpeace.org.

Maybe celebrating is the wrong word and recommitting is the right one. I am still sick and tired of the culture of war and supportive of a culture of peace. If it’s OK, I’ll tell you a bit about what I mean by that. read more