By Veterans for Peace Radio Hour and Podcast, Radio Free Nashville, October 11, 2021
Excerpted from an interview of Alison Broinowski and David Swanson by James Wohlgemuth and Harvey Bennett.
Harry Potter and the Secret of COP26
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, October 10, 2021
“Blimey, Harry!” exclaimed Ronald Weasley, his face pressed to the window, peering out at the swiftly passing countryside as the glistening red Hogwarts Express belched coal smoke into the sky on its way north to Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference. “If the secret that you have to find is both known and unknown to all Muggles, then it follows that it’s known to a lot of us too. And it also follows” — Ron turned to face his friend
1+1 EPISODE 100! Yuri speaks to David Swanson on ‘good wars’ & the myth being sold to us
CrossTalk | Military accountability?
“The Biden administration’s decision to leave Afghanistan was correct and long overdue. However, the way America’s longest war ended is a different question. It was a botched affair. The generals will most likely never be held to account. But a lone Marine lieutenant colonel does face
Nobel Committee Gets Peace Prize Wrong Yet Again
The Nobel Committee has yet again awarded a peace prize that violates the will of Alfred Nobel and the purpose for which the prize was created, selecting recipients who blatantly are not “the person who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the establishment and promotion of peace congresses.”
That there are numerous candidates who plausibly meet the criteria and could have been appropriately awarded a Nobel Peace Prize
Talk World Radio: Punishment Without Trial
Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week’s video and all the videos on Youtube.
Can War Be Both Reformed AND Abolished?
Photo of Kunduz Hospital in Afghanistan via The Intercept.
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, October 2, 2021
A recent article and a recent book have raised this familiar topic anew for me. The article is a super uninformed dud of a hatchet job on Michael Ratner by Samuel Moyn, who accuses Ratner of supporting war by trying to reform and humanize rather than end it. The critique is terribly weak because Ratner tried to prevent wars, end wars, AND reform wars. Ratner was at every antiwar event.
Rehumanize Podcast: Talking About the War on Terror with David Swanson
From Rehumanize Podcast:
In this episode, our hosts Herb and Emiliano are joined by David Swanson of World BEYOND War to reflect on the aftermath of 9/11 and the war on terror.
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Find more info about Rehumanize International at https://rehumanizeintl.org
How to Prevent Terrorism
By David Swanson
Hi, this is David Swanson, executive director of World BEYOND War, campaign coordinator of RootsAction, and host of Talk World Radio. I was asked by the Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism for a video on foreign intervention and domination as an important factor in
Civic Initiative Save Sinjajevina to Receive the War Abolisher of 2021 Award
By World BEYOND War, September 27, 2021
Today, September 27, 2021, World BEYOND War announces as the recipient of the War Abolisher of 2021 Award: Civic Initiative Save Sinjajevina.
As already announced, the Lifetime Organizational War Abolisher Award of 2021 will be presented to Peace Boat, and the David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher Award of 2021 will be presented to Mel Duncan.
An online presentation and acceptance event, with remarks from representatives of all three 2021 award