AIPAC fell on its face in Michigan. Despite the fact that AIPAC once again spent a record amount of money in an attempt to buy an election, voters nominated Abdul El-Sayed and rejected AIPAC’s politics of fear and Islamophobia.
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David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is executive director of World BEYOND War and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson's books include his latest: NATO What You Need to Know with Medea Benjamin.
Talk World Radio: War Mongering, the Odyssey, Old Fascists, and What Nationalism Is For davidswanson.org/talk-world-r...
Talk World Radio: War Mongering, the Odyssey, Old Fascists, and What Nationalism Is For
AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded on Zoom. Here is this week’s video and all the videos on Youtube.
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Humanity built weapons that can erase cities, then filed “deterrence” under security policy. On August 6 and 9, remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki and organize so no government ever uses a nuclear weapon again! worldbeyondwar.org/hiroshima-an... #nuclearban
In an insane age, the Red Scare madness is the establishment's compliment to the vestiges of a functioning democracy. We support: Abdul El-Sayed Donavan McKinney William Lawrence abdulforsenate.com donavanforcongress.com wewill2026.com
EUROWARS! The Guardian wants to make sure that Europe doesn't miss repeating a single horrible mistake made by the U.S. -- even if it kills us all. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With Russia at the door and the US backing away, Europe has to build its own ‘way of war’
Even in a Europe-focused Nato 3.0, Washington would still want to call the shots. We need an insurance policy, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
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Its Congress Improvement Day. We support: Cori Bush Hartzell Gray www.coribush.org hartzellforcongress.com
81 years after #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki with madmen at work building bigger nukes, putting them in more countries, and fantasizing about "winning" nuclear war, make your state a nuclear free zone!
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Nuclear Energy Is a Recipe for Disaster
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Robert Kagan Asks Why Bother Admitting Crime of the Century Was a "Mistake" - World BEYOND War
Robert Kagan, veteran warmonger extraordinaire, wants to know what the "utility" would be of admitting that the war on Iraq was "a mistake." I'm glad he asked. #WorldBEYONDWar
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Hey #Charlottesville -- Leave it to #UVA to host a pro-data-centers event: events.blackthorn.io/en/8c1ksMv7/... No shame at all.
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War Is So Inevitable That Governments Have to Spend Our Money to Lie to Our Kids to Recruit Them or We’d Have No Wars worldbeyondwar.org/war-is-so-in...
War Is So Inevitable That Governments Have to Spend Our Money to Lie to Our Kids to Recruit Them or We'd Have No Wars - World BEYOND War
THE SQUARE is a short observational documentary filmed during an RAF public engagement event in George Square, Luton. #WorldBEYONDWar
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Join Live on Aug. 10: Alice Slater — Learning from JFK’s Peace Speech: What Must Be Done to End the Arms Race with Russia and China worldbeyondwar.org/join-live-on...
Join Live on Aug. 10: Alice Slater - Learning from JFK's Peace Speech: What Must Be Done to End the Arms Race with Russia and China - World BEYOND War
Alice Slater a Member of the Board of Directors of World BEYOND War, is the UN NGO Representative of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, is on the Boards of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclea...
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Thin-Skinned and Heavy Handed, The Trump Hypocrites like Marco “McCarthy” Rubio Are Wrong Again—on Cuba and Where “Terrorism” is Coming From worldbeyondwar.org/thin-skinned...
Thin-Skinned and Heavy Handed, The Trump Hypocrites like Marco “McCarthy” Rubio Are Wrong Again—on Cuba and Where “Terrorism” is Coming From - World BEYOND War
Those Who Challenge and Protest U.S. Policies Are Not Terrorists, and They Are Certainly NOT Paid By Other Governments. #WorldBEYONDWar
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Hiroshima 81 Years on: Australia Must Sign the Nuclear Weapons’ Prohibition Treaty worldbeyondwar.org/hiroshima-81...
Hiroshima 81 Years on: Australia Must Sign the Nuclear Weapons' Prohibition Treaty - World BEYOND War
Dr Ruth Mitchell, a 2017 Nobel Peace Prize winner, doctor and neurosurgeon, delivered the following speech to the Hiroshima Day protest on Gadigal Country/Sydney on August 1. #WorldBEYONDWar
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Corporations never die, yet profiteers try to make mega-mergers about personalities: "David Ellison: Let’s Set the Record Straight on the Paramount-Warner Deal" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o... If you're from Calif., you can make clear you're not buying this here: rootsaction.org/block-paramo...
Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal
The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN
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"Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanups" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/c... Funny. Human anger has been fully grown for many years. www.militarypoisons.org worldbeyondwar.org/environment rootsaction.org/ban-forever-...
Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanups
Hundreds of bases are contaminated with PFAS, which are linked to low birth weight and other risks. Politicians from both parties are demanding explanations.
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When someone tells you that online activism is pointless, point them to our growing list of successes rootsaction.org/about-rootsa... And suggest they try it themselves on our DIY site diy.rootsaction.org
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"Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanups" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/c... Funny. Human anger has been fully grown for many years. www.militarypoisons.org worldbeyondwar.org/environment rootsaction.org/ban-forever-...
Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanups
Hundreds of bases are contaminated with PFAS, which are linked to low birth weight and other risks. Politicians from both parties are demanding explanations.
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Governments can increase military budgets overnight. They can't order people to believe war is the answer: Applications for conscientious objector status in Germany have surged as Berlin expands military recruitment. buff.ly/GJG3m23
Short on cash? We all are. Unless we own a weapons company. Then these are the best of times, even if they end up killing us all.
Tell Congress to Reduce Pentagon Spending
Congress is trying to raise Pentagon spending to new heights, and to further integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries -- which could make it even harder to stop weapons shipments to Israel. We can…
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Did you know that 8 states now allow balcony plug-in solar energy? Did you know we're pushing for more states? See how yours is doing:
Tell Your State to Allow Balcony Solar
Utah allows people to plug small solar panels on balconies or patios into ordinary outlets for enough electricity to run their home appliances without paying any power company for it. Tell your state…
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War is taught. Peace can be learned too. Join World BEYOND War's August Book Club as we read Unbounded Hues with author S.K. Rosée and explore how imagination can help dismantle the myths that keep war alive.
Book Club: Unbounded Hues: An Anti-War Novel - World BEYOND War
In August 2026, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of the book Unbounded Hues with the author S. K. Rosée. #WorldBEYONDWar
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This August 6 and 9, bring a banner, distribute facts, organize locally, and help make nuclear abolition a public demand! buff.ly/P5fAyNa #nuclearban
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Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings: what we can do. #WorldBEYONDWar
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Every war arrives wrapped in a story: self-defense, liberation, necessity. The facts never match the sales pitch. War Is Still A Lie traces the recurring myths used to justify war & why recognizing them matters before the next one. buff.ly/Rz9pftc
If only to help us keep things straight, the people claiming to be "opponents" of the war on Iran should stop trying to prevent any deal that might end it!
Tell Congress Members to Stop Opposing a Deal to End War on Iran
Continuing a murderous, destructive, Earth-polluting, resource-draining, economy-rattling war is better than a deal to end it? Email your representative and senators.
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Wildfires, diarrhea, and endless wars. Can those who did and those who did not vote for this unite around realizing it's a bad arrangement? At long last have we no decency? #ImpeachTrump
At Long Last, Impeach Trump and Remove Him from Office
We cannot leave an open and shameless criminal in office while he threatens overnight genocides and ruins the lives of millions of people. Email your House member now!
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How can we most effectively organize in these days of horror and strangeness? In Remaking Democracy, seasoned organizers and teachers Chynoweth and Adams introduce readers to a framework for doing just that. Join us live: teachinnetwork.org/bookclubs
RAEF Monthly Online Book Club - Teach-in Network
At 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET on the first Wednesday of every month, you can spend an hour asking your questions of the author of one of the most useful recent books for progressive activism. We'll post…
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