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SUMMARY:Veterans for Peace Convention: “From War Making to Peace Seeking”  
DESCRIPTION:The last few years have been learning experiences but also a huge success with increased attendance and the opportunity to hear from speakers around the globe.  We are also happy that hundreds of our members and guests can join us in gathering without the environmental impacts of traveling.  We continue to be cautious regarding the pandemic and want to create as many organizing opportunities that keep people safe and healthy. \nClick here to register now! \nWORKSHOP SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! \nClick here for more details and to submit your workshop now. \nThe submission deadline has been extended until July 8\, 2022. \nAward nominations\, and bylaw & resolution proposals are also open. \nVisit the above pages for more details on requirements and submission deadlines! \nSign up to read a poem or sing a song at the Poetry Soirée!
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/veterans-for-peace-convention-from-war-making-to-peace-seeking/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Allies,War & Peace
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SUMMARY:How War-mongering Now Includes a Nuclear War
DESCRIPTION:Code Pink invites you to attend a conversation with Col. Lawrence Wilderson May 25 at 5 p.m. on Zoom. \nThe war in Ukraine has brought a new level of war-mongering by the powerful\, not only echoed but amplified by the mainstream media. Notice how little we hear about negotiations and how repeatedly we are told that it is only more weapons that Ukraine needs. \nJoin us for a conversation with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson as he warns about war-mongering having gone nuclear: how the White House thinks it can win a nuclear war with Russia and how dangerous and disturbing this idea is. \nCol. Lawrence Wilkerson is an adjunct professor of government and public policy at the College of William and Mary and the former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell (2002 to 2005). He is a critic of U.S. foreign policy surrounding the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars\, Iran\, and the new Cold Wars with China and Russia\, and asserts that the U.S. is not a democracy but a war state that forces its will on the global community. In 2020\, Wilkerson worked on bipartisan projects to prepare for the possibility that a defeated Donald Trump would refuse to leave office. \nLearn More and Register Here
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/how-war-mongering-now-includes-a-nuclear-war/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Event,War & Peace
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SUMMARY:Averting Climate Catastrophe: No New Arms Race!
DESCRIPTION:Please join Veterans for Peace and partners in a panel discussion: Averting Climate Catastrophe: No New Arms Race. \nFollowing an introductory presentation showing the links between militarism and climate change\, a panel of experts will discuss how to proceed in uniting the peace and climate movements to avoid increasing militarism and worsening the climate crisis. \nModerator: Marcy Winograd of CODEPINK \nPanelists: \n\nAnn Wright\, author\, activist\, retired U.S. Army Colonel and U.S. State Department official\nDr. David Vine\, Professor\, Department of Anthropology\, American University and author of The United States of War\nErik Edstrom\, Afghanistan war veteran and author of UN-AMERICAN: A soldier’s Reckoning of Our Longest War\n\nPresented by the Veterans For Peace Climate Crisis & Militarism Project: CCMP warns that an arms race resulting from the invasion of Ukraine will hinder efforts of major polluting countries to lower their CO2 emissions and will doom any meaningful international agreements later this year at COP27. In other words\, we are no longer “sleepwalking to climate catastrophe\,” we are running. \nLearn more: veteransforpeace.org/ccmp
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/averting-climate-catastrophe-no-new-arms-race/
CATEGORIES:Climate,War & Peace
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SUMMARY:War Abolition 101: Apr 18 - May 29\, 2022 online course
DESCRIPTION:How can we make the best argument for shifting from war to peace? What must we understand and know about the war system if we are to dismantle it? How can we become more effective advocates and activists for ending particular wars\, ending all wars\, pursuing disarmament\, and creating systems that maintain peace? These questions and more will be explored in War Abolition 101: How We Create a Peaceful World. \nWar Abolition 101 is a six week-online course providing participants an opportunity to learn from\, dialogue with\, and strategize for change with World BEYOND War experts\, peer activists\, and changemakers from around the world. \nEach week of the online course will feature a guest facilitator from World BEYOND War or our partners. These facilitators will help you to explore weekly topics supported by an online chat room where you are encouraged to dialogue with peers and facilitators. The interactions are not live or scheduled. You take part whenever works for you. \nThis course is 100% online and interactions are not live or scheduled\, so you can take part whenever works for you. Weekly content includes a mix of text\, images\, video\, and audio. Instructors and students utilize online discussion forums to go over each week’s content\, as well as to provide feedback on optional assignment submissions. \nThe course also includes three 1-hour optional zoom calls which are designed to facilitate a more interactive and real-time learning experience. \nEducation Director Phill Gittins and other World BEYOND War staff\, board members\, and partners will be online throughout the six weeks helping to facilitate too. \nCourse outline: \n\nWeek 1: War Can Be Ended\nWeek 2: War is Immoral/War Erodes Liberties\nWeek 3: War Impoverishes Us\nWeek 4: War Threatens Our Environment/War Endangers\nWeek 5: There are Alternatives to War/What is an Alternative Global Security System?\nWeek 6: War Will Not Go Away Unless We Make It\n\nLearn more\, find most questions answered\, and register.
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/war-abolition-101-apr-18-may-29-2022-online-course/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Nonviolence,War & Peace
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SUMMARY:The Yemen War in Numbers: Saudi Escalation and U.S. Complicity
DESCRIPTION:President Biden came into office pledging to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen\, yet it has become clear that he has not. Now\, in the context of rising oil prices\, Biden is considering whether to give in to Saudi and Emirati demands that he escalate assistance for their war in exchange for increasing fossil fuel production. Yet as recent events have demonstrated\, America’s partners in the Middle East are hedging despite the Biden administration’s extensive support for their defense: they hope to strengthen their relationships with Moscow and Beijing while continuing to reap the benefits of Washington’s largesse. In the seven years since the Saudi-led coalition launched their war on Yemen\, the U.S. has been complicit in selling weapons and providing assistance without which the Saudis could not conduct their military operations. \nJoin The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill\, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction founder Aisha Jumaan\, and The Cato Institute’s Justin Logan as they discuss a new brief from the Quincy Institute’s Annelle Sheline\, using data to highlight the U.S. role in supporting the war on Yemen and show parallels between Putin’s military assault on Ukraine and Mohammed bin Salman’s seven-year effort to destroy Yemen. Moderated by Quincy’s Executive Vice President Trita Parsi. \nThe discussion will take place on Thursday\, March 24\, from noon to 1 pm ET. \nREGISTER FOR EVENT
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/the-yemen-war-in-numbers-saudi-escalation-and-u-s-complicity/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Nonviolence,War & Peace
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SUMMARY:19 Years After the Invasion: A Reflection on the U.S. Military Presence in Iraq
DESCRIPTION:Nineteen years ago the Bush administration launched the invasion of Iraq under the pretext of weapons of mass destruction which was later proven false. While the invasion of Iraq removed Saddam Hussein’s brutal dictatorship from power\, it also unleashed an era of sectarian violence\, extremism\, and abuses. \nThe U.S. war in Iraq is now synonymous with an ill-planned interventionism\, a boondoggle.  4\,418 U.S. service members were killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and another 107 in Operation Inherent Resolve. Approximately another thousand U.S. service members lost their lives in non-hostile incidents while supporting U.S. military actions in Iraq. Between 184\,382 to 207\,156 Iraqis were killed throughout the conflict. Incidents such as the Haditha massacre\, in which U.S. Marines killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians\, and the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib tarnished the reputation of the U.S. military. De-Baathification\, perceived sectarian marginalization\, and fighting in al-Anbar province later contributed to the rise of ISIS. \nNearly two decades later\, U.S. troops remain in Iraq under attenuated Congressional authorizations. As we look back on the past nineteen years with the gift of hindsight\, we should consider the ways in which the military-industrial complex and foreign policy establishment influenced our continued occupation. And more importantly\, hear from those directly affected by this conflict: veterans\, military families\, and Iraqi civilians. \nJoin us for a panel discussion with International Activist Dina Al Bayati\, who lived through the invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq\, Brandi Jones\, Marine spouse and Organizing Director of the Secure Families Initiative\, and Iraq war veterans: Dan Caldwell\, a former Marine who now serves as Vice President of Foreign Policy for Stand Together\, Joanna Sweatt\, a former Marine who now serves as National Field Manager for Common Defense\, and U.S. Army veteran Naveed Shah\, Political Director of Common Defense. Quincy Institute Research Fellow Adam Weinstein will moderate. \nThe discussion will be held on Wednesday\, March 23 at 6:00 pm EDT.  \nREGISTER FOR EVENT
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/19-years-after-the-invasion-a-reflection-on-the-u-s-military-presence-in-iraq/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:War & Peace
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SUMMARY:Ukraine Crisis: NATO and The US Global War Drive
DESCRIPTION:Abroad coalition of peace organizations will host an open meeting on how to respond to the Current Crisis in Ukraine and war threats on Russia. What can do about it? \nPlease join this important online meeting and discussion with leaders from the antiwar movement including (in alphabetical order): \nLeela Anand – ANSWER coalition \nAjamu Baraka – Black Alliance for Peace \nMedea Benjamin – CodePink \nSara Flounders – International Action Center \nMargaret Flowers – Popular Resistance \nBruce Gagnon – Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space \nJoe Jamison – US Peace Council \nMargaret Kimberley – Black Agenda Report \nJeff Mackler – United National Antiwar Coalition \nNancy Price – Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (US) \nSusan Schnall – Veterans For Peace \nDavid Swanson – World Beyond War \nJoe Lombardo will chair. Ajamu Baraka will give an opening statement \nPlease click here to register for the meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ 10cVDLQuQR6T3WPeAkJwtw \nOnly a few short months after the chaotic US defeat in Afghanistan\, the US is pushing a war with Russia\, a major nuclear power. US officials insist that the Russians will invade Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly denied this. \nIn recent days the US and some of their allies have closed their embassies and asked their nationals to leave Ukraine. [The US and allies moved their embassies to Lvov in western Ukraine where Nazis predominate.] \nThe Ukrainian military has a force of 150\,000 troops\, that are U.S. trained and armed with modern US weapons\, near the Russian border and the independent regions in Donbass. These independent regions have taken a stand in opposition to the right-wing\, coup government in Kiev\, since 2014. The Ukrainian military has started heavy shelling of the independent areas of Donbass\, which have returned the fire. \nEvery U.S. war in our lifetime has been based on false information\, repeated relentlessly by the corporate media. There is deep apprehension that the US and the Ukrainian government are preparing a “false flag” incident that could lead to a major conflict. \nThe US has tens of thousands of troops in Europe\, it is putting troops on high alert and sending more. They are not only arming the Ukrainian military\, but they are expanding NATO bases and sending additional arms and missiles to other NATO countries in the region. \nIt is important that the U.S. antiwar movement come together to oppose these dangerous war moves. Please join us this evening!
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/ukraine-crisis-nato-and-the-us-global-war-drive/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,War & Peace
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SUMMARY:US and Iran: The Nuclear Deal and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Join CODEPINK Congress\, Massachusetts Peace Action\, and RootsAction on February 1 to discuss Biden’s reckless approach to the Iran Nuclear Deal – and what we can collectively do to put us back on the path to peace with Iran. \nA year into his presidency\, Joe Biden continues Donald Trump’s reckless policy approach to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action\, commonly known as the JCPOA or Iran Nuclear Deal. A violation of international norms and his own campaign promises\, Biden’s hesitancy to rejoin the deal as already-negotiated alienates the U.S. from allies\, and maintains deadly sanctions that harm the most vulnerable Iranians and weaken civil society. Learn how you can have an impact and put us back on the path to peace with Iran. \nClick Here to Learn More
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/us-and-iran-the-nuclear-deal-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Event,War & Peace
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SUMMARY:Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: Speech and Spirit
DESCRIPTION:Nuclear Age Peace Foundation presents Speech and Spirit\, an evening about the transmission of political conviction and ecological consciousness across generations. This multi-genre collaboration sits at the intersection of literary studies\, Black and Indigenous performance art\, and the pursuit of collective transcendence. The event emerges from a set of conversations between old friends about how best to honor the traditions they love and study. It will feature live music\, song\, and poetry. \nThis event is a multi-genre collaboration with Joshua Bennett\, Samora Pinderhughes\, and Matthew Spellberg on Tuesday\, December 7th from 4:00 – 5:30 pm. \nABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS: \nJoshua Bennett is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. Earlier this year\, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Whiting Award for Poetry and Nonfiction. \nSamora Pinderhughes is a jazz vocalist and keyboardist. Samora was named the first ever Art for Justice/Soros Justice Fellow in 2018. \nMattthew Spellberg is a scholar and writer and the creator of the Dream Parliament. He is President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. \nRegister for this event at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_39wXCnbaTYiLVKmQ2hUSuA
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/nuclear-age-peace-foundation-speech-and-spirit/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Nonviolence,War & Peace
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SUMMARY:War and the Environment: June 7 - July 18 Online Course
DESCRIPTION:World Beyond War is offering a six week\, online course about war and the environmental consequences it causes. \n\nGrounded in research on peace and ecological security\, this course focuses on the relationship between two existential threats: war and environmental catastrophe. We will cover: \n• Where wars happen and why.\n• What wars do to the earth.\n• What imperial militaries do to the earth back home.\n• What nuclear weapons have done and could do to people and the planet.\n• How this horror is hidden and maintained.\n• What can be done. \nThis course is 100% online and interactions are not live or scheduled\, so you can take part whenever works for you. Weekly content includes a mix of text\, images\, video\, and audio. Instructors and students utilize online discussion forums to go over each week’s content\, as well as to provide feedback on optional assignment submissions. \nThe course also includes three 1-hour optional zoom calls which are designed to facilitate a more interactive and real-time learning experience.
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/war-and-the-environment-june-7-july-18-online-course/
CATEGORIES:War & Peace
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