The Security We Choose: The opportunity cost of UK military spending on education and human security
Published by: National Education Union Executive summary UK military spending is rising to the detriment of other public spending The UK’s commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) target of spending 3.5 per cent of its GDP on defence by 2035 will require an additional £36 billion...
Statement from the Second International Forum for Peace (Foro Internacional por la Paz)
25 September 2026, Madrid, Spain Statement – For a World in Peace and Progress The 149 participants representing 63 organizations from 35 countries who took part in this International Peace Forum share deep concern over growing global instability, rising military spending, the militarization...
Challenging Trump/MAGA Evil by Joseph Gerson’s Oct. 3 Stop the Madness in Washington Rally speech
Friends, As Dylan sang, “Let us not talk falsely now/ the hour is getting late.” That applies to us now. Back in the 1960s there was a film, Mondo Cane, a warning about a world gone to the dogs. With Trump and company driving our nation...
International Peace Bureau Awards 2026 Seán MacBride Peace Prize to Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Global Sumud Flotilla, and Nuestra América Convoy
Berlin, 2 October 2026 – The International Peace Bureau (IPB) is honored to announce that the 2026 Seán MacBride Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Global Sumud Flotilla, and Nuestra América Convoy, in recognition of their international solidarity efforts...
Conscientious Objector Deniz Hikmet Hazer Arrested
A conscientious objector and trans activist Deniz Hikmet Hazer, was arrested this past weekend as part of a sweeping, nationwide crackdown on LGBTIQ+ people and organizations...