This year marks the 40th anniversary of Olof Palme’s Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues. The Commission presented its report in 1982, at the height of the Cold War,... Read more »
Join speakers from Aotearoa, Hawai'i and Guahan to discuss RIMPAC and the alternative - a free, independent, and demilitarised Pacific. About this event: RSVP for the zoom: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../cancel-rimpac-time-for-a... Or watch... Read more »
Peace & Planet’s July 30 conference has been designed to provide a forum for the world’s peace movements, in order to: Share positions and observations on the dynamics of an... Read more »
Webinar on August 8 - "THE U.S. RUSSIA, CHINA & NATO: The Dangerous New Era of Great Power Confrontation & How We Respond" Panelists: Reiner Braun (International Peace Bureau –... Read more »
Next Friday, November 4, the second day of the Asean Civil Society Conference – Asean Peoples Forum “Convergence Space on Peace & Human Security” will take place, organized once again... Read more »
On November 9 , 2022 at 11AM CET the IPB, AEPF and No to War – No to NATO will host the Asia Network webinar: G20 Summit – Between Confrontation... Read more »
Join us for a discussion on the key elements of Economic War, the Economic War against the ‘enemy’, Economic War against the South, the role of the arms economy and... Read more »
On November 24, the annual conference of the Centre Delàs de Estudis per la Pau “Another security is possible and urgent. New scenarios for building peace from the margins: the... Read more »
As we approach the third budget statement in as many months on the 17th of November, public spending cuts are again on the agenda. Yet even after the biggest increases... Read more »
Date/Time Date(s) - Monday - Dec 12, 2022 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Impressions after the visits of Reiner Braun (former executive director IPB) and Tamara Lorincz (WILPF Canada) to... Read more »
Wednesday, 25 January at 11am CET On October 24, 2021, Sachs was appointed by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Within this role, Sachs has consistently pushed... Read more »
Wednesday - Feb 15, 2023 - Thursday - Feb 16, 2023 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm CET Registration link for Parts 01 & 02 (15th of February, 04 PM – 08 PM... Read more »
Date - Friday - Feb 24, 2023 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm REGISTER HERE: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_My2b3oCuRmmkJFcIc6hGew ➡️ Date: Feb 24, 2023 – 01:00 PM (CET) One year after the beginning of the... Read more »
Tabling at Unitarian Society (220 Main St., Northampton, MA 01060). Rain date is April 7th at Noon. Sponsored by Taxes for Peace New England.
“Stations of Justice, Nonviolence, Peace, and the Love of Humanity.” At Lockheed Martin: Mall & Goddard Boulevards, King of Prussia (behind King of Prussia Mall). Sponsored by Brandywine Peace Community.
Tabling outside the University of Mexico Student Union.
GDAMS 2023 will take place from April 13 to May 9. Save the dates! This year of war in Ukraine has meant a huge boost for militarism and military budgets... Read more »
Serpaj Chile joins GDAMS one more year, by endorsing our Appeal and posting on their social media. "Social inequality, the climate crisis and injustice are serious problems affecting millions of... Read more »
Sign-holding on Portland bridges (Burma Shave Style). Meet at E. Burnside and MLK Jr. Blvd. Sponsored by War Resisters League – Portland.
Penny Polls in City Center Square. Organized by 1040 for Peace – Penny Poll where public can “vote” on how they’d like to have their federal taxes spent.
Tax Day protest dedicated to the theme of the militarized, immoral discretionary federal budget. The event will feature a sound system, musicians, banners and signs, as well as handouts on... Read more »
Virginia Harrisonburg Saturday, April 15, Noon. Shenandoah Valley Taxes for Peace has organized a War Tax Resistance/Redirection vigil at LOVE Park next to the Harrisonburg Farmer’s Market (228 S Liberty... Read more »
Bake Sale for Military Victims and protest against federal tax dollars for war, U.S. Army Reserve, 5130 W. Silver Spring Dr. Sponsored by Milwaukee War Tax Resistance, Casa Maria Catholic... Read more »
War tax resistance lit table and Penny Poll at the Cedar Valley Unitarian Universalist during their 11am fellowship.
WAR IN UKRAINE: MAKING SENSE OF A SENSELESS CONFLICT, Time and Space Limited, Free to members, $7 non-members
The organization Canadian Voice of Women for Peace supported the GDAMS 2023 campaign on Instagram: "We, at VOW, support the Global Days of Action on Military Spending, and call on... Read more »
CALL FOR DIPLOMACY IN UKRAINE: NOT MORE WAR, Sage College, Bush Memorial Center, 50 First St., Troy, Free
WAR IN UKRAINE: MAKING SENSE OF A SENSELESS CONFLICT, The Sanctuary at the College of St. Rose, 959 Madison Ave., Albany, Free
UNTANGLING THE WEB OF WAR IN UKRAINE: THE CHALLENGE FOR JOURNALISTS, University at Albany, Humanities 354 (Uptown Campus), Free
Vigil outside Federal Building at Jefferson and Main. Sponsored by Michiana War Tax Refusers. For more information, contact Peter Smith.
UNTANGLING THE WEB OF WAR IN UKRAINE, First Unitarian-Universalist Society of Albany, 405 Washington Ave., Albany, Free
Arizona Tucson Peace vigil at Raytheon Missile Systems at corners of Nogales Highway and Hermans Road. Vigil and parking is on the NORTH side of the Hermans Road entrance to... Read more »
WTR information table outside the Brattleboro Food Coop, 2 Main Street. Sponsored by Taxes for Peace New England. For more information, contact Daniel Sicken.
CALL FOR DIPLOMACY IN UKRAINE: NOT MORE WAR, Sage College, Bush Memorial Center, 50 First St., Troy, Free
Vigil and leafleting at IRS building, 1222 Spruce Street. For more information contact Chrissy Kirchhoefer.
Leafleting WRL pie charts outside the downtown post office (141 West Fifth Street).
Vigil and leafleting at 26 Federal Plaza in front of the Federal Building on Broadway stretching down to the IRS office at 290 Broadway and Duane Street. The vigil will... Read more »
“Let’s Use Our Taxes for a Better World” rally at Howland Plaza, 1st & Madison; featuring leafleting, banners, and a penny poll. Banners will say “No War,” “Diplomats not Bombs... Read more »
The WAR IN UKRAINE: UNTANGLING A SENSELESS WAR….DETAILING ITS IMPACT ON WOMEN, Co-sponsored by the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department, Institute for Research on Women & UUP Albany Chapter,... Read more »
Vigils at the Edith Cavell statue will focus on military spending/ climate justice/move the money for on the 19 and 26 April. Will be inviting people to take selfies with... Read more »
XR's The Big One around the Houses of Parliament is just one week away! Join CND and the XR Peace collective as we take a stand against nuclear weapons and... Read more »
Join CND and the XR Peace collective as we take a stand against nuclear weapons and militarism and stand up for the planet! A series of workshops, people’s assemblies and... Read more »
Military spending – what can Quakers say and do? Online briefing and meeting. We are approaching a period when campaigners around the world will be contributing to the Global Campaign... Read more »
XR's The Big One around the Houses of Parliament is just one week away! Join CND and the XR Peace collective as we take a stand against nuclear weapons and... Read more »
By acknowledging the International Earth Day on 22. April 2023, the organization Internasjoinal Kvinneliga for Fred & Frihet promotes our GDAMS 2023 Appeal.
We will join local environmental groups at the Federal building for a rally, march/parade, a marching band, and more. Banners will say “No War,” “Diplomats not Bombs in Ukraine,” “The... Read more »
XR's The Big One around the Houses of Parliament is just one week away! Join CND and the XR Peace collective as we take a stand against nuclear weapons and... Read more »
XR's The Big One around the Houses of Parliament is just one week away! Join CND and the XR Peace collective as we take a stand against nuclear weapons and... Read more »
Discussion of the new data on military spending from a German perspective.
On the 24th of April Stockholm International Peace Research Institute will release the latest global military spending figures, the first to indicate the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The... Read more »
Street action in front of the Ministry of National Defense. Here one of the pictures of their action:
Justicia y Paz España supported Centre Delàs during the press conference on the recently published SIPRI data on military spending. They tweeted: "Razones por las que el es un desastre... Read more »
The organization Demilitarise Education supported GCOMS spreading its GDAMS 2023 Appeal. They tweeted: "When we underfund education, the unethical interests of private arms companies prevail. Support @DemilitarizeDay and @GCOMS_UK to... Read more »
By spreading the GDAMS 2023 appeal on Instagram and translating it into Dutch, the organization Stop Wapenhandel supported the campaign.
Press conference in Barcelona organised by Centre Delàs of Peace Studies to analyse the newly released data on military spending.
Discussion on the recently released data on military spending by SIPRI.
Has the rapidly escalating climate emergency finally shifted governments' thinking away from narrow outdated notions of military security based on endless preparations for war towards prioritising spending on human health... Read more »
Arms Industry: Current overview and possible solutions for a more peaceful planet. Agenda: - Words of welcoming, Business and Peace Village. Ricardo and Gala - Presentation of the panelists. -... Read more »
The Marcha Mundial de las mujeres de Euskal Herria calls a Day of Feminist Solidarity against the war and border industry in Bilbao. Ainhoa Ruiz Benedicto, a research member of... Read more »
Article on global military spending, see here for more detailed information. They tweeted: "La despesa militar real espanyola per al 2023 serà de 27.617 milions, més del doble del que... Read more »
A podcast on the global military spending.
Online support by Antimilitaristes MOC València. They tweeted: "2.240.000.000.000.000 de oportunidades perdidas de atender los problemas y las emergencias reales, y una apuesta por perpetuar la guerra y un mundo... Read more »
Online support from the organization Alianza Iberoamerica por la paz AIPP. They tweeted: "En 2022 el mundo gastó 2,24 billones $ en lo militar según @SIPRIorg. Aunque nuestros gobiernos puedan... Read more »
Peace Boat joined GDAMS during their 114th voyage, appealing for peace in Ukraine. During the onboard day of action for May 5, there'll be lectures and workshops and participants are... Read more »
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is pleased to invite you to an online webinar ‘Mismatch or on track: Does global military spending align with national security priorities’,... Read more »
The organization Norges Fredsrad joined the GDAMS campaign on Instagram: "#SIPRI har sluppet sin årlige rapport om verdens militære utgifter. "Kontinuerlig øking i verdens militære utgifter signaliserer at vi lever... Read more »
Vigils at the Edith Cavell statue will focus on military spending/ climate justice/move the money for on the 19 and 26 April as well as 3 May. Will be inviting... Read more »
Members of Centre Delàs discussed the global military spending in a roundtable on twitch. They tweeted: "¡#SAltoElFuego ya está en directo en el Canal de Twitch de @ElSaltoDiario! Hoy hablamos... Read more »
SIDE EVENT AT THE 2023 ECOSOC YOUTH FORUm: “Disarmament for Development: Rebalancing Military Expenditure with Development Priorities” Through an examination of these issues, the event will discuss the opportunity cost... Read more »
Disarmo: Bussalo della Pace Conference with don Renato Sacco, national councilor of Pax Christi and Vito Alfieri Fontana, a former landmine maker turned deminer, who worked in Bosnia and Kosovo.... Read more »
To promote the GDAMS 2023 campaign, the organization Stop The War Coalition Philippines created a video. Our thanks to Delfin Pilones, Victoria Valdez-Pilones, Matthew Victor Pilones and @corafabros!
Vigils at the Edith Cavell statue will focus on military spending/ climate justice/move the money for on the 19 and 26 April as well as 3 May. Will be inviting... Read more »
Event at the premises of Ecologists in Action in El Puerto de Santa Maria with the theme: GDAMS campaign against military spending and tax objection to military spending.
The organisation supported the campaign by publishing a weekly newsletter. Among others, they wrote: El 9 de mayo termina el periodo de acción contra el gasto militar GDAMS «La guerra... Read more »
Noveaux Droits de l'Homme Cameroun joins GDAMS one more year, endorsing the 'War Costs Us The Earth' Appeal, sharing GDAMS materials on social media and participating in the banner campaign.... Read more »
A discussion on People and Human Security by Ms. Corazon Fabros.
SERPAJ Paraguay joined GDAMS and shared its message and a signature campaign on their social media. Pedimos que los gobiernos de nuestro continente reduzcan o eliminen el gasto militar y... Read more »
A GDAMS rally at the offices of the Federal Australian Treasurer, Dr. Jim Chalmers. Here is the flyer, which has been distributed:
A roundtable about "The Price of War: Global Military Spending and Alternatives from civil resistance" (original title: "El precio de la guerra: gastos militares globales y alternativas desde la resistencia... Read more »
The organization Rete Welcoming Asti participated the GDAMS 2023 campaign by street actions and the slogan: 'The world is starting a mad arms race' (transl. Il mondo sta iniziando una... Read more »
The organisation SERPAJ Paraguay supported the GDAMS 2023 Campaign by posting on Instagram: Pedimos que los gobiernos de nuestro continente reduzcan o eliminen el gasto militar y comprometan esos fondos... Read more »
APDHA tweeted: ‘La guerra nos cuesta la Tierra’ ‘War costs us the Earth’ Como habéis podido comprobar durante estos últimos días, la campaña impulsada por @DemilitarizeDay ha recibido numerosas muestras... Read more »
The organisation promoted the GDAMS 2023 Campaign by collecting signatures: Campaña Firmas: (Abajo puedes firmar. La carta será entregada posteriormente y se agregarán las firmas de organizaciones y personas que... Read more »
In het kader van de ‘Global Days of Action on Military Spending’ (GDAMS) -een internationale campagne tegen de gigantische proporties van de wereldwijde militaire uitgaven- organiseren we een Vredescafé over de... Read more »
A conversation on the Arms Industry discussing the laws and regulations governing the arms trade and the conditions which have allowed an increase in global military spending. The event took... Read more »
Join us on Thursday 8 June to know more about how a growing European military spending is a threat to peace and the planet, and who are the main profiteers... Read more »
The goal of the Peace Summit is to publish an Urgent Global Appeal, called the Vienna Declaration for Peace, calling on political leaders to act in support of a ceasefire... Read more »
➡️ www.24hourpeacewave.org ⬅️ International Peace Bureau and World BEYOND War are planning a second 24-hour Peace Wave on July 8-9, 2023. This is a 24-hour-long Zoom featuring live peace actions in the... Read more »
Ridurre le spese militari per affrontare i veri problemi globali: guerre, disuguaglianze, crisi climatica Mercoledì 12 luglio - ore 13.00 Sala Caduti di Nassirya - Senato della Repubblica Palazzo... Read more »
This webinar, co-hosted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the International Peace Bureau (IPB), and the Principles for Peace Foundation (P4P) is set to equip parliamentarians with insights and practices for... Read more »
Following the International Summit for Peace in Ukraine (ISPU), the International Peace Bureau is calling on civil society organizations in all countries to join a Week of Global Mobilization for Peace... Read more »