Beyond War and Militarism (BWaM) is a joint committee of the SPC and the CNY Solidarity Coalition.
[1]
SPC's Statement on Afghanistan (8-27-21) [1]
Statements by Other Peace and Social Justice Organizations on Afghanistan (as of 8-27-21) [2]
Video [3] on May 3, 2022 Forum on "Pathways to Peace in Ukraine and an End to War," featuring Aly Wane, Don Hughes, Khoury Petersen-Smith and Brian Escobar. The action items [4]are listed here.
Statement of Purpose:
Our goal is to increase awareness of the dangers resulting from government and corporate militaristic policies and practices.
The Committee is dedicated to non-violent protest of:
1. United States participation in multiple wars and plans to engage in other wars.
2. the acceptance of nuclear weapons as tools of war.
3. the enormous size of the so-called "defense" budget.
4. the pervasive infiltration of militarism into our culture.
5. the corporate state that is the primary beneficiary and supporter of this militarism.
Read more here. [5]
Statements [6] by other peace and justice groups on the withdrawal of US troops on the ground from Afghanistan - August, 2021.
Resources on militarism and climate change:
- No Warming, No War; How Militarism Fuels the Climate Crisis and Vice Versa [7]
- Sign on letter [8] by the Climate Crisis and Militarism Working Group of Veterans for Peace
- Our Climate Crisis and US Militarism: US Military Largest Consumer of Oil and Emitter of CO2 [9] (brochure by Veterans for Peace)
- US Military Exposed 600,000 to Toxins in Japan and Micronesia — and Hid It [10]
- The Pentagon emits more greenhouse gases than Portugal, study finds [11]
- All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change, book by Michael Klare, (2019)
- How the Pentagon Thinks About the Climate Crisis [12]
Ed Kinane on "Getting Beyond War and Militarism: The 'To-Do' List [13]" (view the pdf [14]).
Watch:
Video from Alice's Nightmare in Droneland [15] protest at Hancock Air (Drone) Base in November in Mattydale, NY (near Syracuse). By John Amidon, Dona Nobis Pacem sung by Sheri Bauer
Groups we are strongly connected to:
Our parent groups, Syracuse Peace Council [16] and CNY Solidarity Coalition [17]
World Beyond War [18] affiliate
Upstate Drone Action
[19]We also are strongly connected with Veterans for Peace [20], Chapter 51