World Beyond War: A New Podcast

Dr. Sahar Khan joins the World BEYOND War podcast to talk about the US/Israel/Iran war, the No Bases movement, the status of US bases in the Persian gulf, whether political think tanks are good or evil, the view from South Asia, and the work of geopolitical experts in times of global crisis.

World BEYOND War President Kathy Kelly joins Marc Eliot Stein for a wide-ranging exchange about the fundamental philosophies behind peace work, current corcerns about artificial intelligence, the relationship of anarchism to pacifism and the need for local-based small community governance structures to replace dysfunctional mass militarized governments.

Alicia Cabezudo, peace studies professor in Rosario, Argentina, talks with Marc Eliot Stein about the origins of academic peace studies, the purpose of pedagogy, the current generation of Latin American leaders including Lula, Petro and Sheinbaum, USA’s shocking recent attack on Venezuela, the emerging realities of drone assassinations and leadership decapitation as normal procedure in war, and the action-oriented nature of antiwar activism and the need to disarm our brains.

World BEYOND War hosted an Africa Peace Conference in November 2025 with representatives from many countries. Sellah King'oro joins our podcast to talk about emerging peace movements all over the continent, the philosophy of Ubuntu, Africa's legacy of neo-colonialism and corrupt leadership and her own experiences as a community peacebuilder in Kenya.

Gabriel Aguirre, World BEYOND War's Latin America organizer, joins us to talk about alarming attacks on Venezuela, lies that are often repeated about Latin America, and hopeful signs of rising unity and activism throughout the region

Marc Eliot Stein and Tommaso Delfanti examine various controversies about why the war between Russia and Ukraine began, and how the disaster can be possibly ended.

World BEYOND War's annual peace conference #NoWar2025 explores the essential intersection between abolition and antiwar movements. Tabitha Lean joins us from Adelaide to talk about resisting the carceral state and building borderless spaces, and tells us about he panel of global indigenous activists she'll be leading at next month's #NoWar2025 conference - join us!

Tommaso Delfanti joins Marc Eliot Stein from Italy to compare and contrast European and American points of view about governmental corruption, capitalism and the horrifying wars currently ragin in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan. We also talk about ethical philosophy, Ayn Rand, Elinor Ostrom, Rene Girard, Cory Doctorow, Giovannino Guareschi in the context of contemporary politics and conflict. Musical excerpt: "Giovani Wannabe" by Pinguini Tattici Nucleari.

Roger Waters and Ralph Nader speak at World Beyond War's 2025 War Abolisher Awards joined by Bob Fantina, David Swanson, Ed Horgan and Hanieh Jodat speaking about Francesca Albanese

It’s more clear than ever that outdated concepts of governance are failing the people, with horrifying results. Let’s embrace a new concept of anationality (which rejects nationalism as atheism rejects religion) and search for a more humane ethics of attention, empathy and unselfing, such as can be found in the philosophy of Iris Murdoch.

We talk to CODEPINK's National Co-Director Danaka Katovich about recent events including a drone attack on the Freedom Flotilla for Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea and slanderous attacks on peace activists by corrupt US Senators opposed to CODEPINK's "China Is Not Our Enemy" campaign. Musical excerpt: "Sirens of Titan" by Al Stewart.

How do we even speak about genocide and apartheid in Gaza and Palestine? Words are not enough, and are too often a substitute for action. Three members of World BEYOND War's global community, Mohammed Abunahel, Maria Santelli and Marc Eliot Stein converge to share our frustration and agony and hear an update from Mohammed about his family which has been living under violent seige in Gaza for the past year and a half.

We live in revolutionary times, whether we're ready or not. Marc Eliot Stein urges peace activists around the world to find common ground and act decisively against the rising toxicity of the international war machine. We talk about South Africa, Ireland, Mikhail Gorbachev and the shocking arrest of student protestors all over the USA in March 2025. Musical excerpt: "Broken English" by Marianne Faithfull.

Brian Terrell speaks about the Global Day of Action to Close Bases, his life of protest and his upcoming imprisonment in Germany.

Nigerian peace studies professor and writer Oseremen Irene talks to Marc Eliot Stein about antiwar movements, structural violence, wealth inequality and leadership challenges facing the world in 2025.

Let's take a fresh look at how peace movements are changing to keep up with fast-evolving cultural trends. Online communities provide one useful model of peaceful coexistence that people intuitively and immediately understand. World BEYOND War's technology director Marc Eliot Stein proposes a new approach to the pursuit of world peace inspired by the decentralized, peer-to-peer methods of emerging communities.

Marc Eliot Stein urges the antiwar movement to avoid complacency, dare to imagine positive sudden societal change, and answer three difficult questions about border policies, wealth inequality and the concept of national identity.

"Out demons out!" On October 21, 1967, poet, activist, singer and DIY publisher Ed Sanders led an exorcism of the Pentagon in USA's capital city to protest the disaster in Vietnam. Coincidentally on the same day 57 years later, Ed Sanders talks to Marc Eliot Stein from his home in Woodstock about nuclear madness, the deep state, the disasters in Ukraine and Gaza, the absurdities of USA's looming Harris vs. Trump election, and the antiwar inspiration of Allen Ginsberg, Dorothy Day, Phil Ochs, Abbie Hoffman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Gregory Corso. Music: "Dover Beach" by the Fugs.

Moral injury is a trauma that occurs when we are forced to act against our moral values, World BEYOND War’s organizing intern Vanessa Fox tells us. With wars raging from Gaza to Ukraine to Sudan to the US/Mexico border, we are all suffering from moral injury right now. This is one of many topics Vanessa Fox and Marc Eliot Stein wander through in a conversation about religion, flowerness, empowerment and community.

World Beyond War’s annual conference #NoWar2024 takes place in Sydney, Wanfried, Bogata, Washington DC and online next month. Introducing some of our upcoming guests, Marc Eliot Stein talks to Kazuyuki Nakazato and Katsuya Tamaki from the Okinawa Prefectural Government and Lilli Barto, an activist from Wage Peace 2 Disrupt Wars in Australia.