On the 24th of March, from 1984 until today, all kinds of events are organised in Argentina for a rememberance day to mark the anniversary of the last military coup that brought down the democratically elected government in 1976.  This dictatorship was the bloodiest ever experienced by the Argentinean people with more than 30,000 people disappeared and thousands more imprisioned and exiled.

The earthquake in Japan and the subsequent meltdown of nuclear reactors in Japan has caused fears of a nuclear catastrophe of unprecedented scale. With the approach of the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, which non-industry supported investigations report the deaths of up to 950,000 people, World without Wars spokesperson speaks out about the use of nuclear energy.

In a moment of global optimism following the non-violent revolution that swept through Tunisia and then Egypt, World without Wars and Violence meets to consider the current global situation and plan its strategy for the coming year. “We have not been this inspired at global events since the fall of the Iron Curtain.

 Around the world on Monday the 17th of January people celebrated and remembered Martin Luther King Jr. as a heroic figure in the African American civil rights movement. To mark this date, students, groups, associations and institutions in the United States and Canada remembered Martin Luther King’s nonviolent and truth-seekers movement. King inspired generations of people with his message.