Featured Artwork by Jessica Thornton via justseeds.org

Statement from the artist:

“Access to safe abortion services is a human right. 
Under international human rights law, everyone has a right to life, a right to health, and a right to be free from violence, discrimination, and torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
Decisions about your body are yours alone. Access to abortion is fundamentally linked to racial justice, gender justice and the fundamental human rights of everyone who can become pregnant”
Recommended Reading(Week of July 18)

VIDEO INTERVIEW with John Walsh (Peace Center Advocacy Committee Member)
“Why is the US-NATO rushing into war with Russia and China?” Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space – WATCH HERE –> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJeVd0zfmVg

“The Failure of Sanctions” by Humberto Márquez, Consortium News https://consortiumnews.com/2022/07/18/the-failure-of-sanctions/

“Caitlin Johnstone: This Proxy War Has No Exit Strategy” Consortium News https://consortiumnews.com/2022/07/16/caitlin-johnstone-this-proxy-war-has-no-exit-strategy/
Upcoming Events:

(July 25th – 6PM PST)
Webinar: “Town Hall on the Growing Youth Mental Health Crisis” 

Hosted by Congressman DeSaulnier with Special Guest Vicki Harrison, MSW

Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) announced he will host a virtual town hall on Monday, July 25th at 6:00 p.m. PT on the growing youth mental health crisis. He will be joined by special guest, Vicki Harrison, Program Director of Stanford University’s Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing.

The event will be held on Zoom and will be streamed live on Congressman DeSaulnier’s Facebook page (facebook.com/repmarkdesaulnier)

To watch: facebook.com/repmarkdesaulnier
This will be Congressman DeSaulnier’s 168th town hall and mobile district office hour since coming to Congress in January 2015.

This event is open to the public and press.

To RSVP, submit a question, or request special accommodations, visit https://desaulnier.house.gov/town-hall-rsvp or call (925) 933-2660.
CODEPINK Monthly Bridge Walk for Peace
Join us Sunday, JULY 24TH on the Golden Gate Bridge! 
STOP THE WAR on WOMEN! 
Our Bodies, Our Choice! BAN GUNS Not ABORTIONS
In light of the growing assault on women’s reproductive rights, we will gather for a unifying rally and march calling for Safe Abortion Access for All!
This walk will take place on SUNDAY, JULY 24th at NOON 
EVENT PAGE  Hope you can join us! 
SF Bay Area CODEPINK
Join WorldBeyondWar online for a screening of “The Day After,” followed by a discussion led by experts.

This three-hour free public event begins on August 6th at 9AM U.S. Pacific Time. 

SIGN UP HERE

“The Day After” is a U.S. post-apocalyptic film that first aired on November 20, 1983, on the ABC television network. A record-setting 100 million people watched it in the U.S. – and 200 million on Russian TV during its initial broadcast.

The film postulates a fictional war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact countries over Germany that rapidly escalates into a full-scale nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union. The action focuses on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, and of several family farms near nuclear missile silos.

Then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan watched the film more than a month before its screening on Columbus Day, October 10, 1983. He wrote in his diary that the film was “very effective and left me greatly depressed,” and that it changed his mind on the prevailing policy on a “nuclear war.”

Maybe this film can still change hearts and minds! Join us to find out!

Star power:
The film’s director, Nicholas Meyer has allowed World BEYOND War to use the 127-minute theatrical cut of the film, and its production researcher, Arthur Kanegis, helped us to get it online. David Swanson has agreed to help moderate. 

We will have a short welcome on Zoom at 12 pm EDT, and then watch the movie from 12:10 pm to 2:30 pm EDT, followed by presentations and a question-and-answer period with our experts, Vicki Elson of NuclearBan.US and Dr. Gordon Edwards of Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility.

SIGN UP HERE.

World BEYOND War is a global network of volunteers, chapters, and affiliated organizations advocating for the abolition of the institution of war. 
SIGN HERE TO LOWER THE PENTAGON BUDGET

From Win Without War:
Rep. Barbara Lee and other Democrats are championing an amendment that will reverse Congress’s attempt to add $37 BILLION in unnecessary Pentagon spending to next year’s budget.

This week, Congress is debating next year’s Pentagon budget. Every weapons contractor wants a piece of the pie, and they’re shamelessly lobbying for it. And many members of Congress are listening to those lobbyists. When all is said and done, next year’s Pentagon budget could be a whopping $850 billion. 

President Biden already proposed to give more money to the Pentagon, but the war hawks in Congress voted to add BILLIONS MORE to the budget. Every year, the Pentagon keeps getting more and more money. That is — unless you take action to stop it. 

This amendment will undo a reckless spending increase and bring the budget back down to the level that President Biden submitted. A vote on this amendment could happen any day now. This is a fight we can win, especially because we’re on the same side as the White House. But it won’t happen unless we show up to give back to the Democrats in Congress pushing this forward.