World BEYOND War’s #NoWar2024 Conference.
A global 3-day event, streamed virtually, with in-person events on 4 continents — Sydney, Australia; Wanfried, Germany; Bogotá, Colombia; & Washington, USA

(September 26, 2024) — World BEYOND War’s #NoWar2024 Conference is coming up soon. The topic of this year’s three-day, globe-crossing event is an exploration of the history, extent, and impacts of Washington’s empire of military installations now operating around the Earth.

Ending all wars means closing all military bases. The United States of America, unlike any other nation, maintains a massive network of foreign military bases around the world, over 900 bases in more than 90 countries and territories.

These bases are costly in a number of ways: financially, politically, socially, and environmentally. US bases in foreign lands often raise geopolitical tensions, support undemocratic regimes, and serve as a recruiting tool for militant groups opposed to the US presence and the governments its presence bolsters.

In other cases, foreign bases are being used and have made it easier for the United States to launch and execute disastrous wars, including those in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya. Across the political spectrum and even within the US military there is growing recognition that many overseas bases should have been closed decades ago, but bureaucratic inertia and misguided political interests have kept them open.

Join us virtually – or in-person in Australia, Germany, Colombia, and the US – for the 3-day #NoWar2024 Conference to learn about the impact of the USA’s military base empire and how to resist it. The conference will travel virtually across the globe, visiting sites near US military bases, from Australia, to Germany, to Colombia, with the concluding event in Washington, DC, the heart of the US military base empire.

The conference website has been updated with more agenda details and speaker bios, so check it out here.

#NoWar2024 Conference Schedule:
If you are attending in-person, please plan to arrive 15 minutes early to get checked in and seated.

• #NoWar2024 kicks off at the Henry Carmichael Theatre, Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, in Sydney, Australia at 9:00am-1:00pm on Saturday, September 21 Sydney Local Time / 7:00pm-11:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4) on Friday, September 20. Find the time in your time zone.
• Events at the International Peace Factory Wanfried, Bahnhofstr. 15 in Wanfried, Germanytake place on Saturday, September 21 from 2:00pm-6:00pm Germany Local Time / 8:00am-12:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4). Find the time in your time zone.
• Events at the Auditorio de la Unión Nacional de Empleados Bancarios, Diagonal calle 34 #18-21 in Bogotá, Colombia take place on Saturday, September 21 from 2:00pm-6:00pm Bogotá Local Time / 3:00pm-7:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4). Find the time in your time zone.
• Events conclude on Sunday, September 22 at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1313 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC, from 1:00pm-5:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4). Find the time in your time zone.

All sessions will be live-steamed onto the Zoom platform and will have English-Spanish interpretation. For attendees in-person in Wanfried, we will also have English-German interpretation

To Register for #NoWar2024, Click Here.