Reports from the Global Day of Action to Close Military Bases

February 28th, 2025 - by World BEYOND War

Reports from the Global Day of Action
To Close Military Bases
World BEYOND War

On February 23 and surrounding days, individuals and organizations around the world took coordinated action in their communities to call for the closure of all military bases as part of the Global Day of Action to Close Bases. Details about plans for the day, participants, motivations, and goals are at DayToCloseBases.org. 

Over 60 events took place in Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, England, Finland, Germany, Guam, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, South Korea, Sweden, United States, Venezuela, Wales, plus online events from Argentina, Bolivia, and Italy. Here is a link to a sampling of reports, videos, and photos from a variety of locations. Over 70 organizations endorsed.

The day of action also inspired or was supported by various online events and media reports, including this podcast about bases in Germany, this webinar and these media reports about bases in Latin America, this protest the previous week at the launching of a missile from a base in California, and this new petition to the Prime Minister of Mauritius.

THANK YOU for being part of the
Global Day of Action to #CloseBases!

Environmentalists Against War was one of 72 endorsing organizations worldwide that helped make the day of action successful, with over 60 actions in 27 countries worldwide. It was an incredible turnout that demonstrated the breadth of the anti-war movement across the globe.

You can view videos, photos, and reports of the actions on the website here. And you can share the action wrap-up video on social media on your platform of choice: Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok, Bluesky, and YouTube.

We want to continue supporting your local campaigns to close bases, so please reach out to us about ways that we can amplify your efforts, such as through posting your events on WBW’s events calendar, sharing articles about your work on our website, and coordinating joint campaigns and actions. You can find additional resources about military bases, including WBW’s maps of all countries with foreign military bases, on our Close Bases campaign page.

In the meantime, here are some upcoming events to put on your calendar and share with your networks throughout the month of March:

Thank you again for being part of the Global Day of Action to #CloseBases! We look forward to continued opportunities for collaboration to keep up this momentum.

In solidarity, 
Greta Zarro, Organizing Director, World BEYOND War

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