Weekly Peace Witness: Demonstration outside the gates of Menwith Hill
2026-08-18 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Nessfield Gate at Menwith Hill, Menwith Hill, Harrogate, HG3 2RF, United Kingdom
The Menwith Hill Accountability Campaign holds regular peace witness events at the Nessfield Gate of RAF Menwith Hill. Menwith Hill is a large surveillance base situated outside Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The base is run by the US organisations called NSA and NRO. There is surveillance of electronic communications and from satellites with linkage to the 5 Eyes network. More information available on the website https://themhac.uk
The weekly Tuesday evening witness is peaceful and designed to make those entering of leaving the base that there are significant problems with unaccountable military surveillance that is used to target and kill people.
This demonstration has been going almost every week since July 2000. Menwith Hill is on the A59 Harrogate to Skipton road) and nine miles from Harrogate North Yorkshire. Wear some warm waterproof clothing and bring a high viz vest to keep you warm, dry and safe during the protest.
Lifts from Leeds can be arranged with a little advance notice, just phone +44 7760311406
Each person present strengthens the witness. Please join us if you can for what ever length of time you can manage.

Webinar: Bearing Witness to Grassroots Women Confronting Militarism
2026-08-20 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Women Resisting Militarism’s Grip Over Asia and the Pacific Webinar Series

Bike for Peace
2026-09-01 - 2027-12-31 | Worldwide
We open with Round-the-World in September 2026 and an appeal to the UN. The full programme, eight tour segments visiting all nine nuclear powers, runs from August 2026 to the end of December 2027.

Monthly Vigil at Vandenberg Base: Nuclear Weapons are Illegal
2026-09-02 15:45 - 16:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | 1145 Mountain View Blvd Vandenberg SFB, 1145 Mountain View Blvd Vandenberg SFB, Vandenberg SFB, CA, 93437, United States
Vigil for peace: nuclear weapons are illegal, the first Wednesday of each month there is a vigil for peace at the Santa Maria gate of Vandenberg Space Force Base, located near Lompoc in Santa Barbara county, California. Sponsored by the Guadalupe Catholic Worker and other peace activists. Gather in the parking lot of Vandenberg Middle School which is across Highway 1 from the gate to Vandenberg. Use the address 1145 Mountain View Blvd, VSFB CA 93437 for the parking lot of the school.
Call 831 204 0031 if you have questions.

Monthly Vigil to Close Guantanamo
2026-09-02 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | New York Public Library Steps, 476 5th Ave (41st Street and Fifth Avenue), New York City, NY, 10018, United States
Guantanamo has set a precedent that the most powerful state and military can get away with depriving people of their rights, torture them and face no consequences. This is morally wrong!
MEET IN FRONT OF THE NY PUBLIC LIBRARY STEPS AT
476 5TH AVE between W. 40TH ST. and W. 42ND ST.
near. #7, B, D, F, M, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, N, Q, R, W, A, C, E stops,
and 42nd St. bus; maps.app.goo.gl/fjF3Ltcf7tPqNdje8
facebook.com/events/953095399698512/953095406365178/ 718 809 3803 debraSweet@worldcantwait.net
First Wednesdays of the month
October through March: 4:00pm-5:00pm
April through September: 5:00pm-6:00pm
Co-sponsors: World Can’t Wait, Brooklyn for Peace, Center for Constitutional Rights, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, No More Guantanamos, Witness Against Torture, NYC War Resistors League, Amnesty International, Veterans For Peace Chapter 34, NYC Granny Peace Brigade, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Peace Action New York State, NY Raging Grannies Action League, Pax Christi NYS, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Please read this article by World Can’t Wait

Book Club: War Is Still A Racket, and War Is Still A Lie, with David Swanson
2026-09-04 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York)
In September 2026, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of the book War Is Still A Racket: Smedley Butler’s classic texts with new commentary by David Swanson, and the book War Is Still A Lie by David Swanson, with World BEYOND War Executive Director David Swanson. When you register for the club, we will mail you signed paperback copies of both books

Monthly Meeting: Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network
2026-09-10 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network is part of the global campaign Korea Peace Now! Women Mobilizing to End the War. It launched in 2019 to organize communities in the United States to call for a shift in US policy for lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.
It has chapters across the country in Atlanta, Seattle, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Bay Area, Texas, Chicago, Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC. It is a network of multi-generational Korean Americans as well as peace/anti-war activists working together to advocate for a formal end to the 70-year-old Korean War. Please join us at this link:
https://koreapeacenow.org/us-grassroots/

Monthly Peace Vigil at Lakenheath in the UK
2026-09-19 12:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | RAF Lakenheath, Chester St, Lakenheath in Suffolk, Brandon, England, IP27 9PS, United Kingdom
We’ll meet outside the Main Gates of RAF Lakenheath every month for a vigil.

Global Week of Action: Peace and Climate Justice
2026-09-21 - 2026-09-27
The third annual Week of Action for Peace & Climate Justice will address the links between war, militarism/militarisation and social, economic and climate injustice. It will promote grassroots action and policymaking to confront both genocide and ecocide – for peace and a just systemic transition.

12th International Conference on Peace and Nonviolent Action (ICPNA)
2026-12-05 - 2026-12-08 | ANUVIBHA Guest Houses, B01–B02, Opposite Gaurav Tower, JLN Marg, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302017, India
To promote a global understanding of nonviolence as a powerful philosophy and practical method for achieving lasting peace. To create an international platform for scholars, activists, policymakers, and community leaders to exchange insights on nonviolent approaches to conflict resolution. To encourage collaborative action toward building cultures of peace at local, national, and global levels.
