Fortnightly Vigil for Palestine
2026-07-31 18:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Brisbane) | Lagoon at Shields St under the illuminated tree, Gimuy-Cairns, Far Nth Qld, Australia, Lagoon at Shields St, Gimuy-Cairns, Qld, 4740, Australia
Fortnightly Vigil for Palestine is a gathering of people every second Friday in Gimuy-Cairns, Far Nth Qld, Australia, in solidarity with the people of Palestine and particularly the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza being subjected to genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and genocide.
6pm – 7pm at the Lagoon at Shields St under the lighted tree.

Weekly Rally: Neighbors March for Palestine
2026-07-31 18:30 (America/New_York) | Parkside Prospect Park Entrance, Parkside and Ocean Aves., Brooklyn, New York City, NY, United States
NY-09 is mobilizing to demand that Rep. Clarke call for a ceasefire in Gaza, an end to U.S. aid to Israel, and an end to the Israeli occupation.

Weekly Peace Vigil for Palestine: San Diego
2026-08-01 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Entry to Ocean Beach, Sunset Cliffs Blvd and W Point Loma Blvd, San Diego, CA, 92107, United States
Join CODEPINK San Diego, Palestine Pals, and other groups every Saturday from 10am to 12pm. Wear pink and bring a peace-related poster if you have one!

Weekly Protest
2026-08-01 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Corner of Woodland and New York in DeLand, Florida, New York Avenue and Woodland Blvd, Deland, FL, 32720, United States
Every Saturday from 10:00 AM until Noon, a protest is held at the corner of Woodland and New York in DeLand, Florida. Find more info at: https://linktr.ee/50501Volusia

Weekly Demonstration: Grief Walk
2026-08-01 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Kitchener Market, 300 King St E, N2h 2w8, Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 2L3, Canada
Held weekly on Saturday from 11:00am – 12:00pm in downtown Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. We walk to express our grief at the loss of the men, women and children killed by Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Vigil: Permanent Ceasefire Now!
2026-08-01 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | NE Corner of Fifth Avenue and 44th Street, NE Corner of 5th Ave & 44th St, Brooklyn, NY, 11232, United States
Please join us in our Brooklyn Vigil for a Permanent Ceasefire Now in Gaza!

Protest for Palestine and Lebanon
2026-08-01 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | 1170 Haddon Avenue, 1170 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ, 08108, United States
Join us every Saturday as we protest for an arms embargo, a permanent ceasefire, and an end to the genocide!

Weekly Rally: Ceasefire in Gaza
2026-08-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Shake Shack Nanuet, 4A W Route 59, Rockland Plaza, Nanuet, NY, 10954, United States
Rally every Sunday for a Ceasefire in Gaza!

Weekly Ride Out for Palestine
2026-08-02 14:00 (America/New_York) | Beach 69th St to Beach 126th St., Rockaway Beach, NY, United States
We are doing it again this Sunday until the siege on Gaza has ended. Help us continue to be loud and bring awareness in our community.

NYC, NY, U.S.: Commemorate 81st Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2026-08-02 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | NY Public Library, 5th Ave & E 41st St, New York, NY, 10018, United States
81 years ago the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing about 210,000 people and ruining the health of countless others.

Monthly Meeting: Divest Philly from the War Machine
2026-08-02 14:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
We’re campaigning to divest Philly from nukes. Four of the financial institutions that manage the Pension Board’s assets — Lord Abbett High Yield, Ariel Capital Holdings, Fiera Capital, and Northern Trust — collectively have billions invested in nuclear weapons. We’re urging the Philadelphia Board of Pensions to instruct these asset managers to exclude the top nuclear weapons producers from the City’s holdings.
Join us on the 1st Sunday of the month at 2:30pm-3:30pm on Zoom to learn more about the Divest Philly from the War Machine campaign and how to get involved. Please contact Greta at greta@worldbeyondwar.org for more information and the Zoom link.

Weekly Vigil: Ceasefire Now!
2026-08-02 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Windmill, Sag Harbor, 8 Wharf St, Sag Harbor, NY, 11963, United States
Come join us in calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza!

Rally: SOMA Demands Ceasefire Now!
2026-08-02 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Under the NJT Bridge, Corner of Sloan St. and South Orange Ave., South Orange, NJ, United States
Until there is a ceasefire, we show up every Sunday in the suburbs to demand an end to this genocide. Genocide is our red line. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. Come join us!

Carbondale, IL, U.S.: Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration: Potluck and Screening "An Ordinary Insanity"
2026-08-02 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Church of the Good Shepherd, UCC, 515 S. Orchard Drive, Carbondale, Illinois, 515 S. Orchard Dr, Carbondale, IL, 62901, United States
The Peace Coalition will hold a Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration at the Church of the Good Shepherd UCC, 515 Orchard Dr., Carbondale, Illinois. The event will begin at 5:30 PM with a potluck dinner and fellowship. A brief Commemoration Ceremony will be held to remember the more than 200,000 deaths of citizens of these two cities.
The event will conclude with the showing of a new documentary featuring whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on the increasing danger of Nuclear War. AN ORDINARY INSANITY is a new 29-minute documentary filmed a year before his death that provides a powerful wake-up call about the threat posed and what we can do to reduce the risk of global annihilation. Ellsberg served as a nuclear war planner with access to extensive classified information before he released the Pentagon Papers and became a peace activist.
The event is free and open to the public and sponsored by the Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois with thanks to host, the Church of the Good Shepherd UCC.

Protest: Mondays with Mikie for a Free Palestine
2026-08-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill’s Office, 357 S Livingston Ave Ste 201, Livingston, NJ, 07039, United States
Join us for “Mondays with Mikie” every Monday outside @repsherrill office in Livingston, NJ as we call for a Free Palestine…healthcare for all….build bridges not walls….fund schools not war. NJ should divest from Israel bonds which are a terrible investment and dissolve the New Jersey Israel Commission – we should not partner with apartheid! Join us!

Protest: Weekly Uptown Vigil Until Permanent Ceasefire
2026-08-03 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | 720 West 181st Street, 720 W 181st St, New York, 10033, United States
We at @uptown4palestine affirm this: 1) That every Palestinian life lost is precious 2) We oppose racism, Zionism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, imperialism, settler-colonialism, sexism, transphobia, and all forms of oppression 3) From Harlem to the Bronx, uptown stands with Palestine.
We are pushing back our Monday vigils for a ***5 pm*** start time. We are the only consistent anti-Zionist space uptown. We gather to mourn, to share space, to gather needed strength for the fight ahead. Join us!

Run For Palestine
2026-08-03 19:00 (America/New_York) | Marcus Garvey Park, 6316, Mt Morris Park W, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Join us for a run/walk in solidarity with the Palestinian people! We will move together in remembrance of the 20,000+ lives taken in Gaza. Our call to action is an immediate and continuous ceasefire and we encourage you to call your local representatives to voice your support.
Please wear black, green, red, or white.
Meet up at 7pm at the comfort station in Marcus Garvey Park (i.e. in between the amphitheater and baseball field)

Missing Peace Mondays
2026-08-03 20:00 (America/New_York)
Join CODEPINK for our online community call, “Missing Peace Mondays,” where we come together to reflect, mourn, educate, and mobilize.

Peace Poster Exhibition: Work for Peace Not War
2026-08-05 12:00 - 15:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Kinder House Gallery, 2 Ayr Street, Auckland, Parnell, New Zealand
New Zealand Nuclear Free Peacemakers -Historic Peace Poster Exhibition
5th August to 30th August
Open Wednesday-Sunday 12pm -3pm

Hiroshima Never Again-Work for Peace not War
from the collection of the late Larry Ross founder /secretary NZ Nuclear Free Zone Committee, Campaign and Peacemaking Association 1981-1990 pre-internet years. Honour the NZ Nuclear Free Zone Act 1987-lest we forget.

Monthly Vigil at Vandenberg Base: Nuclear Weapons are Illegal
2026-08-05 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
2026-08-05 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

Hiroshima, Japan: Penlight Action for Peace and Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
2026-08-05 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Tokyo) | Aioi Bridge, T-shaped 3-way Bridge, Hiroshima City 相生橋T字路, 広島県広島市中区基町２２, Hiroshima City, 730-0811, Japan
This summer, as we mark the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many citizens from overseas and across Japan will gather in Hiroshima, the site of the bombing.
On the evening of August 5—the day before the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima—let’s take action from Hiroshima to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons and for Japan to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. We are calling for a flashlight vigil (standing protest) that anyone can join.
Please feel free to bring light sticks, message boards, atomic bomb panels, or anything else you’d like.
Gather at 19:45 at Aioi Bridge, the aiming point for the 1945 Hiroshima atom bomb.

Original announcement in Japanese:
広島・長崎の原爆投下から81年を迎える今夏、海外から、日本全国から被爆地広島に、多くの市民が集います。 　この機会に、広島に原爆が投下された８月６日の前日、５日夜に被爆地広島から、核兵器廃絶と核兵器禁止条約への日本の参加を求めて行動しましょう。誰でも参加できるペンライト行動（スタンディング）をよびかけます。 　ペンライト、メッセージボード、原爆パネルなどご自由にお持ちください。
日時　8月5日（水） 19:45〜20:30
場所　広島市中区相生橋Ｔ字路（歩道）

Summer Advocacy Training: Build skills. Build community. Build peace.
2026-08-05 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York)
Join Action Corps for a 6-week advocacy training series where you’ll learn practical organizing skills, take meaningful action together, and become part of a growing network of people working for peace and human rights.

Online Book Launch: No Ethics In Big Tech: An Insider's Case Against Silicon Valley's War on Humanity — and the Fight to Make Them Pay
2026-08-06
From Mushroom Cloud to Cloud Computing! No Ethics In Big Tech.
Based on Documentary Book “No Ethics In Big Tech, Insiders Case Against Silicon Valley War On Humanity And The Fight to Make Them Pay!”
Author Vahid Razavi Free Book to Read and Download in English and Spanish.
Visit NoEthicsInBigTech.com/Book/ a ForeverPeaceNow.com project.

National Convention: Peace Through Nonviolent Action
2026-08-06 - 2026-08-09 | University of Missouri, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO, 641110, United States
Veterans For Peace is a national organization of veterans and allies working to promote peace, accountability, and justice. Our annual convention brings together voices committed to education, organizing, advocacy, and meaningful change.

Join us as we gather in person and online for an exciting and informative convention with brilliant community organizers and activists.

Cities Across the U.S. (Click for Details): 81st Commemoration Events
2026-08-06 - 2026-08-09
This summer marks 81 years since the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In-person events are listed alphabetically by state. Currently, there are events planned in:

Livermore & Oakland, CA
Ojai, CA
West Hartford, CT
Washington DC
Cambridge, MA
Springfield, MA
Watertown, MA
Worcester, MA
Baltimore, MD (2 events)
Kansas City, MO
Camden, NJ
Princeton, NJ
Brooklyn, NY
New York, NY
Syracuse, NY
Ashland & Medford, OR (3 events)
Philadelphia, PA
Jamestown, RI
Seattle, WA

Exhibition: Global Peace Flag
2026-08-06 - 2026-09-10 | United Nations Headquarters, 405 E 45th St, New York City, NY, 10017, United States
The Global Peace Flag Exhibition will be on display at the United Nations from August 6 to September 10, 2026. We warmly welcome you to experience this global celebration of peace, creativity, and sustainability.

Fashioning for Social Environmental Justice Website

Webinar: The Feminist Analysis of Militarism
2026-08-06 03:00 - 04:00 (America/New_York)
APWLD is launching a campaign against militarism and for feminist peace and justice called No To Militarism and Imperialist Wars, Feminist Peace and Justice Now! The campaign is being launched with the webinar series as the campaign’s kick-off event that aims to bring forward the voices of women who are reeling under the impacts of militarism in the region, and to hold accountable the imperial and fascist forces.

Philadelphia, PA, US: VIGIL FOR A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD!
2026-08-06 11:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Philadelphia City Hall, 1400 John F Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
HOSTED BY GRANNY PEACE BRIGADE, PHILADELPHIA We will gather on the North side of City Hall and walk from 11:30 am to 1 pm, in a solemn procession around the building.
Wear black, carry anti-nuclear weapon signs. We may hum or sing a mournful song. Immediately following, people will drive to Lockheed Martin, purveyor of WMD in King of Prussia. Join the Caravan The Mayor and City Council are invited. Grannies especially are invited.
August 6th. 11:30 AM

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Book Club: Unbounded Hues: An Anti-War Novel
2026-08-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
In August 2026, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of the book Unbounded Hues with the author S. K. Rosée. When you register for the club, we will mail you a paperback copy of the book—or an eBook (your choice).
