Hosted virtually through the Zoom Events platform, #NoWar2022 will facilitate international solidarity by bringing together speakers and attendees from around the world. As we resist the institution of war worldwide, from crippling sanctions and military occupations to the network of military bases that encircle the globe, how can we simultaneously “regenerate,” building the alternative world that we want to see based on nonviolence and a culture of peace?
#NoWar2022 will highlight unique stories of change-making, both big and small, around the world, that challenge the structural causes of war & militarism while, at the same time, concretely creating an alternative system based on a just and sustainable peace.
#NoWar2022 will illustrate inspirational examples of social change activism that, as described by political theorist Adrian Kreutz, “bring about this other world by means of planting the seeds of the society of the future in the soil of today’s. … [S]ocial structures enacted in the here-and-now, in the small confines of our organisations, institutions and rituals mirror the wider social structures we can expect to see in the post-revolutionary future.”
#NoWar2022 participants will leave both inspired by what is possible and equipped with the tools to reimagine a just and peaceful future in their own communities and worldwide.
Sister Actions in Montenegro:
#NoWar2022 is being organized in partnership with the Save Sinjajevina campaign in Montenegro, which aims to block a NATO military training ground & preserve the Balkans’ biggest mountain grassland. Save Sinjajevina representatives will Zoom in to the virtual conference and there will be opportunities to support the in-person actions happening in Montenegro during the week of the conference.
#NoWar2022 Schedule
#NoWar2022: Resistance & Regeneration paints a picture of what the alternative to war and violence can look like. The “AGSS” — the alternative global security system — is World BEYOND War’s blueprint for how to get there, based on 3 strategies of demilitarizing security, managing conflict nonviolently, and creating a culture of peace. These 3 strategies are woven throughout the conference panels, workshops, and discussion sessions. Additionally, icons on the schedule below indicate specific sub-themes, or “tracks,” throughout the event.
Economics & Just Transition:
Environment:
Media & Communications:
Refugees:
(All times are in Eastern Daylight Time – GMT-04:00)
Friday, July 8, 2022
3:00pm-4:00pm: Get on Zoom early to test your technology. Plus explore the Networking & Virtual Expo Booths features.
4:00pm-4:15pm: Live Performance by Samara Jade
4:15pm-5:30pm: Welcome Address from World BEYOND War & the Save Sinjajevina Campaign, including an update from WBW Board Member Yurii Sheliazhenko in Ukraine
5:30pm-5:45pm: Networking & Virtual Expo Booths
5:45pm-6:30pm: Keynote Address by Harsha Walia: Radical Solidarity to Abolish Borders, Imperialism, and War
6:30pm-6:45pm: Networking & Virtual Expo Booths
6:45pm-8:00pm: Sessions: Models for the Just Transition
8:00pm-8:15pm: Networking & Virtual Expo Booths
Saturday, July 9, 2022
10:00am-10:30am: Networking & Virtual Expo Booths
10:30am-11:45am: Panel: Swords into Ploughshares: Transforming the Arms Industry towards a Peace Economy
11:45am-12:00pm: Traditional Montenegrin Music from Sinjajevina
12:00pm-1:15pm: Workshops/Trainings
1:15pm-1:30pm: Networking & Virtual Expo Booths
1:30pm-2:45pm: Panel: Reinvesting in a Just, Peaceful, and Green World
2:45pm-3:00pm: Networking & Virtual Expo Booths
Sunday, July 10, 2022
12:00pm-12:30pm: Networking & Virtual Expo Booths
12:30pm-2:00pm: Panel: Resisting & Regenerating in the Aftermath of War, Sanctions, & Violent Conflict
2:00pm-2:15pm: Networking & Virtual Expo Booths
2:15pm-3:30pm: Workshops
3:30pm-4:00pm: Live Performance, Closing Words by World BEYOND War & Save Sinjajevina Campaign, and Group Action
4:00pm-4:30pm: Networking & Virtual Expo Booths