Why War? maintains a continually updated database of the latest news and opinion relating to current international crises and the anti-war movement, including the best articles from national and international publications as well as contributions from our editors. You can subscribe to a regular e-mail update of the latest articles on our website for free. [more]
E-mail forms the raw currents of information that later become distilled, excerpted, and referenced on websites. While the average Internet user doesn’t have the ability to alter the front page of a website directly, we all have the power to influence what that front page might feature through the use of e-mail lists. This project focuses on identifying the most influential e-mail lists, the most influential e-mail senders, and the most virulent memes. [more]
The peace movement can develop an infrastructure for instantly mobilizing large amounts of people to “swarm,” or flash-protest, a location with active civil disobedience. Not only will this defend the core group of activists and draw media attention, but it will further galvanize the movement itself, as each witness of the process decides to organize their own forms of direct action. [more]
“What wakes me up and keeps me going is the realization that striving and struggling are so beautiful. It’s this weird activity that you can do in any situation but that increases in majesty as the repression worsens.” In the second year of Why War?, two of our founding members left college for twelve weeks and experimented with “living activism.” One went to Jordan and Palestine, later joining the International Solidarity Movement, the other traveled throughout America organizing anti-war groups on campuses nationwide. Both documented their trips in travel journals: Empathy in the Middle East (PDF); America’s Movement (PDF). Living activism is dedicated to immersion in activism. [more]