World beyond War: Tickets are still available for our annual film festival

Tickets are still available for our annual film festival, which kicked off this past Saturday with a discussion of the film Boycott. We’ve got 2 more films & Zoom panel discussions lined up throughout the month, grappling with this year’s festival theme on the repression of dissent and the curtailing of freedom of speech worldwide. 

If you missed day 1, a ticket still gets you access to the day 1 film throughout the month and the recording of the panel discussion. Sign up here!

Coming up this Saturday, March 21 we will discuss the new 2025 documentary Silenced: The War on Journalism. The film shines a light on Israel’s repression and deliberate targeting of journalists in Gaza. It also illustrates the increase in attacks on journalists worldwide and the repression of freedom of speech, including in Mexico, Philippines, and the U.S. 

The panel discussion will be moderated by WBW Executive Director David Swanson with special guests Jeff Cohen and Dr. Wesam Amer. Jeff Cohen is a media critic who founded the media watch group FAIR in 1986, and was formerly an analyst appearing on mainstream U.S. TV news (CNN, Fox, MSNBC). Dr. Wesam Amer is the former Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Languages at Gaza University.

Day 3 on Saturday, March 28 will focus on the film Solidarity Crime, which exposes both the systematic policies of human rights violations against migrants as well as all those who have stood in solidarity with them. The documentary presents their stories through interviews with migrants (at the borders of Europe, in 14 cities and 5 countries), and with those who have been sanctioned and continue to face prosecution for facilitating – without any material benefit – the entry, transit, or stay of migrants.

Building on the themes of the film, the March 28 panel discussion will explore how war and conflict drive mass displacement. And how the very same weapons companies profiting from war and conflict cash in when governments militarize borders and block the movement of people fleeing violence. 

For a world beyond war,

Greta Zarro
Organizing Director
World BEYOND War
[email protected]