From World Beyond War
The presentation of the 2025 War Abolisher Awards to Ralph Nader, Roger Waters, and Francesca Albanese
World BEYOND War’s Fifth Annual War Abolisher Awards recognize the work of individuals who directly support one or more of the three segments of World BEYOND War’s strategy for reducing and eliminating war as outlined in the book A Global Security System, An Alternative to War. They are: Demilitarizing Security, Managing Conflict Without Violence, and Building a Culture of Peace.
The awardees for 2025 are Ralph Nader, Roger Waters, and Francesca Albanese.
The Artistic War Abolisher of 2025 award goes to Roger Waters for his incredibly powerful combination of song-writing, singing, speaking, and performing against the horrors of war. During the event, we will play a new 8-minute song pre-recorded by Roger Waters called Sumud.
The David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher of 2025 award — named for the late co-founder of World BEYOND War — goes to Ralph Nader for his brilliant and relentless advocacy, educating, organizing, analyzing, and criticizing war and related crimes and abuses.
The Individual War Abolisher of 2025 award goes to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, for her fearless, incisive, and eloquent reporting on the genocide in Gaza.
Moderating the event will be WBW Board Member and Secretary Robert Fantina, and presenting the awards will be WBW Board Members Alicia Cabezudo and Edward Horgan, and RootsAction Senior Partnerships Coordinator Hanieh Jodat Barnes.
World BEYOND War thanks RootsAction for helping spread the word about the War Abolisher Awards.
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