Dec. 19. Colombia-Ecuador. March Team member meets an ex-guerilla who kidnapped her father 20 years ago. "I was standing in the queue at passport control when Rafa took me aside and said quietly: 'We’re hoping to introduce someone to you, the governor of this department, Antonio Navarro, the former leader of the M-19 group who was indirectly involved in the operation that took your father and several other ambassadors hostage…'" > article

Dec 18. Ecuador. Passing into Ecuador, the March Team meets with President Rafael Correa, who gives his enthusiastic support. While in Colombia, the March was headed by Latin American rock star Juanes, who lead thousands of people to the border with Ecuador for a symbolic passing of the peace torch to another pop sensation there, Juan Fernando Velasco. > article > video

Dec 11-15. Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama. The March heads through all of Central America. In El Salvador, a monument was unveiled in its honour; in Panama, nearly 10,000 hit the streets in its name; and in Costa Rica, the March was met by President Oscar Arias in his home. > video

Dec. 4 - Mexico City. Marchers support women hunger strikers of the Mexican Electricians Union in their stand against economic violence. A Presidential decree of doubtful legality closed down the Luz y Fuerza company and put 40,000 people out of work.

Dec 1. - Montreal, Ottawa. Three members of the World March Base Team come to Canada on a two-day, two-city tour, meeting with City officials, members of Parliament, and engaging in public events with enthusiastic youth in Montreal and Ottawa.

Dec 1. - New York City. Over 1000 people joined members of the international March Team on the Brooklyn Bridge Walk in the cold and rain. Later, the March went on to Washington, and to various points in California, including a crossing at the San Diego-Tijuana border.

Nov. 24 - New African Route Announced Today! An All-African team will go from Kenya, through Zambia and Mozambique to South Africa, to lend further support to this truly "world" March.

Nov. 19-21.  Our "CANADA WORLD MARCH DAYS" were amazing! Over 9000 students participated in Quebec, including the forming of a giant peace sign in Gatineau. There were Pyjama, Candlelight, and Downtown Walks, and other activities, including a climb to the top of Grey Mountain in the Yukon.

Nov. 19 - On to Africa! The World March entered Africa today, travelling through the Moroccan cities Nador, Marrakech, and Rabat, where they met with members of Parliament. In Tan-Tan they marchers danced with the tuaregs, or desert people, and attended a tea ceremony in a desert tent in the Sahara.

November 19 - Gatineau.
Today at 9h30, 2000 students of the Bois Joli, Odysee, Escalade schools walked to the Nicolas-Gatineau secondary school and formed a giant Peace Sign. More than 9000 students of the Gatineau region Draveurs School Board will participate in activities of support during Canada World March Days.

Nov. 14 - Madrid. The WM Team reached Madrid, passing through Malaga, Barcelona and las Islas Palmas too. In Madrid, thousands of people participated in events on the streets, at the Memorial for victims of 9-11, and at a Concert for Peace.

November 14 - Kitchener-Waterloo Forum on Economic Violence. The World March and K-W Nonviolence Festival held an all-day forum on Economic Violence, at Kitchener City Hall. The event was organized with a local barter group, a community currency group, and the local Transition group. In its way, the Forum helped raise awareness of the different kinds of violence, which go far beyond the merely physical.

Nov. 11 - Berlin. The complete speech that Silo gave at the 10th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates held on this day in Berlin, Germany. Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Irish pacifist and Nobel Peace Laureate, introduced Silo as the founder of the Universal Humanism and inspiration behind the World March for Peace and Nonviolence.

Nov 10 - Torino. Marchers are given a sustained standing ovation at the Teatro Regio where 1600 people attended the Concert for Peace and Nonviolence featuring Beethoven's Symphony No.9. Later that same day, the March went to the de la Vallette Prison, and carried out a symbolic march inside the walls of the institution with prisoners and staff. >more

Nov. 9 - Paris. A WM delegation was received by the Ministry of Defense in Paris. Alain Marc, cabinet chief for the Minister, spoke with Alain Ducq, WM spokesperson for France, and two other members of the Base Team. Ducq reminded the Minister that 86% of French people want a nuclear disarmament treaty, and that as a nuclear power, France could set a global example by ridding itself of its arsenal.

Nov. 5. Sierra Leone-Liberia. While the journeys of the Base Team, Middle East and Balkans Marches form the spine of the World March, activities are taking place simultaneously all over the world, beyond those routes. In Gendema, on the border between Sierra Leone and Liberia, activists fashioned their own torch, held a march and ended with a cultural event and info session about the proposals of the World March.

Nov. 5-9. The World March, spreading and reproducing, reforming and always in motion, goes to Budapest, Paris, Geneva, Ljubljana and Trieste.

Nov 4. As the Balkans tour of the World March reaches Bosnia and Herzegovina, it was personally welcomed right on the street by Presidency Chairman Željko Komši: "Bosnia-Herzegovina couldn’t miss out on this occasion for peace and nonviolence which is not only for the Balkans but for the whole world." On Nov. 5, the President of Croatia also endorsed the the March.

Nov. 3. On the March's last day in the Czech Republic, 8000 people gather in Prague's Wenceslas Square to show their support, accompanied by some of the country's best-known singers, actors and performers, the famous Harlem Gospel Choir from NYC, and the launching of hundreds of Thai lanterns. See this beautiful video.

Nov 1. As the WM Base Team begins its tour of Europe, the Presidents of Finland and Hungary endorse the March. And in Brazil, the legendary Gilberto Gil lends his support too.

Oct 28. Encounter at the mouth of the Bosphorus - Turkey. Today in Istanbul, an encounter full of meaning took place at the Bosphorus Bridge: the point where Asia meets Europe. In the historic city and centre of Turkish culture, the World March Middle East Team met the South East Europe team to hand over the marching baton. >video >article

Oct 25. The March in Savonlinna (Finland) This is a wonderful little video which gives a whole other side of the March.  Two of the Base Team members took the March to a small town in Finland with 28,000 people.  We think you'll enjoy it. >video

Oct 22. Dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis at Wallaje.

Thanks to the mediation work of Luisa Morgantini, former Vice President of the European Parliament and a member of the WM Middle East Team, a number of popular Palestinian associations which had been opposed to the event in celebration of the World March at Wallaje to which Israeli representatives had been invited, opened a dialogue with - and their own homes to - the March delegation, recognising its role as an ambassador of peace. >more

Oct 19. The World March calls on Japan to close US bases. >video

On the 3rd and final day in Japan, within a cordial atmosphere at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the WM called on the Government to expel US bases, a proposal in line with the March's demands that foreign troops should withdraw from the territories of other countries. At the same time, World Without Wars spokesperson Rafael de la Rubia congratulated Japan for her anti-nuclear status and called on the country's new government to maintain Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution at all costs.

HIROSHIMA: 1000 Candles For An End To Nukes.

Oct 17: One thousand candles were lit today spelling out the demand “Nuclear Free Now!” The act was part of an event called NO NUKES 2020 organised by Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation; an organisation established in April 1998 by the City of Hiroshima to promote peace, and to consolidate the city's activities in peace promotion, globalization, and international cooperation. >more

10,000 Students Form Mammoth Peace Sign

Oct 17: Philippines – Waving orange mini-flags while swaying to the reggae beat of the "Tropical Depression" band, some 10,000 high school students in Lucena City formed a human peace sign during a mammoth rally held in support of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence. >video

Oct 13 - "ALTERNATIVE NOBEL" FOR WM COORDINATOR OF NEW ZEALAND

One of the 2009 Right Livelihood Awards, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prizes, goes to Alyn Ware, World March for Peace and Nonviolence Coordinator for New Zealand - Aotearoa, for “his effective and creative advocacy and initiatives over two decades to further peace education and to rid the world of nuclear weapons”. >more

Oct 2 - Rain Didn't Stop the "Shine" in Toronto

The rain almost got the better of us in Toronto for our World March launch event on October 2, but we 'Shined a Light for Peace and Nonviolence' anyway! Thanks to KaDuba, Autorickshaw, Mulambo Groove and all the speakers who made the night so great.

Toronto Mayor David Miller Endorses the World March

Sept 30. David Miller is the Mayor of Toronto, and the second Canadian mayor to endorse the March. Accompanying his endorsement, a Mayoral Proclamation was issued, declaring October 2nd 'Toronto Day of Nonviolence', in recognition of the World March.

World Marchers to visit Pope Benedict XVI in Rome

July 23: As the World March goes around the world a number of events will take place at spiritually and religiously significant venues, none more so than the Vatican City where on the 11th of November a delegation of World Marchers will take part in an audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

Alexa McDonough Endorses World March

June 25: Alexa McDonough is one of the five Co-Presidents of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament. She was the first female leader of the New Democratic Party and has also been a leader in numerous national and international social action groups and human rights organizations.

Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW)

June 25: "Since our foundation in 1960, the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace/La Voix Canadiennes des Femmes pour la Paix has worked locally, nationally and internationally on issues related to peace, social justice, human rights and development, always seeking to promote a woman's and a feminist's perspective." website

David Suzuki Endorses World March

May 26: David Suzuki is a Canadian environmental activist, television personality, scientist and author.