Is War Inevitable?

On Peace, Resistance, and the Systems We ChooseIn this episode, Samara unpacks the quiet normalization of rearmament in Europe and questions whether more weapons have brought more safety. She introduces theconcept of civil resistance, shares data on nonviolent campaigns from Erica Chenoweth, and reflects on therelationship between militarization, climate, and democracy.Closing with a poem by Walt Whitman.Mentioned:Data on arm conflicts and budgets from: Rete Italiana Pace e Disarmo and also SIPRI – Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and Vision of Humanity. On the Civil Peace Corps in Italy, data on funding is from Rete Italiana Pace e Disarmo.On climate impacts of military: The climate costs of warand militaries can no longer be ignored, Doug Weir or US Military Pollution: The World’s Biggest ClimateChange Enabler?