Anti-Militarism Agenda: Second Edition Launched

On Friday, May 16, and Sunday, May 18, the Resist US-Led War Movement officially launched the Second Edition of the Anti-Militarism Agenda (AMA). Over 200 participants joined the online sessions across both days to learn about the updated structure and expanded content of the Agenda.

The events featured speakers from global members and allies of the network who shared on their struggles and campaigns and how people can act in solidarity with their fights — demonstrating how a united mass movement can confront and dismantle the shared enemy of U.S. imperialism.

Speakers from groups Madres Contra La Guerra, Lutte Pour le Changement, Prutehi Guåhan, Korea Peace Now, ILPS Canada, the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature, and VETO highlighted the devastating impacts of U.S. militarism on communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Palestine, the Netherlands, Guåhan (Guam), Korea, Canada, and beyond.

They shared a wide range of resistance strategies—from grassroots organizing, advocacy, mass campaigns against military alliances to armed struggle—showing how people across different contexts are fighting back, grounded in their histories, experiences, and local conditions.

Speakers emphasized that in every war, it is the people—especially the working class and oppressed communities—who bear the heaviest burdens. Meanwhile, those who profit are government officials, military generals, arms manufacturers, bankers, and corporate elites. U.S.-led wars displace Indigenous peoples, destroy farmland and food systems, exacerbate the climate crisis, and uphold global economic domination by the U.S.

“In Guåhan, our decolonization has been stalled for over 126 years, and our people have endured countless harms since the United States took colonial control of our land,” said Naek Flores of Prutehi Guåhan.

The launch showcased both the diversity of tactics and unity in the goal of dismantling US militarism of the global anti-war movement and demonstrated how campaigns on the ground are actively addressing the 14 core calls to action of the AMA which reflect years of collaboration and lived struggle.

“While we do see the U.S. war machine growing more violent and vicious, it is only because it is becoming more desperate to survive. It may boast of high-tech advancements, but no weapon or tactic has ever truly defeated the people,” said Rhonda Ramiro, from the Resist US-Led War Movement Secretariat.

Reflecting on the successes of the first edition of the campaign—where members and allies mobilized against the Rim of the Pacific military exercises, NATO summits, arms fairs and expos, transnational weapons corporations, and overseas U.S. bases—the second edition of the AMA emerges as an even stronger tool for mass movement building. It aims to interconnect and strengthen struggles against war and militarism worldwide, in the urgent and necessary fight for a just and lasting peace.

You can rewatch the launch at our YouTube channel on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv3Eq2m4Whc 

Download and read the AMA 2025 at: https://www.resistusledwarmovement.com/antimilitarismagenda2025.html

Register an Action for the Anti-Militarism Agenda: https://forms.gle/Mr8HJ11Meaby5o3w5

Engage in speakers' calls to action: https://drive.proton.me/urls/G192FBT2DM#Ds272sUdS5UK