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Summer of Peace & Love 2026

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This summer, communities across the US joined together for a Summer of Peace and Love.

During these difficult times, it can feel impossible to imagine another way forward. We are told that competition is inevitable, that military domination keeps us safe, that technology controlled by billionaires will save us, and that ordinary people are powerless to change the direction of society.

But history tells a different story.

This is a profoundly unifying moment. People fighting to stop war and militarism are fighting the same systems as those trying to stop climate collapse, corporate exploitation, mass surveillance, and the reckless expansion of AI technologies that consume enormous amounts of energy and water while concentrating power in fewer and fewer hands. These struggles are connected.

For all of August 2026, we joined together and established summer camps nationwide, each organized to be a living laboratory for the future we are trying to build.


Teach-in #1: On McCarthyism & Fascism

Act! What would you fund instead of war? Tell us!


Teach-in #2: Campaign Launch: Where are the feminists?

Act! Tell the Center for Reproductive Rights: Stand with Palestine!


Teach-in #3: Your Path Out of the War Economy

Act! Join our Local Peace Economy Community!


Teach-in #4: China is Not Our Enemy

Act! BBC: Retract Your False Report on China and the Himalayan Floods!


Teach-in #5: War is Not Green

Act! Join our NYC Climate Week 2026!


Teach-in #6: 25 Years of the Global War of Terror

Act! Find an event near you!

Trump & Congress want a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget.

What should we fund instead of war?

Tell us how you'd spend it and see what others would fund instead of war.

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