The U.S. is escalating warfare globally, from Venezuela to Palestine to Iran. The first months of 2026 have laid bare the contradictions, hypocrisies, and insidious interests of the U.S. war economy — but we’re also seeing people all over the world organize and respond. At the same time as the U.S. and its allies escalate this resource-driven, environmentally catastrophic warfare, we are also seeing people connect the dots as to the real reasons why, with phrases like “No Blood for Oil” on protest signs across the country. Venezuela has the world’s largest known oil reserves, and Iran has the third. The U.S. military is acting as the enforcement mechanism for the fossil fuel industry, tech billionaires, and weapons contractors. It is also the world's largest institutional polluter, and its 800+ toxic bases in over 80 countries make it one of the largest contributors to the destruction of global ecosystems and public health.
As data centers, only made possible through this warfare, and funded for more warfare, are forced on communities around the country, and anti-war sentiment is more popular than ever, we need to be making the connections between our organizing against war and imperialism, and for a livable planet. Join us in making these local and global connections to build an unstoppable movement for the people and planet.
Learn more about Data Centers & the War Economy! Sign onto to our Open Letter: Environmentalists Unite! Host a screening of Earth's Greatest Enemy! Invitation to the Environmental Defense Fund: We Can Help You Fulfill Your Mission!
Building a Local and Global Anti-Militarist Climate Movement: Local Actions for the People and Planet
Be in action for the Planet everyday!
Throughout the year, climate demonstrations, actions, ad campaigns, and communications materials will be constantly produced.
Be in conversation with the organizers of these events! Ask if the cost of the Pentagon as the #1 institutional polluter, the environmental and public health impacts of warfare and our over 800 bases, and militarism's role in enforcing fossil fuel dominance can be discussed! Learn about the history and strategy of the War Is Not Green campaign here.
Show up to demonstrations as an “anti-war contingent” or “anti-imperialist contingent” to be in solidarity with broader messaging but to not let anyone forget or go-on uneducated about the elephant in the room.
Invite grassroots climate organizations and local chapters of larger climate organizations to join anti-war protests. The war machine is raging on throughout the month.
Disrupt! Amidst all of this, companies like Blackrock, Lockheed Martin, and their partners like Google, Amazon, and Meta will sponsor climate summits, talk about their “green” plans, and continue to brush their involvement in climate collapse, genocide, and ecocide under the rug. Approach any climate organizations working with these companies, like the Environmental Defense Fund, why, and invite them to meet.
Invite Organizations to Sign-On to our Pledge & Join Local Events or Screenings!
This includes current partner organizations and small and large environmental, climate, land defense, and anti-war organizations that are in your area (this includes chapters of national/international organizations).
Organizational Sign On
Screenings of Earth's Greatest Enemy are another great way for organizations to connect through tabling and to educate themselves on the threat of U.S. militarism and imperialism to the planet. Take a look at our toolkits for screening the film here.
Invite Organizations to bring a climate perspective to the anti-war movement!
Join a local anti-war/militarism protest around some of our issues/with our partners:
Engage in one of our campaigns– whether it demands to stop the bombing in Palestine and rebuild a healthy Gaza, which has been contaminated by the relentless bombing over the past 18 months, or for the US to take its hands off Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, or Iran. Whether it’s to stop arms sales to Ukraine and to champion diplomacy or whether it’s to close our bases in the Asia-Pacific. Or whether it’s to stand against the plunder and invasion of Latin America and the Caribbean, where our hybrid warfare and military intervention have disrupted the natural environment and the ability to create climate resilience.
Or engage in campaigns from other anti-war organizations or campaigns we’ve endorsed: Taking the US out of the Philippines and Korea that militarize the Pacific for a war with China, against cop cities, the militarization of the border, or demanding the US out of Africa, including in areas like the DRC in the war that’s destroying the country and environment for “green tech” minerals.
Invite climate organizations to join us!
Use this as an opportunity to educate on the linkages between climate and militarism. Go to codepink.org/wing, and explore the linkages between some of the issues. Use this opportunity as a way to educate!
Feel free to use this sample email:
“Hi [insert climate organization], I’m writing to you because we appreciate the work that you have done for the planet. On [insert date] we will be taking action for [insert description of action].
We wanted to invite you to endorse this event and join us, given the inextricable linkages between climate change and militarism. The Pentagon is the #1 institutional polluter in the world and has over 800 bases around the world with known toxic chemicals like PFAS.
When it comes to [insert issue]……
[Include some customized info about the specific issue/linkages from our War Is Not Green website or open-letter fact sheet.]
We hope that you will join us to educate and agitate for ____, and show that this is a climate issue which impacts the reciprocal relationship between us and the natural world! [Hybrid] War is not green! We also invite you to sign onto this open letter, which describes the importance of uniting the climate justice and anti-war movements to combat one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in the world.”
Combat the local intersections of the war economy and climate crisis
What’s happening around you? Is there a militarized cop city being built on forests? Are there military bases around you that are contaminating the environment? Pipelines built that police, state troopers, or the military assist in?
View this toolkit from the Global Day of Action to Close Base!
Check out our War Is Not Green page for more resources, educational information, and past webinars and articles!
What institutions are there? Some examples might look like Blackrock, which is a major investor in weapons manufacturers, Elbit Systems, and banks like BNY Mellon and Citi, or increasingly, AI data centers being forced on communities around the country. Build a campaign locally against these organizations and invite local climate and anti-war movements to be a part of it!