Capitalism is the cause of devastating wars for profit and power, wars that traumatize, displace, and kill millions of people every year around the glove. But powerful movements have also arisen time and again to confront war, and there have always been anti war artists in the mix. From the First World War to the War on Terror, this talk is about artists whose work has provided us the indelible images for anti war opposition and helped keep alive a spirit of internationalism and hope in the darkest times.