Global Days of Action on Military Spending
The Global Days of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) is an annual event that takes place in April and May as part of the Global Campaign on Military Spending launched in 2014 by the International Peace Bureau. All participants work to promote the redirection of excessive military budgets to fund disarmament and conflict prevention, sustainable development and anti-poverty programs, addressing climate change and biodiversity loss, promoting social justice and human rights, and supporting vulnerable groups and communities.
Move the Nuclear Weapons (and Fossil Fuel) Money
International webinar: April 21, 2020. Held in conjunction with Earth Day 2020 and the Global Days of Action on Military Spending, April 10 – May 5, 2020. Watch the video here. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for governments and the international...
April 22: on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Divest from the War Machine
April 22 2020 is officially the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Addressing the climate crisis is one of the most important challenges of our time. The U.S. military is the world’s largest consumer of oil and causes more greenhouse gas pollution than 140 nations...
Global Day of Action Against Military Spending Briefing Calls
Recordings of these calls are now available at the links below: March 25 Call March 19 Call Join Shailly Gupta Barnes of the Kairos Center and environmental attorney Mark Dunlea for the second of two national calls on Global Days of Action on Military Spending...
Listen to UFPJ’s Two National Calls on Military Spending
As we prepare for this year’s Global Days of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) actions between Tax Day, April 13 and May 9 and for longer-term efforts to change our national spending priorities UFPJ organized two national organizing and briefing calls. Recordings...
Join GDAMS Actions April 14 through May 3, Protest the $716,000,000,000 Pentagon Spending
Thirty-eight community-based protests and actions in 15 states are planned for the Global Days of Action Against Military Spending (GDAMS) to challenge our country’s warped and dangerous national budget, foreign and military policies. Join our rallies, teach-ins,...
Defund War! Join Global Days of Action on Military Spending in Your Community, April 18-28
This week peace activists around the planet are participating in events to protest the military budgets that wreak destruction and rob human needs programs. Join the Global Days of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS), April 18-28, in your community. We must act boldly...
Our Movement’s In Action – A Schedule You’ll Want to Be A Part Of!
The Trump Administration has been up-front about one thing: they’re prepared to cut programs for human needs to feed military greed. Today, as we celebrate International Women’s Day and A Day Without a Woman, the world depends on the peace movement to reactivate,...
Mobilizing for an Action-Packed April to Defend Our Rights & End War!
2016 has already proven to be a very active year for the peace movement, as groups around the country take action on urgent issues like the Syrian Crisis, US weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, and the catastrophic War on Yemen. Please scroll down to learn about 3...
US Militarism’s Expanse and the Need for a Movement to Cut Military Spending and Invest in Human Needs
Despite the fact that we inhabit a war culture and machine with a vast reach and capacity never seen before, we must stand strong in opposition to endless war. It falls upon us as peace activists to inspire American people – and people around the world – to call for...
Join the Global Days of Action on Military Spending (April 5-18)
People across the globe are organizing local actions to decry current priorities that spend $1.75 trillion/year on arms when our planet is in crisis. On April 5, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute will release its annual report on world military...