by UFPJ web | Mar 22, 2025 | Economic Justice, Events & Updates, Poor Peoples Campaign, Racial Justice, Top Story
On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his tragic assassination, in his prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on...
by UFPJ web | Feb 22, 2025 | Action Alerts, Events & Updates, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
by MacGregor Eddy February 18, 2025, late at night, a group of seven peace activists gathered at the front gate of Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara county California. They were there both to protest against the test launch of an intercontinental ballistic...
by UFPJ web | Sep 25, 2024 | Events & Updates, Top Story, UFPJ, Webinars
Sep 19, 2024 5:00 PM PDT, 8PM EDT View the webinar here This webinar features Dr. Carolyn “Rusti” Eisenberg discussing her new book, Fire and Rain: Nixon, Kissinger and the Wars in Southeast Asia. Drawing on documents declassified in recent years, the book explores...
by UFPJ web | Sep 1, 2024 | Afghanistan, Confronting Islamophobia, Events & Updates, Member Group, Top Story
Actions in the Guantanamo 9/11 Military Commissions, which have since the arraignment of five men accused of planning and supporting the 9/11 terrorist attacks been unable to even begin a trial, appeared to advance toward resolution and then with near lightening speed...
by UFPJ web | Mar 8, 2024 | Events & Updates, Israel and Palestine, Top Story, Webinars
Web Meeting: Gaza, Protest, Repression and Germany’s Conundrum A two-hour panel and discussion featuring grassroots insights from movement leaders in Germany and the U.S. The global wave of protest against Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza has drawn crackdowns...
by UFPJ web | Jan 27, 2024 | Afghanistan, Confronting Islamophobia, Events & Updates, Top Story
The Detention Facility on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base marked its 22nd anniversary on January 11th, and while the number of detainees has dwindled to 30 there is a growing awareness of the enormity of the on-going damages and human rights violations the 780 Muslim...
