by UFPJ web | Aug 3, 2018 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Military Spending, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security
From the Korean Peninsula, to the South China Sea, to the Middle East and South Asia, all the nuclear-armed states are engaged in unpredictable conflicts that could catastrophically escalate out of control. Tensions between the United States and Russia have risen to...
by UFPJ web | Jun 1, 2018 | Climate and Environmental Justice, Events & Updates, Poor Peoples Campaign, Racial Justice
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has been organized to address vast social inequalities, intractable racism, never-ending wars and ecological devastation. During the week of June 3, the Campaign will focus on The Right to Health and a...
by UFPJ web | May 25, 2018 | Events & Updates, Military Spending, North Korea, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Racial Justice, UFPJ
Memorial Day, formerly Decoration Day, is a day to remember those who died while serving in the armed forces. Decoration Day began as a way to remember the Civil War dead, more than 700,000, by placing flowers and flags on their headstones. Today, in our time of...
by UFPJ web | May 18, 2018 | Divest, Events & Updates, Military Spending, Poor Peoples Campaign, Racial Justice, UFPJ
This past Monday, May 14, the Poor People’s Campaign launched a multi-issue campaign in 40 states to address poverty, racism, the war economy and environmental devastation. These actions included an expansive wave of nonviolent civil disobedience. The focus of this...
by UFPJ web | May 11, 2018 | Divest, Events & Updates, Military Spending, Poor Peoples Campaign, Racial Justice
The Poor People’s Campaign; A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting tens of thousands of people across the country to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality. This Sunday, May...
by UFPJ web | Apr 10, 2018 | Divest, Events & Updates, Global Day of Action Against Military Spending, Member Group, Military 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,...