by admin | Oct 16, 2021 | Economic Justice, Events & Updates, Member Group, Military Spending, Top Story
In 2021, the United States will spend $740 billion on the Pentagon budget which is equal to $1.4 million a MINUTE. With just 10% of the Pentagon budget, we could END homelessness in the United States, yet we’re told time and time again that we just “can’t afford”...
by admin | Sep 18, 2021 | Afghanistan, Anti-Intervention, Events & Updates, Member Group, Top Story
On the 20th anniversary of September 11, CODEPINK and Mass Peace Action hosted the webinar: Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on Terror. September 11th, 2001, fundamentally altered the culture of the United States and its relationship with the rest of the world....
by admin | Aug 28, 2021 | Economic Justice, Events & Updates, Poor Peoples Campaign, Racial Justice, Top Story
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has just wrapped up A Season of Nonviolent Moral Direct Action to Save Our Democracy, focused on four demands of U.S. Senators:1) End the filibuster NOW; 2) Pass ALL provisions of the For the People Act; 3)...
by admin | Aug 28, 2021 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
—Hiroko Komiya, left, with Keiko Baker, preparing to speak.—Photo by Jim Hannah By Kristin Scheer On the evening of Aug. 8, PeaceWorks Kansas City gathered more than 50 people—anti-nuke activists, members of the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council, along with Vets...
by admin | Aug 28, 2021 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
On August 6, the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, UFPJ member groups including Western States Legal Foundation and Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment (CAREs) held a “hybrid” live/virtual rally at the Livermore Nuclear...
by admin | Aug 28, 2021 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Racial Justice, Top Story
In summer 2020, people in the United States were forced to acknowledge and grapple with the violence, systemic injustice and inequity that Black Americans have been subjected to in this country. With the death of George Floyd being recorded and shared all over the...
