by admin | Nov 8, 2020 | Anti-Intervention, Military Spending, No Foreign Bases, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
by Gerry Condon November 11 is Armistice Day, marking the 1918 armistice that ended the First World War, on the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.” Horrified by the industrial slaughter of millions of soldiers and civilians, the people of the...
by admin | Sep 26, 2020 | Member Group, Military Spending, Top Story
Our representatives recently voted on historic legislation to cut the Pentagon budget by 10%. Do you know how your representative voted? Now is the time to take action to hold our representatives accountable for approving a $740 billion Pentagon budget during the...
by admin | Aug 22, 2020 | Divest, Member Group, Military Spending, Top Story
While everyday workers are struggling to survive, the Senate is considering giving the Pentagon $30 billion more in funding in the next COVID-19 relief package for fighter jets, helicopters, radars, ships and armored vehicles. We cannot afford to give one more penny...
by admin | Jul 23, 2020 | Economic Justice, Military Spending, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
At the close of its 88th Annual Meeting, held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 30, 2020, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) Executive Committee unanimously adopted a sweeping resolution “Calling for Human-Centered Security in a Time of Global...
by admin | Jun 24, 2020 | Military Spending, Racial Justice, Top Story
Central to the crucial debates about policing and racism that Americans are engaged in is the growing militarization of U.S. law enforcement: adoption of the equipment, tactics and mindset of the military, along with the overwhelmingly disproportionate use of SWAT...
by admin | May 22, 2020 | Military Spending, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
United for Peace and Justice has endorsed the new Global #FREEZEWeapons Campaign to urge our own and other countries to freeze weapons production, trade and supply. Propelled by the devastating impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus globally, the SCRAP Weapons team at...
