by admin | Nov 20, 2012 | Afghanistan, Legislative Working Group Posts, Top Story, UFPJ
On October 25, 2002 in Washington D.C., more than 70 peace and justice organizations initiated United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), a new coalition to coordinate opposition to President George W. Bush’s Global War on Terror, at that time focused on the war on Iraq....
by MTMcPhearson | Sep 17, 2012 | Action Alerts, UFPJ
Sending Congratulations and Many Thanks to the 50,000 peacemakers who signed RootsAction.org petition calling for an end to NBC’s Reality Show “Stars Earn Stripes” -a show that distorted the reality of war. NBC has ended “Stars Earn Stripes” with no intention of...
by admin | Mar 26, 2012 | Top Story, UFPJ
UFPJ’s OCCUPY PEACE SUMMIT February 24-26, 2012 Nearly 100 activists from a wide range of local and national peace organizations attended UFPJ’s OCCUPY PEACE SUMMIT, February 24-26, 2012 in Philadelphia. They brought energy, compassion and commitment to the work of...
by admin | Mar 15, 2012 | Anti-Intervention, Iran, Sanctions, Top Story, UFPJ
UFPJ Statement on “No War on Iran” As we approach the 9th anniversary of the U.S.-led war on Iraq, we are once again seeing American politicians claiming that an oil-rich nation in the Persian Gulf might soon build nuclear weapons. Top U.S. and many Israeli...
by admin | Mar 14, 2012 | UFPJ
Edited and revised from an article in TruthOut about cuts in Social Security – Pledge of Resistance by Robert Naiman. In the 1980s, during Reagan’s war in Central America, there was a movement called the Pledge of Resistance. The basic idea was that you sign a...
by MTMcPhearson | Feb 12, 2012 | UFPJ
Register GOALS AGENDA TRANSPORTATION ACCOMMODATIONS HOMESTAYS Getting to Philadelphia Philadelphia is located at the heart of the country’s densest public transportation network along the Northeast corridor so it’s pretty easy to get...
