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Global Day of Action Against Military Spending Briefing Calls
Recordings of these calls are now available at the links below: March 25 Call March 19 Call Join Shailly Gupta Barnes of the Kairos Center and environmental attorney Mark Dunlea for the second of two national calls on Global Days of Action on Military Spending...
Bolivia’s Struggle for Democracy Continues
2020 began with protests and government repression in Iraq and Iran, atop the many existing “forever“ wars. As the U.S. peace movement grappled with this growing number of crises, soon the events of November 10, 2019 in Bolivia and the removal of President Evo Morales...
The We must Do MORE (Mobilize, Organize, Register, and Educate) Tour.
The Poor People's Campaign We must Do MORE Tour is moving across the country to highlight 1) Poverty and Inequality 2) Systemic Racism 3) Ecological Devastation and 4) War and Militarism. Hear powerful testimonies, and share a moral vision for what this nation can...
Subject: End All Endless Wars, Korea Peace Now!
National Action to End the Korean War March 15-17, 2020; Washington DC Deadline for registration: March 1, 2020 70 Years Too Long! The Korean War (1950-53) never ended. It was merely suspended by an armistice agreement between North Korea and the United States. While...
Poor People’s Campaign Mobilization Meeting in Washington, DC February 22 2020
Dear UFPJ supporter, United for Peace & Justice (UFPJ) has signed on as a mobilizing partner of the Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington on June 20, 2020. We understand that the interconnected injustices of poverty, systemic racism,...
An Opportunity to Raise Your Voice for Environmental and Racial Justice!
We know that the Climate and the Environment are the biggest casualties of war, and that the Pentagon has the single largest carbon footprint in the world. UFPJ holds the health of our environment as part of the world with Peace and Justice we strife to manifest. As...
It’s 100 Seconds to Midnight: The Existential Threats Posed by Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change
On January 23, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the metaphorical hands of the “Doomsday Clock” to 100 seconds to midnight. The Bulletin’s advisory group has been assessing the threat posed to humanity by its own activities since 1945. Until recently, that...
The Afghanistan Papers and a Mother’s Question
The Washington Post recently released the Afghanistan Papers, which are internal government documents that exposed the lies told to the American people, documenting early on that the Afghanistan War was a debacle and could not be won. Yet, our government chose to...
Keep NYC Nuclear Free! Historic Hearing on Nuclear Disarmament January 28
Tuesday, January 28, the New York City Council will hold a joint hearing on Res. No. 976 and Int. No. 1621. This proposed package of legislation represents a powerful and progressive declaration of NYC’s support for nuclear disarmament and the Treaty on the...
A message from the peaceful protesters of the Iraqi “October Revolution” to all who will stand and oppose war on January 25th
Since October 1, 2019, hundreds of thousands of nonviolent protesters have taken to the streets in cities across Iraq demanding fundamental changes in the political system: an end to financial and administrative corruption, and a new government that represents and...
Coming to DC Soon – the Poor People’s Campaign MORE Tour
The Poor People’s Campaign MORE Tour will be in Washington DC soon. The We must Do MORE (Mobilize, Organize, Register, and Educate) (the Tour) began in September traveling to 22 states highlighting examples of 1) Poverty and Inequality, 2) Systemic Racism, 3)...
International Day of Action: No War with Iran! Saturday January 25
The People of the World Say: NO WAR! The Trump administration is dragging the United States into a war with Iran that could engulf the whole region and could quickly turn into a global conflict of unpredictable scope and the gravest consequences. The people of the...