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Suggestions for Talking about Gaza and Other Wars
Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the countryside, the cattle machine-gunned, the huts set on fire with incendiary bullets: this is called pacification. Millions of peasants are robbed of their farms and sent trudging...
Guantanamo at 22: Continuing Violations of Human Rights and the Growing Challenges and Harms Experienced by Former Detainees
The Detention Facility on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base marked its 22nd anniversary on January 11th, and while the number of detainees has dwindled to 30 there is a growing awareness of the enormity of the on-going damages and human rights violations the 780 Muslim...
Some Reflections on the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation; National Co-convener UFPJ* The Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) took place from November 27 – December 1, 2023 at United Nations...
Germany’s All-Out Assault on Palestinians & Jews In-Real Time
by MaTT De Vlieger, Facilitator, Ceasefire Action Committee, Berlin, & Former UFPJ Coordinator Something very bad is happening socially and politically in Germany. Something that feels both old and new to me, after 20 years in the peace movement. (My first...
Kansas City, MO: Critical Node of the New Arms Race – RESIST
by Mary Hladky, PeaceWorks Kansas City, VP Co-Chair and member of the United for Peace and Justice, Coordinating Committee The Kansas City Nuclear Bomb Plant, officially named the Kansas City Security Campus, is of vital importance in the making of nuclear weapons. ...
Demand an Immediate Ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza War
We must collectively raise our voices, making it clear to our Congressional representative that we want a Ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war. Ask your representative to add their name, as a co-sponsor, to H.Res. 786. To date only 17 representatives have seen fit to...
Ukraine War Notwithstanding, the Middle East and its Oil will Always be at the Center of U.S. Foreign Policy
by Michael Eisenscher, National Coordinator Emeritus, U.S. Labor Against the War During the last year-and-a-half, the war in Ukraine has commanded the lion’s share of the attention of the U.S. and international antiwar movement – although that conflict has also...
“Oppenheimer” – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The much-hyped Hollywood blockbuster film, “Oppenheimer,” a biographical drama about the “father” of the atomic bomb, directed by Christopher Nolan, opened July 21. The film focuses on the story of Oppenheimer’s leadership of the team that developed and tested the...
Hundreds of Poor People, Faith Leaders from 30+ States Descend on Capitol Hill for Three-Day Poor People’s Campaign Congress, Demand Action to Address Death by Poverty
Hundreds of Poor People’s Campaign leaders from over 30 states came together on Capitol Hill June 19-21 to shift the nation’s attention to the reality of poverty in the country, highlight poverty as an American death sentence and demand action to end murder by public...
Message from the National Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
Across the country, the Poor People's Campaign is calling for a Third Reconstruction. Amid targeted extremist attacks, murder exacted through public policy, and the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, ecological devastation, the war economy & militarism,...
Zoom Briefing: Can Nuclear Energy Help Meet U.S. Climate Goals?
Friday June 2, 2023, 1:30pm Eastern time/10:30 am Pacific time From the Inflation Reduction Act to Oliver Stone’s new film, there’s a renewed discussion about the role nuclear energy might play in the climate fight. Join us for an expert briefing drilling down on the...
End Women’s Poverty: Invest in Caring Not Killing – International Women’s Day event now online
A report from the California Poor People’s Campaign End Women’s Poverty: Invest in Caring Not Killing, an International Women’s Day event on March 8, was spearheaded by the California Poor People’s Campaign (PPC), with UFPJ, CODEPINK and Women’s International League...