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Keep the Pressure on the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS): Teachers’ pension fund to meet with war profiteer General Dynamics.
On March 12th, retired public school teachers Jef Schultz and Susan Witka, CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans, and CODEPINK organizer Nancy Mancias met with CalSTRS External Affairs Director Diane Stanton and other CalSTRS staff members. We shared your serious concerns...
Iraqi Trade Unionists; Peace, Justice, Women’s Rights and Environmental Activists and the Role of Civil Society in Iraq Today
Recently returned from Baghdad, Terry Rockefeller (September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows) and Michael Zweig (U.S. Labor Against the War) reported on the 10th Annual Meeting of the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI). If you missed this UFPJ...
Growing Nuclear Risks in a Changing World: New Thinking & Movement Building
An International Conference, Saturday, May 4, 2019; 9 am – 6 pm Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square, New York City Click here for more information and to register. Admission is free, but space is limited. The Cold War has ended. The interregnum between the...
Override Trump’s Yemen War Powers Veto
This is a shameful moment in American history. Despite the bipartisan War Powers Resolution successfully passing through both chambers of congress, Trump is using his presidential veto power to maintain U.S. involvement in the brutal Saudi-led war in Yemen. It’s not...
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Full Legacy on April 4th
April 4th can be a day of reflection about our movement as we remember the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s tragic and untimely assassination and his inspiring speech, “Beyond Vietnam, A Time to Break Silence,” delivered at the Riverside Church in New York...
Listen to UFPJ’s Two National Calls on Military Spending
As we prepare for this year’s Global Days of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) actions between Tax Day, April 13 and May 9 and for longer-term efforts to change our national spending priorities UFPJ organized two national organizing and briefing calls. Recordings...
Come to Anti-NATO Protests in Washington DC Saturday, March 30 – Thursday, April 4
The threat of war hangs over the world. The NATO war alliance is at the center of that threat --- from the seemingly never-ending wars by NATO powers in the Middle East, to the burgeoning, new nuclear arms race. Next year, the Trump Administration will call for...
No U.S. War on Venezuela!
Organize and take action! Join Worldwide Actions on February 23. We must not be silent in the face of recent U.S. aggression against the Venezuelan people. With Donald Trump in the White House, hostilities have escalated to threats of all-out military violence. The...
Tell the US to Stop Interfering in Venezuela’s Internal Politics
Last Thursday, an Open Letter to the United States, signed by Noam Chomsky and 70 scholars on Latin America, political science, and history as well as filmmakers, civil society leaders, and other experts, was issued in opposition to ongoing intervention by the United...
Why Getting the 2020 Census Right Matters!
With 2019 now upon us, the 2020 Census is right around the corner. United for Peace and Justice is pleased to invite you to join the 2020 Census Webinar organized by The Coalition on Human Needs and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on Wednesday,...
International Webinar to Preserve the INF Treaty
On 17 January we held an International Webinar to Preserve the INF Treaty. Click here to read a summary of the webinar with links to the individual presentations and action items. Nearly 150 people, from Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Czech...
CODEPINK Summit on Peace with Iran
On Saturday, December 1st 2018, CODEPINK held a Summit on Peace with Iran in Washington D.C. The Summit was attended by close to two hundred participants, many of whom are part of the Iranian diaspora. Nineteen speakers joined panel discussions on topics ranging from...