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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...
United for Peace and Justice [UFPJ] 2018 Annual Report
UFPJ’s Unity Statement drafted 16 years ago proclaimed: We come together to turn the tide, to overwhelm war with peace, and oppression with justice. . . . We seek to build a broad mass movement for peace and justice composed of all who are threatened by the new war...
Support Cal Poly Student Protest against Raytheon and the war in Yemen
Peace activists at Cal Poly are being threatened by their administration for the second time this year because they dared to sing songs in front of the Raytheon table at their career fair. The students have organized themselves under the SLO Peace Coalition. They’re...
Tell Congress: Save the INF Treaty
Senators Merkley, Warren, Gillibrand, Markey, Wyden and Sanders have introduced the Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2018 (S.3667), which declares a sense of the Senate that “President Trump’s announcement of the intent of the United States to withdraw from the INF...
Peace with Iran Summit, December 1, Washington, D.C.
What: Exciting Day-Long Summit on Peace With Iran When: 9am-5pm, December 1, 2018 Where: First Congregational United Church of Christ 945 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Come join us as we bring together researchers, journalists, activists and cultural workers to...
The Poor People’s Campaign – Look for an Event in Your Area
Movements begin with the telling of untold stories. The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is holding community hearings around the country. In the past several weeks they have convened in Richmond, Virginia; Wichita, Kansas; Kansas City,...