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Meeting of Nuclear Ban Treaty Condemns Nuclear Threats
John Burroughs, Senior Analyst, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy Threats to use nuclear weapons made this year by the Russian government have surfaced a reality long suppressed in the media and public sphere: the incredible peril posed by ongoing reliance of...
TPNW Unites World Governments and Global Abolition Movement at First Meeting in Vienna
By Matt De Vlieger, former UFPJ National Coordinator, reporting from Vienna From June 21-23 the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was held at the United Nations in Vienna, with friends, allies, and members of...
Let’s Bend the Arc of Justice on June18!
The June 18, 2022 Mass Poor People and Low Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls will be a generationally transformative gathering of poor and low wealth people, state leaders, faith communities, moral allies, unions and partnering...
Acting on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Full Legacy; All Roads Lead to June 18, Washington, DC!
Acting on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Full Legacy; All Roads Lead to June 18, Washington, DC! On and around April 4, groups around the country honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s full legacy by organizing public participatory readings of his seminar speech,...
Golden Rule Peace Boat to Voyage around “Great Loop” as Ukraine War Raises Concern about Nuclear War
by Gerry Condon The historic anti-nuclear sailboat Golden Rule is being prepared for an epic voyage throughout the Midwestern, Southern and Eastern U.S. In September the 34-foot wooden ketch will be transported by truck-and-trailer from San Francisco Bay to...
This April 4: Organize a Public Reading of Dr. King’s “Beyond Vietnam: Speech in Your Community
On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his tragic assassination, in his prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on...
Ukraine: Developments at the United Nations
Hearing before International Court of Justice, March 7, 2022, with representative of Ukraine addressing the Court. Russia did not attend the hearing, thus the empty seats on the right. Photo courtesy of International Court of Justice. John Burroughs, Senior Analyst,...
Organize a Public Reading of Dr. King’s “Beyond Vietnam” Speech in your Community
https://www.unitedforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Beyond-Vietnam-speech-in-16-sections.docFifty-Fourth Anniversary of Martin Luther King's Prophetic Speech, Beyond Vietnam: a Time to Break Silence In the years following the September 11 terrorist attacks, peace and justice groups in Oakland, California have organized a number of successful...
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: An Illegal War of Aggression
Statement by Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, UN Office of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms. The Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy strongly condemns Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The Russian invasion is in clear violation of...
New Ukraine Crisis resource page: commentary, responses, and background
United for Peace and Justice is a network of organizations, and there is some diversity of views regarding the nature of the current crisis. But all agree in their opposition to the threat or use of force as a means to resolve international conflict. Our new resource...
This April 4: Organize a Public Reading of Dr. King’s “Beyond Vietnam: Speech in Your Community
On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his tragic assassination, in his prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on...
Time to start stopping the wars: No war in Ukraine, then no war anywhere.
The Ukraine crisis intensifies, with no clear path to resolution. A military confrontation between the United States and Russia, the world's most heavily armed nuclear nations, could spell disaster. It is time for the people of the world to cry Enough! No more war...