The Role of Cities in the Promotion of Nuclear Disarmament

Photo credit: Back from the Brink L – R: Takehiro Kagawa, Secretary General, Mayors for Peace; Mayor Belit Onay, Hannover, Germany; Mayor Malik...

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...

U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Protested at Vandenberg Space Force Base

by MacGregor Eddy February 18, 2025, late at night, a group of seven peace activists gathered at the front gate of Vandenberg Space Force Base in...

Trump Administration Deports Venezuelan Migrants from U.S. Territory to Guantánamo Only to Then Return Them to Venezuela

As abruptly as Trump Administration officials had begun deporting migrants from the U.S, to the Naval Station Guantánamo Bay (NSGB), it changed...

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IVAW: MARCH FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION

originally posted here When: Sunday May 20 Rally and March 9AM Where: Rally Grant Park South of the Lincoln Monument at (E. Balbo Ave. and S. Columbus Dr.) We, Afghanistan and Iraq veterans, from around the country will converge in Chicago on May 20th to march to the...

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OWS May Day 2012

**Call to action, Originally posted here** Occupy Wallstreet stands in solidarity with the calls for a day without the 99% On May 1st, 2012, we are creating a new kind of holiday – A People's Holiday – One that's not just yet another flavor of consumerism, but is...

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Full Report Back from Occupy Peace!

UFPJ’s OCCUPY PEACE SUMMIT February 24-26, 2012 Nearly 100 activists from a wide range of local and national peace organizations attended UFPJ’s OCCUPY PEACE SUMMIT, February 24-26, 2012 in Philadelphia. They brought energy, compassion and commitment to the work of...

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Drone Summit: April 28-29, 2012

Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control April 28-29, 2012 - Washington, DC The peace group CODEPINK and the legal advocacy organizations Reprieve and the Center for Constitutional Rights are hosting the first international drone summit. On Saturday, April...

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