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Call for Organizing Peace Marches/Actions in Solidarity with the 2021 Peace March in Japan: May 6 to August 4, 2021
In the historic year when the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force, the 2021 Peace March will start on May 6 from Tokyo, walking towards Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At a new stage that nuclear weapons are prohibited for the first time in...
Please join the Sixth Annual Virtual Korea Peace Advocacy Week July 12-16, 2021
Join hundreds of people across the country in nationally coordinated virtual advocacy meetings to urge your Member of Congress to support: A Peace Agreement to end the Korean War; Life-saving humanitarian assistance; and Other humanitarian issues such as lifting the...
WEBINAR: Asia‐Pacific Elites: Money & Trade, and Foreign and Military Policies.
DATE: Wednesday, June 9, 9 p.m. (EDT) REGISTRATION: http://bit.ly/APElites State foreign and military policies don’t necessarily represent the interests of a nation’s people. In the push-pull between ties with China and the United States, the foreign and military...
The Palestinian Struggle for Freedom Enters a New Phase
United for Peace and Justice supports the ongoing struggle for Palestinian freedom and joins with all groups calling for an arms embargo on Israel and a ceasefire of current attacks. UFPJ encourages all UFPJ member and affiliated groups to join or organize protests in...
Kings Bay Plowshares Win Inaugural Berrigan-McAlister Award
The Kings Bay Plowshares have won the inaugural Berrigan-McAlister Award, given by DePaul University to a person or organization that exemplifies the practice of active Christian nonviolence. The award ceremony will be virtual and supporters may sign up. The award...
Reflections on a debacle—the Afghanistan war
By Mary Hladky* As the mother of an Army Infantry Officer who served for 13 months during Obama’s Afghanistan surge, in the Zhari District of the Kandahar Province, I feel tremendous relief that President Biden is calling the troops home from Afghanistan. I also feel...
Poor People’s Campaign Announces Plans for In-Person Mass Moral March on Washington in June 2022
During the April 19 Moral Monday in Jackson, Mississippi, the Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, Rev. William Barber II and Rev. Liz Theoharis announced a virtual Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral...
The Enduring Nuclear Threat; A Deeper Look: Webinar Recording
Click here to view a recording of the webinar. See below for text of the presentations from the panelists and for additional resources. The recent entry into force of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons brought a welcome positive moment to a bleak...
Honoring Dr. King’s Full Legacy – “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”
April 4, 2021 will mark the 53rd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s tragic and untimely assassination, and the 54th anniversary of his prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” In the years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist...
The Poor Peoples Campaign: “Our wage and our vote is our power!”
As voting rights are under attack and too many people are without living wages, we know that we can’t wait any longer to make our voices heard. Every Monday for the first 100 days of the new Biden-Harris administration, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for...
Press Freedom Sharply Curtailed in Iraqi Kurdistan
On 16 February, the Second Erbil Criminal Court, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, sentenced five journalists—Sherwan Sherwani, Guhdar Zebari, Hariwan Issa, Ayaz Karan, and Shvan Saeed—to six years in prison following a blatantly unfair trial. All five of the men were...
Biden Administration Must Abide by Terms of Afghanistan Peace Agreement
MARCH 11, 2021—The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) Solidarity Network, made up of allied organizations and individuals, demands the North Atlantic Treaty Organization end its imperialist endeavor in Afghanistan and calls on the United States to abide by the 2020...