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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...
War Tax Resistance Resources for Tax Season 2021
Tax Day is a holiday of sorts for war tax resisters. Local war tax resistance groups often take to the streets to promote their displeasure with about 50% of the federal budget dedicated to past, present, and future military expenses. (War tax resisters refuse to pay...
Webinar: NUCLEAR WEAPONS: How Do We Seize Our Movement Moment?
Saturday, February 27, 3 - 4:30 pm PST; 4 – 5:30 pm MST; 5 – 6:30 pm CST; 6 – 7:30 pm EST Featuring: Seth Shelden, Liaison to the United Nations for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), awardee of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Jackie Cabasso,...
Close All U.S./NATO Military Bases Around the World!
The World Peace Council, one of UFPJ’s member organizations, is organizing an international webinar on U.S. and NATO military bases as part of the Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases. The webinar will take place on Sunday, February 28, 2021 11:00 AM – 1:00...
Codepink Applauds Biden’s Decision to End U.S. Support for The War On Yemen
We applaud President Biden’s declaration that he will be ending US support for all offensive operations in Yemen. The people of Yemen have endured years of brutal war and a suffocating blockade. The Saudi-led coalition has attacked Yemeni weddings, hospitals, schools,...
Webinar: The International Nuclear Disarmament Agenda; Civil Society Perspectives from Seven Key States
With the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock set at 100 seconds to midnight, and the world’s nuclear powers upgrading their nuclear arsenals and dangerously engaging in provocative military “exercises”, activists and advocates around the world are...