Sanctions
Sanctions have been, and are being, harmfully imposed. Instead of using sanctions to curb abuses of power and prevent wars from being waged by means of international economic pressure, sanctions are imposed as a form of punishment on countries that have run afoul of the U.S. political establishment. The U.S. has established a pattern of bullying other nations into going supporting our interest, even at the U.N., by using threats of various kinds. Sanctions have killed tens of thousands of people when they cannot get needed medications, food, or supplies to repair vital infrastructure such as water treatment facilities. During the 1990’s, sanctions killed 500,000 Iraqi children in this way. The United States uses economic and financial sanctions more than any other nation. Currently, U.S. sanctions are imposed against more than two dozen nations and foreign entities.
Zoom Briefing: Can Nuclear Energy Help Meet U.S. Climate Goals?
Friday June 2, 2023, 1:30pm Eastern time/10:30 am Pacific time From the Inflation Reduction Act to Oliver Stone’s new film, there’s a renewed discussion about the role nuclear energy might play in the climate fight. Join us for an expert briefing drilling down on the...
Iran’s June 18 Elections: How Much Will Change?
by Leila Zand, Code Pink On June 18, Iranians will cast their votes for their 13th presidential election since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Whatever the result might be, this election will have one loser: the people of Iran. A resilient nation that has been...
Help the Cuban Doctors receive the Nobel Peace Prize
The mission of the Cuba Nobel Prize Campaign is to promote the nomination of the Cuban International Medical Brigade (called the Henry Reeve Brigade) for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. It is also to educate people about how a small, poor country has demonstrated to a...
Pledge to Support the Good Neighbor Policy
While Trump beats the war drums against Venezuela and needlessly cripples Cuba with sanctions, more than ever we need to build a movement of folks who believe in peace and cooperation with our neighbors in the South. Add your name to back the New Good Neighbor Policy,...
Take Action to End the Korean War and Divest From the War Machine!
The coronavirus pandemic highlights the urgent need to reprioritize US foreign policy toward global cooperation and peace. Join UFPJ member groups and affiliates for these exciting actions and webinars. 1) National Action to End the Korean War: June 1 – 5,...
Move the Nuclear Weapons (and Fossil Fuel) Money
International webinar: April 21, 2020. Held in conjunction with Earth Day 2020 and the Global Days of Action on Military Spending, April 10 – May 5, 2020. Watch the video here. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for governments and the international...
Abolition 2000 Statement Addressing the Threats to Planetary Survival
This 50th anniversary of Earth Day finds the planet facing existential threats like never before in human history. On this historic anniversary, the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons has issued a Statement Addressing the Threats to Planetary...
April 22: on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Divest from the War Machine
April 22 2020 is officially the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Addressing the climate crisis is one of the most important challenges of our time. The U.S. military is the world’s largest consumer of oil and causes more greenhouse gas pollution than 140 nations...
Online World Conference 2020: Abolish Nuclear Weapons; Resist and Reverse Climate Change; For Social and Economic Justice
April 25, 2020; 9 – 11 am EDT. Video of the World Conference can Now be watched here. Humanity faces two existential threats: increasing dangers of nuclear war and climate disruption, with its impact on world health. Human beings created these threats, which can only...
Open Letter to the United Nations and the Government of the United States to Lift Sanctions
The global spread of COVID-19 has exposed the devastating humanitarian impacts of unilateral coercive measures (economic sanctions) by the United States government against more than thirty nations. The economic war against those nations had already resulted in...
United For Peace and Justice endorses initiatives for peace and economic justice
UFPJ regularly signs onto letters initiated by other groups dealing with a broad range of important peace and justice issues. Here's a recent sampling: --UFPJ joined more than 350 groups signing onto an urgent letter, initiated by the Nuclear Information and Resource...
An Opportunity to Raise Your Voice for Environmental and Racial Justice!
We know that the Climate and the Environment are the biggest casualties of war, and that the Pentagon has the single largest carbon footprint in the world. UFPJ holds the health of our environment as part of the world with Peace and Justice we strife to manifest. As...