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.
Tell Your Senators, On Iran: “Yes to Peace!”
Finally some good news! After a marathon of diplomatic efforts from seven nations, a Framework Agreement on Iran’s nuclear program has been reached. This opens the door to further non-proliferation efforts and to a dramatic improvement in US-Iranian relations, after...
Tell Your Senators: Don’t Wreck Diplomacy with Iran! 202-224-3121
Last week, 47 Republicans Senators took the shocking step of sending an "open letter" to Iranian leaders aimed at blowing up the nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers including the United States.* This follows closely on House Speaker Boehner’s unprecedented...
Protect US Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran, Netanyahu Stay Home!
The last thing the world needs is another Middle East confrontation. Yet there are politicians in both political parties, who seem determined to create one. Although the international negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have made significant...
Spring Moblization for a nuclear-free, fair, democratic, ecologically sustainable and peaceful future
On the heels of the September 21 People’s Climate March, a broad international network of NGOs is marking the first United Nations-led International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons by announcing plans for a major mobilization in the run-up to the...
Demilitarization for Deep Decarbonization
IPB's new paper released: 17 September 2014. The draft working paper entitled 'Demilitarization for Deep Decarbonization: Reducing Militarism and Military Expenditures to Invest in the UN Green Climate Fund and to Create Low-Carbon Economies and Resilient Communities'...
All Out for the NYC People’s Climate March!
“We call on all who want to preserve our planet to join the People’s Climate March in New York City onSeptember 21st, which is also the International Day of Peace, and to form a Stop the Wars, Stop the Warming Contingent.” (Click here to read and sign the...
Stop the Wars, Stop the Warming– People’s Climate March Sept. 21!!
We are at a crossroads, faced with a climate crisis that threatens to end our world as we know it. We can’t afford the greenhouse gas emissions from the way we live and from war and preparations for war. We must end the fossil fuel energy economy which war protects....
UFPJ Sponsors People’s Climate March!
Here's some very exciting news! UFPJ will have a strong presence in New York City over the People’s Climate March weekend, September 20-22. The whole spectrum of the Progressive Movement – environmental, labor, peace, interfaith, anti-nuclear, racial and economic...
Iran, Israeli Peace Movement & Pressuring Congress
Yesterday, as the nation celebrated the Martin Luther King holiday, inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began monitoring Iran’s compliance with a historic deal reached Nov. 24 in Geneva between Iran, Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia...
ACT NOW: Stop Iran Legislation & National Defense Authorization Act
There is one thing worse than a "do-nothing" Congress, and that's a Congress that actively promotes militarism and war. This week the House of Representatives will be voting on two dangerous bills: Representative Cantor (R-VA), with the support of some...
Solidarity Rallies Abound in Support of Tar Sands Blockade
At lunchtime yesterday in Washington, DC, nearly 50 people gathered in front of the American Petroleum Institute (API) to bring attention to the increased violence against peaceful protesters in Winnsboro, Texas, and the need to halt the construction of the Keystone...
Trans Canada should be Ashamed!
Yesterday, we learned that Texas police applied sustained chokeholds, violent arm-twisting, pepper spray, and multiple uses of tasers to move two peaceful tar sands protesters—all at the behest of TransCanada employees. On Monday, eight brave people climbed trees on...