[T]his Court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations, unpled in the operative complaint and unsupported by evidence. In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state. Our people, laws, and institutions demand more. Judge Matthew W. Brann U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Reflections on the Election and a Biden Presidency from UFPJ Founders and Movement Activists Bob Wing sees a country that remains virtually evenly divided and thoroughly polarized, which portends a long and tough fight against the racist rightwing and for social justice ahead of us. READ MORE.
In their post-election reckoning, Carl Davidson and Bill Fletcher, Jr. lay out six hypotheses for the road ahead. READ MORE.
Our flawed democracy remains on life support, writes Joseph Gerson, as he lays out the demanding work before us. READ MORE.
Max Elbaum examines the conflicts progressives will face with Republicans and with a Biden Administration in building a multiracial democracy. Listen to his podcast here.
Will the Biden Team be warmongers or peacemakers, ask Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies. What will a Biden presidency mean for the greed, extreme inequality and war of U.S.-led neoliberalism? READ MORE.
AFRICOM Webinar, December 4: Human Rights & US Out of Africa Calling on organizations to endorse and individuals to register. Women from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, and Somalia will share their struggles against rape as a weapon of war and other human rights violations. Margaret Kimberley, representing Black Alliance for Peace, will also speak. Don't miss this opportunity to hear firsthand from women experiencing the atrocities of U.S. interventions in Africa. Click here for more information and to register.
Iraqi Update: Government in Baghdad Attempts to Forcibly Shut Down Protests As Looming Fiscal Crisis Worsens Government authorities across Iraq sought to evict protesters from the public squares they had occupied for more than a year. Within hours, however, from Baghdad to Basra activists returned to the streets vowing to continue their protests till their demands are met. At the same time, a deepening financial crisis led thousands of government employees, who have not been paid for weeks, to mount separate protests. READ MORE.
In Their Remembrance:It is Time for a Just COVID Relief, a Smooth Transition, and a Moral Agenda Now On Monday November 23, the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival organized Moral Monday caravans in 24 states to mourn the nearly quarter-million Americans who have died from COVID-19, demand a smooth and open transition of power and lift up the moral policies we need immediately and in the first days of the new administration. The caravans kicked off a Week of Mourning to mourn the politics of death that have plagued our nation and to demand a politics of life. Find out how you can get involved.
What do you think of these 10 Challenges for Biden? How are you feeling after this nail-biting election? Relieved? Exhausted? Apprehensive? That's where we--the peacemakers-- come in. Just as grassroots groups around the country are pushing Biden to embrace visionary policies such as a Green New Deal and Medicare for All, we have to push him for a new foreign policy, a feminist foreign policy that replaces militarism with international cooperation and diplomacy. CODEPINK is pushing Biden to stop U.S. support for the war in Yemen on day one, and putting forward an exciting 10-point call for the Biden administration to re-envision U.S. policy from a feminist perspective. Add your name to endorse these 10 Challenges for Biden and CODEPINK will deliver it while he considers his cabinet and policies.
Celebrate Entry-Into-Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons! The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (the Ban Treaty) will enter into force on January 22, 2021, prohibiting the possession, development, testing, use and threat of use of nuclear weapons for the 50 countries that have so far ratified it, and creating a path toward the global elimination of nuclear weapons. Civil society organizations around the world will be celebrating this milestone. In the United States, groups across the country will be coordinating efforts to raise public awareness about the Ban Treaty and to put pressure on the U.S. government to join and support efforts to abolish nuclear weapons. Find out how what you can do.
Tell Kamala Harris: Help End Aggression Towards China As CODEPINK continues to dismantle the U.S. White House led anti-China rhetoric, they are calling on Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris, to help end aggression towards China. Please add your name to this letter. CODEPINK will be delivering it to Kamala.
Tell the Senate to oppose notorious War-Hawk Michele Flournoy and anyone associated with the weapons industry for Secretary of Defense! Do you want someone on the board of a company connected to the brutal Saudi war in Yemen to serve as the next Secretary of Defense? President-elect Joe Biden is expected to select notorious war-hawk Michele Flournoy, who supported the wars in Iraq, Libya and Syria when she worked at the Pentagon and is on the board of military IT contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, as his candidate for Secretary of Defense. Contact your Senators right now and tell them: no weapons industry war-hawks in the President's cabinet!
Demand that OAS Secretary-General Luis Almagro resign now! On October 21 of last year, a day after the elections in which Bolivian President Evo Morales was declared winner, OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro released a statement casting doubt on the electoral process due to an "inexplicable change in trend [of election results]." In the October 18 elections, the people of Bolivia voted against fascism and neoliberalism and for peace and equality. As we celebrate this democratic victory by the Bolivian people, we must also help them get justice for what the OAS did to their country. Demand that OAS Secretary-General Luis Almagro resign now!
Celebrate Armistice Day€“ Wage Peace with Renewed Energy! Gerry Condon, past President of Veterans For Peace and a member of the United for Peace and Justice Coordinating Committee, offered some Armistice Day reflections on the continued dangers posed by militarism, and the need for a renewed peace movement going forward. READ MORE.
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Bob Wing sees a country that remains virtually evenly divided and thoroughly polarized, which portends a long and tough fight against the racist rightwing and for social justice ahead of us. 
Calling on organizations to endorse and individuals to register. Women from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, and Somalia will share their struggles against rape as a weapon of war and other human rights violations. Margaret Kimberley, representing Black Alliance for Peace, will also speak. Don't miss this opportunity to hear firsthand from women experiencing the atrocities of U.S. interventions in Africa. Click 
Government authorities across Iraq sought to evict protesters from the public squares they had occupied for more than a year. Within hours, however, from Baghdad to Basra activists returned to the streets vowing to continue their protests till their demands are met. At the same time, a deepening financial crisis led thousands of government employees, who have not been paid for weeks, to mount separate protests. 
On Monday November 23, the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival organized Moral Monday caravans in 24 states to mourn the nearly quarter-million Americans who have died from COVID-19, demand a smooth and open transition of power and lift up the moral policies we need immediately and in the first days of the new administration. The caravans kicked off a 
How are you feeling after this nail-biting election? Relieved? Exhausted? Apprehensive? That's where we--the peacemakers-- come in. Just as grassroots groups around the country are pushing Biden to embrace visionary policies such as a Green New Deal and Medicare for All, we have to push him for a new foreign policy, a feminist foreign policy that replaces militarism with international cooperation and diplomacy. CODEPINK is pushing Biden to stop U.S. support for the war in Yemen on day one, and putting forward an exciting 10-point call for the Biden administration to re-envision U.S. policy from a feminist perspective. 
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (the Ban Treaty) will enter into force on January 22, 2021, prohibiting the possession, development, testing, use and threat of use of nuclear weapons for the 50 countries that have so far ratified it, and creating a path toward the global elimination of nuclear weapons. Civil society organizations around the world will be celebrating this milestone. In the United States, groups across the country will be coordinating efforts to raise public awareness about the Ban Treaty and to put pressure on the U.S. government to join and support efforts to abolish nuclear weapons. 
As CODEPINK continues to dismantle the U.S. White House led anti-China rhetoric, they are calling on Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris, to help end aggression towards China. 
Do you want someone on the board of a company connected to the brutal Saudi war in Yemen to serve as the next Secretary of Defense? President-elect Joe Biden is expected to select notorious war-hawk Michele Flournoy, who supported the wars in Iraq, Libya and Syria when she worked at the Pentagon and is on the board of military IT contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, as his candidate for Secretary of Defense. 
On October 21 of last year, a day after the elections in which Bolivian President Evo Morales was declared winner, OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro released a statement casting doubt on the electoral process due to an "inexplicable change in trend [of election results]." In the October 18 elections, the people of Bolivia voted against fascism and neoliberalism and for peace and equality. As we celebrate this democratic victory by the Bolivian people, we must also help them get justice for what the OAS did to their country. 
Gerry Condon, past President of Veterans For Peace and a member of the United for Peace and Justice Coordinating Committee, offered some Armistice Day reflections on the continued dangers posed by militarism, and the need for a renewed peace movement going forward.