by UFPJ web | Jan 11, 2019 | Briefing Call, Events & Updates, Member Group, NATO, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
On 17 January we held an International Webinar to Preserve the INF Treaty. Click here to read a summary of the webinar with links to the individual presentations and action items. Nearly 150 people, from Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Czech...
by UFPJ web | Jan 11, 2019 | Events & Updates, Iran, Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
On Saturday, December 1st 2018, CODEPINK held a Summit on Peace with Iran in Washington D.C. The Summit was attended by close to two hundred participants, many of whom are part of the Iranian diaspora. Nineteen speakers joined panel discussions on topics ranging from...
by UFPJ web | Dec 24, 2018 | Annual Report, Events & Updates, Top Story, UFPJ
UFPJ’s Unity Statement drafted 16 years ago proclaimed: We come together to turn the tide, to overwhelm war with peace, and oppression with justice. . . . We seek to build a broad mass movement for peace and justice composed of all who are threatened by the new war...
by UFPJ web | Dec 21, 2018 | Petition, Top Story, Yemen
Peace activists at Cal Poly are being threatened by their administration for the second time this year because they dared to sing songs in front of the Raytheon table at their career fair. The students have organized themselves under the SLO Peace Coalition. They’re...
by UFPJ web | Dec 19, 2018 | Action Alerts, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
Senators Merkley, Warren, Gillibrand, Markey, Wyden and Sanders have introduced the Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2018 (S.3667), which declares a sense of the Senate that “President Trump’s announcement of the intent of the United States to withdraw from the INF...