by admin | Jan 18, 2020 | Briefing Call, Top Story, UFPJ
Lisa Fithian, prominent long time organizer and former UFPJ Co-Chair, recently shared lessons from her new book Shut it down; Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance about how we move forward together in this new decade in a UFPJ Webinar. You can listen to a...
by admin | Sep 5, 2019 | Briefing Call, Divest, Member Group, Top Story
Hey fellow Oregonians, your Divest from War Coalition is holding regular monthly calls to discuss our ongoing divestment projects. From divesting Oregon’s PERS from the war machine, to our work to pass municipal resolutions, to protesting Boeing, we have a lot to...
by UFPJ web | Jul 29, 2019 | Briefing Call, Climate and Environmental Justice, Divest, Events & Updates, Military Spending, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
Tuesday July 30 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT/8:00 – 9:30 am PDT 5:00 – 6:30pm Central Europe time Click here to Register Over the next ten years the nuclear armed countries plan to spend over 1 trillion US dollars on the nuclear arms race. Those manufacturing the nuclear...
by UFPJ web | Jun 29, 2019 | Briefing Call, Divest, Member Group, Military Spending, Top Story
Want to learn more about divesting from the war machine? Tune in on Tuesday, July 2nd to learn divestment strategies and tactics that are working across the US. Sign up for the webinar! Divestment is an incredibly powerful tool we’re using to end the financing stream...
by UFPJ web | Apr 24, 2019 | Briefing Call, Iraq, Member Group, Top Story, UFPJ
Recently returned from Baghdad, Terry Rockefeller (September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows) and Michael Zweig (U.S. Labor Against the War) reported on the 10th Annual Meeting of the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI). If you missed this UFPJ...
by UFPJ web | Mar 28, 2019 | Briefing Call, Economic Justice, Global Day of Action Against Military Spending, Military Spending, Top Story
As we prepare for this year’s Global Days of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) actions between Tax Day, April 13 and May 9 and for longer-term efforts to change our national spending priorities UFPJ organized two national organizing and briefing calls. Recordings...
