by UFPJ web | Feb 21, 2026 | Events & Updates, Racial Justice, Top Story
United for Peace & Justice is deeply saddened by the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, and we express our condolences to his family and loved ones. Many movements for peace and justice have lost a visionary, a mentor, and a moral leader, but we will carry on the...
by UFPJ web | Jan 24, 2026 | Confronting Islamophobia, Events & Updates, Member Group, Top Story
The day before Camp X-Ray was revealed to the American public in 2002, the Bush Administration prison commander at Guantánamo claimed the inmates would be “the worst of the worst.” On January 19, 2026, the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) assured the American...
by UFPJ web | Aug 23, 2025 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
By John Burroughs, Senior Analyst, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, and Board Member, Western States Legal Foundation The United States is now planning to establish an infrastructure capable of producing at least 80 plutonium pits for nuclear weapons per year. The...
by UFPJ web | Aug 23, 2025 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
by Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation; National Co-convener, United for Peace & Justice; Mayors for Peace North American Coordinator photo: the Nagasaki Peace Statue August 6th and 9th marked the 80th anniversaries of the U.S....
by UFPJ web | Jul 26, 2025 | Action Alerts, Events & Updates, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
As we approach the 80th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, authoritarian nationalists now hold state power in seven of the nine nuclear-armed states. Even limited progress towards arms control and disarmament has...
by UFPJ web | May 25, 2025 | Events & Updates, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
Photo credit: Alyn Ware From April 28 – May 9, 2025, states parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) met at United Nations headquarters in New York City for the third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting for the 2026 NPT Review Conference. The NPT...
