by admin | Oct 16, 2021 | Economic Justice, Events & Updates, Member Group, Military Spending, Top Story
In 2021, the United States will spend $740 billion on the Pentagon budget which is equal to $1.4 million a MINUTE. With just 10% of the Pentagon budget, we could END homelessness in the United States, yet we’re told time and time again that we just “can’t afford”...
by admin | Sep 18, 2021 | Afghanistan, Anti-Intervention, Events & Updates, Member Group, Top Story
On the 20th anniversary of September 11, CODEPINK and Mass Peace Action hosted the webinar: Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on Terror. September 11th, 2001, fundamentally altered the culture of the United States and its relationship with the rest of the world....
by admin | Sep 4, 2021 | Afghanistan, Anti-Intervention, Member Group, Top Story
While the words that we spoke may have promised a hopeful cooperative future, our bombs, drones, and night raids drowned out those words. Our commitment to violence buried Afghan hearts and minds beneath paralyzing fear, generational trauma, and the crushing emotions...
by admin | Aug 29, 2021 | Afghanistan, Anti-Intervention, Member Group, Top Story
by Terry Kay Rockefeller, founding member of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows’ response to the events in Afghanistan, barely two weeks old, calling for “an immediate and continuing ceasefire and for all...
by admin | Aug 28, 2021 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
—Hiroko Komiya, left, with Keiko Baker, preparing to speak.—Photo by Jim Hannah By Kristin Scheer On the evening of Aug. 8, PeaceWorks Kansas City gathered more than 50 people—anti-nuke activists, members of the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council, along with Vets...
by admin | Aug 28, 2021 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
On August 6, the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, UFPJ member groups including Western States Legal Foundation and Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment (CAREs) held a “hybrid” live/virtual rally at the Livermore Nuclear...
