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Honoring Dr. King’s Full Legacy – “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”
April 4, 2021 will mark the 53rd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s tragic and untimely assassination, and the 54th anniversary of his prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” In the years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist...
The Poor Peoples Campaign: “Our wage and our vote is our power!”
As voting rights are under attack and too many people are without living wages, we know that we can’t wait any longer to make our voices heard. Every Monday for the first 100 days of the new Biden-Harris administration, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for...
Press Freedom Sharply Curtailed in Iraqi Kurdistan
On 16 February, the Second Erbil Criminal Court, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, sentenced five journalists—Sherwan Sherwani, Guhdar Zebari, Hariwan Issa, Ayaz Karan, and Shvan Saeed—to six years in prison following a blatantly unfair trial. All five of the men were...
Biden Administration Must Abide by Terms of Afghanistan Peace Agreement
MARCH 11, 2021—The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) Solidarity Network, made up of allied organizations and individuals, demands the North Atlantic Treaty Organization end its imperialist endeavor in Afghanistan and calls on the United States to abide by the 2020...
War Tax Resistance Resources for Tax Season 2021
Tax Day is a holiday of sorts for war tax resisters. Local war tax resistance groups often take to the streets to promote their displeasure with about 50% of the federal budget dedicated to past, present, and future military expenses. (War tax resisters refuse to pay...
Webinar: NUCLEAR WEAPONS: How Do We Seize Our Movement Moment?
Saturday, February 27, 3 - 4:30 pm PST; 4 – 5:30 pm MST; 5 – 6:30 pm CST; 6 – 7:30 pm EST Featuring: Seth Shelden, Liaison to the United Nations for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), awardee of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Jackie Cabasso,...
Close All U.S./NATO Military Bases Around the World!
The World Peace Council, one of UFPJ’s member organizations, is organizing an international webinar on U.S. and NATO military bases as part of the Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases. The webinar will take place on Sunday, February 28, 2021 11:00 AM – 1:00...
Codepink Applauds Biden’s Decision to End U.S. Support for The War On Yemen
We applaud President Biden’s declaration that he will be ending US support for all offensive operations in Yemen. The people of Yemen have endured years of brutal war and a suffocating blockade. The Saudi-led coalition has attacked Yemeni weddings, hospitals, schools,...
Webinar: The International Nuclear Disarmament Agenda; Civil Society Perspectives from Seven Key States
With the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock set at 100 seconds to midnight, and the world’s nuclear powers upgrading their nuclear arsenals and dangerously engaging in provocative military “exercises”, activists and advocates around the world are...
Heal the Nation: Respect Us, Protect Us – Update from the Poor People’s Campaign
In 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others called for a “revolution of values” in America. They sought to build a broad, fusion movement that could unite poor and impacted communities across the country. Their name was a direct cry from the underside of...
Human Rights Versus Nuclear Weapons
We are witnessing a resurgence of interest in the application of international human rights law to one of the principal threats to the human future: nuclear weapons. A general comment issued by the UN Human Rights Committee in 2018 finds the threat or use of nuclear...
The Power of the Pen
With a new administration in place and a Democratic majority in Congress UFPJ was among 387 U.S., South Korean, and International Organizations that signed onto a statement calling on the Biden Administration to suspend U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises. The...