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Kings Bay Ploughshares disarmament protesters sentencing
The Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Sentencing is scheduled for May 28 and 29, 2020 for the Trident Disarmament Action Against Nuclear Weapons. Seven activists symbolically disarmed a Trident submarine on April 4, 2018 at a naval base in Kings Bay Georgia. On May 28th, Carmen...
Film Screening and Discussion: “We Cried Power”
United for Peace and Justice invites you to find inspiration and motivation as we host a screening of “We Cried Power ”on Tuesday, June 2 at 8:00-9:30 pm EDT; 7:00 – 8:30 pm CDT; 6:00 – 7:30 pm MDT; 5:00 – 6:30 pm PDT. We’ll watch and discuss this documentary about...
Pledge to Support the Good Neighbor Policy
While Trump beats the war drums against Venezuela and needlessly cripples Cuba with sanctions, more than ever we need to build a movement of folks who believe in peace and cooperation with our neighbors in the South. Add your name to back the New Good Neighbor Policy,...
Watch CODEPINK and World Beyond War’s 5-part Webinar Series Online Now!
Over the past month, CODEPINK and World Beyond War have hosted a 5-part webinar series introducing our divest from the war machine campaign. We were joined by coalition partners to discuss topics ranging from Divestment 101 to conducting strategic campaign research to...
We Can’t Go Back to Normal: A Moral Response to Coronavirus
On May 21, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival launched a national day of action calling for people to Stay in Place! Stay Alive! Organize! Right now, states are beginning to reopen, against the best recommendations of doctors, public health...
Global #FREEZEWeapons Campaign
United for Peace and Justice has endorsed the new Global #FREEZEWeapons Campaign to urge our own and other countries to freeze weapons production, trade and supply. Propelled by the devastating impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus globally, the SCRAP Weapons team at...
Multi-faceted Peace Campaign Highlights Raytheon Company Destructive Purpose
As the Saudi-waged war on Yemen gained steam with U.S.-made weapons killing tens of thousands of Yemeni children, peace activists in the Boston area, home to the Raytheon Company, developed a sophisticated campaign to highlight the company’s destructive misdeeds....
Take Action to End the Korean War and Divest From the War Machine!
The coronavirus pandemic highlights the urgent need to reprioritize US foreign policy toward global cooperation and peace. Join UFPJ member groups and affiliates for these exciting actions and webinars. 1) National Action to End the Korean War: June 1 – 5,...
Move the Nuclear Weapons (and Fossil Fuel) Money
International webinar: April 21, 2020. Held in conjunction with Earth Day 2020 and the Global Days of Action on Military Spending, April 10 – May 5, 2020. Watch the video here. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for governments and the international...
Abolition 2000 Statement Addressing the Threats to Planetary Survival
This 50th anniversary of Earth Day finds the planet facing existential threats like never before in human history. On this historic anniversary, the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons has issued a Statement Addressing the Threats to Planetary...
Stop the War on the Poor: Combating U.S. Military and the War Economy
“We must rapidly begin the shift from a ‘thing-oriented’ society to a ‘person-oriented’ society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are...
April 22: on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Divest from the War Machine
April 22 2020 is officially the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Addressing the climate crisis is one of the most important challenges of our time. The U.S. military is the world’s largest consumer of oil and causes more greenhouse gas pollution than 140 nations...