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It’s 100 Seconds to Midnight: The Existential Threats Posed by Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change
On January 23, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the metaphorical hands of the “Doomsday Clock” to 100 seconds to midnight. The Bulletin’s advisory group has been assessing the threat posed to humanity by its own activities since 1945. Until recently, that...
The Afghanistan Papers and a Mother’s Question
The Washington Post recently released the Afghanistan Papers, which are internal government documents that exposed the lies told to the American people, documenting early on that the Afghanistan War was a debacle and could not be won. Yet, our government chose to...
Keep NYC Nuclear Free! Historic Hearing on Nuclear Disarmament January 28
Tuesday, January 28, the New York City Council will hold a joint hearing on Res. No. 976 and Int. No. 1621. This proposed package of legislation represents a powerful and progressive declaration of NYC’s support for nuclear disarmament and the Treaty on the...
A message from the peaceful protesters of the Iraqi “October Revolution” to all who will stand and oppose war on January 25th
Since October 1, 2019, hundreds of thousands of nonviolent protesters have taken to the streets in cities across Iraq demanding fundamental changes in the political system: an end to financial and administrative corruption, and a new government that represents and...
Coming to DC Soon – the Poor People’s Campaign MORE Tour
The Poor People’s Campaign MORE Tour will be in Washington DC soon. The We must Do MORE (Mobilize, Organize, Register, and Educate) (the Tour) began in September traveling to 22 states highlighting examples of 1) Poverty and Inequality, 2) Systemic Racism, 3)...
International Day of Action: No War with Iran! Saturday January 25
The People of the World Say: NO WAR! The Trump administration is dragging the United States into a war with Iran that could engulf the whole region and could quickly turn into a global conflict of unpredictable scope and the gravest consequences. The people of the...
Webinar: How to Make this the Decade of Building Power, Movement Fusion, and Action!
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...
KKFI 90.1 Kansas City, Mo interview with Mary Hladky, Military Families Speak Out, and Margot Patterson, Code Pink KC
This episode of KKFI 90.1 Community Radio in Kansas City, Missouri Radio Active Magazine interviewed Margot Patterson with Code Pink KC and Citizens for Justice in the Middle East and Mary Hladky with Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) and PeaceWorks Kansas City. ...
Poor People’s Campaign Calls on UN to Hold U.S. Accountable for War Crimes
United for Peace and Justice is an endorsing partner of the Poor People’s Campaign, an innovative effort to connect issues of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation and the war economy. UFPJ endorses the PPC’s request below asking the UN to hold the U.S....
Short Notice: Tomorrow, Jan 9, Join a Peace with Iran Rally in Your City
In Solidarity with CODEPINK, the United for Peace & Justice Coordinating Committee supports their message below: Last night bombs were falling and it seemed like another major Middle East war was breaking out. But Iran intentionally didn’t cause any...
A week of witness against Guantanamo and all it represents
Witness Against Torture will begin to gather on Tuesday evening, January 7th, to embrace the 40 Muslim men still locked up in Guantanamo and the hundreds of others forever scarred and haunted by the trauma of having been there. We will remember, we will witness and we...
Prevent Trump from Waging War on Iran
United for Peace & Justice is tremendously concerned about the ramifications of the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most senior military leader, ordered by President Trump. The assassination authorized by Trump, without consultation with Congress, places...