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Invitation to Join International Webinar: Divesting from Destruction; Investing in Peace and Sustainability
Tuesday July 30 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT/8:00 – 9:30 am PDT 5:00 – 6:30pm Central Europe time Click here to Register Over the next ten years the nuclear armed countries plan to spend over 1 trillion US dollars on the nuclear arms race. Those manufacturing the nuclear...
U.S. Mayors Call on Presidential Candidates to Make Nuclear Disarmament a Campaign Issue
Mayors for Peace Group delegation (L-R) Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui; Satoshi Karoki; John Burroughs; North American Coordinator Jackie Cabasso; Director Yasco Suehiro; Secretary-General Yasuyoshi Komizo On July 1, at the close of its 87th Annual Meeting in Honolulu,...
Pressure CalSTRS to Divest From War Profiteer
Pressure campaign works on CalSTRS: Teachers’ pension fund to give an update on meeting with war profiteer General Dynamics. In April, CalSTRS met with war profiteer General Dynamics. Next month, thanks to your continued pressure, we will receive an update from...
Learn About War Divestment: July 2nd Code Pink Webinar
Want to learn more about divesting from the war machine? Tune in on Tuesday, July 2nd to learn divestment strategies and tactics that are working across the US. Sign up for the webinar! Divestment is an incredibly powerful tool we’re using to end the financing stream...
Poor People’s Campaign Petition asking for Presidential debate Forum on Injustice
Last week UFPJ National Organizer George Friday, National Co-conveners Jackie Cabasso and Terry Rockefeller, and several UFPJ affiliates, met in Washington, DC at the Poor People’s Campaign Moral Congress which released its Moral Budget. This budget provides a...
No War on Iran
United for Peace & Justice condemns the current push for war with Iran. We know that the United States went to war with Iraq based on lies and it looks like the Trump Administration is using the same playbook to convince Americans that Iran is a mortal threat....
The Poor People’s Campaign makes an Impact in DC!
Earlier this week UFPJ National Organizer George Friday, National Co-conveners Jackie Cabasso and Terry Rockefeller, and various UFPJ affiliates, met in Washington, DC at the Poor People’s Campaign Moral Congress, which on Monday released its Moral Budget. The Moral...
Military Impacts and Climate Change
A new report from the Watson Institute at Brown University details the staggering greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. military: 1.2 billion metric tons! This is equal to 257 million passenger car emissions - more than double the number of cars on the road in the...
Code Pink Petition: Lift Sanctions and Negotiate with Iran
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has spent the last year boasting about the Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran, just shifted the narrative last weekend, telling reporters that the Trump administration is open to holding talks with Iran...
“Free Trip to Egypt”—June 12 Day of Unity
UFPJ was approached about promoting a new film and organizing initiative, “Free Trip to Egypt.” We watched the trailer and were intrigued, so we’re passing the invitation along to you. In these times of tremendous polarization and alienation, film producer Tarek...
A Path to Peace in Korea
Korea needs peace, and the world needs Korea to achieve peace. Here are the critical steps that are needed. We are asking people everywhere on Earth to sign this petition to U.S. President Donald Trump: We urge you to conclude a binding peace agreement constituting a...
Pressure 2020 Candidates to Refuse Donations from War Machine
The race is on, with over 20 Democratic candidates currently in the running, but will it lead to peace? This epic campaign season will be a ripe opportunity to raise public awareness and ensure all candidates refuse donations and, in turn, influence, from the top...