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Bishop William Barber on What a Justice Legislator is For
One of the leaders of the National Poor People’s campaign: A Call for Moral Revival, Bishop William Barber spoke truth to power at a Martin Luther King Day event in Nashville, TN. As he calls out the state governor, he lays out just what a justice legislator is for. ...
For Truth and Reparations
Four hundred years ago, in 1619, the first Africans were brought to the North American continent. The time has come for reparations. While there are different narratives of what reparations could be, spirituality, healing, and system change must be at the center of...
Veterans for Peace President Gerry Condon attacked and arrested at Venezuelan Embassy
Gerry Condon, President of Veterans For Peace and a UFPJ Coordinating Committee member was attacked and arrested yesterday evening. As you may know a group of U.S. peace activists are inside the DC Venezuelan Embassy and have been there lawfully for several weeks, to...
Keep the Pressure on the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS): Teachers’ pension fund to meet with war profiteer General Dynamics.
On March 12th, retired public school teachers Jef Schultz and Susan Witka, CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans, and CODEPINK organizer Nancy Mancias met with CalSTRS External Affairs Director Diane Stanton and other CalSTRS staff members. We shared your serious concerns...
Iraqi Trade Unionists; Peace, Justice, Women’s Rights and Environmental Activists and the Role of Civil Society in Iraq Today
Recently returned from Baghdad, Terry Rockefeller (September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows) and Michael Zweig (U.S. Labor Against the War) reported on the 10th Annual Meeting of the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI). If you missed this UFPJ...
Growing Nuclear Risks in a Changing World: New Thinking & Movement Building
An International Conference, Saturday, May 4, 2019; 9 am – 6 pm Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square, New York City Click here for more information and to register. Admission is free, but space is limited. The Cold War has ended. The interregnum between the...
Override Trump’s Yemen War Powers Veto
This is a shameful moment in American history. Despite the bipartisan War Powers Resolution successfully passing through both chambers of congress, Trump is using his presidential veto power to maintain U.S. involvement in the brutal Saudi-led war in Yemen. It’s not...
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Full Legacy on April 4th
April 4th can be a day of reflection about our movement as we remember the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s tragic and untimely assassination and his inspiring speech, “Beyond Vietnam, A Time to Break Silence,” delivered at the Riverside Church in New York...
Listen to UFPJ’s Two National Calls on Military Spending
As we prepare for this year’s Global Days of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) actions between Tax Day, April 13 and May 9 and for longer-term efforts to change our national spending priorities UFPJ organized two national organizing and briefing calls. Recordings...
Come to Anti-NATO Protests in Washington DC Saturday, March 30 – Thursday, April 4
The threat of war hangs over the world. The NATO war alliance is at the center of that threat --- from the seemingly never-ending wars by NATO powers in the Middle East, to the burgeoning, new nuclear arms race. Next year, the Trump Administration will call for...
No U.S. War on Venezuela!
Organize and take action! Join Worldwide Actions on February 23. We must not be silent in the face of recent U.S. aggression against the Venezuelan people. With Donald Trump in the White House, hostilities have escalated to threats of all-out military violence. The...
Tell the US to Stop Interfering in Venezuela’s Internal Politics
Last Thursday, an Open Letter to the United States, signed by Noam Chomsky and 70 scholars on Latin America, political science, and history as well as filmmakers, civil society leaders, and other experts, was issued in opposition to ongoing intervention by the United...