MLK’s “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” – Now More Than Ever

Photo: Oakland, CA Beyond Vietnam readers; photo credit: Sandy Thacker In his prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” delivered...

Abolition 2000 – Live From the NPT PrepCom

From April 28 – May 9, States parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) will meet at the United Nations in New York for the third...

The Role of Cities in the Promotion of Nuclear Disarmament

Photo credit: Back from the Brink L – R: Takehiro Kagawa, Secretary General, Mayors for Peace; Mayor Belit Onay, Hannover, Germany; Mayor Malik...

This April 4: Organize a Public Reading of Dr. King’s “Beyond Vietnam: Speech in Your Community

On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his tragic assassination, in his prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” Dr. Martin...

U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Protested at Vandenberg Space Force Base

by MacGregor Eddy February 18, 2025, late at night, a group of seven peace activists gathered at the front gate of Vandenberg Space Force Base in...

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End Women’s Poverty: Invest in Caring Not Killing – International Women’s Day event now online

End Women’s Poverty: Invest in Caring Not Killing – International Women’s Day event now online

A report from the California Poor People’s Campaign End Women’s Poverty: Invest in Caring Not Killing, an International Women’s Day event on March 8, was spearheaded by the California Poor People’s Campaign (PPC), with UFPJ, CODEPINK and Women’s International League...

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This April 4: Organize a Public Reading of Dr. King’s “Beyond Vietnam: Speech in Your Community

This April 4: Organize a Public Reading of Dr. King’s “Beyond Vietnam: Speech in Your Community

On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his tragic assassination, in his prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on...

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June 18, 2022: UFPJ Joins the Poor People’s Campaign Mass Poor People’s and Low Wage Workers Assembly and March on Washington – A Declaration, Not Just a Demonstration!

June 18, 2022: UFPJ Joins the Poor People’s Campaign Mass Poor People’s and Low Wage Workers Assembly and March on Washington – A Declaration, Not Just a Demonstration!

After months of planning the big day arrived, as United for Peace & Justice joined the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, DC on June 18 for its Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers Assembly and March on Washington and to the Polls. We were represented by our...

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