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UFPJ Endorses Jewish Voice for Peace’s March 4 Protest of Netanyahu Speech to Congress
United for Peace and Justice has endorsed the following event. Please share this information to encourage others to participate and attend the demonstration, if possible. The announcement from Jewish Voice for Peace can be found below. In peace and solidarity, UFPJ...
UFPJ Opposes New Request for Authorization for Use of Military Force
On February 17, 2015, Code Pink organized a press conference at the Oakland, California Federal Building, calling for opposition to a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force and the end to endless war in the Middle East and beyond. Speakers included WSLF...
Download UFPJ’s Call to Action! “Time for Global Super Power for Peace and Justice to Rise Again!”
Click here to download the printable PDF version of this statement, for distribution.
Time for the Global Super Power for Peace and Justice to Rise Again! Take Action on February 15 and Beyond…
Download the printable PDF version of this statement, for distribution. On February 15, 2003, the world said no to war. Over 20 million people in at least 600 cities around the world took to the streets to oppose the impending invasion and occupation of Iraq, giving...
Protect US Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran, Netanyahu Stay Home!
The last thing the world needs is another Middle East confrontation. Yet there are politicians in both political parties, who seem determined to create one. Although the international negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have made significant...
Challenges for the Peace Movement: Update on US policy towards Iran and ISIS
On January 14, 2015, UFPJ, with PDA, hosted a national briefing call, addressing Challenges for the Peace Movement: Update on US policy towards Iran and ISIS. Jamal Abdi (National Iranian American Council) gave us an update on the Iranian negotiations and Raed Jarrar...
State of the Dream 2015: Underbanked & Overcharged,
Even though it has been 51 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously shared his dream of an America made available to all, regardless of skin color or economic status, we are still fighting for many of the same principles that the Civil Rights Movement stood...
THE VERDICT IS IN: STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH FERGUSON
“As I have walked among the desperate, rejected, and angry young men, I have told them that Molotov cocktails and rifles would not solve their problems. I have tried to offer them my deepest compassion while maintaining my conviction that social change comes most...
No Bombing, No War!
Once again the American people have been summoned to wage war against a dangerous “terrorist” adversary –this time it's the Islamic State (ISIL). Again, we are told this enemy is uniquely evil and that U.S. military force is the only solution. And while the Obama...
Spring Moblization for a nuclear-free, fair, democratic, ecologically sustainable and peaceful future
On the heels of the September 21 People’s Climate March, a broad international network of NGOs is marking the first United Nations-led International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons by announcing plans for a major mobilization in the run-up to the...
Demilitarization for Deep Decarbonization
IPB's new paper released: 17 September 2014. The draft working paper entitled 'Demilitarization for Deep Decarbonization: Reducing Militarism and Military Expenditures to Invest in the UN Green Climate Fund and to Create Low-Carbon Economies and Resilient Communities'...
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United for Peace and Justice [UFPJ] 2014 Annual Report
2014 was a devastating year in terms of the challenges to global peace and justice – the rise of ISIS and the humanitarian and human rights crises in Syria and Iraq; tensions between Russia and the U.S. and its NATO allies centered on the conflict in Ukraine; tensions...