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Full Report Back from Occupy Peace!
UFPJ’s OCCUPY PEACE SUMMIT February 24-26, 2012 Nearly 100 activists from a wide range of local and national peace organizations attended UFPJ’s OCCUPY PEACE SUMMIT, February 24-26, 2012 in Philadelphia. They brought energy, compassion and commitment to the work of...
Drone Summit: April 28-29, 2012
Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control April 28-29, 2012 - Washington, DC The peace group CODEPINK and the legal advocacy organizations Reprieve and the Center for Constitutional Rights are hosting the first international drone summit. On Saturday, April...
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Doo-Occuy March 31th – April 3rd
The American Spring is nearly upon us. The Doo-Occupy! Bail Out America project, is a collaboration instigated by the Backbone Campaign to bring best practices in community organizing for eviction protection, student debt relief and other economic democracy causes -...
Prevent War and Promote Diplomacy With Iran
In building American support for a confrontation with Iran, the Israeli government has focused attention on members of Congress. This past week, the visit of Prime Minister Netanyahu to Washington was accompanied by a massive lobbying effort on Capitol Hill. Thousands...
UFPJ’s Statement “No War On Iran”
UFPJ Statement on “No War on Iran” As we approach the 9th anniversary of the U.S.-led war on Iraq, we are once again seeing American politicians claiming that an oil-rich nation in the Persian Gulf might soon build nuclear weapons. Top U.S. and many Israeli...
Three VFP members denied entry to Jeju Island
We've just learned that the three Veterans For Peace members who arrived in Jeju Island, South Korea today were denied entry into the country. Tarak Kauff, Elliott Adams, and Mike Hastie were met by South Korean authorities when they landed on Jeju Island via...
Fair Budget Protest in Washington State
Thousands poured into Washington State's Capitol in Olympia on President's Day, Feb 20, 2012 to demand a fair budget. Hundreds marched, hundreds sat in on legislators' offices, and many shouted about budget cuts and wages. But something unique briefly occurred:...
Why We Need an Iran Pledge of Resistance
Edited and revised from an article in TruthOut about cuts in Social Security - Pledge of Resistance by Robert Naiman. In the 1980s, during Reagan’s war in Central America, there was a movement called the Pledge of Resistance. The basic idea was that you sign a pledge...
Domestic use of aerial drones by law enforcement likely to prompt privacy debate
Originally posted on WashingtonPost.org. Full posting can be found here by Peter Finn AUSTIN - The suspect's house, just west of this city, sat on a hilltop at the end of a steep, exposed driveway. Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety believed the man...
Report on UFPJ’s National Conference from Duncan McFarland
By Duncan McFarland UFPJ held its first national conference in over three years in Philadelphia on Feb. 25-26, 2012. The working conference was well attended, with 80 people representing/members of about 25 organizations. The basic goal was...
Action Alert! 3/6: Call Senators to Oppose Lieberman-Graham Bill
3/6: Call Senators to Oppose Lieberman-Graham Bill United for Peace & Justice Legislative Working Group Thousands of AIPAC lobbyists are flooding the Capitol today, pushing members of Congress to a more belligerent stand on Iran.As early as this week, the Senate...