August 6 and 9: Make the Unthinkable Impossible!
August 6 and 9 will mark the 77th anniversary of the U.S atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As the aging Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb survivors (hibakusha) continue to passionately appeal for...
View ArticleSeptember 21 UN International Day of Peace: “End Racism. Build Peace”
United for Peace & Justice invites you to join us for a special webinar: “End Racism. Build Peace” Wednesday, September 21, the UN International Day of Peace Each year the International Day of...
View ArticleInternational Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, September 26
We are living in a time of extraordinary nuclear dangers. With Russia’s illegal war of aggression on Ukraine, which could eventually draw the militaries of the U.S., its NATO allies and Russia into...
View ArticleTo Turn Back the “Doomsday Clock” Zoom Discussion, February 28 – recording...
Photo credit: Jamie Christiani, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists On January 24, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist moved the hands of its iconic Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not...
View ArticleThis April 4: Organize a Public Reading of Dr. King’s “Beyond Vietnam: Speech...
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...
View ArticleEnd Women’s Poverty: Invest in Caring Not Killing – International Women’s Day...
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...
View ArticleZoom Briefing: Can Nuclear Energy Help Meet U.S. Climate Goals?
Friday June 2, 2023, 1:30pm Eastern time/10:30 am Pacific time From the Inflation Reduction Act to Oliver Stone’s new film, there’s a renewed discussion about the role nuclear energy might play in the...
View ArticleSome Reflections on the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the...
Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation; National Co-convener UFPJ* The Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) took...
View ArticleGuantanamo at 22: Continuing Violations of Human Rights and the Growing...
The Detention Facility on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base marked its 22nd anniversary on January 11th, and while the number of detainees has dwindled to 30 there is a growing awareness of the enormity...
View ArticleGaza, Protest, Repression and Germany’s Conundrum
Web Meeting: Gaza, Protest, Repression and Germany’s Conundrum A two-hour panel and discussion featuring grassroots insights from movement leaders in Germany and the U.S. The global wave of protest...
View Article9/11 Pre-Trial Hearings at Guantanamo Enter Unchartered Legal Territory
Actions in the Guantanamo 9/11 Military Commissions, which have since the arraignment of five men accused of planning and supporting the 9/11 terrorist attacks been unable to even begin a trial,...
View ArticleWebinar Recording: Ending the ‘American War’ in Vietnam: The Impact of the...
Sep 19, 2024 5:00 PM PDT, 8PM EDT View the webinar here This webinar features Dr. Carolyn “Rusti” Eisenberg discussing her new book, Fire and Rain: Nixon, Kissinger and the Wars in Southeast Asia....
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