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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 Evans, Rochester, New York; Alderwoman Maria Hadden, Chicago City Council, Illinois Mayors for Peace was pleased to...
Trump Administration Deports Venezuelan Migrants from U.S. Territory to Guantánamo Only to Then Return Them to Venezuela
As abruptly as Trump Administration officials had begun deporting migrants from the U.S, to the Naval Station Guantánamo Bay (NSGB), it changed course and transported all 178 individuals who had been brought to the Guantánamo; 177 were repatriated to Venezuela via a...
9/11 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, appeared to advance toward resolution and then with near lightening speed...
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...
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...
Give Peace AND Justice a Chance
We cannot under estimate the tremendous obstacles and dangers that we must confront in the coming four years. Please contribute to UFPJ today, so that our network can continue to inspire and organize local and national peace and justice organizations to respond and...
Hearings in the 9/11 Case at Guantanamo Move Closer to Crucial Decisions on Admissibility of Key Government Evidence
From April 21 to May 17, the 9/11 military commission at the Guantanamo Naval Base held its first-ever, five-weeklong set of pre-trial hearings. The accelerated pace of the proceedings is a clear sign that the current judge, Air Force Colonel Matthew McCall (the...
Israel/Palestine October 2023 War: Resources
Image: Rousseau Diderot, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons United for Peace and Justice here provides statements, analysis, and commentary from a variety of organizations, news sources, and analysts, including statements from United for Peace and Justice member groups...
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 Santa Barbara county California. They were there both to protest against the test launch of an intercontinental ballistic...
Webinar Recording: Ending the ‘American War’ in Vietnam: The Impact of the Antiwar Movement and Lessons for the Present
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. Drawing on documents declassified in recent years, the book explores...
What People Need to Know about the Kansas City Nuclear Bomb Parts Plant
By Mary Hladky, PeaceWorks Kansas City. Kansas City Missouri is literally at the center of the 2lst century new nuclear arms race. Kansas City MO is home to one of the 8 major sites that make U.S. nuclear weapons. It has an innocuous name, the Kansas City National...
Gaza, 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 against Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza has drawn crackdowns on...