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On May 18-20 in Chicago, on the eve of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, join the global grassroots peace and justice movement at the Counter-Summit for Peace and Economic Justice. Meet the delegations from NATO countries. Hear about what Afghan organizers are doing in the US, Canada and UK to organize in the [...] May 11, 2012 5:30 Pacific Time / 8:30 pm Eastern Time Call Number: (424) 203-8400 Code: 569283# UNITED For PEACE AND JUSTICE INVITES YOU TO JOIN US ON A CALL to hear from, and talk with, three powerful voices on the question of what is happening now in Syria. They will share information and perspectives [...] NO WAR ON IRAN* END ALL WARS Global Day of Action AGAINST Military Spending April 17th, noon-5pm Oakland Federal Building 1301 Clay St Oakland What would YOU do with $2 billion of our tax dollars EVERY DAY? Our Congress & President spend it on wars! And now they are threatening to make a new war [...] United for Peace and Justice has declared August Nuclear Free Future Month – a month of education and action for a world free of nuclear weapons and nuclear power! Visit www.nuclearfreefuture.org to endorse the Call to Action, access or add to a calendar of events, and view a variety of action ideas and educational resources. [...] Dear Friends of Peace and Justice, United for Peace and Justice – Bay Area has endorsed the New Priorities Campaign, part of the national New Priorities Network. Please take a few minutes to voice your opinion about the budget choices that have been offered to Congress: the GOP Ryan budget, the Obama budget, and [...] Read The People’s Budget, the Budget of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Fiscal Year 2012! According the to Congressional Progressive Caucus, “The People’s Budget eliminates the deficit in 10 years, puts Americans back to work and restores our economic competitiveness…Responsibly ends our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to leave America more secure both home and abroad…Cuts [...] Jackie Cabasso of the Western States Legal Foundation and the North American organizer of Mayors for Peace attended the US Conference of Mayors last week and filed the following report. Another victory! The US Conference of Mayors, the national association of cities with populations over 30,000 today unanimously adopted a resolution calling on President Obama [...] This week, the House is expected to debate and vote on the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) – the bill authorizing spending for the Pentagon. Call Congress today, using this toll free number 1-888-231-9276.* Urge your representative to support the Lee, McGovern-Jones, and Garamendi amendments to the Defense Authorization Act. Collectively they represent responsible [...] Fed up with the spiraling collateral damage of the drug war and sparked by the torture and murder near Cuernavaca of several young people, including the 24-year-old son of Javier Sicilia, poet, columnist and nonviolence activist, Mexican civil society groups are coordinating nationwide actions May 5 to 8, including a march from Cuernavaca to Mexico [...] This year will mark ten years of U.S. war in Afghanistan. That’s ten years of your taxes paying for war. Now the same people who keep us at war and bailed out the banks and Wall Street (Congress and the president) want to cut important services and programs our communities need. They want to give [...] |
   
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