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Saturday, 24 December 2005 |
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April 4th, forty three years ago at Riverside Church in New York City, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his prophetic speech, Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence. Dr. King laid out his reasons for speaking against the Vietnam War and challenged the U.S. to undergo a radical revolution in values. He asked us to shift from a thing oriented society to a person oriented society.King was criticized for speaking out against the war. He was told that he should tend to the concerns of Black people and civil rights. The war was not his purview. Other civil rights leaders began to distance themselves from him.In tribute to Dr. King’s life United for Peace and Justice Network restates its stance in opposition U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. We call for an end to U.S. expansion of war and threats of war. We call for the global abolition of nuclear weapons. We call for an increase in domestic human needs spending and cuts in the in military spending.Linking our current efforts to Dr. King’s legacy, on April 30 – May 1, UFPJ in partnership with hundreds of organizations from around the world is hosting a major international conference, For a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World at the Riverside Church. This conference is part of the multi-faceted international Disarm Now! For Peace and Human Needs campaign.
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As we continue our efforts to end the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and to redirect military spending to meet human and environmental needs, United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) is working with hundreds of international and U.S. partner groups to bring pressure to bear on the U.S. and other nuclear powers to do more than just talk about a nuclear weapons-free future, but to create it. We need your help!
UFPJ helped initiate this dynamic and growing new movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Please support our ongoing efforts by making a donation to UFPJ.
Despite the global hopes raised by President Obama's Prague speech last spring, the Obama administration has recently requested the largest budget ever for nuclear weapons activities -- a 14% increase in spending for nuclear warheads in fiscal year 2011; a $5 billion increase over the next five years. In a time of twin global economic and environmental crises and growing competition over natural resources, the dangers of conflicts among nuclear-armed states are increasing. (Click here to download a report on the nuclear budget.) We can't afford to wait decades more for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
On the eve of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, thousands of people from around the world will gather in New York City for a weekend of inspiring and powerful activities to demand that President Obama and the leaders of the other nuclear-armed nations commence negotiations on a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons within our lifetimes. Please join us for international conference, rally, march and peace and music festival, April 30 - May 2! |
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Friday, 23 December 2005 |
Iraq Watch
http://www.iraqbodycount.org (this is a very low estimate, several reports had suggests over one million Iraqis had died since the U.S. invasion)Top Ten Myths about Iraq, 2008 Iraqis are safer because of Bush's War (anyne still believe this lie?) >> Read MoreLatest U.S.+ U.K. + "Coalition" Fatalities
DoD Confirmation List
12/26/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualty | 12/26/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (3 of 3) | 12/26/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (2 of 3) | 12/26/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (1 of 3) | 12/26/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (1 of 3) | 12/25/08 MNF: Soldier killed by indirect fire |
12/24: Obama wants Bush war team to stay Obama wants Bush war team to stay [Yeah, that's so the wars can stay, too.] 23 Dec 2008 Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has asked most Bush administration political appointees except those targeted for dismissal to stay on in the Pentagon until replaced by the Obama administration in the coming months. Geoff Morrell, Pentagon press secretary, confirmed that Mr. Gates wants to retain most political appointees. He said the policy of keeping so many holdover officials is unusual for a transition from a Republican to Democratic administration >> Read More
12/15 Iraq Watch: Journalist throw shoes at Bush on Iraq trip (video and commentary)[BBC] A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference. An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor by security guards after he called Mr Bush "a dog" and threw his footwear, just missing the president.
Action: Send Bush Your Shoes! 16 Dec 2008 America: We were unable to give President [sic] Bush the boot, but we *can* give him the shoe!
Please spread this action far and wide.
http://www.legitgov.org/price_send_bush_shoes_161208.html
Bush shoe-thrower in hospital after beating: brother 16 Dec 2008 The Iraqi journalist who hurled shoes at US President [sic] George W. Bush is in hospital after being beaten up by security guards, his brother charged on Tuesday, as judicial authorities launched a probe into the incident. "He has been taken to Ibn Sina hospital because he has a broken arm and ribs and is also suffering injuries to his eye and leg," Durgham al-Zaidi said of his brother Muntazer.
2/23/06: Abu Ghraib Torture Photos and Videos Confirm Need for Independent Counsel, And Criminal Charges Against U.S. Officials!
Last week, the world shock to see more photos and video release by Australian TV show "Dateline" about the torture in the Abu Ghraib prison. >> Read More
To see the complete photo album, click here"Dateline" show about the Abu Ghraib
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Friday, 23 December 2005 |
Military WatchThe US War in Iraq Costs:The War in Iraq Costs $582,361,816,017
12/23: 4 recruiter suicides lead to Army probe Less than a year into the job, Henderson — afflicted by flashbacks and sleeplessness after his tour of battle in Iraq — went into his backyard shed, slid the chain lock in place, and hanged himself with a dog chain. >> Read More
Military Families Speak Out (MFSO)
Come to Washington February 6-9, 2009 to demand "The Change WE Need"
President Elect Obama opposed the war in Iraq before it started, calling it a "dumb war." But he and his advisors have also said that they plan to spread the return of combat troops from that "dumb war" out over sixteen months and to keep tens of thousands of other troops on the ground in Iraq indefinitely.
12/24: December 08 Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) News President Elect Obama opposed the war in Iraq before it started, calling it a "dumb war." But he and his advisors have also said that they plan to spread the return of combat troops from that "dumb war" out over sixteen months and to keep tens of thousands of other troops on the ground in Iraq indefinitely >> Read More
Peace NO War Network Specail Report:
3/19/07: Military Industry Confidential - Little Know World of the Aerospace Military Industry
By: Lee Siu Hin
Every year in Washington D.C. just a day after the anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and the related major antiwar protest, little notice by peace activists at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in downtown D.C., there’s a large 4-day (March 19-22) U.S. Missile Defense Conference and Exhibit, organized by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) to promote more money for the missile defense program. >> Read The Article
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Israel in action on Good friday: Colleague arrested, car windshield smashed... |
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3/27: ICE officials set quotas to deport more illegal immigrants+ICE nasty denial |
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3/30: Are We in Haiti because of Oil? |
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