One Nation Working Together - 10.2.10, DC Get Ready To March, This One is Going To Be Big!
It should be of no surprise that in an August 13th Gallup Poll the economy in general and unemployment/ jobs specifically topped the list of public concerns. The economy and jobs grabbed 58% of responses […]

Peace Movement Adopts
New Comprehensive Strategy

By David Swanson
AfterDowningStreet
Last month 700 leading peace activists from around the United States met and strategized in Albany, N.Y. ( http://nationalpeaceconference.org ). They discussed, debated, and voted for a comprehensive new plan for the coming months. The plan includes a new focus and some promising proposals for building a […]

October 6, 2002 - Central Park, New York City
The Peace Movement (What Happened & What Next.)
 
by Michael T. McPhearson
Veterans for Peace, UFPJ
July 2010 – The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States has laid bare a number of weaknesses in the peace and anti-war movements. Perhaps most notable is our […]

Six Discussion
Points for UFPJ
2008 Assembly

By Carl Davidson
Keep On Keepin’ On
1. The antiwar movement has won a major victory with the defeat of McCain by Obama; antiwar forces were among the first to launch Obama’s campaign, and now it’s time to consolidate gains. Now it’s time to press the Obama White House early in 2009 […]

Photo: Injured Child in Iraq
Oct 27 Mobilization:
Bring Someone New!
The Home Stretch,
Seven Days to Go…
Now is the time for all peace and justice activists to get into high gear: outreach, organize and mobilize.
The watchwords of the day: EVERYONE BRING SOMEONE NEW, someone who has never marched before. The 49th Ward, for example, met a few days […]

[The following three articles–by Elbaum, Nichols, and the LA Times–give a pretty good account of a remarkable weekend.]
The Anti-Surge Gets Rolling
By Max Elbaum
January 29, 2007
War Times/Tiempo de Guerras
It’s not about Bush’s surge anymore. It’s the Antiwar Surge that’s capturing the headlines and threatening to upset all the warmakers’ calculations.
On Jan. 27 […]