As the 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill hits the House floor, the American people should be going through the roof! The FY 2013 military budget (NDAA) is up for a vote in ...
Working Groups
Nuclear Disarmament/ Redefining Security Working group
UFPJ’s oldest working group, the Nuclear Disarmament /Redefining Security Working Group (UFPJ-Disarm), ...
Legislative Working Group
War Funding and More – Legislative Working Group: The challenge of UFPJ’s ...
Afghanistan Working Group
UFPJ calls for the U.S. to immediately end the Afghanistan/Pakistan War, ...
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Why I Interrupted Obama Counterterrorism Adviser John Brennan
Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan spoke at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, D.C., on April 30 to mark the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. It was the first time a high-level member of the Obama administration spoke at length about the U.S. drone strikes that the CIA and the Joint Special Operations [...]
The Phases of War: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Israel
The Phases of War: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Israel by Phyllis Bennis, April 27, 2012 It certainly doesn’t look much like what we’re seeing in Afghanistan today. A feckless, corrupt, incompetent government kept alive and in place (we can’t really say “in power” since its reach doesn’t extend much beyond Kabul) by billions of U.S. taxpayer [...]
Obama Comes out in support of Gay Marriage
Obama tells Robin Roberts in ABC News Exclusive Interview, “I think gay couples should be able to get married.” For more on this story, click here: http://bit.ly/LQ9lVE
Media Report Back from Bank of America Shareholder Meeting
Video: Critical Mention report: 492 clips http://ctv4.criticalmention.com/playerpage/player?params=Y29sbGVjdGlvbklkPTEzNDg4NCZwYXJ0bmVyVG9rZW49OGE4MDgzNzkzNzA1NTI3NzAxMzczODQwNDhiNTNjMzA= Associated Press - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ldh1_nInaU San Bernardino Sun - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SJgJUrh6hA&feature=youtube_gdata Port Charlotte, FL Action - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnOKyBq8DJc Nashville Action - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6802dOfOMw Syracuse Action - http://www.gp.org/video/display.php?ID=102 Support Actions: NY Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/8-busted-bank-america-protest-midtown-article-1.1074534 Albany Times Union - http://blog.timesunion.com/saratogaseen/bank-of-america-protest-slated-for-wednesday/13442/ WMNF 88.5 FM - http://www.wmnf.org/news_stories/suspicion-of-fraud-by-activists-fuels-tampa-bank-of-america-protest Jersey Journal -http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/05/demonstrators_outside_of_bank.html Inland Valley Daily Journal - http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_20584055/developing-bofa-protest-coincides-national-concern-over-banks?source=most_viewed Coeur d’Alene Press - http://www.cdapress.com/news/business/article_c1950212-8185-5c7f-9680-0c268dd3e47e.html Detroit News -http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120509/METRO/205090352/1409/metro/Occupy-Detroit-stages-protest-Bank-America Ann Arbor.com - http://www.annarbor.com/news/protest-being-held-today-against-bank-of-america-in-downtown-ann-arbor/ OC [...]
Bank of America Stadium Renamed “Bank of Coal”
As the largest financier of the U.S. coal industry, Bank of America should be called the “Bank of Coal.” So we decided to rename it. Today, five RAN activists scaled Bank of America Stadium and dropped a 70′ x 25′ banner reading “Bank of America Coal.” What better place to send our message than BofA Stadium in [...]
Iran War Weekly: April 22, 2012
Hello All – Iran war news this week was focused on last weekend’s talks between the P5+1 and Iran. The P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany) reopened talks with Iran, for the first time in 15 months, over Iran’s alleged violations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and over Iran’s refusal to [...]
IVAW: MARCH FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION
originally posted here When: Sunday May 20 Rally and March 9AM Where: Rally Grant Park South of the Lincoln Monument at (E. Balbo Ave. and S. Columbus Dr.) We, Afghanistan and Iraq veterans, from around the country will converge in Chicago on May 20th to march to the NATO summit and ceremoniously return our medals to NATO [...]
Confronting Corporate Power: Bank of America
Converge for Justice Occupy Wall Street, South Break Up BOA’s Business as Usual! May 6-9, Charlotte, NC On May 6-9 people from across the country and world will be converging in Charlotte, NC, home of Bank of America’s Headquarters and their annual Shareholder meeting, to demand an end to their practices that are bankrupting our [...]
Direct Action: The 99% Takeover of the Wells Fargo Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, April 24th at 10am Meet at Justin Herman Plaza Mass sit-in and rally March to Shareholder Meeting at Merchants Exchange Building 465 California St., SF Wells Fargo has hurt millions of people around the country with their bad practices. Almost every section of our communities have been impacted by this bank and there are so [...]
OWS May Day 2012
**Call to action, Originally posted here** Occupy Wallstreet stands in solidarity with the calls for a day without the 99% On May 1st, 2012, we are creating a new kind of holiday – A People’s Holiday – One that’s not just yet another flavor of consumerism, but is explicitly about imagining a world beyond consumerism. [...]
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