UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
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UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE ANNUAL NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
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The
Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA)
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, Volume 4, Issue 1
(2021)
Implementing the Treaty on the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) [2021 an
auspicious year for abolishing nuclear weapons.
Each person can find a niche to widen for nuclear peace.
Article commentary
An Introduction
to Implementing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Pages: 1-12
Published online: 27 Jun 2021
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The TPNW in
Practice: Elements for Effective National Implementation
James Revill, Renata Hessmann Dalaqua & Wilfred Wan
Pages: 13-33
Published online: 24 May 2021
MORE https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpnd20/4/1?nav=tocList
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
Join the efforts of the United Nations family
as we focus on recovering better for a more equitable and peaceful world.
Celebrate peace by standing up against acts of hate online and offline, and by
spreading compassion, kindness, and hope in the face of the pandemic.
International Day of Peace, September 21, 2021
Recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world
The War in Afghanistan is Over; It's Time to
Face the Truth
While
the words that we spoke may have promised a hopeful cooperative future, our
bombs, drones, and night raids drowned out those words. Our commitment to
violence buried Afghan hearts and minds beneath paralyzing fear, generational
trauma, and the crushing emotions of human pain. In reality, it is Americans'
hearts and minds that need to change. And until we get that right nothing will
change. Our duty now is to tell the true story of this war. UFPJ Coordinating
Committee member Mary Hladky, a long-time member of Military Families Speak
Out, has published an opinion piece at Common Dreams. READ THE FULL
ARTICLE HERE.
Cut the Pentagon Launch Event and Video
On
Sunday, September 12, Cut the Pentagon
for People, Peace, Planet, and Future launched in front of
the White House. Twenty years of war in Afghanistan have exposed the horrific
costs of war and made it crystal clear that war on Afghanistan and Iraq was the
wrong response to 9/11. Now that the public has seen the senselessness of
spending over $21 trillion on the "war on terror," the campaign was
created to seize this important moment.This is the time to build a big tent and
get in the streets to expose the costs of war and demand that our tax dollars
be spent to support the needs of people and the planet, not for destruction and
murder. You can watch
the launch video, which includes UFPJ National Organizer George Friday and
Coordinating Committee members Jackie Cabasso and Carley Towne HERE!
Poor People’s Campaign Update
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
has wrapped up a Season of
Nonviolent Moral Direct Action to Save Our Democracy. Now,
in the runup to the massive Moral March and Poor People’s & Low-Wage
Workers Assembly on June 18, 2022, in Washington, D.C, the Poor People’s
Campaign is taking action at the state level. Find your state committee and join
the Campaign! Wherever you are, you can support the West
Virginia Poor People’s Campaign in demanding that Senator Joe Manchin stop
hiding behind the Coward’s Filibuster and stand up for our democracy by
supporting all provisions of the For the People Act, fully restoring the 1965
Voting Rights Act and passing a $15/hr federal minimum wage. Sign an Open
Letter to Senator Manchin HERE.
Poor People’s Campaign Co-Chair Rev. Liz
Theoharris Speaks on the Moral Dimensions of Militarism
On September 9, Rev. Liz Theoharris, Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A
National Call for Moral Revival, keynoted the Lansing,
Michigan Peace Education Center’s first talk in its Divest from War, Invest for
Peace series. She delivered inspiring words on building an economy that moves
beyond war, invoking Dr. King’s “Beyond Vietnam” sermon. “He saw clearly that a
foreign policy defined by aggression hurt the poor and dispossessed across the
planet the most,” she said. “But it also did more than that. It drained this
country of its moral vitality, and of its financial resources needed to fight
poverty, racism, and injustice here at home.” WATCH THE TALK
HERE. United for Peace & Justice is proud to be a
national partner with the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral
Revival.
Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on
Terror
On the 20th anniversary of September 11, CODEPINK and Mass Peace
Action hosted the webinar: Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on Terror.
The webinar reflected on the lessons of 9/11 and the lessons of the 20 year
Global War on Terror and included testimonials from John Kiriakou, Vijay
Prashad, Sam Al-Arian, Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans, Assal Rad, David Swanson,
Kathy Kelly, Matthew Hoh, Danny Sjursen, Kevin Danaher, Ray McGovern, Mickey
Huff, Chris Agee, Norman Solomon, Pat Alviso, Rick Jahnkow, Larry Wilkerson,
and Moustafa Bayoumi. We must never forget the lessons of 9/11 or the lessons
of the Global War on Terror, lest we risk repeating the pain, death, and
tragedy of the past 20 years. You can view
the webinar on YouTube HERE.
U.S. Conference of Mayors Calls on the United
States to Welcome the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and Act Now
to Prevent Nuclear War
On August 31, the U.S. Conference of Mayors adopted a bold new
resolution Calling on the
United States to Welcome the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and
to Act Now to Prevent Nuclear War and Eliminate Nuclear Weapons. The
resolution was introduced by Mayors for Peace U.S. Vice-President Frank Cownie,
Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa. READ THE FULL
REPORT. Founded in 1982 and led by the Mayors of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Mayors for
Peace has grown to 8,043 cities in 165 countries and
regions, with 219 U.S. members. Noting that, “The
United States Conference of Mayors has unanimously adopted Mayors for Peace
resolutions for sixteen consecutive years,” the USCM “urges all of its members
to join Mayors for Peace to help reach the goal of 10,000 member cities.” Is your Mayor a member?
Exposing the War Profiteers with David Moore
On September 9, CODEPINK Co-director Carley Towne was joined by
David Moore, Co-Founder of Sludge, to expose war profiteers in Congress. During
this webinar, they explored Moore’s most recent investigative report detailing
the members of Congress who personally profit from investments in the same
military contractors they vote to enrich every year through the National
Defense Authorization Act. The webinar delved into these investments,
identifying some members of Congress who have personally divested from those stocks.
The webinar also discusses what we can do to hold our representatives
accountable. Watch the full
webinar on YouTube HERE.
To the readers of this newsletter: the UFPJ
newsletter enjoys an "open rate" of 20%
Can we enhance this further? Can we make this an interactive
experience, promoting further discussion? The more members of the peace and
justice community speak to each other, the stronger our voices get, the more
our determination to be heard becomes. As you read a newsletter article, if you
have a thought or a critique; if you notice a topic that should have been covered;
if we have gone amiss, we want your feedback. What action should we have
suggested? What is the thinking of your local group? We can pass your comments
on in the next newsletter. We can make this an interactive exchange. Take a
moment and reply to ufpjnewsletter@gmail.com.
New UFPJ Member Group Resource Page
We have added a page to our web site for member groups to say a
bit about what they do and what kinds of resources they have available. We hope
it will become a useful means for making new connections and facilitating
cooperative work. Some member groups already have provided information, and we
encourage all member groups to do so. Take a look at our United for
Peace and Justice Member Group Resource page, and submit
your group’s resource information to ufpjnewsletter@gmail.com.
The Power of the Pen: 46 Groups Call for
Completion of U.S. Sanctions Policy Review
United for Peace & Justice (UFPJ) regularly signs onto
letters and statements dealing with a broad range of important peace and
justice issues, intended to influence government policy. UFPJ was among 46
civil society organizations working to protect and advance humanitarian,
peacebuilding, peace advocacy, and human rights missions, who wrote to
President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of the Treasury
Janet Yellen, and U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield on
September 7, urging them to complete the administration’s sanctions policy
review as expeditiously as possible, to make its findings public, and to
implement significant and structural changes to U.S. sanctions policy. The
letter was highlighted in a Wall Street
Journal article on September 10.
UFPJ is a diverse network of peace and justice
organizations. If your organization is interested in joining UFPJ, please read
our Unity Statement, and
if it is consistent with your principles CLICK HERE TO JOIN.
PLEASE DONATE to
help us continue sending out "UFPJ Currents" to our members and
supporters. And THANK YOU for all your work for peace and justice!
Can you join us on
International Day of Peace to call on Johns Hopkins U to Say NO to weapons
contracts?
International
Day of Peace, September 21
Demilitarize the
U.S.: Save Lives and Save the Planet
Join us on Sept. 21, 4:30-5:30
Baltimore, at 33rd and North Charles
PEACE ACTION
Our demands:
HEY CONGRESS: There's
endless debate about not enough money: for education, for housing, for health
care. Yet with the military budget, when the president said raise it 13
billion, you said make it 38 billion. Stop caving to war profiteers and weapons
manufacturers -- put our money to some actual good!!
Congress: Drastically
Cut Military Spending—Starting NOW
HEY HOPKINS: You say you
value transparent research for the public good. Yet you are the school that
takes, by far, the largest Pentagon contracts - up to $7 billion - for nuclear
weapons development and other weapons research. End these violent
entanglements -- use your talent and resources to foster excellent education
and contribute to the local and global community.
Johns
Hopkins: Cease research that supports war
Donations can be sent
to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206,
Baltimore, MD 21212. Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net.
Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/
"The master class
has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.
The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject
class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their
lives." Eugene Victor Debs
AND PROTEST UAF’S
NUCLEAR WEAPONS RESEARCH. Join our FOIA
campaign.
The full FOIA , and my speech from the press conference, which is a detailed analysis of the FOIA and
the UA program with hyperlinked credible sources. Also, a copy of our proposed resolution (sources hyperlinked in speech).
And here is a
Livestream Facebook video of our full Press Conference:
https://www.facebook.com/ArkansasNonviolenceAlliance/videos/835160530521608/
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