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  • Don’t Let The Empire Gaslight You Into Believing You Are Powerless

    by Caitlin Johnstone, November 26, 2025 Don’t let the empire gaslight you into believing you are powerless and helpless. There are always things you can do to fight the bastards, and there are always things you can do to improve your own life. It’s so easy to fall into the trap of believing there’s nothing

  • Barby Ulmer, Presente!

    On November 5, our community lost a legendary peace activist, Barby Ulmer. Barby was an active member of Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, one of the founders of the San Jose Peace Center and along with her late husband Vic, lead the non-profit organization Our Developing World for many years. We will keep

  • Speech on Armistice (Veterans) Day at the Ring a Bell for Peace ceremony

    by Mike Paradela Watch a video of the event here. Thank you for giving me the honor and the opportunity to speak on this most important day. We are all gathered here today to remember the origins of Veterans’ Day — Armistice Day. A day to warn against the horrors of war. A day that

  • The No Kings Day Project Must Evolve From Protest to Civil Disobedience

    by Phil Wilson in Common Dreams October 23, 2025 I attended the downtown local No Kings Day festivities in Northampton, Massachusetts, and estimate that some 1,500 people came out. I liked the crowds, but the character and will of the people rather collided with the self-serving ambitions of Democratic Party speakers who hogged microphones that

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The San José Peace and Justice Center is a resource center and community space that supports and fights for causes promoting peace and justice in the South Bay area. The work of The San José Peace and Justice Center is done by a dedicated group of individuals and organizations that seek to ensure the financial and operational stability of peace and justice movements in the South Bay area.

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The Peace and Justice Center offers freely available community space, printing, audio equipment, and other resources. The only way we can do that is with your help.

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Equality Labs

Santa Clara County Move to Amend

Democratic Socialists of America

Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center

Silicon Valley United Nations Association

Silicon Valley De-Bug

Jewish Voice for Peace

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