“Arise, then… women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, whether our baptism be that of water or of tears! Say firmly: We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons…
Israeli forces have killed at least 123 Palestinians this year as the 75-year occupation by the apartheid state of Israel has become even more brutal and deadly. And our tax dollars are helping purchase Israel’s weapons. Of the nearly $4 billion in military aid that the US gives Israel every…
On Sunday April 23, San Jose's quarterly Viva Calle event will close some city streets to cars and allow bikers, skaters, strollers, skateboarders, etc. to move freely on car-free streets between Willow Glen and the Rose Garden. The route passes in front of the Collins House / Peace and Justice…
We are reprinting a Letter to the Editor published in The Mercury News on March 26, 2023. Thank you, Nancy! On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqi writer Mortada Gzar wrote: “The magnitude of what Iraqis lost — and continue to lose ... as we must…
Graphic courtesy of MRonline.org We are reprinting a Letter to the Editor published in the Mercury News on March 2, 2023. Thank you, Peggy! The new study by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies shows disgraceful disparities in wealth. For example, eight households in San Mateo and Santa Clara…
How much military aid the U.S. has sent to fund the Ukraine war? $23 billion! (as of 1/6/2023) Russia should not use war to stop NATO expansion up to its borders. But ending the war cannot be achieved by more war. Instead of pumping more arms into the war zone,…
A Palestinian woman looks on as Israeli bulldozers demolish a Palestinian house in the occupied West Bank area of Masafer Yatta [File: Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA-EFE] Less than one week since the most far-right, extremist government in Israel's history was sworn in, the government's brutality and ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians…
Nearly 1,000 U.S. faith leaders call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine. Their joint statement was sent to the White House on Tuesday morning. The statement reads: “In the spirit of the truce that occurred in 1914 during the First World War, we urge our government to take a leadership…
Team working on Tombstone Project in the parking lot of the Peace & Justice Center Come honor the lives of our sisters, brothers, and siblings who died without homes in our community, and bring awareness to the ongoing tragedy of homelessness. Join leaders from San Jose's diverse religious traditions in…
