A powerful 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday , leaving devastation in its wake. Hundreds of people have been killed and the terrible counting has just begun. The Haiti Emergency Relief Fund’s Board of Directors is reaching out today to ask for your immediate support for earthquake relief. We remember the 7.0 magnitude earthquake of 2010, […]
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Local Activists Rally for Yemen at Khanna’s Office
by Neda Aldabayani, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation On July 6th, 2021, activists rallied at the office of Congressman Ro Khanna in San Jose to demand that Khanna stay true to his promise in January of this year to introduce a new War Powers Resolution. Activists responded to a call put forth by the Yemeni-American […]
Tell Lofgren, Khanna, Eshoo: Stop Spending Our Tax Dollars to Arm Israel!
By Salem Aljuni, Community Member At this crucial time, it is important that elected leaders hear from constituents opposed to U.S. aid to Israel. The link below will take you to an easy way to send a message to your congressional representative. This initiative is a joint effort of 8 organizations involved in solidarity with […]
Our tax dollars are funding Israel’s war crimes
By Charlotte Casey Israel has escalated its murderous assault on Gaza by preparing to send in ground troops. At least 109 Palestinians, including 28 children have already been killed while Zionist extremists riot in the streets of Jerusalem, assaulting Palestinian residents and destroying Palestinian businesses. As Tax Day (Monday, May 17 this year) draws near, […]
Tell Biden: Reduce Pentagon Spending!
Veterans For Peace is outraged that President Biden’s budget released this week INCREASES Pentagon spending. This is unacceptable. It is far past time for the U.S. budget to reduce a over-inflated Pentagon spending . This budget does not reflect the overwhelming majority of public opinion that supports re-prioritizing military spending towards programs that benefit regular […]
“Shut Down Creech” Protest in Nevada desert!
Protesters from Code Pink and Veterans for Peace are spending the week in the Nevada desert outside Creech Air Force Base to protest the U.S. drone program, and to support Daniel Hale, the whistleblower who currently faces sentencing in July after pleading guilty for secretly exposing war crimes in the U.S. drone targeted killing program. Read more on our website!
Join Us on Saturday at Noon at the Peace Corner
We will be at the Peace Corner (Stevens Creek and Winchester Blvds ) on Saturday March 20, at noon. Make your own signs or use ours! We’ll be masked and stretched out, socially distant along the sidewalks. Here are our demands and ways to get involved: End Forever Wars The 20-year war in Afghanistan is […]
End the Forever + Everywhere Wars!
The extent and deadly consequences of the US “war on terror’ has been revealed in graphics and interactive maps published in USA Today. Based on data provided by The Costs of War project and the Defense Department, the maps show that the US conducted counter-terrorism operations in 85 countries just in the last three years. George […]
Protest Biden’s Wars—Sat Mar 20—at the Peace Corner
Joining #43, #44, and #45 in prolonging US forever wars, #46 Joe Biden bombed Syria on February 25. The US strike on Syria was carried out without the authorization of Congress and was illegal under national and international law. As Rep. Ro Khanna stated, “We need to work to extricate from the Middle East, not […]
Save the Date: Sat. Mar. 20 — Defund the Pentagon!
$2 billion a day. $23 million an hour. $23,000 a second. That’s the amount that the US “forever wars” are gobbling up from our national budget. According to the National Priorities Project, military spending accounted for more than 53% percent of the federal discretionary budget.