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Latin America / Rallies and Vigils / SJPJC / Venezuela

This Is a Blatant Illegal Act of War Against Venezuela by Trump

By Medea Benjamin and Michelle Ellner in Common Dreams, January 3, 2026 Overnight, the United States government bombed civilian and military sites across Venezuela and illegally kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. These are blatant and illegal acts of war by the Trump Administration. This act of aggression is a continuation…

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January 3, 2026
Israeli occupation / Palestine / SJPJC / War on Gaza

The World Must Act Now to Abort the Next Phase of Extermination in Gaza

By Ramzy Baroud in Common Dreams, December 31, 2025 Suppose we accept the fiction that none of us expected Israel to launch a full-scale genocide in Gaza—a premeditated campaign to erase the Strip and exterminate a significant portion of its inhabitants. Let us pretend that nearly 80 years of relentless…

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December 31, 2025
Israeli occupation / Palestine / SJPJC / War on Gaza

Israel’s Colonial Aims Are the Main Barrier to Lasting Peace

What if Gaza agrees to surrender its weapons? Will Israel leave the Palestinians alone? Will the prospects of a just peace and Palestinian freedom increase exponentially? By Ramzy Baroud in Common Dreams, December 14, 2025 US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” is reportedly set to be announced before the…

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December 15, 2025
Call To Action / SJPJC / US Empire

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…

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November 29, 2025
SJPJC

Barby Ulmer, Presente!

On November 15, 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…

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November 22, 2025
Call To Action / Government repression / History / Immigrant Rights / International Soldarity / Labor / Op-ed / SJPJC / War in Ukraine / War on Gaza / Workers' struggles

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…

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November 12, 2025
Democratic Party / SJPJC / Trump

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…

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October 28, 2025
Palestine / Palestine Solidarity / Rallies and Vigils / SJPJC / War on Gaza

Drop the Criminal Charges Against the Stanford 11

On June 5th 2024, students, alumni and one student reporter from Stanford University were arrested in a sit-in of then-President Richard Saller’s office in protest of Stanford’s complicity with Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Now, 11 of them have been indicted on two grand jury charges, making them the first out of…

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October 22, 2025
Palestine / SJPJC / War on Gaza

Israel’s Destruction of Gaza Over Last 2 Years ‘Would Not Have Been Possible’ Without $21.7 Billion From US

by Julia Conley in Common Dreams, October 7, 2025 Tuesday marked two years since the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that killed more than 1,100 people and provoked the Israeli military’s slaughter of over 67,000 Palestinians in Gaza, and a new report provides an accounting of the United States’ support…

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October 8, 2025
Religious fundamentalism / SJPJC

The US Has a Religious Fundamentalism Problem

by Lola Ibrahim in Common Dreams, September 28, 2025 I was a political science student in college when 9-11 happened. Almost overnight, the air in our classrooms thickened with talk of the Middle East—of regimes and sects, of the supposed sickness in other people’s faith. At the same time, I…

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September 28, 2025