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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Speech given by SJPJC Coordinator Joan Simon, September 21, 2025... Welcome Everyone - to the San Jose Peace and Justice Center's 68th Anniversary celebration, and at the same time, a celebration of the International Day of Peace. My name is Joan Simon, and I am the coordinator for the San…
by Ismail Salahuddin in Middle East Monitor, Sept 14, 2025 In an age where our phones glow with the endless stream of breaking news, short videos, and curated feeds, genocide itself has been transformed into consumable content. We live not simply in an era of wars but in what might…
What is urgently needed is for the General Assembly to hold an Emergency Special Session to vote on a UN protection force, as well as a UN-led arms embargo, trade boycott, and divestment from Israel. by Medea Benjamin and Nicholas Davies in Common Dreams, September 3, 2025 One year ago,…
By Caitlin Johnson, August 30, 2025 As if we didn’t have enough ugliness in the world right now, Trump has deployed warships near Venezuela’s coast, prompting Caracas to ready drone and naval patrols for conflict. In an article titled “Inside Trump’s gunboat diplomacy with Venezuela,” Axios’ Marc Caputo writes that…
