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…
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…
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 Branko Marcetic in Common Dreams October 15, 2025 There is good news and bad news for critics of the United States’ bloated 21st century war machine. The good news: The “war on terror” is dead. The bad news? It seems to have become a part of the walking dead—a…
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…
