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…
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK will discuss her book War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict in an event on Wednesday, November 30 at 5pm sponsored by the Human Rights Institute at San Jose State University. This event will be held in-person at San Jose State University's Student Union Ballroom and…
As nuclear powers ratchet up tensions around the Ukraine war, the U.S., NATO and Russia are carrying out nuclear war games. Yes, you read that correctly! The Kremlin is making completely reckless threats about using nuclear weapons and how do NATO and the U.S. respond? Fourteen NATO countries are engaged…
