China’s Historical Destiny is to Stand with the Third World Mon April 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT In 2008, several leading intellectuals in China founded a new journal, Wenhua Zongheng, which has increasingly become a platform to debate what President Xi Jinping called the ‘great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation’. The bi-monthly… Read More »online – China’s Historical Destiny is to Stand with the Third World
Building Relation with Cuban Labor Celebrating Labor and May Day in Cuba If you are interested in going to Cuba April 25th- May 7,2023 For more information & to sign up: here
register at: https://www.codepink.org/danielellsbergweek The Whistleblowers: a Webinar Honoring Daniel Ellsberg In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers, documenting decades of lies and mistakes in Vietnam. At 91, he faces a new battle: inoperable cancer. Join CODEPINK for “Daniel Ellsberg Week” to celebrate the life’s work of Daniel Ellsberg, to take action in support of… Read More »online – The Whistleblowers: a Webinar Honoring Daniel Ellsberg
Ray McGovern on Russia and Ukraine Tue April 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT Retired intelligence analyst Ray McGovern joins us for a discussion about the war in Ukraine. Read Ray’s recent article “The Banality of Biden’s ‘Exceptional’ Elite Advisers” here: https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2023/03/26/the-banality-of-bidens-exceptional-elite-advisers/ Ray McGovern, formerly an Army intelligence and infantry officer, went on… Read More »online – Ray McGovern on Russia and Ukraine
register at: https://www.codepink.org/ukraine_community_call_04252023 CODEPINKers Ukraine Organizing Call On Tuesday, April 11th, join CODEPINK and activists to talk about the urgent needs for peace and diplomacy in Ukraine. Bring your questions and concerns to this community call where we will be sharing talking points and learning more about how we can call for peace in Ukraine.… Read More »online – CODEPINKers Ukraine Organizing Call
Noam Chomsky: The Korean Peninsula and the US Drumbeat to War in East Asia Wed April 26 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT What are the implications of the U.S. military encirclement of China on Korea? Webinar in English, Q and A in Korean and English Action One Korea, Atlanta Civic Action, Book Club… Read More »online – Noam Chomsky: The Korean Peninsula and the US Drumbeat to War in East Asia
Every Thursday Stop Wars – Weekly vigil – At the corner of 16th & J Sts. Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157, sacpeace@dcn.org.
Latin America & Caribbean Policy Forum Fri April 28 @ 9:00 am - Sat April 29 @ 5:00 pm EDT In Search of a New U.S. Policy for a New Latin America & the Caribbean: Burying 200 Years of the U.S. Monroe Doctrine It’s time to bury the Monroe Doctrine and foster positive relationships across… Read More »online – Latin America & Caribbean Policy Forum
“The Toad Detour” Virtual Film Screening for Save The Frogs Day Date & Time Apr 28, 2023 10:00 AM in Description In celebration of Save The Frogs Day, In Defense of Animals is hosting a film screening of “The Toad Detour,” a beautiful documentary highlighting one community’s efforts to save their local amphibians. Each spring,… Read More »online – “The Toad Detour” Virtual Film Screening for Save The Frogs Day
MAPA Annual Meeting 2023 Gerald Horne The keynote address will be presented by the historian of racism and imperialism, Gerald Horne. Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He is the author of 17 books and over 100 scholarly articles. His research… Read More »online – Navigating Hard Times – Building a Better Future – MAPA Annual Meeting 2023
Voices From Palestine: Virtual Reports from the Ground Sun April 30 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT Sunday April 3o, 2023 @ 1 pm EST A new hour-long program featuring Palestinian activists, cultural workers, community organizers, educators, and health workers speaking on the ground from Palestine: timely interviews with audience participation. This program is… Read More »online – Voices From Palestine: Virtual Reports from the Ground
IHRA: An Anti-Free-Speech Definition of Antisemitism and How to Oppose It Sun April 30 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT This UUJME-sponsored webinar explains the IHRA definition of antisemitism and its problematic aspect – it conflates antisemitism with opposition to Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights. This discussion is important because the IHRA definition… Read More »online – IHRA: An Anti-Free-Speech Definition of Antisemitism and How to Oppose It
register at: https://www.codepink.org/05022023 Tuesday, May 2 Capitol Calling Party: ¡Viva Cuba y Venezuela! On Tuesday, May 2, join CODEPINK Congress for the next Capitol Calling Party - ¡Viva Cuba y Venezuela! featuring Liz Oliva Fernández and Alexander Main. A bipartisan group of senators recently introduced a bill to remove key parts of the U.S. embargo on… Read More »online – Tuesday, May 2 Capitol Calling Party – code pink
This event was shared with Wellstone: There will be a virtual event tonight (May 2) 5:30pm with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Please feel free to join this virtual rally where the two will talk about why it's so important to have a progressive voice in the U.S. Sentate. You can pre-register… Read More »online – Pramila Jayapal (Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus) endorses Barbara Lee for US Senate
International Report on Human Rights in Peru Tues., May 2nd @ 6pm PT Come and view the opening of a photo exhibit by Peninsula 360 Press with video testimonies and hear the report back from the emergency international human rights delegation to Perú, led by San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the National Lawyers' Guild… Read More »Also online – International Report on Human Rights in Peru
Jeffrey Sachs on the Path to Peace in Ukraine register at: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gmTXu4sPSHi1HSw5PJMWDw#/registration?link_id=8&can_id=6b27c3efec5e8e12ebde2e1f248c9f56&source=email-nakba75-raise-the-flag&email_referrer=email_1901112&email_subject=webinar-jeffrey-sachs-challenges-canadian-policy-on-ukraine Date & Time May 3, 2023 08:00 AM in Description World-renowned intellectual Jeffrey Sachs will speak on “The Path to Peace in Ukraine". Sachs was twice named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time & ranked by The Economist among the top… Read More »online – Jeffrey Sachs on the Path to Peace in Ukraine
Stop Cop City (a War Industry Resisters Network webinar) Wed May 3 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT Wednesday May 3rd @ 8:00 pm ET The increasing militarization of police forces at home mirrors the use of US armed forces around the world to exploit land and people in order to enrich and protect the elite… Read More »online – Stop Cop City (a War Industry Resisters Network webinar)
Hi all - Reminder: Our next WIRN webinar on Wednesday May 3, 8 pm ET. Below is the info. You can register here: https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-cop-city-a-war-industry-resisters-network-webinar/ Stop Cop City The increasing militarization of police forces at home mirrors the use of US armed forces around the world to exploit land and people in order to enrich and… Read More »online – Stop Cop City
World Press Freedom Day Join CODEPINK, Assange Defense-Chicago and Chicago Area Peace Action for World Press Freedom Day: Journalists and Whistleblowers! Join in person for a panel discussion with: Kevin Gosztola: Journalist and author of “Guilty of Journalism; The Political Case against Julian Assange” Jaime Kalven: Journalist, author, and founder of the Invisible Institute Leonard… Read More »also online – World Press Freedom Day
The State of U.S.-Cuba Relations Thu May 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT Who sets U.S. Policy towards Cuba and why? What is the Cuban Perspective? Join us for a dialogue with H.E. Yuri Gala López: Deputy Ambassador of Cuba to the United Nations Ambassador Gala López is a 1992 graduate of the Higher… Read More »online – The State of U.S.-Cuba Relations
Every Thursday Stop Wars – Weekly vigil – At the corner of 16th & J Sts. Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157, sacpeace@dcn.org.
Vietnam to Ukraine: Lessons for the US Peace Movement--Remembering Kent State and Jackson State! Register at: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3iZZgo6SQKmufXL1D0tFmg?link_id=28&can_id=6b27c3efec5e8e12ebde2e1f248c9f56&source=email-wbw-news-action-a-hard-rain&email_referrer=email_1900199&email_subject=wbw-news-action-abolish-military-bases#/registration Date & Time May 4, 2023 05:00 PM in Description Thursday, MAY 4th 2023 8pm ET Vietnam to Ukraine: Lessons for the US Peace Movement Remembering Kent State and Jackson State! • Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report •… Read More »online – Vietnam to Ukraine: Lessons for the US Peace Movement–Remembering Kent State and Jackson State!
May General Membership Meeting First Thursday of each month - May 4th at 7:00 pm. Guest Speaker: Moe Sarama and David Mandel Get all your questions re Israeli and Palestinians relations answered! All are welcome! Topic: Wellstone General Membership Time: May 4, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89748106137?pwd=NkN0QjVGaVdsY3RHU0ppSnR3bUY4Zz09… Read More »online – Wellstone Progressive Democrats of Sacramento – May General meeting (Israeli and Palestinians relations)
Women in Resistance/Mujeres en La Resistencia Fri May 5 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT From the past to the present Featured speaker Diana Sierra Becerra Historian, activist, community organizer, and professor at UMass Amherst will inspire with the stories of Salvadoran women who fought for justice. Joined by Irma Flores, Salvadoran Community Organizer… Read More »online also – Women in Resistance/Mujeres en La Resistencia
Webinar: U.S. Militarism & War Games in the Pacific Start: 2023-05-05 19:00:00 UTC Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00) End: 2023-05-05 20:00:00 UTC Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00) Virtual event Host Contact Info: Greta, greta@worldbeyondwar.org Ret. Colonel Ann Wright will speak on the U.S. provocative actions on Taiwan and the massive increase… Read More »Webinar: U.S. Militarism & War Games in the Pacific
Warheads to Windmills: Preventing climate catastrophe and nuclear war Sun May 7 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT Climate catastrophe and nuclear war are two existential threats that could end human civilization as we know it. Both of these threats have been exacerbated by the ongoing war in Ukraine, but nuclear war could happen… Read More »online – Warheads to Windmills: Preventing climate catastrophe and nuclear war
Roundtable Discussions: Militarism is grand theft from poor people and people of color Start: Tuesday, May 02, 2023 • 7:00 PM • Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00) End: Tuesday, May 02, 2023 • 8:30 PM • Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00) Host Contact Info: PDMCWhouse@gmail.com This event is organized by Ithaca… Read More »online – Roundtable Discussions: Militarism is grand theft from poor people and people of color
May CODEPINK Community Call register at https://www.codepink.org/community_05082023 Join the CODEPINK team and local CODEPINK chapters for our fifth monthly community meeting on Monday, May 8th at 3pm PT/6pm ET! We'll discuss current campaigns, upcoming actions, and possibilities for local collaboration. The national CODEPINK team will also share some tools and resources for local chapters to use.… Read More »online – May CODEPINK Community Call
CODEPINKers Ukraine Organizing Call register at: https://www.codepink.org/ukraine_community_call_05092023 On Tuesday, May 9th, join CODEPINK and activists to talk about the urgent needs for peace and diplomacy in Ukraine. Bring your questions and concerns to this community call where we will be sharing talking points and learning more about how we can call for peace in Ukraine.
● Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 7am PDT: 75 Years: Palestine Nakba / Israel Statehood zoom launching event of the new issue of the Palestine Israel Journal. To receive a link to the Zoom meeting, email: pij@staff.pij.org Also Take Action: Tell the Sierra Club to respect human rights and stop greenwashing. Click here for more information. ● Email… Read More »online – 75 Years: Palestine Nakba / Israel Statehood
President Kennedy’s Speech on World Peace — Sharing the Message Wed May 10 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT MAPA’s JFK Peace Speech Committee will host its monthly showing and discussion of President Kennedy’s critically important address on world peace, given at American University in June 1963. After the film there will be discussion… Read More »online – President Kennedy’s Speech on World Peace — Sharing the Message
español abajo Title 42 is coming to an end, and U.S. President Joe Biden has proposed a raft of new immigration policies under the guise of ‘reform.’ The Trump era emergency measures will be gone, replaced with policies that will expand border militarization, increase the number of deportation flights and penalties for people who enter… Read More »Webcast – Immigration update: Will ending Title 42 expand asylum or deepen regional militarization?
● Thursday, May 11, 2023, 10am PDT National Lawyers Guild webinar on the occasion of 75 years of the ongoing Nakba and the occupation of Palestine. Register to attend here: https://bit.ly/nlgpalestine Dear All NLG IC Members, Join the National Lawyers Guild for a webinar on Thursday, May 11 on the occasion of 75 years of the… Read More »webinar – National Lawyers Guild webinar on the occasion of 75 years of the ongoing Nakba and the occupation of Palestine.
The One State Reality: What is Israel-Palestine? Thu May 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT Is it time to give up on the two-state solution? A one state reality already predominates in the territories controlled by the state of Israel, according to the authors of an article in the May/June issue of Foreign… Read More »online – The One State Reality: What is Israel-Palestine?
Every Thursday Stop Wars – Weekly vigil – At the corner of 16th & J Sts. Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157, sacpeace@dcn.org.
U.S. Women Need What Cuban Women Have: Socialism Thursday, May 11 7:30pm ET/ 4:30pm PT Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kT6Hb291QhScuxSRlRSDpQ#/registration
Illinois for a World BEYOND War Chapter Event featuring David Swanson Start: 2023-05-11 19:00:00 UTC Central Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00) End: 2023-05-11 20:30:00 UTC Central Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00) Virtual event Host Contact Info: Greta, greta@worldbeyondwar.org Join the Illinois for a World BEYOND War chapter for a statewide online meeting on… Read More »online – Illinois for a World BEYOND War Chapter Event featuring David Swanson
Saturday, May 13, 2023, 4:30-9pm Nakba commemoration at Second Saturday Art Walk. First United Methodist Church, 2100 J Street, Sacramento. More info: Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights (sacreg4palestinianrights@gmail.com)
Repression of Human Rights in the Middle East: The U.S. role Mon May 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT Despite a recent orientation toward great power competition with China and Russia, the United States continues to play a major role in the Middle East and North Africa. The U.S. provides vast resources –… Read More »online – Repression of Human Rights in the Middle East: The U.S. role
Roundtable Discussions: Militarism is grand theft from poor people and people of color Start: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 • 7:00 PM • Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00) End: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 • 8:30 PM • Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00) Host Contact Info: PDMCWhouse@gmail.com This event is organized by Ithaca… Read More »online – Roundtable Discussions: Militarism is grand theft from poor people and people of color
Tuesday, May 16 Capitol Calling Party: Palestine & the Nakba - 75 Years of Resistance register at: https://www.codepink.org/05162023 On Tuesday, May 16, in honor of the million Palestinians driven from their homes in the 1948 Nakba, CODEPINK Congress invites you to join us as we examine the Palestinian resistance movement 75 years later. From challenging… Read More »online – Palestine & the Nakba – 75 Years of Resistance
U.S. Hands off Korea Wednesday, May 17 at 7 PM EST Join the Webinar Click here to register The United States has conducted another round of “War Games” with the South Korean military. This is clearly a threat to the North Korean government. Additionally, the South Korean President, Yoon Suk Yeol, has recently visited the U.S. where… Read More »webinar – U.S. Hands off Korea
Uniting for Peace AGM and Summer Conference 2023: Inequality and Instability – Peace Based Approach register at: https://worldbeyondwar.org/uniting-for-peace-agm-and-summer-conference-2023-inequality-and-instability-peace-based-approach/?link_id=36&can_id=6b27c3efec5e8e12ebde2e1f248c9f56&source=email-wbw-news-action-a-hard-rain&email_referrer=email_1900199&email_subject=wbw-news-action-abolish-military-bases Economic Cost, Europe By Uniting for Peace, April 30, 2023 An online event, free, open to public. Thursday, 18 May 2023, 18:00 – 20:00 London Time Chair: Rita Payne, President Emeritus, Commonwealth Journalists Association Speakers: Federico Mayor Zaragoza,… Read More »online – Uniting for Peace AGM and Summer Conference 2023: Inequality and Instability – Peace Based Approach
US-Japan-South Korea Alliance Threatens Peace in Asia Thu May 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT After the Biden-Yoon Summit and Nuclear Deal Can there be peace in Korea when the US is in a cold war with China? South Korea’s military is not only controlled by the US but also subordinated to a… Read More »online – US-Japan-South Korea Alliance Threatens Peace in Asia
Every Thursday Stop Wars – Weekly vigil – At the corner of 16th & J Sts. Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157, sacpeace@dcn.org.
Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants: New England and Northwest Russia Fri May 19 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT TRANSNATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: NEW ENGLAND (USA) & NORTHWEST RUSSIA Civil society organizations from the US and Russia are co-hosting a conference to explore the environmental hazards and opportunities of decommissioning nuclear… Read More »online – Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants: New England and Northwest Russia
Webinar with Protesters at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan Friday, May 19 at 7 PM EST US Out of the Asia Pacific! Click here to Register The G7 countries (The United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, with the EU in observer status), which represent the biggest Western economies will… Read More »Webinar with Protesters at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan
Reportback: Zaporizhzhia Protection Project Mon May 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT Claire Schaeffer-Duffy reports on an innovative peace initiative in Ukraine In April, Ms. Schaeffer-Duffy traveled to Ukraine with a small, exploratory team for the Zaporizhzhia Protection Project (ZPP). This innovative peace initiative seeks to engage unarmed civilians in the protection of… Read More »online – Reportback: Zaporizhzhia Protection Project
Dear Farzad, Please join the No Way to Treat a Child campaign for a webinar next week on May 23 at 12 p.m. Eastern / 9 a.m. Pacific. We'll discuss the reintroduction of Rep. McCollum's Palestinian Children and Families Act, also known as H.R. 3103, which aims to prohibit Israel from using U.S. taxpayer funds to… Read More »webinar – Rep. McCollum’s Palestinian Children and Families Act, also known as H.R. 3103
CODEPINKers Ukraine Organizing Call register at: https://www.codepink.org/ukraine_community_call_05232023 On Tuesday, May 23rd, join CODEPINK and activists to talk about the urgent needs for peace and diplomacy in Ukraine. Bring your questions and concerns to this community call where we will be sharing talking points and learning more about how we can call for peace in Ukraine.
