February 15: 43rd Street/North
February 22: Brady/Farwell- Global Day of Action to Close Bases
Shut Down thousands of U S military bases at home and around the world!
- Bases perpetuate colonialism. From Panama to Guam to Puerto Rico to Okinawa to dozens of other locations across the world, militaries have taken valuable land from local populations, pushing out Indigenous people and other poor people, without their consent and without reparations.
- The cost of U.S. foreign military bases alone is estimated at $80 billion a year.
- Bases cause environmental damage and climate change. It is well documented at hundreds of sites around the world that military bases leak radioactive elements and toxic “forever chemicals” (PFAS/PFOS) into local water supplies, which has had devastating health consequences for nearby communities.
- Bases can have violent and harmful impacts on local communities, and bases make locations into targets for attack. Militaries have a notorious legacy of sexual violence, including kidnapping, rape, and murders of women and girls in nearby communities.
- Bases heighten tensions and provoke war-making.
Morning banner drops for Palestine, 8 – 9 a.m.
Volunteers from multiple grassroots organizations in the Greater Milwaukee area drop protest banners every week at a high traffic location on Lincoln Memorial Drive. Every week since New Year’s Day 2024, folks have gathered at the Brady Street Bridge on Lincoln Memorial Drive, holding Palestinian and Lebanese flags and signs with phrases like “Not Another Bomb” and “No Tax $ For War Crimes,” calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to U.S. support for Israel.
Milwaukee 4 Palestine, MKE Mamas For Liberation, and Healthcare Workers For Palestine Milwaukee
Feb 13, 2025 at 4PM
Protest at 4PM (
Thursdays at 4 PM)
Milwaukee Jewish Federation, 1360 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202


Thurs, Feb 13, NOON-12:30 PM
La Crosse, WI at Main St & 4th St
Contact Deborah Buffton [email protected]
Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice
STAND FOR PEACE
SATURDAY, Feb 15 , 12:300 PM
"Join us on Saturdays for our weekly Stand for Palestine. On the first Saturday of the month we meet at the Martin Luther King Plaza, 909 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Racine, 53404.
On all other Saturdays we meet at the NW intersection of Hwys 20 and 31 in Racine. Drive into the Kohl's parking lot and park near the AT&T store, 5502 Washington Ave, Racine, 53406.
FEBRUARY FORUM
Saturday, February 15, 2025 from 10 AM– 11:30 AM
Zao MKE Church – 2319 E. Kenwood Blvd. – Milwaukee, 2nd Floor
“Nourishment Through the Gifts of Water and Friendship”
Dr. Andrea J. Stapleton, Grace Avila, & Theresa Lindberg
Members of the Board of Directors of Global Partners: Running Waters
They will describe how Global Partners: Running Waters has impacted lives in Central America by the implementation of water systems, while building relationships across nations to collaborate on easing the burdens on human lives resulting from complex systemic inequities.
They will discuss the consequences for people who must live without clean and accessible water, the nature of the work of Global Partners: Running Waters, and the impact on the communities who implement water systems. They will describe how the mission extends beyond the implementation of water systems, but also the creation of cultural exchanges, and the human impact that results from awareness, education, and solidarity.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7165675210?omn=82730357220
Food Not Bombs Milwaukee
Saturday, February 15, 2025, Noon until 1:30 PM
Jackson Park Picnic Area #1, 43rd St near Cleveland Ave
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WISDOM FOR JUSTICE!
Campaign Against Torture to End Solitary Confinement
Sunday, Feb 23 at 11-11:30 AM
Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility (MSDF) 1015 N. 10th St. Milwaukee, WI 53233.
On the 23rd of each month, WISDOM leaders and others around the country take a moment to remember people in prison -- especially the people in Solitary Confinement who are locked alone in a small room for 23 hours every day.
- At 11 am at the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility (1015 N. 10th St, Milwaukee)
- At 12:00 noon on the Capitol Steps in Madison (State Street side of the building)
- At 12:00 noon on the southeast corner of the Green Bay Correctional Institution (on Webster Street)
You can visit https://www.nrcat.org/torture-in-us-prisons/take-action/together-campaign for details about the campaign.

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The Latest on Gaza and the Middle East: What’s Happening? What Can We Do?
Dr. Peter Makari, Global Relations Minister for the Middle East and Europe for GLOBAL MINISTRIES
A update on the situation in Gaza and the Middle East will share information about the latest developments in Gaza and the region.
This event is designed to assist members of communities of faith and conscience to consider, from a faith perspective, what is taking place in Gaza and the wider Middle East and how they can participate in efforts to realize the widely shared hopes of people for peace and reconciliation in Israel/Palestine.
Thursday, February 20, 6:30 7 PM CST
Fox Valley Peace Coalition Vigil in Appleton
First Saturdays
Mar 1, 2025 at 11 AM
College & Appleton St
Milwaukee's International Women's Day Coalition
Saturday, March 8 at 11 AM
Red Arrow (Dontre Hamilton) Park
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1XT8eJm5PS/

On March 19 at 12pm ET, an important event will take place to amplify the voices of women who have been affected by conflict in various parts of the world. The Women in Conflict Zones webinar, sponsored by World BEYOND War, Southern Anti-Racism Network, International Peace Bureau, Convention for Pan-Africanism and Progress (CPP), and CODEPINK, aims to shed light on the profound impacts of war on women and children and to discuss measures being taken to mitigate these effects.
Register to attendhttps://worldbeyondwar.org/womenandwar/Watch the 2025 Doomsday Clock announcement
January 28, 2025
It is now 89 seconds to midnight, 1 second less than in 2024. Every second counts!From Codepink
Turning Back the Clock From Doomsday to Global Peace
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Milwaukee Veterans for Peace_ A recording of the fine event on this past Veterans Day at City Hall i Milwaukee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hltdJSqXfDA&authuser=0
ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Ex-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant
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It's Time for Congress to Challenge Years of Failed Pentagon AuditsGreg Williams, Director of the Center for Defense Information
Project On Government Oversight
"A closer look at a few concerning Pentagon programs offers a clear example of where we’re going wrong and highlights the pressing need for acquisition reform.
- The Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program: This $141 billion program, designed to replace our current ICBMs, has seen costs soar over 81% through its program cycle. Yet even absent reliable financial data, Congress’s support for this program seems unwavering.
- The Constellation frigate program: This $22 billion program is running three years behind schedule, a delay the Government Accountability Office (GAO) attributes at least in part to “the Navy’s decision to begin construction before the design was complete.”As my colleague Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette recently testified, “Agreeing to a contract for a critical program like Constellation without first having a design for that program seems like, at best, acquisition and procurement malpractice.”
- The F-35 Lightning II fighter program: At an investment of nearly $2 trillion, the F-35 program has been so plagued by cost overruns, delays, and performance problems that there is not space to list them all here.10At the same time, the Department of Defense inspector general identified the Joint Strike Fighter Program (the F-35) as one of 10 “weaknesses” in the FY 2022 audit:
The [Joint Strike Fighter, or] JSF Program Office was unable to verify the completeness and value of the JSF Program assets, and the assets were not in an accountable property system of record. Not only were the auditors unable to perform the necessary procedures to conclude on the JSF property balances, but they also could not quantify the extent of the misstatement.
Hiroshima survivor Hideko Tamura
Hideko with her mother who perished in the blast
Video link for Hiroshima survivor Hideko Tamura's StoryA moving recount on video, by Hideko Tamura, was 10 years old living in Hiroshima, when atomic bombs wrought terrible destruction on the Japanese cities and citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. She describes her experiences before, during and after the Hiroshima bomb.
She appeals to us all, "I depend on all of your energy, please continue what you are doing to rule out violent means, especially this inhumane, horrible weapon.... We are not barbarians, we are humans, and let us be truly and fully human...."
She’s the author of "One Sunny Day, A Child’s Memories of Hiroshima" and "When A Peace Tree Blooms.”

Hind Rajab, six-year-old girl in Gaza, targeted by an Israeli army tank while trying to escape her neighborhood with her uncle and members of his family. Hind, six of her family, and two paramedics from the Red Crescent Society who came to their rescue were all killed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Hind_Rajab

"We are telling them that a bunch of tents on college campuses is more problematic than the ethnic cleansing of tens of thousands of Palestinians, including more than 70% of whom are women and children, done with our tax dollars and military support."
Brief video on the Merchants of Death.https://x.com/btnewsroom/status/1767684183609020482?s=12&t=NGZ9khDodTFDZ8bpfgyhgA
TBD: meet at 7:30am Weekday Coffee and Banner Drop for Palestine
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Hosted by Milwaukee 4 Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace Milwaukee
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Location: Meet at Colectivo Lakefront, walk to bridge over Lincoln Memorial Parkway
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Details: We start the new year with more energy and a louder voice. Please join JVP Milwaukee and Milwaukee4Palestine on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 7:30 am for a morning coffee and then a banner drop at 8 am. We cannot stop. We will not stop.TBD
TAKE ACTION TO STOP US RETALIATION FOR ICJ RULING IN
SOUTH AFRICA v. ISRAEL
Email and call your congressional reps.
Capitol Hill switchboard: 202-224-3121
Sample Script: Hello, my name is __________ and I am your constituent in zip code ___________. Please issue a statement (email, social media post) urging the Biden administration to restore funding to UNRWA, the UN relief agency providing the bulk of humanitarian relief–water and food– to the imprisoned Palestinian people under Israeli assault in Gaza. To cut off funding for UNRWA at Israel’s request is to threaten 2.3 million Gazans with mass starvation and turn Gaza into an extermination camp. Demand the White House fund UNRWA and not undermine the World Court order demanding provision of humanitarian aid. The US must not commit genocide in my name. Thank you.
Summary of the UNWRA situation from the BBC News:
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize- awarded to jailed women's rights activist, Narges Mohammadi.
She is an Iranian physicist/engineer who has been working for women's rights in Iran for several decades and for her outspoken leadership she is in prison with a sentence of 31 years and 150 lashes
Demand that Gwen Moore call for an immediate ceasefire, no more weapons to Israel.
Office of WI Congressional Rep Gwen Moore, Phone: (414) 297-1140
The Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine
Website: https://www.wiscoforpali.org
URGENT! Call Congress: Stop the Gaza Genocide
Over 2 million Palestinian people trapped in Gaza are living through genocide in real time, as Israel bombs and starves them. Your solidarity is vital.
Representatives Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, Andre Carson, Summer Lee, and Delia Ramirez have just introduced a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire and for humanitarian assistance to be allowed to enter Gaza. It is essential that we generate thousands of calls to elected officials asking them to support this life-saving resolution for a ceasefire.
TAKE ACTION: Call your members of Congress. It's extremely important to urge them to support this ceasefire.
Fill in your information and click "Call me.”
You'll receive a phone call on the number you provided and be patched through to your representatives' and senators' offices, one after the other. After you speak to one office, press * (star) to be connected to your next representative, until you've called all three. If you don't get through, leave a voicemail.
Note that we should be thanking Reps. Bush (MO-01), Tlaib (MI-12), Carson (IN-07), Lee (PA-12), Ramirez (IL-03), Bowman (NY-16), Watson Coleman (NJ-12), García (IL-04), Jackson (IL-01), Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Omar (MN-05), Pressley (MA-07), and Velázquez (NY-07) for their support of the resolution.
SCRIPT 1 FOR SENATORS:
My name is [YOUR FIRST & LAST NAME], and I'm a constituent of [SENATOR'S NAME]. I'm calling about Palestine and Israel. The senator must take immediate steps to deescalate, by calling for a ceasefire, pressuring Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, and refusing to send any additional weapons or funding to the Israeli military. I am asking the senator to publicly call for a ceasefire along the lines of the resolution in the House led by Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib.
Any more military funding to Israel will further fuel violence by actively arming the Israeli government. This is a genocide. The senator must take action now to stop Israel's genocide against Palestinian people in Gaza and end all U.S. complicity in Israel's violence,
SCRIPT 2 FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES:
My name is [YOUR FIRST & LAST NAME], and I'm a constituent of [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME]. I'm calling about Palestine and Israel. The representative must take immediate steps to deescalate, by calling for a ceasefire, pressuring Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, and refusing to send any additional weapons or funding to the Israeli military. I urge the Representative to add their name to to the ceasefire resolution introduced by Reps. Bush and Tlaib and co sponsored by 11 other Representatives.
This is a genocide. The representative must take action now to stop Israel's genocide against Palestinian people in Gaza and end all U.S. complicity in Israel's violence.
Women's Earth and Climate Network
Indigenous leaders urge Biden to shut down Line 5 pipeline due to ‘imminent’ threat. Peace Action WI has signed on.
CALL
President Biden has the authority to make the call to Shut down Line 5
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Phone: 1-202-456-1111
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Governor Evers may have the authority to make an emergency/crisis call
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Phone: 608-266-1212
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Online: https://evers.wi.gov/pages/connect.aspx
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Antiwar Activists Publish Ceasefire in Ukraine Petition in Washington, DC newspaper on Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Peace Action WI delivered the Peace in Ukraine appeal letter to Gwen Moore's office, Ron Johnson's Office and Tammy Baldwin's office.
IT’S TIME TO STOP THE KILLING AND DEVASTATION. CEASEFIRE & PEACE NEGOTIATIONS NOW!
The war in Ukraine has taken hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian lives, uprooted millions, contaminated land, air and water and worsened the climate crisis.
The longer the war goes on, the greater the danger of spiraling escalation which can lead to a wider war, environmental devastation and nuclear annihilation.
The war diverts billions that could be addressing urgent human needs.
Total military victory cannot be achieved by either Russia or Ukraine. It is time to support the calls by Pope Francis, United Nations Secretary-General Guterres, Presidents Lula de Silva of Brazil, Erdoğan of Turkey, Xi of China, and others for a ceasefire and a negotiated end to this calamitous war.
Stop the killing, agree to a ceasefire and begin negotiations!
Bangor Trident Nuclear Sub Base - Kitsap, WA - August 8, 2022

- The carbon bootprint of the US military, larger than that of many countries.
- The wars for oil and other resources – how they support the fossil fuel-based status quo.
- The unequal burden of both climate crisis and militarism on people of color, the poor, and future generations.
- The resources spent on militarism and war – redirect to respond to the existential threat of climate crisis.
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