International Yemen Can't Wait Online Rally

March 25, 2023 at 11 AM CT

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hC-VPtNqSvGL9gTubo4UXQ

March 25th marks the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Saudi-led coalition's bombing of Yemen. We cannot let there be a ninth!

Please join a coalition of US and international groups including Peace Action, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, Action Corps, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Stop the War UK, and more for an online rally to inspire and enhance education and activism to end the war in Yemen.

As we continue to push for a complete end to US support for the Saudi-led war, the next weeks and months will be critical. With the US Congress potentially poised to vote on a War Powers Resolution, should current negotiations between US Senator Bernie Sanders and the Biden Administration not yield a successful outcome, our advocacy and activism are extremely timely. And while we have not completely succeeded as of yet, we are helping save lives in Yemen. Every day the Saudi-led coalition refrains from resuming bombing, Yemeni lives are saved. But with a blockade in place severely limiting the ability of the Yemeni people to rebuild their lives and the country's economy, we cannot let up.

Save the Date to Act for War Abolition!

 March  27, 2023

Madison will host  direct action opposing F-35 jets, militarism and war. All people willing to commit to non-violence are welcome. 

Contact Peace Action WI for information if you're interested in direct action or attending the supporting demonstration.

 Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS)

Socialist Education Project (SEP) presents its 4^th Monday Webinar

Recording: Vijay Prashad, “The Rise of ‘The Darker Nations’ in the 21^st Century: Responses to Crises of War, Poverty, and Environmental Disaster”

http://ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/4th-monday-vijay.mp4

Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is the chief editor of LeftWord Books and the director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He is a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. He has written more than 20 books, including "The Darker Nations" and "The Poorer Nations." He recently published a revised version of his groundbreaking book, “The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World,” New Press, August, 2022 which he will discuss followed by questions and comments.

      Photo: March 4 Oakland and Capitol - 20 years of the Stand for Peace!

FOX VALLEY PEACE COALITION

Monthly Vigil in Appleton

First Saturdays

Houdini Plaza, West Lawrence St, Appleton, WI 

for info: [email protected]

Animated Graphic of Military (red), Government (blue) and Humanitarian Expenditures (yellow) Tax dollars to Ukraine

Each dot represents $100,000 in US taxpayer dollars, according to the creator of this highly illustrative graphic. In 2022, the US is projected to send $60 Billion in military aid, $27 Billion in government aid, and last on the priority list, $15 Billion in humanitarian aid.

https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1602337689851858945

Military Spending: $87 Million-Per-Hour in 2023

Online Fall 2022 Newsletter

For Total Cost of War Since 2001, taxpayers in the state of Wisconsin are paying $127.25 billion.

Let's Defuse Nuclear War, Together

Thousands of women protesting at the RAF Greenham Common air base in 1982. The demonstrations continued until 1991 when the final American Cruise missiles were removed. Photograph: PA

Bangor Trident Nuclear Sub Base - Kitsap, WA - August 8, 2022

https://www.codepink.org/gaza2022?utm_campaign=gaza2022_4&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink

 Stand for World Peace

Peace in Ukraine

Peace Action WI Joins U.S. National Call in Support of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 

In the face of widespread concern about the threat of nuclear weapons, World BEYOND War joins with organizations and individuals across the country in releasing the following statement:

STATEMENT ON THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
AND ON THE TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

The power to initiate a global apocalypse lies in the hands of the leaders of nine nations. As 122 nations of the world indicated when they adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in July, 2017, this is unacceptable.

As concerns about the threat of nuclear weapons re-enter the public consciousness, it is important to know that humankind is not without an answer to the nuclear threat. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which entered into force on January 22, 2021, provides a clear pathway to the elimination of the nuclear threat.

We call on all nuclear armed states to take immediate steps to:

• engage the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons,
• attend the First Meeting of States Parties, and
• sign, ratify and implement the Treaty.

We also call on the U.S. media to recognize the existence of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and to include the Treaty in discussions, articles, and editorials regarding the nuclear threat and methods available to address it.

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The Statement has been endorsed by Peace Action WI and organizations representing hundreds of thousands of people in the United States as well as by a growing list of individuals. A list of signatories can be found at nuclearbantreaty.org.

Peace Action WI also encourages support for this  Global Appeal to Nine Nuclear Governments, and recommends participating in these events: