Statement of Respect to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and all Native NationsPeace Action WI acknowledges that in Milwaukee we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican Nations remain present. We affirm our solidarity and support for the rights of Wisconsin Indigenous Nations.
Shut Down Line 5 - Protect the Water
Native Lives Matter- Great Lakes
Protect Thacker Pass
STAND FOR PEACE Saturdays Noon to 1 PM
April 20: Farwell/North- Earth Day 2024, Code Pink Petition: War is Not Green! Genocide = Ecocide!
April 27: Capitol/Humboldt
May 4: Howell/Layton
Anti-ROTC Vigil
Wed. April 16, NOON- 1PM
Marquette Union Library on Wisconsin Ave
Sponsored by the Milwaukee Catholic Worker
Assange Postcard Mailing Party at ZAO, Wednesday, April 17, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice
STAND FOR PALESTINE!!
SATURDAY, April 20, 12:30 PM
Beginning on Saturday the 30th, our Stands for Palestine will be on the NW corner of the Highways 20 and 31 in RACINE This Saturday and during April we will move our 12:30pm Stand for Palestine to the north-west corner of highways 20 and 31. Drive into the large Kohl's parking lot. Park near the AT&T store (5502 Washington Ave, Racine WI 53402) close to the corner
TOM NEILSON In Concert with Lynn Waldron
Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 7:00 pm
Linneman’s Riverwest Inn-1001 E. Locust St. Milwaukee
Suggested Donation $15-25
316-684-3481 [email protected]
Sponsored by Veterans for Peace chapter 102
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2009 Winner, Kerrville Folk Festival 2007 Winner, South FL Folk Festival 2015 UN Nelson Mandela Award for Lifetime Achievement in Peace & Justice, nomination 2018, 15, 11, Great Labor Arts Award 2019 IMA, Song of the Year 2021 JPF Int’l , CD of the Year
“A global sophistication put into extraordinary performance art!” Kathy Hersh, Miami Friends |
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“One of the most sophisticated songwriters in getting to the root of an issue; Uncompromising wit that entertains and educates.” Bruce Gagnon VFP Maine
“Tom has an understanding of the world, masterfully delivered through performance art. My door is always open to him.” Ken Mayers, Santa Fe VFP
“Does a great job of reminding people of what is really important, & the power of folk music to say it.” WLRN, Miami, FL
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Please register for the May 2 event through the link provided HERE.
Peace Action Wisconsin's
Mother’s Day Afternoon Peace Luncheon
Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 3 PM
Art Bar/Wonderland Cafe 722 E. Burleigh St., Milwaukee
Mother’s Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe Read by Julie Byrnes Enslow
Founder of the original Mother's Day in 1870, Julia Ward Howe called upon the
women of the world to come together to work for the eradication of war.
Music by vocalist Dorothy James
Dr Roa Qato on the plight of mothers and children in Gaza.
$25.00 per person- Fundraiser for Peace Action Wisconsin- limited seating.
Reservations: 414-269-9525 or email [email protected]
Driftless Palestinian Solidarity Vigil
Saturday April 20, 11am- 12pm
Viroqua at Decker and Main
Fox Valley Peace Coalition
Vigil in Appleton First Saturdays
Ceasefire! End the Occupation!
May 4, 2204 at 11 AM
College & Appleton St
for info: [email protected]
Women in Black Weekly Peace Vigil
Thurs, April 18, NOON-12:30 PM
La Crosse, WI at Main St & 4th St
Contact Deboral Buffton [email protected]
Peace Action Wisconsin and the United Nations Association of Milwaukee
2024 ANNUAL PICNIC and POTLUCK
Saturday, June 22, from 2pm- 5pm
Zao Church Milwaukee
2319 E Kenwood Blvd Milwaukee, WI 53211
Outdoors on the lawn in front of the church, or inside, in case of rain
Free bratwurst, veggie burgers, potato salad and beer. Bring your favorite dish.
Music by the Raging Grannies and special guests.
Park in the lot on the side of the church or on the street
Global Week of Action on Nuclear Spending June 2024
June 17, 2024 at 12:00am - June 24, 2024
BernGlobal Geneva, GE Switzerland
From June 17 to 23, 2024 we’re taking on the absurd amount of money spent on nuclear weapons with a global week of action to coincide with the launch of our yearly nuclear spending report. The message? “No Money for Nuclear Weapons!”
We need everyone to push back against this unacceptable squandering of vast sums of money on weapons of mass destruction ($82.9 billion in 2022).
NATO is planning a big celebration of 75 years of itself, with meetings beginning July 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C., at which we can expect many presidents, prime ministers, foreign secretaries, and weapons dealers.
We are planning a summit on Saturday July 6 and a rally on Sunday July 7, as well as various other actions in the days before and after that weekend — including working with allies planning a peace walk from Maine to join us in Washington, D.C. with events all along the way.
We say yes to peace and no to NATO!
We favor the abolition of NATO.
July 15–August 19, 2024
Poor People's Army March
Also known as the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, the mission of the nonviolent Poor People’s Army is to keep people alive and to build a cooperative economy and society. Endorsed by Veterans For Peace, the two-week Poor People's Army March will go from Mikwaukee – site of the Republican National Convention (July 15) – to Chicago – site of the Democratic National Convention (August 19). The march will ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 103: Israeli army attacks vicinity of southern Gaza hospital, kills 7 in West Bank drone strikes deliver the same message to both conventions: "We reject corporate greed and demand an end to poverty."
PROTEST THE MILWAUKEE AIR AND WATER SHOW OF MILITARY JET FLYOVERS
JULY 27-28, 2024
JULY 27 AT NOON AT THE BRADY STREET OVERPASS
SIGNS AND FLAGS PROVIDED
USAF Thunderbirds/ Freece Tricolors, Italian Air Force are performing
https://www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future
September 22-23, 2024
Summit of the Future
Multilateral Solutions for a Better TomorrowThe Summit is a high-level event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future.
This once-in-a-generation opportunity serves as a moment to mend eroded trust and demonstrate that international cooperation can effectively tackle current challenges as well as those that have emerged in recent years or may yet be over the horizon.
We already have the "what" in the form of many existing agreements and commitments, starting with the UN Charter and including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and many others.
Towards a Pact for the Future
The aim of the Summit is twofold: accelerate efforts to meet our existing international commitments and take concrete steps to respond to emerging challenges and opportunities.
This will be achieved through an action-oriented outcome document called the Pact for the Future.
The Pact will be negotiated, and endorsed by countries in the lead-up to and during the Summit in September 2024.
The result will be a world – and an international system – that is better prepared to manage the challenges we face now and in the future, for the sake of all humanity and for future generations.
Zero Draft Pact for the Future
UN Summit of the Future
Interim People’s Pact for the Future, which will be a key civil society advocacy document for the UN Summit.
TBD: meet at 7:30am Weekday Coffee and Banner Drop for Palestine
Hosted by Milwaukee 4 Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace Milwaukee
Location: Meet at Colectivo Lakefront, walk to bridge over Lincoln Memorial Parkway
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
VIGIL FOR PEACE IN PALESTINE ON DEC 19, 2023
At the Office of Gwen Moore, video of constituents "Speaking their names," including 1yr-olds who died under Israeli attacks on Gaza. The office ignored multiple calls from the lobby to meet with a representative. Face to face they rejected any dialog with our group. Many Peace Action members live in Gwen Moore's district.
also see-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.
Actual U.S. Military Spending Reached $1.537 Trillion in 2022—More than Twice Acknowledged Level: New Estimates Based on U.S. National Accounts
Monthly Review
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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Vienna’s International Summit for Peace in Ukraine Issues a Global Call for Action
Medea Benjamin on June 12, 2023 in Common Dreams
“The institutions established to ensure peace and security in Europe fell short, and the failure of diplomacy led to war," attendees said in a joint declaration. “Now diplomacy is urgently needed to end the war before it destroys Ukraine and endangers humanity.”
To amplify their call for a ceasefire, Summit participants committed themselves to organizing Global Weeks of Action—protests, street vigils and political lobbying—during the days of September 30-October 8.
Report: The Warfare State: How Funding for Militarism Compromises Our Welfare
In FY 2023, out of a $1.8 trillion federal discretionary budget, $1.1 trillion — or 62 percent— was for militarized programs. That includes war and weapons, law enforcement and mass incarceration, and detention and deportation.
Less than $2 out of every $5 in federal discretionary spending was available to fund investment in people and communities, including primary and secondary public education, housing programs, child care programs, federal disaster relief, environmental programs, and scientific research.
The U.S. spent $16 on the military and war for every $1 that was spent on diplomacy and humanitarian foreign aid.
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The vast majority of militarized spending was for weapons, war and the Pentagon, at $920 billion.
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Only $56 billion was spent for international affairs, diplomacy, and humanitarian foreign aid.
We celebrate the life’s work of Daniel Ellsberg, who died on Friday, June 16, 2023.
In his farewell letter he urged all whistleblowers and peacemakers around world to continue the struggle for truth-telling and world peace. He helped end the Vietnam War by publishing the "Pentagon Papers", revealing the lies and corruption that got the US into that war. His book, "Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner", reveals how Pentagon planning for nuclear war included sacrificing the lives of 100's of millions of people.
Special Stand for “Daniel Ellsberg Week,” April 24-30. We celebrate the life’s work of Daniel Ellsberg, and to take action in support of whistleblowers and peacemakers, and to call on state and local governments around the country to honor the spirit of difficult truth-telling. His book, "Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner", reveals how Pentagon planning for nuclear war included sacrificing the lives of 100's of millions of people. He recently wrote a public letter disclosing that he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, with only three to six months to live
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!
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS)
Socialist Education Project (SEP) presents its 4th Monday Webinar
Recording: Vijay Prashad, “The Rise of ‘The Darker Nations’ in the 21st 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 quhttps://www.facebook.com/fvc4pnj/estions and comments
Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice
Monthly Vigil in Appleton
First Saturdays
Houdini Plaza, West Lawrence St, Appleton, WI
for info: [email protected]
US congresswoman Betty McCollum (D) introduces bill
"Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act"
The measure, backed by 17 Democrats, would ban US assistance to Israel from contributing to detention of Palestinian children.
The legislation prohibits Israel’s government from using U.S. taxpayer dollars in the Occupied West Bank for the military detention, abuse, or ill treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention; the seizure and destruction of Palestinian property and homes in violation of international humanitarian law; or any assistance or support for unilateral annexation of Palestinian lands in violation of international humanitarian law.
For Total Cost of War Since 2001, taxpayers in the state of Wisconsin are paying $127.25 billion.
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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appreciates the participation of so many people in the
Postcard Campaign of Resistance against the F-35s!
addressed to Senator Baldwin’s six offices in Wisconsin.
But we must keep this momentum going and the pressure
building to stop the F-35s from being based in Wisconsin.
This struggle is not over!
the costs and performance of this jet.
we hope that you can distribute additional postcards
at Farmers’ Markets, Festivals, Parades and
Civic and Faith Community gatherings.
please go to this link and place your order.
https://forms.gle/4tDoEYFfnh6WuJdV9
Also, get postcards and check out “Talking Points” at: https://www.safeskiescleanwaterwi.org
Thank you for your activism! Jane H Kavaloski - [email protected]
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice
Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice
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