ENDORSEMENTS AND SPONSORHIPS
Bradley Manning Support Network - The Bradley Manning Support Network is an ad hoc, international grassroots effort to help accused whistle blower Pfc. Bradley Manning. We are working to:
- Harness the outrage felt by millions of viewers of the “Collateral Murder” video into a coordinated effort in defense of Manning
- Raise awareness about the recent arrest and charges against Manning
- Coordinate the activities of nonprofits and individual activists working internationally to support Manning
- Collect funds necessary to ensure high-quality legal counsel necessary for a vigorous defense
- Provide prisoner support for Manning throughout his imprisonment
We are an autonomous network of supporters with no official ties to political parties. We are not associated with Wikileaks and we are not a division of any larger nonprofit entity.
ONE NATION - October 2, 2010 - We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to achieve the American Dream — a secure job, a safe home, and a quality education — but banksters and corporate lobbyists have made off with trillions of public dollars while small businesses can’t get loans and cities are laying off teachers, police, and firefighters.
In this time of economic crisis, it is easy for fear-mongerers to pit groups against each other and to find convenient scapegoats for the problems that plague us.
ONE NATION seeks to transcend our superficial differences and bring us together in a common quest for equal opportunity and justice for all.
US to Gaza - We are a coalition of organizations and a grassroots campaign of individuals who together are joining to launch a U.S. BOAT TO GAZA. When the U.S. boat, THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, sails it will take its place in the next Freedom Flotilla to participate in the great international effort to break the blockade of Gaza and to end the occupation of Palestine. From the deck of The Audacity of Hope, we will be in a powerful and unique position to challenge U.S. foreign policy and affirm the universal obligation to uphold international law and human rights.
Iraq Memorial to Life - March 29 - 21, 2010 in Washington D.C.
Footprints for Peace - February 11th - May 1st
International Peace Walk Towards a Nuclear Free Future, Y12 to the UN
Protesting the Friends of the IDF Gala - NYC, Tuesday March 9, 2010
John Yoo and David Swanson - March 19, 2010, March 19, 2010, Charlottesville, Va.
Year 8 Begins in Iraq War, as Afghanistan escalates
2 p.m. meet on grass across from Corner for Funk the War musical march.
3 p.m. meet in front of Minor Hall at the University of Virginia for rally to protest John Yoo, who speaks in Minor Hall at 3:30. SPEAKERS include: Cindy Sheehan (Peace of the Action), Susan Harman (National Accountability Network), Ray McGovern (Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity), Charlotte Dennett (Robert Jackson Steering Committee), Mike Ferner (Veterans for Peace)Disarm Now! - April 30 - May 1
April 30 - May 1 International Conference at Riverside Church
Truth Commission - March 21 - 22, 2010
The Truth Commission on Conscience in War, a national gathering of
community and religious leaders, advocacy groups, and artists, will
receive personal testimony from veterans and briefings from expert
witnesses about:
- moral and religious questions facing soldiers both before and during combat
- moral and religious criteria of just war
- international agreements governing the justification and conduct of war
- limits of military regulations on Conscientious Objection
Truth Commission proceedings will launch conversations about just war, international law, and greater freedom of conscience for our nation's service members, conversations led by the Commissioners.
Peace of the Action - March 13 - 22, 2010
"I pledge to join over 1000 people in non-violent actions in Washington
D.C. to clog up the empire and support Peace of the Action"
U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines - January 2, 2010
Letter
to President Obama expressing support for the administration's decision to
conduct a comprehensive review of its policy on landmines.
BLACK IS BACK - November 7, 2009
The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations calls on all black, oppressed and freedom loving people to join the mass mobilization in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Nov. 7.
We are marching under the call: Resist U.S. Wars and Occupation in the U.S. and Abroad! Reparations Now!
GAZA FREEDOM MARCH - December 31, 2009
The International Coalition to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza formed after Israel's 22-day assault on Gaza in winter 2008-09.We are a diverse coalition that represents all faiths (and no faith) and is focused on human rights in conformance with international law.
To mark the fact that is has been one year since the Israeli attack, the coalition is mobilizing an international contingent for a nonviolent march alongside the people of Gaza on Dec. 31, to end the illegal blockade.
The coalition conceives this march as part of a broader strategy to end the Israeli occupation by targeting nonviolently its flagrant violations of international law from the house demolitions and settlements to the curfews and torture.
CLIMATE JUSTICE FAST - NOVEMBER 6, 2009
Climate Justice Fast! is an international hunger strike taking place from the 6th of November 2009 to call for strong, just action on the climate crisis. It runs ahead of the UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December, where world leaders will be effectively tasked with deciding the fate of our planet at the UNFCCC COP15.
Fasts are currently being planned in the US, the UK, India, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Honduras, Bhutan, New Zealand, The Philippines and inside the Copenhagen conference itself, with over 70 activists from 11different countries already involved.
Climate Justice Fast! will be a demonstration of the commitment and courage required of all nations and all global citizens if we are to equitably solve climate change.
OCTOBER 22 - NATIONAL DAY AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY
Veterans For Peace is glad to endorse the October 22 National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.
VFP sees this effort as consistent with our interest in building a more just and democratic society in which alternatives to violence will be created at all levels - from the federal level where U.S. foreign policy relies on violence, to the local level where too often that example is copied. > Read more
PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGN
Voices for Creative Nonviolence is initiating a nationwide Peaceable
Assembly Campaign which seeks an end to the U.S. wars in Iraq,
Afghanistan and Pakistan and an end to U.S. support of the continued
occupation of the Palestinian territories. Beginning in September,
2009, and continuing for the next ten months, we will engage in both
legal and extralegal (nonviolent civil disobedience/civil resistance)
lobbying efforts, urging Representatives and Senators to stop
authorizing and funding wars and occupations.
NATIONAL EQUALITY MARCH - OCTOBER 10-11
This
October, members of the LGBT community and their supporters will gather
in Washington D.C. for a march for equality. They are calling for
national organizations and grassroots organizers to gather in supportof
full and equal rights for members of the LGBT community. They have one
single demand: Equal protection in all matters governed by civil law in
all 50 states. > Learn more
Request from the National Assembly to endorse actions on Oct. 10 - Saturday, October 10 as day for coordinated and united local actions in cities across the country. October 10 marks the seventh year since the Congressional authorization to use military force against Iraq and is nearly eight years to the day when the U.S. launched its war against Afghanistan.
National Campaign for Non-Violent Resistance - October 5, 2009
Veterans For Peace invites you to join a growing coalition to demand President Obama end the War on Afghanistan and cease the drone bombings of Pakistan. Join members of VFP as they join a larger group that will meet in front of McPhearson Square. The group will silently walk to the White House to deliver a petition to end the occupations. Direct action is planned. > Learn more
Sign on to ACLU Letter to President Obama to release the torture photo - June 1, 2009
World March for Peace and Non-Violence - October 2, 2009 through January 2010
House Members to Obama: Rethink Afghanistan - Letter from House Leaders to President Obama
Open Letter to the Maryland General Assembly - Signed on March 19, 2009
War Crimes Watch - Agreed to endorse March 11, 2009
Florida March for Peace - Agreed to endorse March 11, 2009
Sign on to "US Campaign to End the Occupation" letter to Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: The undersigned organizations are writing to urge you to oppose the President's FY2010 budget request for $2.775 billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Israel, an increase of $225 million in military aid compared to FY2009. At this time of acute economic crisis, as well as from a political, legal, security, and moral standpoint, our country should not continue to provide Israel with this blank check.
ANSWER March and Rally at the Pentagon - March 21, 2009 Washington D.C.
Iraq Moratorium - An ongling demonstration every third Friday of the month.
Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials - The Executive Committee has agreed to sign on to the letter asking Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation to hold the Bush administration accountable for their crimes - February 20, 2009
National Groups to President Obama: End Plan Colombia; Change Drug Policy - The Executive Committee has agreed to sign on to a letter to President Obama presenting ideas for a fundamentally new policy on Colombia, especially in relation to military assistance and the drug war. - February 20, 2009