15Oct 2015 by peacepeople

WHEN I SEE THEM I SEE US…

Campaigns, Events
A must watch film of an excellent Campaign. When I see Them I See Us... Back Ground: Black-Palestinian solidarity is neither a guarantee nor a requirement - it is a choice. We choose to build with one another in a shoulder to shoulder struggle against state-sanctioned violence. A violence that is manifest in the speed of bullets and batons and tear gas that pierce our bodies. One that is latent in the edifice of law and concrete that work together to, physically and figuratively, cage us. We choose to join one another in resistance not because our struggles are the same but because we each struggle against the formidable forces of structural racism and the carceral and lethal technologies deployed to maintain them. This video intends to interrupt that process…
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12Oct 2015 by peacepeople

Nobel peace laureates call on Israel to release whistleblower

Campaigns, Israel/Palestine, Press Releases
The Nobel Women’s Initiative is calling on the Israeli government to lift the restrictions placed on nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu – including a court order preventing the former nuclear technician from leaving the country. Israeli officials jailed Vanunu in 1986, after he reportedly disclosed to media the inner workings of Israel’s Dimona nuclear plant. Vanunu spent 18 years in jail, including 10 years in solitary confinement. Since being released in 2004, Vanunu still faces severe restrictions that violate his rights to freedom of movement, freedom of expression, and freedom of assembly. In 2011, the high court of Israel barred him from emigrating from Israel on the grounds that he still poses a threat to national security. Vanunu maintains that he has revealed all that he knows about the Israeli nuclear…
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17Jul 2015 by peacepeople

NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE, MAIREAD MAGUIRE, WELCOMES IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL AND CALLS ON ISRAEL TO DISARM ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO CREATE A NUCLEAR FREE MIDDLE EAST

Campaigns
All Peace loving people around the World, and particularly those who have worked for many years for the Abolition of All Nuclear Weapons, must have been encouraged and given hope, with the announcement on 13th July, 2015, of a Nuclear Deal between Iran and the Six World Powers. Congratulations are in order to all those who persevered in face of much opposition and remained at the negotiating table to get this deal, Foreign Minister of Iran Mr. Zarif, USA Sec. of State, John Kerry, the EU High Rep. for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Mogherini, and many others fulfilled their political responsibilities in negotiating a Nuclear Deal with Iran, that according to Iranian Foreign Minister has delivered, not what everyone wanted, but a win/win situation for all. This Agreement is indeed to…
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25May 2015 by peacepeople

Women peace activists cross North-South Korea border

Campaigns, Events
They did it the group of 30 women peace activists including Mairead Maguire and Ann Patterson from the Peace People cross the heavily militarised DMZ by bus after being denied by authorities to walk across the border Watch the video & see the pictures below which highlighted this wonderful event. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/embed/EeYV-sVY_jA[/embed] [caption id="attachment_787" align="alignnone" width="169"] Mairead Maguire Peace People[/caption] [caption id="attachment_796" align="alignnone" width="300"] Women Peace Activists Cross North-South Korea Border [/caption]
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