UNAC Conference: End the Wars at Home and Abroad

<p><u><strong><a href="http://unacconference2015.org">End the Wars at Home and Abroad</a></strong></u></p><p>UNAC Conference in Secaucus, NJ May 8-10</p><p>Please come and experience a united movement for peace and justice inside this country and around the world.&nbsp;</p><p>[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"drupalimc_large","fid":"11767","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]</p><blockquote><p>The world is being ravaged by endless U.S. wars, both open and secret; life-threatening global warming and environmental destruction; devastating poverty and disease. Here at home we face unprecedented attacks on labor, immigrants, the poor and oppressed; a massive and racist prison-industrial complex; the increasing militarization of the police and an epidemic of police abuse as in Ferguson, Mo.; widespread domestic spying and an expanding “national security state”; trillions of dollars spent on the military to police the world and bail out the corporate 1 percent while we face severe attacks on the basic necessities of life.</p></blockquote><p>We need to to see ourselves as elements of the same living network.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This conference will be a convergence of people and ideas, a place to share our concerns, our dreams and our plans.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Here's a partial list of participants.&nbsp; You may not recognize all the names.&nbsp; I know I didn't.&nbsp; But, that's the point.&nbsp; <strong>Lets all get together and see what happens</strong>!</p><blockquote><br><ul><li><em>Susan Abulhawa</em></li><li><em><a href="http://al-awda.org/" target="_blank">Al Awda Palestine Right to Return Coalition</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://afgj.org/" target="_blank">Alliance for Global Justice</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.anakbayanusa.org/" target="_blank">Anakbayan</a></em></li><li><em>Abayomi Azikiwe</em></li><li><em>Ajamu Baraka</em></li><li><em><a href="http://batteredmotherscustodyconference.org/" target="_blank">Battered Mothers Custody Conference</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://bayanusa.org/" target="_blank">BAYAN Filipino Alliance - USA</a></em></li><li><em>Medea Benjamin</em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.bethlehemforpeace.org/" target="_blank">Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://blackagendareport.org/" target="_blank">Black Agenda Report</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://blackworkersforjustice.org/" target="_blank">Black Workers for Justice</a></em></li><li><em>Bolivarian Circle</em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.caf.ca/" target="_blank">Canadian Arab Federation</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.againstendlesswar.org/" target="_blank">Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chicago Antiwar Committee</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://cbtu.org/" target="_blank">Coalition of Black Trade Unionists</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.codepink.org/" target="_blank">CodePink</a></em></li><li><em>Columbus Campaign for Arms Control for Mother Earth</em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.stopfbi.net/" target="_blank">Committee to Stop FBI Repression</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.freemumia.com/" target="_blank">Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu Jamal</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.coopcafeberlin.de/" target="_blank">Coop Anti War Cafe Berlin</a></em></li><li><em>Cuban Five (by Skype)</em></li><li><em>Lamis Deek&nbsp;</em></li><li><em><a href="http://forusa.org/" target="_blank">Fellowship of Reconciliation </a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://defendersfje.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Defenders for Freedom, Justice &amp; Equality</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.dontshootstl.org/#%21" target="_blank">Don’t Shoot Coalition, St. Louis</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://equalityforflatbush.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Equality for Flatbush</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://forusa.org/" target="_blank">Fellowship of Reconciliation </a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://fightimperialism.org/" target="_blank">FIST - Fight Imperialism Stand Together</a></em></li><li><em>Glen Ford</em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.friendsofthecongo.org/" target="_blank">Friends of the Congo </a></em></li><li><em><a href="https://gabrielaphilippines.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Gabriela - NU Filipino Women’s Group</a></em></li><li><em>Bruce Gagnon</em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.space4peace.org/" target="_blank">Global Network Against Weapons in Space</a></em></li><li><em>Grannies for Peace</em></li><li><em>Petra Guerra</em></li><li><em>Larry Hamm</em></li><li><em>Jaribu Hill</em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.resistenciahonduras.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=section&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=23&amp;Itemid=337" target="_blank">Honduras Resistencia USA</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.ilps.info/index.php/en/" target="_blank">ILPS - International League for People’s Struggles</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://ilwulocal10.org/" target="_blank">ILWU Local 10</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.iacenter.org/" target="_blank">International Action Center</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://thejerichomovement.com/" target="_blank">Jericho Movement</a></em></li><li><em><a href="https://www.blogger.com/Jersey%20City%20Peace%20Movement" target="_blank">Jersey City Peace Movement</a></em></li><li><em>Chuck Kaufman</em></li><li><em>Kathy Kelly</em></li><li><em>Literary Academy for Dalit of Nepal</em></li><li><em><a href="https://mxgm.org/" target="_blank">Malcolm X Grassroots Coalition</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.may1.info/" target="_blank">May 1 Workers &amp; Immigrant Rights Coalition</a></em></li><li><em>Ray McGovern</em></li><li><em>Cynthia McKinney</em></li><li><em>Michael McPhearson</em></li><li><em><a _blank="" href="http://www.mecawi.org/">MECAWI - Michigan Emergency Committee Against War &amp; Injustice</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://millennialau.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Millennial Activists United</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://millionworkermarch.org/Million_Worker_March_Movement/Home.html" target="_blank">Million Worker March</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://themississippiproject.weebly.com/mississippi-workers-center-for-human-rights.html" target="_blank">Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights</a></em></li><li><em>Nick Mottern&nbsp;</em></li><li><em><a href="http://onamove.com/move-9/" target="_blank">Move 9 Support Committee</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://mawovancouver.org/" target="_blank">MAWO - Movement Against War and Occupation, Vancouver</a></em></li><li><em>Malik Mujahid</em></li><li><em><a href="http://muslimsforsocialjustice.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Muslims for Social Justice</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://muslimpeacecoalition.org/" target="_blank">Muslim Peace Coalition</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.civilfreedoms.org/" target="_blank">National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms </a></em></li><li><em>North American Climate Conservation &amp; Environment</em></li><li><em><a href="http://occuevolve.com/" target="_blank">OccuEvolve</a></em></li><li><em>Lucy Pagoada</em></li><li><em><a href="http://pakusaff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pakistan USA Freedom Forum</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pan African Newswire</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.pana.ie/" target="_blank">Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://peoplesjustice.org/" target="_blank">People's Justice for Community Control and Police Accountability</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://njpop.org/wordpress/" target="_blank">People's Organization for Progress</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://peoplespowerassemblies.org/" target="_blank">People's Power Assemblies</a></em></li><li><em><a href="https://www.popularresistance.org/" target="_blank">Popular Resistance</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://projectsalam.org/" target="_blank">Project SALAM</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://raginggrannies.org/" target="_blank">Raging Grannies</a></em></li><li><em>Rhode Island Antiwar Committee</em></li><li><em><a href="http://peaceworksrochester.org/" target="_blank">Rochester Peace Action &amp; Education</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://rootsaction.org/" target="_blank">Roots Action</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://defendersfje.tripod.com/sacredgroundproject/" target="_blank">Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project</a></em></li><li><em>Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou</em></li><li><em><a href="http://socialistaction.ca/" target="_blank">Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste, Canadian state</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.ndpsocialists.ca/" target="_blank">Socialist Caucus, New Democratic Party, Canada</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.iran-si.org/" target="_blank">SI - Solidarity Iran</a></em></li><li><em>Lynne Stewart</em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.newsds.org/" target="_blank">SDS - Students for Democratic Society</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://sjpnational.org/" target="_blank">SJP - Students for Justice in Palestine</a></em></li><li><em>David Swanson&nbsp;</em></li><li><em>Debra Sweet</em></li><li><em><a href="http://peacecouncil.net/" target="_blank">Syracuse Peace Council</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://syrianamericanforum.org/" target="_blank">Syrian American Forum </a></em></li><li><em>Clarence Thomas</em></li><li><em><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/" target="_blank">United for Justice with Peace</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://upstatedroneaction.org/" target="_blank">Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones &amp; End the War</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.veteransforpeace.org/" target="_blank">VFP - Veterans For Peace</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.vapeoplesassembly.org/" target="_blank">Virginia People's Assembly for Jobs, Peace &amp; Justice</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://www.vcnv.org/" target="_blank">Voices for Creative Non-Violence</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://womenagainstmilitarymadness.org/" target="_blank">WAMM - Women Against Military Madness</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://worldbeyondwar.org/" target="_blank">World Beyond War</a></em></li><li><em><a href="http://worldcantwait.net/">World Can't Wait </a></em></li><li><em>Ann Wright</em></li><li><em>Kevin Zeese</em></li><li><em>&nbsp;. . . . . &nbsp;More</em></li></ul></blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://unacconference2015.org">End the Wars at Home and Abroad</a></strong></p> <p>UNAC Conference in Secaucus, NJ May 8-10</p> <p>Please come and experience a united movement for peace and justice inside this country and around the world. </p> <p><div class="media media-element-container media-drupalimc_large"><div id="file-11767" class="file file-video file-video-youtube"> <h2 class="element-invisible"><a href="/file/11767">UNAC Conference Promotion</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="media-youtube-video media-image media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" width="620" height="480" title="UNAC Conference Promotion" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aXgg80BTHH8?wmode=opaque&controls=" name="UNAC Conference Promotion" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>Video of UNAC Conference Promotion</iframe> </div> </div> </div> </div></p> <blockquote><p>The world is being ravaged by endless U.S. wars, both open and secret; life-threatening global warming and environmental destruction; devastating poverty and disease. Here at home we face unprecedented attacks on labor, immigrants, the poor and oppressed; a massive and racist prison-industrial complex; the increasing militarization of the police and an epidemic of police abuse as in Ferguson, Mo.; widespread domestic spying and an expanding “national security state”; trillions of dollars spent on the military to police the world and bail out the corporate 1 percent while we face severe attacks on the basic necessities of life.</p> </blockquote> <p>We need to to see ourselves as elements of the same living network.     This conference will be a convergence of people and ideas, a place to share our concerns, our dreams and our plans.  </p> <p>Here's a partial list of participants.  You may not recognize all the names.  I know I didn't.  But, that's the point.  <strong>Lets all get together and see what happens</strong>!</p> <blockquote><p><br /> </p><ul> <li><em>Susan Abulhawa</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://al-awda.org/" target="_blank">Al Awda Palestine Right to Return Coalition</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://afgj.org/" target="_blank">Alliance for Global Justice</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.anakbayanusa.org/" target="_blank">Anakbayan</a></em></li> <li><em>Abayomi Azikiwe</em></li> <li><em>Ajamu Baraka</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://batteredmotherscustodyconference.org/" target="_blank">Battered Mothers Custody Conference</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://bayanusa.org/" target="_blank">BAYAN Filipino Alliance - USA</a></em></li> <li><em>Medea Benjamin</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.bethlehemforpeace.org/" target="_blank">Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://blackagendareport.org/" target="_blank">Black Agenda Report</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://blackworkersforjustice.org/" target="_blank">Black Workers for Justice</a></em></li> <li><em>Bolivarian Circle</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.caf.ca/" target="_blank">Canadian Arab Federation</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.againstendlesswar.org/" target="_blank">Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chicago Antiwar Committee</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://cbtu.org/" target="_blank">Coalition of Black Trade Unionists</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.codepink.org/" target="_blank">CodePink</a></em></li> <li><em>Columbus Campaign for Arms Control for Mother Earth</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.stopfbi.net/" target="_blank">Committee to Stop FBI Repression</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.freemumia.com/" target="_blank">Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu Jamal</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.coopcafeberlin.de/" target="_blank">Coop Anti War Cafe Berlin</a></em></li> <li><em>Cuban Five (by Skype)</em></li> <li><em>Lamis Deek </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://forusa.org/" target="_blank">Fellowship of Reconciliation </a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://defendersfje.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Defenders for Freedom, Justice &amp; Equality</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.dontshootstl.org/#%21" target="_blank">Don’t Shoot Coalition, St. Louis</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://equalityforflatbush.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Equality for Flatbush</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://forusa.org/" target="_blank">Fellowship of Reconciliation </a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://fightimperialism.org/" target="_blank">FIST - Fight Imperialism Stand Together</a></em></li> <li><em>Glen Ford</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.friendsofthecongo.org/" target="_blank">Friends of the Congo </a></em></li> <li><em><a href="https://gabrielaphilippines.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Gabriela - NU Filipino Women’s Group</a></em></li> <li><em>Bruce Gagnon</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.space4peace.org/" target="_blank">Global Network Against Weapons in Space</a></em></li> <li><em>Grannies for Peace</em></li> <li><em>Petra Guerra</em></li> <li><em>Larry Hamm</em></li> <li><em>Jaribu Hill</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.resistenciahonduras.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=section&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=23&amp;Itemid=337" target="_blank">Honduras Resistencia USA</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.ilps.info/index.php/en/" target="_blank">ILPS - International League for People’s Struggles</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://ilwulocal10.org/" target="_blank">ILWU Local 10</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.iacenter.org/" target="_blank">International Action Center</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://thejerichomovement.com/" target="_blank">Jericho Movement</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="https://www.blogger.com/Jersey%20City%20Peace%20Movement" target="_blank">Jersey City Peace Movement</a></em></li> <li><em>Chuck Kaufman</em></li> <li><em>Kathy Kelly</em></li> <li><em>Literary Academy for Dalit of Nepal</em></li> <li><em><a href="https://mxgm.org/" target="_blank">Malcolm X Grassroots Coalition</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.may1.info/" target="_blank">May 1 Workers &amp; Immigrant Rights Coalition</a></em></li> <li><em>Ray McGovern</em></li> <li><em>Cynthia McKinney</em></li> <li><em>Michael McPhearson</em></li> <li><em><a blank="" href="http://www.mecawi.org/">MECAWI - Michigan Emergency Committee Against War &amp; Injustice</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://millennialau.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Millennial Activists United</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://millionworkermarch.org/Million_Worker_March_Movement/Home.html" target="_blank">Million Worker March</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://themississippiproject.weebly.com/mississippi-workers-center-for-human-rights.html" target="_blank">Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights</a></em></li> <li><em>Nick Mottern </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://onamove.com/move-9/" target="_blank">Move 9 Support Committee</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://mawovancouver.org/" target="_blank">MAWO - Movement Against War and Occupation, Vancouver</a></em></li> <li><em>Malik Mujahid</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://muslimsforsocialjustice.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Muslims for Social Justice</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://muslimpeacecoalition.org/" target="_blank">Muslim Peace Coalition</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.civilfreedoms.org/" target="_blank">National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms </a></em></li> <li><em>North American Climate Conservation &amp; Environment</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://occuevolve.com/" target="_blank">OccuEvolve</a></em></li> <li><em>Lucy Pagoada</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://pakusaff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pakistan USA Freedom Forum</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pan African Newswire</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.pana.ie/" target="_blank">Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://peoplesjustice.org/" target="_blank">People's Justice for Community Control and Police Accountability</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://njpop.org/wordpress/" target="_blank">People's Organization for Progress</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://peoplespowerassemblies.org/" target="_blank">People's Power Assemblies</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="https://www.popularresistance.org/" target="_blank">Popular Resistance</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://projectsalam.org/" target="_blank">Project SALAM</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://raginggrannies.org/" target="_blank">Raging Grannies</a></em></li> <li><em>Rhode Island Antiwar Committee</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://peaceworksrochester.org/" target="_blank">Rochester Peace Action &amp; Education</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://rootsaction.org/" target="_blank">Roots Action</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://defendersfje.tripod.com/sacredgroundproject/" target="_blank">Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project</a></em></li> <li><em>Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://socialistaction.ca/" target="_blank">Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste, Canadian state</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.ndpsocialists.ca/" target="_blank">Socialist Caucus, New Democratic Party, Canada</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.iran-si.org/" target="_blank">SI - Solidarity Iran</a></em></li> <li><em>Lynne Stewart</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.newsds.org/" target="_blank">SDS - Students for Democratic Society</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://sjpnational.org/" target="_blank">SJP - Students for Justice in Palestine</a></em></li> <li><em>David Swanson </em></li> <li><em>Debra Sweet</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://peacecouncil.net/" target="_blank">Syracuse Peace Council</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://syrianamericanforum.org/" target="_blank">Syrian American Forum </a></em></li> <li><em>Clarence Thomas</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/" target="_blank">United for Justice with Peace</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://upstatedroneaction.org/" target="_blank">Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones &amp; End the War</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.veteransforpeace.org/" target="_blank">VFP - Veterans For Peace</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.vapeoplesassembly.org/" target="_blank">Virginia People's Assembly for Jobs, Peace &amp; Justice</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.vcnv.org/" target="_blank">Voices for Creative Non-Violence</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://womenagainstmilitarymadness.org/" target="_blank">WAMM - Women Against Military Madness</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://worldbeyondwar.org/" target="_blank">World Beyond War</a></em></li> <li><em><a href="http://worldcantwait.net/">World Can't Wait </a></em></li> <li><em>Ann Wright</em></li> <li><em>Kevin Zeese</em></li> <li><em> . . . . .  More</em></li> </ul> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>