President Obama is expected to announce a troop escalation in Afghanistan at West Point, NY on Tuesday,December 1, 8 PM Eastern time. Join a protest at one of the following locations:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 501 E. San Fernando St., San Jose -- 4:30 to 6:00
Stevens Creek & Winchester -- 5:30 to 7:30
On Weds., Dec, 2 at Anna Eshoo's office -- 5:00 to 6:30
The Peace & Justice Center will host a teach-in on the relationship between lynching and the death penalty:
Tuesday, May 25th, 7pm SJ Peace & Justice Center, 48 South 7th St.
Speakers: Cephus Johnson uncle of Oscar Grant, who was murdered by BART police; Jack Bryson father of Oscar's friends who were with him on the night of the shooting; Veronica Luna whose uncle is on death row at San Quentin Prison; Michelle Simon activist with the Campaign to End the Death Penalty. PLUS Live call-in from Darrell Lomax, Death Row Prisoner at San Quentin.
Notorious war criminal Condoleeza Rice-- who gave the OK for waterboarding and other illegal acts of torture carried out by the CIA -- will be speaking in San Jose on May 17, as part of the "Unique Lives & Experiences" lecture series at the Center for Performing Arts.
Monday, May 17, 6:30 pm Center for Performing Arts 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose
According to a US Senate Intelligence Committee report, Rice, the former Secretary of State, approved the use of torture methods such as waterboarding as early as 2002.
Twenty-six original silk screen poster prints documenting campus social protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s in the Bay Area are on display will be on display in the Special Collections area, 5th Floor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
The full exhibit will be on display from May 20 to August 22. Admission is free. Sponsored by San Jose State University, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, and the San Jose Peace and Justice Cente.
The annual May Day march will take place in San Jose on Saturday, May 1, 2010
Music begins at the Target Plaza at 2:00 pm at King & Story Roads. The opening rally begins at 3:30 pm. The march begins at 4 pm and ends at San Jose City Hall, 5th and Santa Clara Streets.
Participants will demand just and humane immigration reform and the protection of our civil, labor, and human rights.
Participating organizations include: United Voices/Voces Unidas, Californians for Justice, Comité Primero de Mayo, Comité de LUCHA de Laborers 270l SEIU Local 1877, Sacred Heart Community Center, Services, Immigrant Rights, & Education Network (SIREN), Silicon Valley Alliance for Immigration Reform (SVAIR), Somos Mayfair, Student Advocates for Higher Education (SAHE), Reform Immigration for America, UFCW – Local 5, Voluntarios de la Comunidad, ACCE, LULAC, California Healthy Communities Network, United Latinos, Coalición Mexicana-Americana por una Reforma Migratoria, COFEM, San Jose Peace & Justice Center.
Susan Abulhawa, a renowned advocate of Palestinian rights and author of the well-reviewed novel, "Mornings in Jenin", is currently on a book tour and will speak at two locations in San Jose:
Thursday, April 22, 7 pm at the Engineering Auditorium, San Jose State University
Saturday, April 24, 7:30 pm at the Arab-American Cultural Center, 3952 Twilight Drive, San Jose
"Mornings in Jenin" is a multi-generational story about a Palestinian family. It is a deeply human novel - a novel of history, identity, friendship, love, terrorism, surrender, courage and hope. This event is sponsored by Culture and Conflict Forum.
Human rights activists and supporters of the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB) are protesting the involvement of Dow Chemical Company in the Live Earth 6K Run that is to take place at various locations worldwide, including in Oakland, Antioch and San Mateo on Sunday, the 18th of April. While the Live Earth Run is being advertized by DOW as an “educational event about the global water crisis”, victims of DOW’s environmental crimes worldwide see it as an attempt by DOW to Greenwash its egregious record of environmental and human right violations.
On Tuesday, April 6 at 6:30 pm, a community meeting will be held at the Peace & Justice Center to discuss the next steps in our ongoing US & NATO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN - PAKISTAN campaign.
For background, we are reprinting a column by Max Elbaum from War Times/Tiempo de Guerra:
March 31, 2010,By Max Elbaum, War Times/Tiempo de Guerras
CHANGE HAPPENS SLOWLY, EXCEPT WHEN IT HAPPENS FAST
"Change happens slowly," Tom Hayden wrote a few months ago, "except when it happens fast." That's an important insight to keep in mind when looking at the wars and occupations that afflict the Middle East right now.
On the seventh anniversary of the illegal, immoral, deadly invasion of Iraq:End U.S. Wars,
San Francisco March & Rally
Saturday, March 20, 11:00 AM San Francisco Civic Center Plaza McAllister between Larkin and Polk San Francisco
Take the Peace Bus to the March and Rally in San Francisco, more information here
Street Rally at Peace Crossroads
Saturday, March 20 11:30 AM - - 2:00PM corner of Stevens Creek Blvd. & Winchester, Santa Clara/San José,
Sunday, March 21: Speak Out / Sing Out Against War
Sunday: 3:00 PM - - 6:00PM, Teamsters Hall, 1452 N. 4th St, San Jose
A Concert with David Rovics
Also featuring spoken word and hip hop performances by Melissa Lozano (the queen of spoken word in San Jose), Kalizay, Yosimar Reyes & Adriana Garcia. Teamsters Hall is near the Gish Light Rail Stop. ~ Wheelchair Accessible
$10-20 suggested donation. Call 408-297-2299 or email sjpjc@sanjosepeace.org to reserve tickets.
On October 24, 2009, more than 800 students, workers, and teachers converged at UC Berkeley at the Mobilizing Conference to Save Public Education. This massive meeting brought together representatives from over 100 different schools, unions, and organizations from all across California and from all sectors of public education. After hours of open collective discussion, the conference democratically voted, as its principal decision, to call for a statewide Strike and Day of Action on March 4, 2010.
The March 4th South Bay Committee has answered the call for a Statewide Strike and Day of Action to save public education. Below are personal accounts of how the budget cuts have devastated different students' campuses.
To celebrate the diversity and determination of South Bay women in the struggle for justice and peace, an International Women's Day march and festival will be held in San Jose:
Saturday, March 6 11:00 am to 1pm-March from Roosevelt Park (901 East Santa Clara St, San Jose) to Biblioteca Latinoamericana (921 S. First St, San Jose)
1 to 4 pm-Festival at Biblioteca Latinoamericana. The festival includes live music, cultural presentations, speakers, a resource fair and food vendors, and a kids activities area
We will march under the banners of:
Marching for Womyn's and Human Rights
No to Violence! No to war! No to US-led wars and occupations anywhere!
December 31, 2009... Over 400 Bay Area activists marched across the Golden Gate Bridge on Thursday afternoon to show solidarity with the people of Gaza and with the large group of people currently in Cairo attempting to cross into Gaza as part of the Gaza Freedom March.
Actions in solidarity with the Gaza Freedom March are being planned all over the world, including in the Bay Area. Join us to mark one year since the Israeli attack on Gaza, and to support the Gaza Freedom March. As part of the International Coalition to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza, the Gaza Freedom March Bay Area needs your help to draw attention to the inhumane siege, and to the significance of this historic march in defying the blockade.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 31, 2009: Gaza Freedom March Across the Golden Gate Bridge, 12-2pm
Park and meet at south end of the bridge parking lot and march together across the bridge. We will mark the end of the year by marching in solidarity with the Palestinian people of Gaza.
December 1, 2009. As President Obama laid out his plans to escalate the deadly and costly war in Afghanistan, San Jose peace activists gathered in front of the downtown library to demand "No escalation, no occupation, troops home now!"
The Peace and Justice Center continues a 52-year tradition of being an organizing center for opposition to imperial wars. We rely on our members to support this work with their financial contributions and volunteer work. See the links on this web site for information about how you can help.
Saturday, December 5, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Campbell United Methodist Church,1675 Winchester Blvd. (south of Hamilton), Campbell
Local peace and social justice organizations sell crafts, clothing, and a variety of other gifts for the holidays season, including possible alternatives to war toys. Members and the public can buy noncommercial, alternative, superior gifts at excellent prices. Where Third World products are involved, there is a direct benefit to those craftspeople.
Malalai Joya has been called the bravest woman in Afghanistan. Elected to the Afghan parliament in 2003 & 2005, she was suspended in 2007 for challenging the presence of warlords in the Afghan parliament.
Malalai Joya will release and sign her memoir: "A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice"
Saturday Nov 7th 3:45 PM
San Jose State University, Engineering Auditorium
Near the campus entrance at South 7th Street & San Fernando
Free admission! Donations welcome.
Sponsored by Culture & Conflict Forum, Middle East Studies (SJSU), Students Association for Middle East Studies (SJSU), San Jose Peace & Justice Center
US Troops Out Now! from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan! On Saturday, October 17, people will be taking to the streets to demand money for jobs, pensions, education, healthcare and housing:
SAN FRANCISCO: Assemble at 11 am, UN Plaza, (Market St. between 7th & 8th Streets)
Sponsored by the October 17 Antiwar Coalition. Endorsed by the San Jose Peace & Justice Center and over 50 other organizations.
Call the Peace & Justice Center to offer & find carpools. Or take BART to SF Civic Center. (From downtown San Jose, the 180 bus goes to Fremont BART.) March along Market Street begins at noon, rally at 1:00 pm
SAN JOSE: 12 noon to 2 pm, corner of Stevens Creek & Winchester Blvds.
The Street Children of Kinshasa, a heartbreaking documentary by Gilbert Mulamba illustrates the plight of the street children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Friday, October 16, 7 pm at San Jose Peace & Justice Center, 48 S. 7th St.
The film presents historical footage of foreign intervention and shows how the exploitation of Congo's resources threatens the country's social fabric. A Q&A session follows, with attention to Silicon Valley's connection to the crisis in the DRC.
This event is sponsored by WILPF - San Jose (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom). See Friends of the Congo website for links to background information on the DRC.
During the run-up to war in Iraq, Army Colonel (Ret.) and diplomat Ann Wright resigned her State Department post in protest. Wright, who had spent 19 years in the military and 16 years in diplomatic service, was one among dozens of government insiders and active-duty military personnel who spoke out, resigned, leaked documents, or refused to deploy in protest of government actions they felt were illegal. In Dissent: Voices of Conscience, Ann Wright and Susan Dixon tell the stories of these men and women, who risked careers, reputations, and even freedom out of loyalty to the Constitution and the rule of law.
Col. Wright will be speaking in San Jose:
Wednesday, October 14, 7pm at First Christian Church, 80 S. 5th St., San Jose
Suggested donation $5-15. Sponsored by the San Jose Peace & Justice Center and First Christian Church San Jose
The CodePINK Women’s NO DRONES Peace Caravan will stop in San Jose for a rally, press conference, and action:
Friday Sept. 25 -- 8:30am at 4th and San Fernando, near the 4th St Garage!
The Caravan is on its way across the state from Oakland, CA to Creech AFB, ndian Springs, Nevada where most of these assassin DRONES are remotely operated by soldiers sitting at computer consoles. CodePINK, Cindy Sheehan and other activists will conduct 5 days of ACTIONS at Creech to protest the use of this horrific, murderous weaponry by our military, to inform the public about DRONES, and to stand in solidarity withthe people of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq who are being brutally murdered everyday by these unmanned aircraft.
Eight years ago on October 7, 2001, the Bush administration launched a brutal attack on Afghanistan. Download the petition, get friends and neighbors to sign it, and join the rally to demand that Obama and Congress commit themselves to withdrawing all U.S.troops from Afghanistan.
Rally in front of Rep. Lofgren's office:
Wednesday, Oct. 7 at noon 635 N. First St., San Jose
We are also demanding the closing of bases, and tireless diplomatic engagement with Afghan and Pakistan governments.We demand that war funds be reallocated to meet the needs of the American people: health care, jobs, education and infrastructure.
Friday, September 18 at 7 pm San Jose Peace & Justice Center 48 S. 7th Street, San Jose
*Potluck at 6 p.m. -- Introductory songs with Raging Grannies*
Adrianne Aron, PhD, will speak about survivors of torture, those who carry out this practice and the role of U.S. training. She is co-editor of "Writings for a Liberation Psychology" by Father Ignacio Martin Baro and, most recently, translator (into English) of Mario Benedetti's play "Pedro and the Captain" (the dramatic interchange between a Latin American prisoner and his torturer--Cadmus Editions, 2009). Dr. Aron is a clinical psychologist based in the Bay Area who has documented the torture of refugees applying for political asylum. Copies of "Pedro and the Captain" will be available for signing.
Sponsored by Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-San Jose and the San Jose Peace and Justice Center.
Come join us for an afternoon of sharing and participating in mapping a future for peace and social justice.
Sharat Lin, President of San Jose Peace and Justice Center's Board of Directors, will share a vision for the Peace Center which encourages our peace community to be creative in public outreach, education and activism.
Our focus for the afternoon is to present a venue for everyone attending to speak out and share ideas, skills and abilities to build a future that values peace and social justice. Town Hall discussion and community building will be from 4:00pm - 6:00pm. Annie & the Vets will present a musical interlude from 6:00pm - 6:30pm. Potluck and socializing starts at 6:30pm. Bring a main dish, salad or desert to share. We look forward to sharing this special time together.
San Jose Peace and Justice Center Board of Directors
Lynching Then, Lynching Now
Notorious war criminal Condoleeza Rice-- who gave the OK for waterboarding and other illegal acts of torture carried out by the CIA -- will be speaking in San Jose on May 17, as part of the "Unique Lives & Experiences" lecture series at the Center for Performing Arts. 
Twenty-six original silk screen poster prints documenting campus social protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s in the Bay Area are on display will be on display in the Special Collections area, 5th Floor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library 
The annual May Day march will take place in San Jose on Saturday, May 1, 2010
Susan Abulhawa, a renowned advocate of Palestinian rights and author of the well-reviewed novel, "Mornings in Jenin", is currently on a book tour and will speak at two locations in San Jose:
Human rights activists and supporters of the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB) are protesting the involvement of Dow Chemical Company in the Live Earth 6K Run that is to take place at various locations worldwide, including in Oakland, Antioch and San Mateo on Sunday, the 18th of April. While the Live Earth Run is being advertized by DOW as an “educational event about the global water crisis”, victims of DOW’s environmental crimes worldwide see it as an attempt by DOW to Greenwash its egregious record of environmental and human right violations. 
On Tuesday, April 6 at 6:30 pm, a community meeting will be held at the Peace & Justice Center to discuss the next steps in our ongoing US & NATO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN - PAKISTAN campaign.
To celebrate the diversity and determination of South Bay women in the struggle for justice and peace, an International Women's Day march and festival will be held in San Jose:
A benefit screening of the documentary "Haiti: We Must Kill the Bandits": 
Join Peace & Justice Center members and friends at a festive dinner and film showing:
December 1, 2009. As President Obama laid out his plans to escalate the deadly and costly war in Afghanistan, San Jose peace activists gathered in front of the downtown library to demand "No escalation, no occupation, troops home now!"
US Troops Out Now! from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan! On Saturday, October 17, people will be taking to the streets to demand money for jobs, pensions, education, healthcare and housing:
The Street Children of Kinshasa, a heartbreaking documentary by Gilbert Mulamba illustrates the plight of the street children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 
During the run-up to war in Iraq, Army Colonel (Ret.) and diplomat Ann Wright resigned her State Department post in protest. Wright, who had spent 19 years in the military and 16 years in diplomatic service, was one among dozens of government insiders and active-duty military personnel who spoke out, resigned, leaked documents, or refused to deploy in protest of government actions they felt were illegal. In Dissent: Voices of Conscience, Ann Wright and Susan Dixon tell the stories of these men and women, who risked careers, reputations, and even freedom out of loyalty to the Constitution and the rule of law.
The CodePINK Women’s NO DRONES Peace Caravan will stop in San Jose for a rally, press conference, and action: 
Eight years ago on October 7, 2001, the Bush administration launched a brutal attack on Afghanistan. 
