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Almost forty years ago, Brooklyn For Peace launched with the commitment to eliminate war and the social injustices that are…

APARTHEID-FREE.ORG All people are equal and should be treated with dignity and respect. But for decades, the Palestinian people have…

From Riverkeeper: Amazing news! Governor Hochul has signed the Save the Hudson bill, crucial legislation aimed at safeguarding the economic vitality of…

Dear Congressmember: IN UKRAINE Use Diplomacy Not More Weapons! Stop the killing and destruction! Stop the drift to war with…

Yurii Sheliazhenko has been formally charged by the Ukrainian government with the crime of justifying Russian aggression. The “evidence” is this statement which…

TAKE ACTION: Please call Governor Hochul at 866-696-8249 and urge her to sign the Save the Hudson bill! (Assembly Bill 7208/Senate…

Photo credit: Anthony Donovan Thank you to everyone who participated in one or more events to commemorate the atomic bombings of…

Israeli settlements have been the primary driver behind Israel’s expulsion and dispossession of Palestinians from their land. Over 700,000 Israeli…

Brooklyn For Peace has endorsed the #OFFTHELIST campaign! We call for President Biden to remove Cuba from the List of…

With your federal U.S. tax dollars, the Israeli military is bombing Palestinian people in Gaza right now, destroying their homes,…

CM Keith Powers has become the 22nd cosponsor of City Council Res. 423 calling for the federal government to move…

New York is the most unequal state in the nation. A new report shows that ultra-rich New Yorkers (those with wealth…

Following the April 8 NYC rally against dumping radioactive wastewater in the Hudson River and Pacific Ocean, our next step…

The Peoples’ Voice Cafe is an alternative coffeehouse offering quality entertainment. We provide a space for the artistic expression of…

Friday 2/24 marks the one-year anniversary of Russia’s illegal invasion and occupation in Ukraine. Please join Peace Action in a National Call-In to…

Demanding justice for Palestine: Tell Congress to end US military funding to Israel The native Palestinian people have been resisting…

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Brooklyn For Peace has been urging a cease fire and negotiations to…

The Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, the International Peace Bureau, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation (USA) are collaborating…

Move the Money resolution finally introduced in the New York City Council! Thank you to Council Member Carlina Rivera for…

Rowena Blackman Stroud, a member of Brooklyn For Peace’s Advisory Board, passed away on December 3. As president of the union…

Let’s urge Sen. Schumer to follow through on his promise to get the 2002 AUMF (used to authorize the war in Iraq)…

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Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) has recently drafted a Congressional sign-on letter to President Biden calling on the President to take…

Biden is out on a war crimes tour, cozying up to apartheid and making deals with dictators, placing the lives…

Overblown “defense” spending is nothing new, so it’s easy not to notice when outrageous expenditures spiral even higher. President Biden…

All Brooklyn reps except Malliotakis have signed on as co-sponsors of the bipartisan Yemen War Powers resolution, H.J. Res. 87. But they…

Residents of New York City! Sign this petition to urge our City Council to vote in favor of a Move the Money…

Updates as of 6-24-22 The record shows there is genocide in Tigray. (Ethiopia Insight) Ethiopia’s Invisible Ethnic Cleansing The World Can’t…

Since its start over seven years ago, the war in Yemen has turned into a humanitarian disaster. U.S. military support for…

Brooklyn For Peace stands in solidarity with the people of Buffalo, NY, in particular the African-American community as well as…

Negotiations for the United States to rejoin the Iran Nuclear Deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action…

This page is an ongoing page with articles updated weekly. More Useful Articles on US-NATO-Russia-Ukraine Crisis posted BFP 5/14/22 To…

Brooklyn For Peace is increasingly alarmed over developments in Europe and the escalation of the war in Ukraine. We have…

Aired earlier today (4/21): Rep. Alan Lowenthal, along with leading experts from MoveOn, the Office of Senator Bernie Sanders, Quincy…

What role is the U.S. playing in the war in Ukraine? How dangerous is this war for those not immediately…

Brooklyn For Peace’s very own Vice Co-chair, Bruce Altshuler, has written multiple books on this topic. In March 2021 he…

While opposing U.S. and NATO actions which have been escalating the conflict, Brooklyn For Peace unconditionally condemns Russia’s brutal, illegal,…

Brooklyn For Peace unconditionally condemns Russia’s brutal, illegal, and unjustified war against Ukraine, its independence and its people. The suffering…

Alex Saab is a Venezuelan diplomat who was arrested in June 2020 on the orders of the U.S. government while…

Diplomacy is the way! During this week of action, join National Iranian American Council to push Congress to support Biden…

Action Alerts!!!! As the tensions over the US-NATO-Russia-Ukraine conflict continue, US policy grows more dangerous. The possibility of a “hot…

Health catastrophe results from ongoing blockade of Tigray as the war enters its second year Tigray is one of the…

Do We Need Two Fracked Gas Vaporizers in Brooklyn?? Already over 10,000 people have signed our petition to Governor Hochul…

We Need Diplomacy, NOT a Military Buildup! As the tensions over the Russian-Ukraine conflict ratchet up, US policy grows more…

On December 9, 2021, the NYC City Council voted overwhelmingly (41 to 5) in favor of important Nuclear Disarmament legislation: Int.…

Good Cause Eviction tenant protection bill (Senate Bill 3082) now in Albany for all tenants throughout NYS! With the COVID…

Imprisoned WikiLeaks founder, journalist and free speech champion Julian Assange today faces extradition to the U.S. and life imprisonment for…

Last month we had our first virtual PathMakers to Peace Gala to kick-off our campaign “Sustaining the Future of BFP”.…

Late on Tuesday Dec. 7, the House voted to approve $768 billion for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 National “Defense” Authorization…

On Friday October 22, the Israeli Defense Ministry declared some of the leading Palestinian human rights groups to be “terrorist…

The House of Representatives will shortly be voting on a $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act for 2022. This raises…

Applying the term settler colonialism to Israeli (and US) history has become increasingly common. It is the “settler” component that…

On Saturday, August 14th the people of Ayiti/Haiti experienced another devastating earthquake that has left more than 1,200 dead and…

Getting out of Afghanistan was the right thing to do. We never should have been there in the first place. We…

On February 5, 2021, the International Criminal Court found that it had jurisdiction to consider war crimes and crimes against…

BRIC is meeting you where you're at by offering a whole range of arts & media education classes online. From…

In 2014, Air Force veteran Daniel Hale blew the whistle on secret watchlists, targeted drone killings and other abuses in…

This week it's been 76 years since the U.S. dropped the uranium bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945…

On Friday, January 29, 2021, we posted a piece entitled Ethiopian Prime Ministry Abiy Ahmed, Declares Military Victory In a…

Brooklyn For Peace strongly condemns President Biden’s illegal airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. These raids were conducted without the required…

We invite you to join Witness Against Torture in a Torture Awareness Week Fast. We will be fasting in our…

Thank you to everybody who called our elected representatives to support resolutions blocking the sale of weapons to Israel (…

Daniel Hale, drone whistleblower, is now in solitary confinement in Alexandria, Virginia. Hale is a veteran of the US Air Force.…

Rapid Response Needed  Explanation: As the Israeli-Palestinian crisis deepens, AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) and related organizations are generating…

The Worker Writers School celebrated their 10 years at PEN America and their first book with a virtual reading for…

Brooklyn For Peace’s Arts and Culture Collective is happy to announce that BRIC Celebrates Brooklyn! Festival is Back. And while…

The Saudi-led blockade against Yemen continues into the seventh year, preventing food, fuel, and medicine from reaching Yemen, and creating…

In public statements, Jeffries has said: “In Congress, I’ll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to…

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has joined 23 other Senators in a letter to Biden, urging him to close Guantánamo! This is…

To all of you who attended Brooklyn For Peace’s forum Climate Crisis: The Military and the Green New Deal, we…

This bill relates to purchasing restrictions on persons/businesses boycotting Israel. Specifics are at this link. Currently in formation is a…

Human Rights Watch and B’Tselem have separately concluded that it is. “A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to…

Brooklyn For Peace welcomes the decision of President Biden to adhere to the agreement the U.S. signed with the Taliban…

Despite campaign promises to rejoin the “Iran nuclear deal,” (also known as the JCPOA, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), the…

Join the fight to close Guantanamo! If you follow news from the movie world, you’ve probably heard about “The Mauritanian,”…

See Highlights (Part One)  of the Forum on BFP’s monthly program “War No More” on Brooklyn Public Access Television (BRIC).…

Call your Member of Congress using the Congressional Hotline (202) 224-3121. Tell them: “The US bombing in Syria is an…

We need YOUR help to call on Corey Johnson, Speaker of the New York City Council, to support Resolution 747A…

Like all people, Palestinians have the right to live in health and safety. But while the Israeli government rolls out…

Not Just This Month, But Every Month! Strategy for Black Lives has collaborated with other NYC-based organizations to provide a month…

Book List Contact is.pales@brooklynpeace.org if you're interested in joining either group. April 2021 Daytime Group: Monday, April 5, 2:00 pm: "Velvet: A…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a U.S. Ally,Declares Military Victory in War on Tigray State: No Internet Communications or Access…

from War to Our Communities Without redirecting resources from military buildup to domestic needs, there’s no way the Biden-Harris administration…

During the week of Jan 18, BFP joins Peace Action NYS, Hibakusha Stories, International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear…

Overview We sponsor, co-sponsor and endorse actions that are needed to try to establish a more just society (stopping the…

Thanks to the many supporters who donated generously during December and throughout 2020! Your contributions will strengthen our voice of…

Call Schumer, Gillibrand, and YOUR representative to demand the immediate removal of Donald Trump!Congressional Switchboard: 202-224-3121 In response to the…

Good news!!! On Saturday October 24, 2020, the International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), announced the government of Honduras…

Our Trick or Treat UNICEF drives are now among the most successful campaigns in the tri-state New York City area.…