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  • Demonstration against George W. Bush

    Houston, TX, United States

    George W. Bush will be honored at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award Dinner at the Hilton Americas-Houston hotel, 1600 Lamar St., on Thursday, May 24. Bush should be imprisoned for life for war crimes and crimes against humanity--not honored for moral courage.
     
    As Governor of Texas, Bush approved more than 150 executions. As President, his invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 led to the deaths of over 250,000 people. His invasion of Iraq in 2003 led to the deaths of more than one million people. And U.S. troops remain in both countries today.

    The Bush administration tortured and abused prisoners in these countries, in Guantanomo Bay, and in secret sites around the world. Bush promoted passage of the PATRIOT Act, which increased unconstitutional surveillance and reduced civil liberties. Bush's neglect during Hurricane Katrina contributed to the suffering and deaths of hundreds of poor people, predominantly African Americans, in New Orleans. As one commentator has remarked, "The blood on Bush's hands will never dry."

  • 2018 Gaza Freedom Flotilla Presentation

    Live Oak Friends Meeting House 1318 W. 26th, Houston, TX, United States

    Come see Col. Ann Wright who was with the Gaza flotilla in Sicily and Alex McDonald who was crew member on one of the boats as it was harassed by police in Paris do a presentation on the story of the 4 boats, their stops, the reception in different ports and their crews.

    Free

  • Get to Know the System that Oppresses Us – Capitalism

    Houston Communist Party Headquarters 3100 McKinney Street, Houston, TX, United States

    There is much current attention to social and economic inequality. The Occupy movement did much to highlight the inequality and framed the issues as the 1% versus the 99%. Unfortunately, the root cause of inequality is kept a deep secret - theft of surplus value created by workers.

  • Jazz Concert Fundraiser Benefiting the Foreign Policy Alliance

    Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United States

    The Foreign Policy Alliance is hosting its first fundraiser, a Jazz Concert, Sunday evening, September 2, featuring noted Houston jazz pianist Bob Henschen's quartet, featuring saxophonist Warren Sneed, and the popular and wildly eclectic group, the Free Radicals. Proceeds go to support the work of the Foreign Policy Alliance, which is bringing together left and right in support of a non-interventionist U.S. foreign Policy.

    $10.

  • The Jerusalem Conference

    University Hilton Hotel, University of Houston 4350 University Drive, Houston, TX, United States

    The Jerusalem Conference is a one-day conference on Thursday, October 11 that brings together scholars, ecumenical theologians, and peace-doers around the topic of: Jerusalem: What makes for Peace?

    $30.00

  • FCNL Advocacy Training

    Live Oak Friends Meeting House 1318 W. 26th, Houston, TX, United States

    Change in Washington starts with you.

    Please join FCNL for an advocacy workshop:

    -Influence your members of Congress and their staff through face-to-face conversations
    -Drive the media coverage you want to see
    -Build a strategic team in your community that lobbies as part of a powerful national advocacy network
    -Join our 2019 Advocacy Team campaign to stop endless wars by urging Congress to reassert its constitutional authority. We are supporting legislation to repeal the AUMF and encourage public debate on all issues of war and peace.

    Free

  • Foreign Policy Alliance Social

    Shanghai River Restaurant 2407 Westheimer Rd., Houston

    Come join us to discuss concerns and grievances about the endless wars, the bloated pentagon budget and military industrial complex.  We will discuss recent article from Foreign Policy magazine: 'Moscow and Beijing Have Tehran's Back.' Also we welcome newcomers to join and share what's on your mind with regard to foreign policy issues. 

  • Potluck and Movie: An Endless War: Getting Out of Afghanistan

    Live Oak Friends Meeting House 1318 W. 26th, Houston, TX, United States

    On October 7,  2001, The United States embarked on its longest war ever by invading Afghanistan. In addition to Afghanistan, the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) has been used by the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations to justify military operations in 18 countries, including Somalia, Libya, Syria, and Yemen.

    Potluck at 6 PM, movie at 7 PM.  Come for either or both!

    Free

  • Ghosts of Sugar Land

    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 1001 Bissonnet, Houston

    Ghosts of Sugar Land examines the radicalization of a young American Muslim. Through interviews with his friends, the documentary tells the story of “Mark,” who converted to Islam before college and became radicalized shortly thereafter. A number of years ago, through Facebook posts, “Mark” stated that he crossed over from Turkey to the “Islamic State.” His friends from Sugar Land, Texas—all masked to protect their identities—hypothesize about what may have happened that led their friend to join ISIS. Ghosts of Sugar Land won the Nonfiction Jury Award for Short Film at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

    Free

  • 10th Annual Muslim-Jewish Roundtable

    Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism 801 Bering Drive., Houston

    This is our 10th year of coordinating a Muslim Jewish Christmas, an event where members of the Muslim community and members of the Jewish community get together. This year, there will be two simultaneous Muslim-Jewish Christmas Events in Houston with several more Muslim and Jewish organizations participating.

    The theme for this year is “Standing Up for One Another.” As division and hatred become more common in our communities, honest conversation is something that we must do. As both of our communities are at the receiving end of hate, it’s important for us to come together to better understand one another.

    The goal of this event has always been very simple – to come together on a day when we don’t have any other commitments and talk about our similarities and differences surrounding a specific theme.

    Free

  • Foreign Policy Social

    Slowpokes Coffee 1203 West 34th St., Suite D, Houston

    Gather with Foreign Policy Alliance to discuss recent developments and any matters of concern related to militarism and foreign policy.

    Free

  • Protest Against “Deal of the Century”

    Intersection of Post Oak and Westheimer 2521 Post Oak Blvd, Houston

    Join the Houston community as we voice our opposition to Trump and Netanyahu’s “Deal of the Century,” which is meant to forfeit the Palestinian right to self-determination. We say no to this sham! We say no to entrenchment of apartheid!

  • Foreign Policy Social

    Cafe Express River Oaks 1422 West Gray Street, Houston, United States

    Come gather for coffee, tea, and great food options while we discuss what's on your mind with regard to recent foreign policy developments and concerns. 

    Free

  • Foreign Policy Social

    Cafe Express 1422 W Gray Street, Houston, United States

    Come join members of the Foreign Policy Alliance to discuss concerns developments and opinions related to U.S. foreign policy, militarism and endless war, including, but not limited to: recent developments with regard to Afghanistan, Iraq, and other countries we are militarily involved with, the bloated Pentagon and military budget, the nuclear threat, and positions and likely actions of the Democratic presidential candidates and/or the Trump Administration in the years ahead.

    Free

  • Ending Nuclear Weapons Before They End Us: Opportunities Under the Biden Administration to Take Action

    Please join us on March 4, 2021 for a virtual policy briefing and workshop series to call on the Biden administration to prioritize the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. The event is convened by Back from the Brink (BftB) and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) with support from many partner organizations. The virtual event will feature an […]

  • Save Myanmar Rally

    Help protest against the violence and brutal suppression by the military against the peaceful pro-democracy protests. We will be holding the Protest in front of Chevron Headquarters in Houston to urge Chevron to stop dealing with Junta, to bankrolling Junta, and to cut ties with Junta.

  • Navajo Code Talkers / Film & Discussion

    Center for the Healing of Racism 3412 Crawford Street, Houston, TX

    This year marks the 80th anniversary of the more that 400 Navajo men recruited during World War II as Code Talkers, an elite group of US Marines who developed an unbreakable code using their native language, a code the Japanese never broke. Please join us for a Lunch and Learn on Monday, August 14, 2022, […]

    Free. Donations appreciated. RSVP required:

  • Alexander Vindman Live in Houston

    Congregation Emanu El 1500 Sunset Blvd, Houston

    Lt. Col. (retired) Alexander Vindman, the man of conscience who reported President Trump’s “perfect call” that led to presidential impeachment, will discuss his book, Here, Right Matters: An American Story, […]

  • Stop the Danger of Nuclear War Now

    Online event at SchillerInstitute.com pre-registration is encouraged but not require SchillerInstitute.com

    The long-awaited U.S. midterm election did not reduce the danger of global nuclear war – if anything, it increased that threat. The life-and-death issues facing the United States and the world – the escalating danger of nuclear confrontation around the Ukraine theater, and the breakdown collapse of the Western financial and economic system that is driving […]

    free

  • IS PEACE POSSIBLE IN UKRAINE?

    Houston Mennonite Church 1231 Wirt Rd., Houston, TX, United States

    Renowned anti-war and social justice activist Medea Benjamin talks about her new book,  co-authored with Nicolas Davies, entitled "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict."   She traces the origins of the war back to the fall of the Soviet Union  and addresses Russia's grievances as well as Ukraine's. Understanding both is necessary to […]

    Free

  • IS PEACE POSSIBLE IN UKRAINE?

    1st Unitarian Universalist Church 5200 Fannin St., Houston, TX

    Renowned anti-war and social justice activist Medea Benjamin talks about her new book,  co-authored with Nicolas Davies, entitled "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict."   She traces the origins of the war back to the fall of the Soviet Union  and addresses Russia's grievances as well as Ukraine's. Understanding both is necessary to […]

    Free

  • IS PEACE POSSIBLE IN UKRAINE?

    Bay Area UU Church 17503 El Camino Real , Houston, TX, United States

    Renowned anti-war and social justice activist Medea Benjamin talks about her new book,  co-authored with Nicolas Davies, entitled "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict."   She traces the origins of the war back to the fall of the Soviet Union  and addresses Russia's grievances as well as Ukraine's. Understanding both is necessary to […]

    Free

  • IS PEACE POSSIBLE IN UKRAINE?

    LoneStar College, Kingwood Campus Music Building, Room 101, 20000 Kingwood Dr., Kingwood, TX

    Renowned anti-war and social justice activist Medea Benjamin talks about her new book,  co-authored with Nicolas Davies, entitled "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict."   She traces the origins of the war back to the fall of the Soviet Union  and addresses Russia's grievances as well as Ukraine's. Understanding both is necessary to […]

    Free

  • The Age of Reason or the Annihilation of Humanity

    Online Houston

    We are in an epochal change.  The countries of the Global South are now demanding their innate right for development. The old order, which neither follows rules, nor is in  order, is trying to prevent a change in the status quo, which protects the rights of the billionaires, but neglects the billions of people who […]

    free

  • Jubilee House Community in Nicaragua, part of Center for Development in Central America.

    Live Oak Friends Meeting House 1318 W. 26th, Houston, TX, United States

    JHC-CDCA in NicaraguaSarah Woodward has presented before about Jubilee House Community and its work in Nicaragua as part of Center for Development in Central America. She will have a 20-25 minute powerpoint presentation, and then we'll have time for Q&A as you wish.  If you've been hearing strange things about Nicaragua, this is your chance to […]

    Free

  • Without the Development of All Nations, there Can Be No Lasting Peace for the Planet

    Without the Development of All Nations, there Can Be No Lasting Peace for the Planet
    Online TX

    A little more after the war in Ukraine, which in reality had started in 2014, escalated with the Russian military operation, it has become very clear that the real issue is not Ukraine.  It is a proxy war between the U.S. Great Britain and NATO, on the one side, and Russia on the other -- […]

    free

  • Interfaith Justice Advocacy Workshop

    Online TX

    June 2023 is the perfect time to refresh your advocacy knowledge and set goals for engaging your faith community around issues that impact the planet and its peoples. Why is it such a perfect time? The Texas legislative session just ended, and in September all eyes will turn toward the 2024 elections. Faith communities typically […]

    Free

  • Weelaunee Worldwide: Block Cop City Speaking Tour

    Montrose Center 401 Branard Street, Houston, TX, United States

    This is an invitation to join a powerful collective action. After more than two years of struggle to defend the Weelaunee forest in southeast Atlanta from the construction of a militarized police training facility, the movement is at a crucial crossroads. This November, there is a call for a mass action to halt construction on […]

    Free

  • Drawdown Roadmap

    online not applicable, not applicable, United States

    You may know that there are many possible solutions to combat climate change.  But, how do we focus our efforts, create the most effective plan and really make a difference on climate before it’s too late? The Drawdown Roadmap is a science-based strategy for accelerating climate solutions, pointing to which climate actions governments, businesses, investors, […]

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