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NATO, the U.S.-led military alliance behind the 11-year war in Afghanistan, will be holding its annual meeting in Chicago the week of May 13th-20th. Peace and justice activists in Chicago are planning a large, family-friendly march on May 20th from Grant Park to McCormick Place, where the summit is being held. Please join us on the bus from Madison to Chicago for Sunday's march! We leave the UW-Madison Memorial Union at 8:30am and return by 8pm the same day. Click here for details and to reserve your ticket. |
In the News
‘Creech 14’ found guilty of trespassing, judge says ‘go in peace’
Submitted by staff on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 3:23pm
"Drones are Terrorism" on the signs, as members of the “Creech 14” protest outside the Regional Justice Center Thursday, Jan. 27. A Las Vegas judge..handed down a decision that got a mixed reaction from protesters of drone warfare who were arrested for trespassing nearly two years ago at Creech Air Force Base in Southern Nevada.Judge William Jansen, in a 20-page decision, ruled that the protesters were guilty of the crime of trespassing.But decided that the defendants would be given credit for the time they served in jail and would be free to go. WNPJ member, Kathy Kelly of VCNV can be seen in photos of this event here.
World stands with - and feeds - Wisconsin workers
Submitted by staff on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 3:48pm
Wisconsin's protests for worker rights have inspired people all over the world, including this young man in Egypt's Tahrir Square. Expressions of international solidarity have included a flood of orders into local pizza shop Ian's, which has received offers to buy pizza for Wisconsin protesters from as far away as Egypt and Turkey. A large chart placed inside the State Street Ian's reports on where donations for pizza are coming from, and now records donations from every state in the union.
Workers Rights are Social Rights: a new series with Ann Hewitt at Many Ways of Peace in downtown Eagle River
Submitted by staff on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 1:36pm
Ann, a history teacher at Northland Pines High School, is a veteran presenter at the Many Ways of Peace center in Eagle River. You’re invited to join us as she evaluates the history behind unions and workers rights and talks about how lifting up workers is a much deeper issue than simply raising wages. This is the topic we’re all talking about and concerned about. Ann’s presentations on Gompers and LaFollette and Perkins will help us understand the background of today’s controversy as it is playing out not only in Wisconsin but throughout the country. "Read More" below - to see the schedule and topics...
WNPJ state candidate survey: Questions and responses
Submitted by staff on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 11:02am
The Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJ), a coalition of 173 member organizations from across the state, conducted its first-ever candidate survey this year. WNPJ is a non-partisan, non-profit organization and does not endorse candidates.
The survey questions -- which reflect WNPJ member groups' state policy priorities -- asked candidates whether they support maintaining restrictions on new nuclear reactors, requiring background checks for all gun sales, issuing drivers’ cards regardless of immigration status, restoring voting rights to felons after incarceration, and requiring the Governor to ensure that any federal orders to deploy the Wisconsin National Guard are lawful.
The table below lists all candidates for state office who responded, and their responses.
WNPJ state candidate survey: Candidate comments
Submitted by staff on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:45pmThe Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJ), a coalition of 173 member organizations from across the state, conducted its first-ever candidate survey this year. The survey's five questions reflect WNPJ member groups' state policy priorities. WNPJ is a non-partisan, non-profit organization and does not endorse candidates.
WNPJ part of a coalition calling for a ban on atrazine
Submitted by staff on Fri, 11/05/2010 - 11:40am
A statewide coalition organized by Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger, is calling for a comprehensive ban or other significant action to protect expectant mothers and infants from exposure to the herbicide atrazine in groundwater.
“The current approach consistently remands action only after an exposure to unsafe levels of atrazine in residential well water has occurred,” the groups wrote in public comments to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) .....
WNPJ opposes anti-immigrant Pridemore bill
Submitted by staff on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 1:36pm
A bill recently introduced by Rep. Don Pridemore would allow law enforcement officials to detain someone for up to 48 hours, if officials have a "reasonable suspicion" that the person is in the United States without authorization. To avoid detention, the person must immediately show proof of her or his immigration status.
WNPJ rejects such measures as racist diversions from the real problems facing Wisconsin. These proposals would harm our state because:
WNPJ members write in March
Submitted by staff on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 2:15pm
A sample of letters written by members of WNPJ and our member groups to their local papers in March:
Bonnie Beverstock: Laws sometimes challenge conscience
Daniel J. Guilfoil: If religious groups lobby, they should be taxed
Steve Books: How about using campaign money as stipends for volunteers?
Mitzi Duxbury: Why did Cap Times publish Stepp’s partisan gobbledygook?
Susan De Vos: We can cut greenhouse gases with more local foods, fewer highways, more mass transit
Carl Sack: Mine support survey obfuscated the issue
Al Gedicks: Sulfide mining rules should be applied here
Dave Steffenson: Secretary of state should again oversee lobbyists
WNPJ members speak up in letters to the editor
Submitted by staff on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 12:41pmWNPJ members continue to express opinions on a variety of issues in letters to the editor. Some of the more recent:
David Newby, Journal Sentinel: It's not the workers' fault
Rollin Cooper, Wis. State Journal: Ratify new arms reduction treaty
John Kinsman, Wis. State Journal: Monsanto connection skirted in guest column
John Murphy, Wis. State Journal: Health care reform bill good for small business.
Allen Ruff, Wis. State Journal: Foreign policy and heroin use linked.
WNPJ Members speak out in letters to the editor
Submitted by staff on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 2:38pm WNPJ members continue to express their opinions in recent letters to the editor.
Dave Steffenson, The Isthmus: No fan of Fitzgerald
Jean Sweet, The Capital Times: Neighbors' help makes for great place to live
Bob Menamin, The Cap Times: Dems fell for GOP's Social Security trap and The Wisconsin State Journal: Why is no tax reform included in budget?
Bonnie Block, The Cap Times: End state welfare for big corporations
Paul Beckett, The Wisconsin State Journal: Need for tax hikes ignored in editorial
608-250-9240, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, 122 State Street, Suite 405A, Madison, WI 53703, Send an email to the office info@wnpj.org.