Martin Luther King, Jr. Week of Actions

“The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.”
                                Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. April 4, 1967

*** Albany/Delmar, NY * Ann Arbor, MI *  Asheville, NC * Atlanta, GA *  Baltimore, MD [x2] *  Berlin, Germany [x3] * Binghamton, NY * Boston, MA [x2] * Brainerd, MN * Brunswick, ME * Buffalo, NY * Cambridge, MA [z/x4] * Cambridge, MA * Carbondale, IL * Chicago, IL [x2] * Cincinnati, OH (z) * Cleveland, OH * Corvalis, OR [z] * Dallas, TX * Dayton, OH * Detroit, MI * Eureka, CA * Hamilton, ON * Honolulu, HI * Huntsville, AL * Ithaca, NY * King of Prussia, PA * Kurtistown, HI * Los Angeles, CA * Madison, WI * Malden, MA * Manchester, NH * Melbourne, Australia * Miami/Liberty City, FL * Milwaukee, WI * Minneapolis, MN * Montreal, QC * Nevada City, CA * New Haven, CT * New Orleans, LA * New York City, NY [x4] * New York City/Bronx, NY * New York City/Jamaica * Newark, NJ * Newton, MA * Northampton, MA * Oakland, CA * Peñasco, NM * Philadelphia, PA [x2] * Pittsburgh, PA * Portland, OR [x4] * Portland, ME * Quincy, MA * Racine, WI *  Raleigh, NC * Rochester, NY * San Francisco, CA [x2] * San Jose, CA * Santa Barbara, CA * Santa Rosa, CA * Schenectady, NY * Seattle, WA * Sidney/Parramatta, AU * Silver Spring, MD * Spokane, WA [z] * Syracuse, NY * Tiffin, OH * Tucson, AZ * Vancouver/Burnaby, BC * Victoria, BC * Washington, DC [x2] ***

[x] refers to the number of entries for a location, [z] means the event/s online

Albany/Delmar, New York

Location of Action:  Four Corners (Delaware and Kenwood)
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 4:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace

Details of Actions:  This antiwar vigil is part of the UNAC, Martin Luther King week of actions. Please join us

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Location of Action:  Federal Building, 300 E Liberty St.
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 13, 2023, 5:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Ann Arbor Coalition Against the War

Details of Actions:  We are a grassroots anti-war group protesting US wars since Vietnam.
Since Feb, 2022, we have protested US and NATO provocations that have led to the war in Ukraine.
Bring a sign, bang a drum for peace!

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Location of Action:  1202 Edgewood Avenue, Ann Arbor
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 20 2023, 5:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Ann Arbor Coalition Against the War

Details of Actions:  We are a grassroots anti-war group protesting US wars since Vietnam.
Since Feb, 2022, we have protested US and NATO provocations that have led to the war in Ukraine.
Bring a sign, bang a drum for peace!  The is a weekly protest.   So grateful for UNAC!

Asheville, North Carolina

Location of Action:  Park Square
Date and Time of Action:  Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 4:30 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Western North Carolina Veterans For Peace

Details of Actions: Antiwar Protest

Atlanta, Georgia

Location of Action:   King Day events along Auburn Ave
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  International Action Center, Atlanta

Details of Actions:  Leaflet distribution and antiwar visibility with banners and signs on Auburn Ave starting at the corner of Ebenezer Baptist Church at noon.
If you want to participate, please email for further information
This outreach can continue most of the afternoon during the march which starts at 2 at Peachtree and Baker and ends at the gravesite at the MLK Center.
Please bring signs and banners. Leaflets for distribution will be provided.

Baltimore, Maryland

Location of Action:  City Hall, Gay & Fayette Sts.
Date and Time of Action: Monday, January 16, 2023, 2:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Peoples Power Assembly, Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Assoc., Unemployed Workers Union

Details of Actions: 
Honor Dr. King Jr. – End Food Apartheid in Baltimore – Feed the People, Not the Pentagon
Four deeply impacted areas in Baltimore, from Pigtown to West Baltimore, from Cherry Hill to East Baltimore are uniting to demand ending food deserts, rollback prices, feed the people, not the Pentagon!
Important for the anti-war movement to unite with the community in demanding and end to food apartheid.

Baltimore, Maryland

Location of Action:  City Hall, Gay & Fayette Sts.
Date and Time of Action: Saturday, January 21, 2023, 2:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Peoples Power Assembly, Youth Against War & Racism

Details of Actions:  Gathering on the corner of Howard Street & MLK Blvd at 2 pm. After brief rally will March to indoor venue.   Part of the national week of protests called by UNAC.

Berlin, Germany

Location of Action:  Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 14, 2023, 2:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Coop Anti-War Cafe / Frente Unido America Latina

Details of Actions:  Coop Anti-War Cafe Berlin and
Frente Unido America Latina – United Front for Latin-America
we participate on Sat Jan 14, and have a table at the International Rosa-Luxemburg Conference
https://www.jungewelt.de/rlk/
also in support of MLK WEEK OF ACTIONS – JAN 13 – 22, 2023

Berlin, Germany

Location of Action:  Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz – in front of the US-Embassy
Date and Time of Action: Saturday, January 21, 2023,  2:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Frente Unido America Latina – United Front for Latin-America

Details of Actions:  United Front for Latin-America
Weekly event in front of the US-Embassy, Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz
we participate on Sat Jan 21, MLK WEEK OF ACTIONS – JAN 13 – 22, 2023

Berlin, Germany

Location of Action:  Weekly event in front of the US-Embassy Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz
Date and Time of Action:  Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 3:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Frente Unido America Latina-United Front for Latin America, Mothers Against War, Berlin

Details of Actions: We – women and men against NATO wars of aggression in all the world – since the NATO-war of aggression against Yugoslavia in 1999 are 2 times weekly in the streets of Berlin (Germany) demonstrating against all NATO wars of aggression..
We condemn of course the war in Ukraine.
Our actions now are directed against NATO war in Ukraine against Russia.
We fully support your actions against NATO !
With greetings of solidarity from Germany !
Sincerely yours Brigitte Queck, chairmen of Mothers Against War, Berlin

Binghamton, New York

Location of Action:  Court St Binghamton at Martin Luther King statue at the bridge
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 11:00 am

Sponsoring Organization:  Peace Action & Veterans for Peace of Binghamton, NY

Details of Actions:  Ringing of nearby church bell at 11 AM
We Shall Overcome words and music soprano sax by Ed Nizalowski
Short readings from Martin Luther King
Display of new banner: THE GREATEST PURVEYOR OF VIOLENCE IN THE WORLD IS MY OWN GOVERNMENT–MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
Procession across bridge to MLK event at First Congregational Church on Front St 12 Noon

Boston, Massachusetts

Location of Action:    Park Street, ‘T’ Station
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 14, 2023, 1:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Boston May Day Coalition, Committee for Peace and Human Rights, Massachusetts Peace Action, International Action Center – Boston, United Against War and Militarism, Assange Defense Boston, Workers World Party – Boston, Red Flag Boston, Pride at Work – Boston, Other groups welcome

Details of Actions:  The war makers in Washington are at it again. Tens of billions in weapons and military aid have been sent to Ukraine to fuel the carnage there with no end in sight. The corporate elites with Pentagon contracts are laughing all the way to the bank! Our taxes are footing the bill. The Ukraine war is escalating. The US is directly involved. The Army’s 101st Airborne Division has been deployed 3 miles from Ukraine’s border.
For decades US military action and economic intervention in Europe has been unassailable. This is no longer the case. In continuing the proxy war, the US has now committed to “total victory”, which neither side will achieve. Blowing up the Nord-stream pipelines has increased the danger. We are all at risk of nuclear war! Let’s celebrate Dr. King’s legacy by demanding an end to Washington’s proxy war.
Working people here have no interest in supporting US nuclear weapons nor the presence of 100,000 US troops in Europe. Bring them all back now! NATO is not defending us. It defends the profits of the billionaires here and in Europe. All this while we lack childcare, education, housing, and healthcare. This must end. Fund human needs, not the Pentagon! Join us!

Boston, Massachusetts

Location of Action:  Park Street, ‘T’ Station, Tremont St and Park Street
Boston
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 21, 2023, 11:30 am

Sponsoring Organization:  Boston Area Assange Defense

Details of Actions:    Supporters of Julian Assange will gather at Park Street Station on the Boston Common on Saturday, January 21 from 11:30 to 12:30 to raise their voices for the embattled and endangered journalist and publisher Julian Assange.

For this rally, a special focus will be on the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, marking the 21st anniversary of its opening on January 11, 2002. This symbol of US lawlessness is still open despite WikiLeaks publishing the GITMO Files in 2011 showing the awful abuses of the detainees. Assange suffers similarly to the detainees as he is held in limbo, tortured, uncharged, un convicted, and his dire situation under-reported. If our media faithfully reported on Guantanamo and Assange’s incarceration it could quickly put an end to both.

Please join us on the 21st to call for an end to both these injustices. Hopefully we can celebrate Assange’s release soon as well as a just resolution of the quagmire at Guantanamo.

Brainerd, Minnesota

Location of Action:   Intersection of Sixth and Washington Streets, Brainerd (Across from the Historic Brainerd Water Tower)
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 21, 2023, 2:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace (BACP)

Details of Actions:  Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace (BACP) will hold a peace vigil on Saturday, January 21. The vigil will be held at the intersection of Sixth and Washington Streets, Brainerd, across from the historic Brainerd water tower. The peace vigil begins at 2 p.m. and is scheduled to last an hour. Signs, flags, and banners are available for vigil participants or vigil participants can bring signs to the peace vigil.
The vigil is in solidarity with the United National Antiwar Coalition’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Week of Action (Friday, January 13-Sunday, January 22) and the Peace in Ukraine Coalition’s two Weeks of Action (Friday, January 13-Friday, January 27).
For more information about the Weeks of Action, please visit www.unacpeace.org and peaceinukraine.org
The vigil supports a key demand of both Weeks of Action calling for a peace settlement to end the Ukraine War and an end to the U.S. providing military aid and training to the Ukrainian military. The vigil calls on the U.S. to support diplomatic efforts to peacefully end the Ukraine War.
The vigil will demand the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces from the Middle East, an end to U.S. drone assassinations, and the termination of U.S. support for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirate’s brutal war on Yemen.
The vigil calls for an end to the U.S. sanctions regime and regime change operations. The vigil supports the U.S. using diplomacy which respects international law, national sovereignty, and the right to self-determination to peacefully resolve disputes with other nations.
The vigil supports major reductions in the U.S. military budget and using the funds for human needs and environmental protection.
Everyone is welcome to join the peace vigil. Please join us.

Brunswick, Maine

Location of Action:  Town Green
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 13, 2023, 5:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Peaceworks, Brunswick

Details of Actions:  Weekly vigil for non-violence since 9-11-01….current focus on Waging Peace With Russia. Sharing with passersby, copies of Peace and Planet News issue with MLK Riverside Speech as especially relevant to the current situation.

Brunswick, Maine

Location of Action:  Tontine Mall downtown Brunswick
Date and Time of Action:  Thursday, January 19, 2023, 11:30 am

Sponsoring Organization:  No war with Russia committee

Details of Actions:     Weekly vigil in downtown Brunswick since mid-February.
Connecting the dots between US-NATO illegal and immoral war aimed at Russia using Ukraine as a hammer and destruction of human needs and environmental care.
US-NATO goal is to break Russia into smaller nations in order for western resource extraction corporations to steal the vast resource base of Russia.Don’t we know by now that all US war$ are resource war$?

Buffalo, New York

Location of Action:   City-wide
Date and Time of Action:  Wednesday, January 18, 2023,  Time: Contact us
Sponsoring Organization:  Workers World Party, International Action Center

Details of Actions:  Activists in Buffalo we will be hitting the streets with posters and leaflets to talk with our friends, coworkers, and neighbors in our community about the devastating impact U.S. wars and sanctions have on the people living in the targeted countries, as well as working class people here in the imperial core. Send us your availability for 1/18 and we will plug you in to activities taking place. Help us build the anti-war coalition and end all U.S. wars at home and abroad!

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Location of Action:  Zoom
Date and Time of Action:  January 16, 18, 19

Sponsoring Organization:  Massachusetts Peace Action

Details of Actions: 

Monday, January 16, 7:00-8:00 pm: Preemptive Doctrines and the Dangers of War in Northeast Asia;
Wednesday, January 18, 8:00 – 9:00: Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal;
Thursday, January 19, 7:00 – 8:00 pm: Yemen War Powers Resolution, Past,  Present, Future;
Saturday January 21, 1:00 – 6:00 pm: Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War, Social and Economic Costs of the Current Nuclear Weapons Buildup;

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Location of Action:  Fresh Pond Parkway at the Fresh Pond Mall, 545 Concord Ave
Cambridge, MA
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 20, 2023, 3:30 – 5:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Raytheon Nuclear Weapons Campaign

  • Website:  https://masspeaceaction.org/event/rally-to-support-the-nuclear-ban-treaty-tpnw/
  • Facebook Page:
  • Contact Name:  Susan Mirsky
  • Contact Email:

Details of Actions:   Join the Raytheon/Nuclear Weapons Campaign to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the TPNW’s signing into law. Rally at Fresh Pond Shopping Center, Cambridge.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal of being their total elimination. It bans the use, possession, testing and transfer of nuclear weapons under international law. Needless to say, the US has not signed.

At this rally we will address Raytheon’s role as a major producer of key nuclear weapons that make nuclear war more likely. We give visibility to Raytheon’s extensive Mass. presence and the our need to abolish nuclear weapons.

Please look for other activities to promote the TPNW

Contact: Susan Mirsky, Raytheon/ Nuclear Weapons Campaign

Carbondale, Illinois

Location of Action:  Town Square Pavilion, corner of Main and Illinois Ave.
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 14, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:

Details of Actions:   Some signs will be provided but people welcome to bring their own in support of the week of action.

Chicago, Illinois

Location of Action:  Federal Plaza, Dearborn and Adams
Date and Time of Action:  Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Chicago Antiwar Coalition (CWAC)

Details of Actions:  Leafleting against U.S. war on Russia. Call for U.S. negotiations with Russia

Chicago, Illinois

Location of Action:  10300 S. Western Avenue
Date and Time of Action:  Sunday, January 22, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Women’s March and Southsiders for Peace

  • Website:
  • Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/southsidersforpeace
  • Contact Name:  Janice Gintzler
  • Contact Email: 

Details of Actions:  Stand for Women’s Rights

Cincinnati, Ohio

Location of Action:  Zoom, https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlde-qrD8oG9ehNw_qceelpBSFiMrkvhKr
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 21, 2023, 6:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Cincinnati Socialist Workers Organization

Details of Actions:  Discussion of Socialism and the Antiwar Movement

Cleveland, Ohio

Location of Action:  East 55th Street, I90 Overpass
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 20, 4:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  International Action Center

Details of Actions:  Rush hour Banner Drop

Corvalis, Oregon

Location of Action:  Online
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 6:30 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Veterans For Peace Linus Pauling Chapter 132

Details of Actions:  The event is entitled Finding an Off Ramp in Ukraine.

We’ll watch Medea Benjamin’s 18-minute video War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, then have a town hall-style open discussion focused on what we should be working on to end the conflict. We expect a lively discussion about the strategy of supporting US weapons to Ukraine while calling for peace negotiations. The event will formally end at 8 PM PST, although the conversation may continue if there is interest.

Dallas, Texas

Location of Action:  MLK DART Station
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 9:00 am

Sponsoring Organization:  CODEPINK Dallas, Veterans For Peace Ch 106, Dallas Peace & Justice Ctr, Dallas Anti-War Committee, DSA North Texas Anti-War Working Group

Details of Actions:  Join with human rights, anti-war, and justice organizations and activists from across DFW to answer the national call to honor Dr. King and his legacy as a champion for PEACE and NONVIOLENCE. We’ll have banners, signs and leaflets with messaging echoing the sentiments of Martin Luther King, Jr. and calling for diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine – not weapons to prolong it, killing more and more living beings and continuing down the path to nuclear Armageddon!
WHERE: Meet at MLK DART Station (look for our signs in the air) before joining the MLK Parade watchers.
MLK suggested that to end the war in Viet Nam, our government should: “Declare a unilateral cease-fire in the hope that such action will create the atmosphere for negotiation.” Surely, he would want the same for Ukraine.
In his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, MLK said, “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.”
Please check here before leaving for the event, in case of updates or changes. Contact:
#HonorMLK
#DiplomacyNotWar
#PeaceInUkraine
#NegotiationNotEscalation
#PeaceLoveDiplomacy
#NoNukes
#NoNatoExpansion
#GoogleCubanMissileCrisis

Dayton, Ohio

Location of Action:  23 N Main St, Dayton OH
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 6:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Freedom Road Socialist Organization

  • Website:  https://frso.org/
  • Facebook Page:
  • Contact Name:  Ethan Clark
  • Contact Email: 

Details of Actions:  MLK Day of Action: Rally to Stop US War Moves

Detroit, Michigan

Location of Action:  Historic St. Matthew’s-St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, 8850 Woodward Ave. between King and Holbrook
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Detroit MLK Committee

Details of Actions:  20th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March & Rally Will Honor Six Decades of Mass Movements in Detroit and Beyond.

Schedule:
Rally & Cultural Presentations: Noon-1:30pm
March: 1:45–2:30
Meal: 2:30-3:00

Under the theme: “Six Decades of Mass Movements, The Struggle Continues”, the Detroit MLK Day Committee is calling for a citywide mobilization in honor of the 94th birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968).

This event will feature speakers and artists active in the movements for social justice, peace and self-determination. The speakers and cultural workers are from the social movements taking place in Michigan, nationally and around the globe.

Eureka, California

Location of Action:  825 5th St, Eureka, CA
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 14, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Peace and Freedom Party

Details of Actions:  Join us at the Humboldt County Superior Courthouse on Saturday, January 14th at noon to protest against our government’s support for Ukraine’s fascist government, and against Washington’s attempt to destabilize Russia for geopolitical points. We must show the ruling class that broad opposition towards NATO and its machinations exists within the American population.

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Location of Action:  Outside the Art Gallery of Hamilton at 123 King Street West, Hamilton
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 23, 2023, 11:30 am

Sponsoring Organization:

Details of Actions:   Picket of PM Trudea’s Cabinet Caucus In Hamilton

The Hamilton Coalition to Stop The War (HCSW) is pleased to announce that it is planning to hold an informational picket in Hamilton of Prime Minister Trudeau’s cabinet caucus meeting. The picket is part of a North American week of protest to stop NATO wars and occupations.

In addition, the picket will also oppose the purchase by the Trudeau government of F-35 fighter jets whose lifetime expenses will cost Canadian taxpayers about $77b. CAD.

Doug Brown, co-chair of the HCSW, noted that “The Trudeau government’s F-35 purchase is a terrible waste of taxpayers’ money, for several reasons. First, these fighter jets aren’t designed primarily to defend Canada. Rather, they were developed to lock Canada into a US military command structure for offensive NATO operations overseas, just as Canadian F-18’s did so destructively in the former Yugoslavia and Libya, for example. Second, the lifetime costs of these war machines (plus those of purchasing new warships and drones) means that ordinary Canadians will be denied financial, environmental, and health security, as growing funds directed to military budgets means other budgets shrink. Third, the F-35’s enormous carbon footprint (60,000 litres of fuel per hour of flight) will effectively cancel out Canada’s ambitious carbon reduction goals.

Ken Stone, Coalition Treasurer, added that “The war in Ukraine is a US-proxy war that has been 30 years in the making – ever since the US and other NATO countries decided to break their promises to the last Soviet President Gorbachev that NATO would not expand one inch eastwards of a reunited Germany. Furthermore, the US and NATO (including unfortunately Canada) staged a coup in Ukraine in 2014 to overthrow the elected government of Victor Yanukovich, which coup put into power a government that waged war on its own Russian-speaking population in the Donbas, undermined the Minsk Agreements, and created the conditions for an inevitable war with the Russian Federation. This war, now in its 11th month, has the potential to mushroom into a wider European war and even into a nuclear confrontation with Russia. Instead of sending a new anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine worth over $400m and 200 lightly armoured vehicles worth $90m CAD, Trudeau should seek to de-escalate the conflict and to engage Canadian diplomats in seeking a negotiated end to the conflict in Ukraine.”

Honolulu, Hawaii

Location of Action:  At the Refuse Fascism Truck on Magic Island
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 9:00 am (local time)

Sponsoring Organization:  Honolulu MLK Day Parade, Walk for Peace in Ukraine

Details of Actions:   Please join us at 9am at the Refuse Fascism truck at Magic Island to Walk Together to Demand Peace in Ukraine!

Huntsville, Alabama

Location of Action:  Airport and Whitesburg
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 14, 2023, 10:00 am

Sponsoring Organization:  North Alabama Peace Network

Details of Actions:  Our weekly rally will be focused on MLKJr and non-violence and racial justice this Saturday, 10am-11am, corner of Whitesburg and Airport roads.

Ithaca, New York

Location of Action:  Catholic Worker House, Ithaca, NY/ Zoom
Date and Time of Action:  Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 7:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Ithaca Catholic Worker

Details of Actions:  We will listen to MLK’s April 30, 1967 speech from Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA entitled “Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam.” Please consider how MLK’s words apply to our world today for discussion. I would suggest that you listen to the speech ahead of time. We will listen during our Tuesday gathering as well, followed by a discussion ending at 8:30 pm. 

Watch the speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EUGnz2xhQQ

From Todd: Today we celebrate the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with thanks and praise. 7 PM on Zoom, link Below.  Those who would like to practice conviviality can contact Leslie Schultz  <> at our Ithaca Catholic Worker house.

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2787837555
Personal ID – 278-783-7555
password: 958620

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Location of Action:  230 Mall Boulevard, King of Prussia, PA 19406 (behind King of Prussia Mall)
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 16, 2023, 12:00 PM

Sponsoring Organization:  Brandywine Peace Community. Endorsed by Green Party of Philadelphia

Details of Actions: Martin, 230 Mall Boulevard, King of Prussia, PA 19406 (behind King of Prussia Mall)
Sponsored by Brandywine Peace Community. Endorsed by Green Party of Philadelphia.
*Banner and Poster Vigil Display. *Bell-Tolling. *Readings from Dr. King. * Martin Luther King Day litany.
*Ceremony uplifting the Anniversary of the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty and the illegality of Lockheed Martin .
MANDATORY FOR PARTICIPANTS: Adherence to the discipline of Nonviolence [“of fist, tongue, and heart”, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]

Kurtistown, Hawaii

Location of Action:  Downtown Hilo, Hawaii Post Office/Federal Bldg/, Kurtistown, HI
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 13, 2023, 3:30 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Malu Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action

Details of Actions:  Weekly Hilo, Hawaii Peace vigil at the downtown Post Office/Federal Bldg. on Fridays 3:30-5 PM,   Dec. 30, 2022, marked 1109 weeks with a new peace leaflet prepared each week for distribution on the internet, and handed out on the vigil street corner.

Los Angeles, California

Location of Action:  Corner of Western Ave and MLK Boulevard
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 1:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice

Details of Actions:  At 1 pm, after the CORE-sponsored march, we will march to Leimert Park with participating progressive organizations, community groups, students and more honoring Dr. King’s messages against U.S. war – including especially today’s build up towards World War III by this government. We will be demanding no more money for war and instead money for jobs, health care and education. We will be demonstrating for an end to homelessness and an end to racism, misogyny, oppression, and police and border patrol violence. We will be demanding an end to white supremacy and the attacks against our LGBTQ+ family. And, as Dr. King would advise, we will be celebrating and advocating our united international working class struggle for a better world! – No police or military contingents are allowed at this march.

Madison, Wisconsin

Location of Action:  30 on the Square/ Top of State St. @ Mifflin St.
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Vet’s For Peace, Chapter 25, Madison, WI

Details of Actions:   Stop by at Top of State St. @ Mifflin St. on the Capitol Square for some Peace Music and Peace information. Vet’s For Peace Chapter 25 will table from 12:00 – 1:00 PM. Have a great Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Malden, Massachusetts

Location of Action:  Rep. Katherine Clark‘s office, 157 Pleasant St, Malden, MA
Date and Time of Action:  Thursday, January 26, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:   Peace In Ukraine, January Weeks of Action

Details of Actions:   Join the Peace in Ukraine coalition to say:

CEASEFIRE Now.
DIPLOMACY to End the War in Ukraine
$$$ for Climate, Healthcare &amp; Housing
NOT Weapons for Endless War
DO NOT RISK NUCLEAR WAR!

The Ukraine-Russia war demands our urgent attention. We condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but we also condemn NATO expansion and US/NATO provocations of Russia over decades and refusal to negotiate

Manchester, New Hampshire

Location of Action:   Veterans Park
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 14, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  NH Peace Action, ANSWER Coalition Southern NH, PSL Southern NH, NH Youth Movement

Details of Actions:   Rally: Peace in Ukraine – Yes! NATO Expansion – No!

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Location of Action: 553 St Kilda Rd (US Consulate) in Melbourne
Date and Time of Action:  Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 5:30 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Anti-War Victoria

Details of Actions: 

The Australian Government has already committed over 400 million dollars to the US proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and Australia is the largest military funder outside of NATO. It has sent heavy weaponry and drones and is also training Ukrainian troops directly. The war in Ukraine has been used by the Albanese Government to make Australia a de facto member of NATO.

Ukraine has been turned into a killing field as the US, NATO and its allies have used the country as part of their long term plans of militarily encircling Russia. The US has made it clear that “victory” in Ukraine is not peace for the region but the military defeat of Russia in order to turn it into a semi-colony to be exploited by western imperialism.

Australia is also neck deep in US Imperialist war plans against China. The new AUKUS alliance with Britain and the US means 170 billion dollars will be spent on nuclear submarines. Nuclear armed B52s will be permanently in Australia in addition to the thousands of Marines and the spy and other military bases we already host.

Unless an international movement is mobilised the US and its allies are on a trajectory for a nuclear WW3. In Australia we must fight for the end of the US alliance, the end of AUKUS and the removal of all US bases. We must fight for the hundreds of billions being spent on planning to kill be spent on health and housing and the environment not on death machines.

This action coincides with an action in Sydney by Anti-War West Sydeny and is part of week of actions called by the United National Anti-War Coalition in the US

We are also planning a rally on February 25th in the city as part of a further international anti-war actions. Join us!

Miami/Liberty City, FL

Location of Action:  54th St. and 10th Avenue, Liberty City, Miami, FL
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, Assemble 10:00 am, Step Off 11 am
Sponsoring Organization:  Veterans for Peace

Details of Actions:  Veterans For Peace, its supporters and allies will march for the 17th time in the Liberty City, Miami parade, the largest and oldest annual commemoration of MLK in the United States, reaching an audience of half a million. We will assemble beginning around 10am at the NE corner of the Winn-Dixie parking lot/SW corner of NW54th St. and NW 10th Ave. We have a few drivers for those who want to participate in the parade without marching. After the rally (around 3pm), we’ll assemble at Haitian restaurant Chef Creole at 200 NW 54th St. (just east of I-95).

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Location of Action:  1700 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 2:30 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Peace Action WI, Martin Luther King Jr Justice Coalition

Details of Actions:  Martin Luther King Day
22nd Annual Gathering to Honor Dr. King

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Location of Action: 301 Cedar Avenue So, Minneapolis
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 21, 2023, 1:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization: Minnesota Peace Action Coalition

Details of Actions:  “New Year, Same Wars: Stop U.S. Wars and Militarism” – March & rally at Mayday Plaza with indoor component inside adjacent Mayday Bookstore depending on weather.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Location of Action:  2900 Boul Edouard-Montpetit, Quebec
Date and Time of Action:  Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 10:00 am

Sponsoring Organization:  ILPS-Montreal; Quebec Movement for Peace

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Details of Actions:  The start time may change. A protest against the new NATO Centre of Excellence on Climate Change, a project of Prime Minister J. Trudeau. (Centre d’excellence de l’OTAN pour le changement climatique)

Nevada City, California

Location of Action:   Broad Street bridge
Date and Time of Action: Monday, January 16, 2023, 11:00 am

Sponsoring Organization:  Peace and justice center of Nevada County

Details of Actions: Vigil for negotiations to end the Ukraine war. Stop arming, combatants.

New Haven, Connecticut

Location of Action:  New Haven City Hall, 2nd floor, 165 Church St
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 13, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Greater New Haven Peace Council

Details of Actions:   Community Reading of MLK’s “Beyond Vietnam” Speech to commemorate Martin Luther King’s birthday.  The speech condemns militarism and extravagant military spending. Any questions, or to participate in the reading, e-mail .

New Orleans, Louisiana

Location of Action:  Nora Navra Library, 1902 St Bernard Ave, New Orleans, LA
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 21, 2023, 2:30 pm

Sponsoring Organization: Workers Voice Socialist Movement

Details of Actions:

Forum: Eyewitness Ukraine – US/NATO Out of Ukraine!

We were lied to about Iraq, about Vietnam, about Libya… We’re being lied to about Ukraine. We deserve to know the truth.

Louisianans are suffering as the owners of oil and gas companies, war profiteering corporations, and banks rake in billions from another bloody war for profit.

Join Workers Voice Socialist Movement for a forum at the Nora Navra Library on Saturday, January 21, to learn the truth about the war in Ukraine. Hear from John Parker who has visited Ukraine and seen what is truly going on. A member of Socialist Unity Party, founder of the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice, California Senate Candidate for the Peace & Freedom Party, and a member of Black Alliance for Peace, John has been organizing against imperialist war for decades.

Fight for healthcare, housing, and higher wages, fight to end all US economic and military wars for profit. Join us on January 21

Newark, New Jersey

Location of Action:  The march will begin at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Justice Building, 495 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Newark, N.J.
Date and Time of Action:  Sunday, January 15, 2023, 2:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  The People’s Organization for Progress

Details of Actions:  

Please attend the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “We Won’t Go Back” March and Rally that will be held Sunday, January 15, 2023, at 2:00 P.M. The march will begin at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Justice Building, 495 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Newark, N.J.

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue is located near the corner of Springfield Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. January 15th is the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The event is sponsored by People’s Organization for Progress (POP). POP is inviting organizations to be co-sponsors of the march. If your organization would like to co-sponsor the march please let us know by calling (973) 801-0001 or e-mailing . I look forward to hearing from you soon.

For more information call (973) 801-0001. Please wear masks and practice social distancing at the event. Thank you.

Long live the memory of the Civil Rights Movement. Long live the memory of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, the martyrs, freedom fighters, activists and all those that fought for civil rights and human rights!!!

Power to the people!!!

New York City, New York

Location of Action:  St. Mary’s Church, 521 West 126th Street, 10027
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 13 2023, 6:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Struggle La Lucha

Details of Actions:

People speak out to stop racism, poverty and World War III

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
– Rev. Annie Chambers, National Welfare Rights Union co-chair & public housing advocate;
– John Parker, Socialist Unity Party, Calif. U.S. Senate Candidate who recently traveled to Donbass;
– Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report executive editor;
– David Clennon, action & activist;
– Melinda Butterfield, Struggle-La Lucha co-editor & author of “U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine & Donbass”;
– Berta Joubert-Ceci, Women In Struggle/Mujeres En Lucha;
– Joe Lombardo, United National Antiwar Coalition national coordinator;
– Omowale Clay, December 12 Movement
– Ellie McCrow, Pratt Workers United organizing committee
(partial list)

SPONSORS INCLUDE: Struggle-La Lucha newspaper; Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice; Women In Struggle/Mujeres En Lucha; Voices of Resistance; United National Antiwar Coalition; Youth Against War & Racism; Socialist Unity Party; Peoples Power Assembly; Freedom Road Socialist Organization; December 12th Movement; StopNATO.org;  Shut Down the Pentagon & CIA (list in formation)

New York City, New York

Location of Action:  Times Square at West 43rd Street
Date and Time of Action: Saturday, January 14, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Answer Coalition, The People’s Forum,  Rising Together, United National Antiwar Coalition

Details of Actions:   Many groups coming together on Saturday, January 14, in conjunction with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend.   Answer Coalition slogans: NATO Expansion. No!  Peace in Ukraine, Yes!   UNAC Anti-Imperialist contingent: No to NATO!  Stop US Wars!

New York City/Manhattan, New York

Location of Action:  Grand Central Station
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 5:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Free Alex Saab Coalition, NY

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Details of Actions: We will be denouncing the imprisonment of the Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab.  His only crime was evading the illegal sanctions of the North American Empire.

New York City, New York

Location of Action:  Contact Sally
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16th, 2023

Sponsoring Organization:  Peace Action, New York State, ‘Roses to Missions’

Details of Actions:  Deliver thank you certificates to the U.N. Missions of the new state parties who have ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).    Contact Organizers for more detailed information

New York City, New York

Location of Action:  Gathering on the steps of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street; march to the United States Mission at 799 United Nations Plaza at First Avenue and 45th Street
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 20th, 2023, 12 Noon

Sponsoring Organization:  Peace Action, New York State, ‘Roses to Missions’

Details of Actions:   Join the Treaty Rally and March on Friday, January 20th, starting at 12 Noon at the New York Public Library steps on 5th Avenue and 42st Street and ending at the U.S. Mission on 1st Avenue and 45th Street.    Send a firm message to the U.S. Mission that the U.S. should join the Treaty.

SUMMARY:

On Friday, January 20, 2023, a coalition of antinuclear groups will celebrate the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW or the Ban Treaty). The Treaty that entered into force two years ago established a categorical ban on nuclear weapons under international law.

In New York City, during the week of January 16, volunteer members of Peace Action NYS, Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World, and many other organizations will celebrate the anniversary by delivering roses and thank-you certificates to the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of those state parties that ratified the Treaty after January 20, 2022. (The members will be complying with the CDC’s and New York State’s COVID guidelines.)

On Friday, January 20, there will also be a rally in front of the New York Public Library at noon followed by a march to the U.S. Mission at 799 United Nations Plaza to deliver the message that the United States must join the Treaty.

“It’s important to promote the Ban Treaty and to persuade the U.S. to sign it at this particular time, because the world is now embroiled, since the invasion of Ukraine, in the worst nuclear emergency since the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962,” said Jack Baldwin of The Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World. “Two nuclear-armed superpowers are locked in a deadly confrontation in which nuclear weapons have not been taken off the table. The whole concept of nuclear weapons as a deterrent has been disproved by this new European war.”

Said June Tano, Morningside Monthly Meeting of Religious Society of Friends: “In the process of acquiring and maintaining nuclear weapons, the nuclear-armed states have long tormented their own people and the people of the non-nuclear countries. The earth has also been heavily contaminated with nuclear material. Possession of nuclear weapons must be recognized as both a human rights violation and an environmental issue. I truly respect those countries that had the courage to ratify the TPNW.”

“Roses to Missions is an inspirational event,” said Sylvia Rodriguez Case, Co-Chair of Peace Action Fund of NYS. “It’s a great joy to celebrate the courage and bravery of the nine countries that have ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons this past year by visiting their missions to the U.N. to thank them in person. To date, 68 state parties have signed and ratified the TPNW. This keeps hope alive for a world free from nuclear weapons.”

New York City/Bronx, New York

Location of Action:  Event Will Take Place In The South Bronx, Specific Addresses provided on request.
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 21, 2:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Bronx Anti-War Coalition

Details of Actions:   RSVP Link: https://bit.ly/bxantiwar

SATURDAY JAN. 21 @ 2PM
EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE SOUTH BRONX, SPECIFIC ADDRESS PROVIDED TO THOSE WHO RSVP

MLK’s anti-war and anti-imperialist legacy has been erased from history books. MLK reminded us that “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my own government.” Everyone wants to claim his legacy but very few want to practice what he preached. Learn the truth! Join us for a discussion on MLK’s anti-war, anti-militarist positions, including his opposition to the U.S. war against Vietnam, which caused liberal news publications like the New York Times to smear and attack him.

Questions? Contact Richie at 917-539-0444 or

New York City/Jamaica, NY

Location of Action:  Rufus King Park, Jamaica NY
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 27, 2023, 10:45 am

Sponsoring Organization:  Malu Global Peacemakers, Inc

Details of Actions:  talk, walking, teaching, film festival panel, it, book fairs, street food ,vendors, arts gallery, visitors, medias coverages

Newton, Massachusetts

Location of Action:  Rep. Jake Auchincloss‘ office, Washington St and Crafts St, Newton, MA
Date and Time of Action:  Thursday, January 26, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:   Peace In Ukraine, January Weeks of Action

Details of Actions:   Join the Peace in Ukraine coalition to say:

CEASEFIRE Now.
DIPLOMACY to End the War in Ukraine
$$$ for Climate, Healthcare &amp; Housing
NOT Weapons for Endless War
DO NOT RISK NUCLEAR WAR!

The Ukraine-Russia war demands our urgent attention. We condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but we also condemn NATO expansion and US/NATO provocations of Russia over decades and refusal to negotiate

Northampton, Massachusetts

Location of Action:  Northampton Court House, 15 Gothic St  Northampton, MA
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 21, 11:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Nuclear Free Future Coalition

Details of Actions:  Rally and Peace Vigil to support the Nuclear Ban Treaty (TPNW)

Two years ago, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force, giving nukes the same international status as chemical and biological weapons: ILLEGAL and unacceptable.

The USA should sign the treaty and start working with the other eight nuclear nations to disarm. That will help foster peace and cooperation that we need to address climate, health, justice, and other global issues.

Oakland, California

Location of Action:  Assemble, Lake Merritt Columns; Rally, Lake Merritt Ampitheatre
Date and Time of Action:  Sunday, January 22, 2023, assemble/march-1:00 pm, rally 2:15pm

CoSponsoring Organizations: 

  • Joe Lombardo, National Coordinator, United National Antiwar Coalition
  • Jeff Mackler Dir., Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal; Free Julian Assange, SF Bay Area
  •  Rick Sterling, Task Force on the Americas; Mt. Diablo P&J Center
  • Pam Africa, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
  • Vincent De Stefano, National Organizing Director, Assange Defense.org
  • Anna Scibek, Women for Racial and Economic Equality
  • Roger Harris, FreeAlexSaab and US Peace Council
  • Judy Greenspan, International Action Center
  • Cynthia Papermaster, CodePink Women for Peace
  • Dennis Bernstein, Host, KPFA’s Flashpoints

Website:  https://socialistaction.org, https://unacpeace.org, https://unac.notowar.net
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Contact Name:  Jeff Mackler
Contact Email: 

Details of Action:   
$Trillions for Human Needs, Jobs, Education, Health Care, the Environment Not War!
No to Washington’s war moves toward Russia and China!
US Hands off Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Palestine, Venezuela, Haiti, Bolivia, Yemen!
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! Free Julian Assange! Free Alex Saab! Free Leonard Peltier!
Disband NATO Now! No to US Sanctions!
No to US Funding Ukraine War and Threats of Nuclear War!
End systemic racism, sexism, anti-LGBTQI discrimination, attacks on unions, immigrants youth and students

Peñasco, New Mexico

Location of Action:  The “T” at Intersection of State Road 76 and State Road 75, Peñasco, NM
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 14, 2023, 12:00 Noon

Sponsoring Organization:  Peaceful Skies Coalition

Details of Actions:  Community members from sparsely populated, isolated villages will gather at the intersection of two state highways with signs and banners to show their opposition to war and dedication to peace.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Location of Action:  William Way Center 1315 Spruce Street
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 20, 2023, 6:00 pm, Saturday January 20,2023

Sponsoring Organization:    Black Alliance for Peace, Food Not Bombs – Solidarity, International Action Center (Philadelphia), Mobilization4Mumia, Pam Africa (International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal), Workers World Party

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  • Contact Name:  Joseph Piette
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Details of Actions:  Stop the Wars! Fund our Communities!
*** Location and Time have changed!
“The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. April 4, 1967
Hold the date for a discussion with activists involved in struggles right here in Philly and participate in building an anti-war coalition in our city.
As Martin Luther King, Jr. so correctly reminded us, the U.S. is the greatest purveyor of violence in the world. Since WWII, the US has initiated more than 60 military interventions in foreign countries. The US/NATO proxy war in Ukraine, whose origins reside in the 2014 US-backed-fascist led coup that replaced the elected Ukrainian government, brings the US in direct confrontation with a major nuclear power as does the U.S. provocation against China over Taiwan.
Come out to say: NO MORE WARS! NO NATO! FUND OUR COMMUNITIES!

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Location of Action:  TBA
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 21, 2023

Sponsoring Organization:    Black Alliance for Peace, Food Not Bombs – Solidarity, International Action Center (Philadelphia), Mobilization4Mumia, Pam Africa (International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal), Workers World Party

Details of Actions:  Tabling or Fliering outside multiple locations in various neighborhoods on Saturday, January 21st. Locations and times to be announced by a broad coalition of Philadelphia organizations.

As Martin Luther King, Jr. so correctly reminded us, the U.S. is the greatest purveyor of violence in the world. Since WWII, the US has initiated more than 60 military interventions in foreign countries. The US/NATO proxy war in Ukraine, whose origins reside in the 2014 US-backed-fascist led coup that replaced the elected Ukrainian government, brings the US in direct confrontation with a major nuclear power as does the U.S. provocation against China over Taiwan.
In addition to death and destruction abroad, the costs of wars create poverty in our communities. As US tax money is wasted on Pentagon aggression, the underfunding of housing, healthcare and education causes untold harm to our youth, seniors and especially communities of color.
Come out to say: NO MORE WARS! NO NATO! FUND OUR COMMUNITIES!

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Location of Action:  U.S. Courthouse, 6th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA.
Date and Time of Action:  Sunday, January 22, 2023, 2:00 PM

Sponsoring Organization:  Brandywine Peace Community. Endorsed by Green Party of Philadelphia

Details of Actions: Anniversary of U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Entry Into Force
Lift your voice writ large in colorful banners and posters.
Public Reading of the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty and the Phila. City Council Resolution of Support.
Bell of Peace Tolling. Reading of the names of all the ratifying nations

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Location of Action:  Intersection of Forbes and Murray, Squirrel Hill
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 14, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Pittsburgh Anti War Committee, ANSWER Coalition, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Green Party, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Details of Actions:  NO to NATO expansion! YES to peace in Ukraine!

The US has sent billions in military aid to Ukraine. Join us in our demand for negotiations, not escalation!
Organized by: Pittsburgh Anti-War Committee, ANSWER Coalition Pittsburgh, and Party for Socialism & Liberation Pittsburgh, Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom
In solidarity with other cities, we will be honoring Dr. King by building an ever stronger movement for peace and against social and economic injustice. This must include using society’s vast resources to fund healthcare, housing, education and to save the environment – rather than the bloated war machine.

Portland, Maine

Location of Action:  Monument Square, Congress Street (across from the library)
Date and Time of Action:  Thursday, January 19, 2023, 5:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Maine Natural Guard, Peaceworks of Greater Brunswick

Details of Actions:

Join us during Martin Luther King Jr. week to stand for peace against NATO war making

Confusion over NATO’s role in instigating the war in Ukraine has many people supporting Ukraine’s war on Russian-speakers rather than holding our own government accountable. Narrative management by mainstream media and social media means that many who are confused don’t receive information or analysis about NATO expansion and the arming of Europe to fight Russia.

The heightened threat of nuclear war makes it urgent to speak up against U.S. war policies now.

Banners and signs are welcome but we request that no flags be displayed at the vigil.

Portland, Oregon

Location of Action:  SW Yamhill and Broadway
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 13, 4:30 PM

Sponsoring Organization:  Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group, Amnesty International Group 48

Details of Actions:  

On Friday, January 13, people in Portland will gather at Pioneer Courthouse Square (SW Yamhill and Broadway) for a rally and march calling to close down the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The prison was opened on January 11, 2002, twenty-one years ago. Over 30 people remain there, even though most of the active military aspects of the “war on terror” have subsided, hundreds of prisoners have been released, and many have never been charged with a crime. All over the world, Guantanamo is seen as a blemish on human rights, including its history of torture and endless incarceration.

For more information, especially if your group would like to cosponsor or endorse this event, contact Peace and Justice Works at 503-236-3065 or .

Portland, Oregon

Location of Action:  Multnomah Central Library, 801 SW 10th Ave, U.S. Bank room
Date and Time of Action:  January 13, 2023, 4:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Portland anti-war coalition

Details of Actions:  Educational discussion: “Stop sanctions and all U.S. wars internationally and at home”

Portland, Oregon

Location of Action:   105 Burnside St, Portland OR
Date and Time of Action:   Thursday, January 19, 2023, 5:30 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Stop US Wars Coalition

Details of Actions:   March and Rally starting at Powell’s book store

Portland Oregon

Location of Action:  TBA
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 14, 2023: 1:00 PM

Sponsoring Organization:  Direct Action Coalition

Details of Actions: 

IF YOU ARE IN THE PORTLAND OREGON AREA … PLEASE GET IN TOUCH.

Finding like minded orgs to stage a protest.
Details as they develop.

Quincy, Massachusetts

Location of Action:  Rep. Stephen Lynch‘s office, 1279 Hancock St, Quincy, MA
Date and Time of Action:  Thursday, January 26, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:   Peace In Ukraine, January Weeks of Action

Details of Actions:   Join the Peace in Ukraine coalition to say:

CEASEFIRE Now.
DIPLOMACY to End the War in Ukraine
$$$ for Climate, Healthcare &amp; Housing
NOT Weapons for Endless War
DO NOT RISK NUCLEAR WAR!

The Ukraine-Russia war demands our urgent attention. We condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but we also condemn NATO expansion and US/NATO provocations of Russia over decades and refusal to negotiate

Racine, Wisconsin

Location of Action:  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, Intersection of State Street and MLK Drive, Racine, WI
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, –

Sponsoring Organization:  Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice

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Details of Actions:  Join the Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice in Racine, WI for a protest on January 21st to “Stop the war! Save the climate!” as part of the UNAC, Martin Luther King week of actions.

It is extremely important that we build a strong, unified antiwar movement that can break through the media propaganda and censorship and end the US military aggression around the world. Today working people face escalating costs of food and energy, recession, growing insecurity and attacks on efforts to unionize. The continuing wars and military provocations have brought us to the brink of nuclear war.

There will be free street parking and a public parking garage across the street from this event.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Location of Action:  North Carolina State Capitol, 1 East Edenton Street, Raleigh North Carolina
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, Time 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Black Workers for Justice, Muslims for Social Justice, Triangle DSA, Workers World Party-Durham, North Carolina Green Party, Veterans for Peace, Fruit of Labor Coalition

Details of Actions:   Updated information for the Raleigh NC action:  Gather at the state capitol.  Speakers will give brief talks, and then march to Moore Square.

Rochester, New York

Location of Action:  Kenneth B. Keating Federal Building and Courthouse, 100 State St., Rochester, NY.
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 23, 2023, 4:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Veterans For Peace, Chapter 23, Rochester (VFP23) and Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace (GVCP)

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  • Contact Name:  James Swarts
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Details of Actions: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, (TPNW) was adopted by the United Nations in July of 2017. The Treaty makes it illegal to develop, test, produce, manufacture, acquire, possess, stockpile, transfer, receive, use or even threaten to use nuclear weapons or explosive nuclear devices.  122 countries voted to adopt the Treaty in July 2017.  The United States led a boycott of the negotiations and refused to sign, along with 8 other countries with nuclear weapons.

Today, almost 50% of the world’s nations have voted to approve the Treaty by signing and/or ratifying the TPNW as the law of their land.  Speakers will present demands to U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D) and Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D), and U.S. Representative Joseph Morelle (D-NY-25). Join us!

San Francisco, California

Location of Action:  San Francisco Chronicle Bldg., 901 Mission St @ 5th
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 13, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  CodePink, Answer Coalition, XR Peace, Triple Justice, Progressive Democrats San Francisco

Details of Actions:  What: Media: Stop Cheerleading for War!
Register for the event here: https://www.codepink.org/sf01132023

Join CODEPINK SF Bay Area and allies for a picket line, banners, posters, cheerleading contest — cheerleaders for war vs. cheerleaders for peace– music/chanting, flyers, textbanking, a giant “letter to the editor” writing activity, and more calling for major media outlets to provide balanced reporting and the truth that the world demands a ceasefire, Russian withdrawal, negotiations, and an end to the threat of nuclear war from the U.S./NATO proxy war with Russia.
‘Nearly Every War Has Been The Result Of Media Lies’: Julian Assange

San Francisco, California

Location of Action:  Powell and Market Street, San Francisco
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 14, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Answer Coalition

Details of Actions:   We invite you to join us in person on Saturday, January 14. If you are associated with an organization, your group can become an endorser by emailing

San Jose, California

Location of Action:  4th and San Fernando St., San Jose
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 20, 2023, 5:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  San Jose Friday Peace Vigil & San Jose Peace and Justice Center

Details of Actions:    Fund Human Needs, Not War!

Join us on Friday, January 20th, outside of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. library, as we hold up signs and ask people driving by to honk if they agree to no more war!

Ending the war cannot be achieved by more war. Instead of pumping more arms into the Ukraine war, our government should lead the calls for a ceasefire and a negotiated settlement.

Our tax dollars should fund healthcare, housing, education and a clean environment – rather than the bloated war industry.

Can’t make it on the 20th? We are there on the corner of 4th and San Fernando Streets weekly on Fridays (weather permitting) from 5:00pm to 6:00pm. Come join us!

Santa Barbara, California

Location of Action:  Outside Rep. Carbajal’s Office, 360 S Hope Ave, Santa Barbara, CA
Date and Time of Action:  January 20, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:

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Details of Actions:  Join us in Santa Barbara for a rally outside of Congressman Carbajal’s office and a street vigil on Hope to demand that he support de-escalation and negotiation, not weapons, as part of the UNAC, Martin Luther King weeks of action. Following our visit to Carbajal’s office, we will conduct a street vigil at the end of Hope Street, across from the freeway.

Suggested signs:

Ceasefire in Ukraine!
Diplomacy, Not Weapons for Ukraine.
Do not risk nuclear war in Ukraine.
Ceasefire.
No Military Solution in Ukraine – Peace Talks Now.
War is not the Answer. Defund this war.

Santa Rosa, California

Location of Action:  Third and Santa Rosa, Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 21, 2023, 11:30 am

Sponsoring Organization:  Veterans for Peace, Quakers

Details of Actions:  Every Saturday 1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28/2023 11:30 -1pm on Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa. There is no support from Peace & Justice Center nor the Democratic Party. We are working on these endorsements.

Schenectady, New York

Location of Action:  2205 Central Pkwy, Schenectady, NY
Date and Time of Action:  Friday, January 13, 2023, 12:00 Noon

Sponsoring Organization:  Schenectady Neighbors for Peace, Cycle Schenectady

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  • Contact Name:  Gary Lessard
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Details of Actions:  Schenectady Neighbors for Peace weekly Peace Vigil on Friday at 12 noon on the corner of Erie and State in Schenectady, NY. The Peace Vigil connects many of the dots that would lead to peace, such as: Immigration, Indigenous treaties, Militarism, Universal Healthcare, Cuba sanctions, Black Lives Matter, Green New Deal, Corporate Capitalism and on and on. Come help us prevent democracy from being destroyed by self-interest, profit and exploitation.

Seattle, Washington

Location of Action:  Yesler Terrace
Date and Time of Action:  Sunday, January 22, 2023, 2:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  International Leage of Peoples’ Struggle Seattle, Resist US Led War Seattle, Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return UW

Details of Actions:  Sunday Jan 22nd @ 2pm – Rally and Banner Drop at Yesler Terrace

Join @ilps.seattle.tacoma , @resist.seattle , and @super_uw in an International Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners, in participation with the STOP U.S. Wars: MLK Week of Actions!

Resist activist repression!
End wars of aggression!
Free all political prisoners!
Remember MLK Jr.
Free Ahmad Sa’adat

Sidney/Parramatta, NSW, Australia

Location of Action:  Alfred Park, Church St., Parramatta, AU
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 21, 2023, 1:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  AntiWar WestSydney

Details of Actions:  ‘SPEAK OUT!’ No US wars! No US sanctions! No US bases!
Australia — break the links with US imperialism! No to AUKUS! No to nuclear submarines!

Silver Spring, Maryland

Location of Action:  Wayne St Garage, 921 Wayne Ave, Silver Spring, MD
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 14, 2023, 11:00 am

Sponsoring Organization:  Veterans For Peace, Peace Action, BIPOC MOCO Green New Deal Internship

Details of Actions:  We will start with a training at 11 am at the Wayne St Garage, 921 Wayne Ave, free parking, top floor if weather is good, next floor down, if raining. Then we will have an hour of speakers across from the Farmers Market and street canvassing, rain or shine at popular gathering spots–library, grocery store, movie.

Spokane, Washington

Location of Action:  Zoom
Date and Time of Action:  Thursday, January 19, 2023, 7:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Dorothy Day Labor Forum

Details of Actions:   This Thursday, January 19, 2023, veering from our usual speakers approach, the Dorothy Day Labor Forum will hold a Movie Night on Zoom. In alignment with UNAC’s (United National Antiwar Coalition) MLK Week of Actions against war and militarism, we will be showing Grave of the Fireflies, one of the great Japanese art films (anime), and a powerful anti-war statement.
What did Martin Luther King Jr. have to say? “The greatest purveyor of violence in the world: My own Government, I can not be Silent.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. April 4, 1967Film: Grave of the Fireflies & A Short Discussion following the film with input from Veterans For Peace

Please email to request the Zoom link and be added to our email list.
DDLF is also joining the Veterans For Peace in Spokane as we deliver protest letters and petition signatures to our U.S. Senate and House local offices 9:30 AM on Tuesday, January 17. The letters are protesting the nonstop insane funding of militarism.

Syracuse, New York

Location of Action:  The Carrier Dome, on Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY
Date and Time of Action:   Sunday, January 22, 2023, 4:45 – 6:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Upstate Drone Action

Details of Actions:  We will meet outside the Martin Luther King Celebration and Dinner, sponsored by Syracuse University.  We will stand by the entrance with a banner and distribute flyers with quotes from Dr. King’s 1967 speech at the Riverside Church, “Beyond Vietnam: a Time to Break the Silence”,  where he said  “My country [is] the greatest purveyor of violence on earth”.  The event goes from 5:00pm till 9:00 pm.  We will stand outside near the entrance and possibly go in with our message depending on circumstances.

Tiffin, Ohio

Location of Action:  In front of the Courthouse in Tiffin
Date and Time of Action:   Friday, January 20, 2023, 4:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  St. Francis Sisters, Tiffin O

Details of Actions: Basically will hold signs of King’s legacy and each participant will have a chance to speak of King’s dreams and our personal efforts to put the dream into action

Tucson, Arizona

Location of Action:  Federal Building, 300 West Congress, Tucson, AZ
Date and Time of Action:  Thursday, January 19, 2023, 5:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Arizona Peace Council Organizing Committee, Tucson Anti-WAr Committee

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Vancouver/Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Location of Action: Brentwood Skytrain Station, Willingdon and Lougheed Hwy
Date and Time of Action: Saturday, January 21, 2023, 2:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  Local members of the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network: Mobilization against War and Occupation, Fire this Time Movement for Social Justice, World Beyond War, Just Peace Committee-BC the Global Peace Alliance, and the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Location of Action:  BC Legislature Cenotaph
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 21, 2023, 12:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:   Victoria Peace Coalition

Details of Actions:  No to NATO, Stop the War, Yes to Peace!
Bring signs and banners to the BC Legislature for a noon hour demonstration with other activists and peace loving allies. Everyone welcome.

Washington, DC

Location of Action:   Martin Luther King Memorial, 964 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC
Date and Time of Action:  Monday, January 16, 2023, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  CodePink and the Citizens Covid Inquiry

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Details of Actions:  Join CODEPINK and the Citizens’ Covid Origin Inquiry at the Jan. 16 King Holiday Gathering and Parade held at the MLK memorial in Washington, DC,

We will highlight bioweapon development, especially “gain of function” (GoF) research on dangerous pathogens, We will carry signs and pass out handouts quoting King denouncing bioweaponry and encourage the thousands of people who have signed a petition against GoF research to join in the DC gathering and/or organize anti-bioweapon protests in their locality or region.

Washington, DC

Location of Action:  Lafayette Square, Presidents Park
Date and Time of Action:  Saturday, January 21, 2023, 1:00 pm

Sponsoring Organization:  American Student Union, Movement for Peoples Democracy

Details of Actions:  Abolish NATO! Build an America Beyond War! The American Student Union (ASU) is a national student organization with an anti-imperialist and working-class political orientation. We seek to build a new America—of the people, by the people, for the people, and not for the big capitalists and imperialists.

Bring leaflets, flags, banners, and signs against NATO and for the American working class

 

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