Brooklyn For Peace is our LOCAL peace and justice organization. Since 1984, we have been addressing the racial, social, and economic injustices which lead to war. We are primarily an educational organization. We are non-partisan and tackle multiple issues from different perspectives. We see active response to injustice as a crucial part of our mission. W

Over the years the specific issues have changed, but urgent challenges remain: to promote social justice at home and abroad; to tackle the climate emergency; to address the continuing impact of white supremacy and profound racial inequalities. Our distinctive contribution is speaking out against militarism and war.

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Feb. 21-26, No Other Land." Documentary by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli activist/filmmakers, chronicling the Israeli military’s incremental expulsion of the West Bank community of Masafer Yatta — home to 20 ancient Palestinian villages. At the Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St, west of 6th Ave. Multiple daily showings .For info and tickets.

Sat. Feb. 22, 12:00pm: Permanent Ceasefire Now Vigil at 5th Ave. and 44th St., Sunset Park. Sunset Park Elders. Also on Tuesday February 25, at the same location

Sun. Feb. 23, 1:30pm: Global Day of Action to Close (Military) Bases. Outside the Times Square Recruiting Center. 200 W. 43rd. St. Prayer and public witness. Bring signs that call for The Closure of Military Bases or An End to Military Recruitment
Sponsor: Pax Christi New York State. If you plan to attend, please email nypaxchristi@gmail.com so that they can contact you if plans change.

Sun. Feb. 23, 4-5pm: Israelis for Peace/NYC Vigil at Union Square (South steps) Israeli anti-occupation activists, call for ceasefire and full hostage deal. All welcome, but please do not bring signs or flags.

Sun. Feb. 23, 7pm. The Palestine Exception. Film screening and fundraiser for Gaza. Includes film discussion. Stone Circle Theatre, 59-14 70th Ave. Ridgewood, Queens.

Thurs. Feb. 27, 6:30 pm. History and how-to’s of war tax resistance. NYC War Resisters League (WRL) and @tax.resistance.collective. Interference Archive 314 7th Street Brooklyn.

Thurs. Feb. 27, 5-6pm: Women in Black Vigil at Union Square, on the traffic island on 14th St between Broadway and 4th Avenue. For over 20 years, Women in Black Union Square has been part of the international movement of Women in Black (started by Jewish and Palestinian women in Israel in 1988). See more info at www.womeninblack.org

Fri. Feb. 28, 10-11am: Hands Off Gaza! Hands Off the West Bank! Picket Dan Goldman's office, 36th St & 3rd Ave, Brooklyn. NY10-Neighbors.

Fri. Feb.28. 2 PM. Hybrid teach-in with Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign: CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016. Room 5414. RSVP here.

Wed. Mar. 5, 8:30am. Rally & March for a Nuclear-Free World. Sponsored by The Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World, in conjunction with Third Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.) Begins at the Isaiah Wall (First Ave. & 43rd Street) then processing at 9 AM to the U.S. Mission to the UN (First Ave. & 45th Street). Family-friendly event.

Wed. Mar. 5, 4-5 pm: Close Guantanamo! Steps of NY Public Library, 41st St 5th Ave, Manhattan. Initiated by World Can't Wait; co-sponsored by BFP and many others

For daily updates of NYC area actions for Gaza, send an email to joecatron@gmail.com and ask to be added to an extensive list of NYC-area actions to stop Israel's Genocide.

Trump Gives Peace a Chance in Ukraine
On Medea Substack, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies report the details of Trump’s new policy regarding Ukraine and the possibility that it might end the war.

“A Victory for Putin”?
On Democracy Now, Jeffrey Sachs & Matt Duss Debate U.S.-Russia Talks to End Ukraine War

Zelensky and Trump Trade Blows as Feud Escalates Over Peace Talks
Multiple NYTimes reporters cover President Trump calling Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator” after the Ukrainian president took issue with his statements on the war with Russia.

Taking a Bad Joke Seriously....Trump's Plan for Gaza???
BFP Co-Vice-Chair Bruce Altschuler argues that The danger of Trump’s scheme is far more serious than a simple diversion. We should have learned by now to take even Trump’s most absurd ideas seriously and mobilize to stop him.

Israel Plans 1,000 New Settlement Homes as West Bank Raids Intensify
On Common Dreams, Brett Wilins delves into plans by the Netanyau government to establish a thousand new settlement homes on the West Bank that will destroy the chance for peace and compromise.

An Israeli raid of a famous Palestinian bookstore stokes censorship fears
On NPR’s Morning Edition, Mansee Khurana, Adriana Gallardo and Leila Fadel argue that the Israeli raid on East Jerusalem's Educational Bookshops and the arrest of their owners does not bode well for free speech in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Inside the Oscar-Nominated Film That No Studio Will Touch
NYTimes interview the directors of “No Other Land,” a documentary about the destruction of a village in the occupied West Bank, , which, contrary to the article’s headline, is now showing at the Film Forum in Manhattan (see information above, under “Events/Actions”).

Rebels Take 2nd Major City in Eastern DRC Amid Fight to Control Congo’s Vast Mineral Wealth
On Democracy Now, Amy Goodman interviews Congolese policy analyst Kambale Musavuli regarding the connections between the violence in eastern Congo and the area’s vast mineral wealth.

Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco
In The Nation, Jeffrey S. Khan details US government shuttling of immigrants from the United States to Gitmo, posting photos of them in shackles, and locking them up.

Trump’s Sovereigntist Imperialism Will Trigger Self-Defeating US Decline
On Common Dreams, Joseph Gerson argues compellingly that as Trump transforms the United States into a pariah nation, he will accelerate the nation’s fall from power, generating increasingly dangerous domestic and international turmoil and insecurity

Time to DOGE the nuclear triad
On Responsible Statecraft, William Hartung explains that the new massively over-cost 'Sentinel' nuclear weapon program is inefficient and a security risk to the United States.

Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials 
The Guardian reports that President Trump directs DoJ to pause prosecutions under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and issues a pardon to Rod Blagojevich.