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'''United for Peace and Justice''' (UFPJ) is a coalition of more than 1400 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the ''immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building''.<ref>[http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=16 About]</ref>
 
'''United for Peace and Justice''' (UFPJ) is a coalition of more than 1400 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the ''immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building''.<ref>[http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=16 About]</ref>
  

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United for Peace and Justice

Template:TOCnestleft United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) is a coalition of more than 1400 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building.[1]

The National Coordinator is Leslie Cagan.[2]

United for Peace and Justice is a partner organization of the Institute for Policy Studies.[3]

Communist influence

Several Marxist organizations are involved in the UFPJ leadership but the most influential has been the Communist Party USA, through members and Steering Committee such as National Coordinator Judith LeBlanc, Steering Committee members such as Jacqueline Cabasso, Libero Della Piana and Siri Margerin and affiliate leaders including Rosalio Munoz, Alfred Marder and Erica Smiley.

Steering Committee

The UFPJ Steering Committee voted on at UFPJ's 4th National Assembly December 12-14, 2008 in Chicago.

National Organizations Affiliated With UFPJ

UFPJ affiliates as of July 17, 2007[4].

Solidarity with Sept. 24 FBI Raid Activists

The Committee to Stop FBI Repression lists United for Peace and Justice as one of the organizations that has issued a statement of solidarity in support of the activists raided in the September 24, 2010 FBI Raids.[5]

External links

References

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  1. ↑ About
  2. ↑ "Peace Coalition Plans to Mark 5th Anniversary of Iraq War" in Political Affairs
  3. ↑ IPS partners
  4. ↑ Affiliates
  5. ↑ Committee to Stop FBI Repression: Solidarity Statements (accessed on Oct. 6, 2010)
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