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Populist Militarism and Trump’s War Agenda

Populist Militarism and Trump’s War Agenda Thursday, Sept 7, 6:30 – 8:00 pm Community Building Lobby, 35 W. Main Militarism is an ideology–or, more accurately, a set of interconnected ideologies–that drives and sustains war. This workshop will focus on militarism…

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Supporting Charlottesville, Confronting White Supremacy

On August 19th, our SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) committee responded to a call from national groups including Movement for Black Lives, The Majority, and Black Lives Matter Charlottesville for a national day of action and response to the…

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PJALS calls on Senators Murray and Cantwell: Congress must stop Trump’s Afghanistan Escalation

President Trump announced Monday night a dramatic escalation of US war in Afghanistan, with no definition of success and no exit plan – in fact, very few specifics of any kind. Reports before his speech included speculations of sending 4000…

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Charlottesville Will Unite the Left

speech by Joan Braune at Spokane Citizens Stand Against Racism, Sunday August 13, 2017 As we all know, yesterday in Virginia, several hundred fascists held a rally called Unite the Right. They should have called it “Unite the Left,” because…

10 reasons we MUST be talking to voters about Prop 1

PROPOSITION 1 ENCOURAGES DISCRIMINATION THAT HURTS US ALL Everyone should be treated equally and with respect. Proposition 1 wipes away city laws that prevent biased policing and racial profiling that is counterproductive to effective law enforcement, and it doesn’t just…

Peacekeeping & De-escalation Skills Training: Nonviolence in Action

Peacekeeping & De-escalation Skills Training: Nonviolence in Action Wednesday, August 23 5:30 pm – 8 pm Community Building, 35 W. Main Light refreshments at 5:30 Training begins at 6:00 pm and will finish at 8:00 pm. No cost. Donations gladly…

PJALS Voter Canvass – No on Prop. 1

PJALS Voter Canvass-No on Prop. 1 Saturday, August 26 9:30 am – 2 pm Community Building, 35 W. Main RSVP here Talking with voters face-to-face is the MOST important way we will defeat Prop 1, the anti-immigrant profiling initiative on…

PJALS Federal Budget Action: presenting the People’s Budget

PJALS Federal Budget Action: presenting the People’s Budget 10 N. Post St. Spokane 4 pm – 5:15 pm PJALS’ Peace & Justice Action Committee presents the next event in their series of budget actions with a rally in front of…

Help Send Young Activists to AMP Next Weekend!

Help send young PJALS leaders to “Building Communities of Hope – Activists Mobilizing for Power” training conference in Portland, OR, Aug 11-13! AMP is a unique three-day training and networking conference for community-based leaders, staff, and volunteers of groups organizing…

Peace Memorial for Nagasaki & Hiroshima

Gather behind the Convention Center near the Spokane River to join Peace & Justice Action League members to commemorate the 225,000+ lives ended in Nagasaki and Hiroshima by the US’s atomic bombs on civilian cities in 1945. President Donald…