Award-winning author Cecile Pineda of Berkeley, California, recently released a new book, Devil's Tango: How I Learned the Fukushima Step by Step, published by WingsPress of San Antonio, Texas. Her previous books have earned prestigious prizes.
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Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 08:09
August's Nuclear Free Future month opened with WILPF women across the country recommitting themselves to work for a Nuclear Free Future.
Friday, August 10, 2012 - 10:17
On September 22, WILPF and Earth Democracy joins the growing coalition in the Global Frackdown Day of Action calling for a global BAN on fracking. Join this growing and powerful people’s movement to ban fracking not just in the U.S., but world-wide. This is one big step toward environmental and climate justice that will help secure national and international peace and freedom now and for future generations.
Friday, August 10, 2012 - 09:58
The Corporations vs Democracy Working Group and the Food Democracy/Local Economy subcommittee of the Earth Democracy Committee have prepared an informational introduction to Monsanto Corporation’s ‘crimes’ against the environment, food security, human rights and democracy.
Friday, August 10, 2012 - 09:20
On September 22 - WILPF and Earth Democracy joins the growing coalition in the Global Drackdown Day of Action calling for a global BAN on fracking.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 14:37
On Wednesday, June 6, 2012, WILPF, U.S. convened a Roundtable Discussion in conjunction with Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) and Congressman Russ Carnahan (MO-3) on implementation of the U.S. National Action on Women, Peace and Security.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 14:36
The Invisible War is a groundbreaking investigative documentary about the shameful and underreported epidemic of rape within the US military. With stark clarity and escalating revelations, The Invisible War exposes the rape epidemic in the armed forces, investigating the institutions that perpetuate it as well as its profound personal and social consequences.
Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 18:01
This spring, share the gift of membership in the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom with all the women (and male allies) in your life—cousins, daughters, mothers, nieces, neighbors, and new friends.
Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 05:21
I’ve been hearing from a number of branches about plans for commemorating International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament on Thursday, May 24. This day began in Europe in the early 1980s, when hundreds of thousands of women organized against nuclear weapons and the arms race, and offers a perfect opportunity for raising awareness about WILPF’s agenda for structural change and vision of human security.
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 03:33
Tell Congress: End Polluter Welfare!
Last month, Bernie Sanders and Representative Keith Ellison introduced the End Polluter Welfare Act to end corporate welfare. If Congress doesn't act, these corporations will rake in $110 billion over ten years. The five largest oil companies alone made more than $1 trillion in profits, just in the last five years. Some of these corporations have paid no taxes for some of these years. You can bet they will spend big bucks to lobby against this bill and fund candidates that support dirty carbon energy over clean, green renewable energy.
