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Religious communities demand accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other violations of law and abuses of power
By Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
Released 05 May 2008
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace joins in the rising tide of condemnation and demands that members of the United States government be held accountable for War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and other crimes under international, federal and state law, particularly in planning, providing purported legal justification for, and using torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment in Abu Ghraib, Bahrain, Guantanamo Bay and secret CIA prisons around the world. FROM CONQUEST TO COMMUNITY, FROM VIOLENCE TO REVERENCE: AN INTERFAITH FAST TO END THE WAR IN IRAQ
By The Shalom Center, www.interfaithfast.org/
Released 06 September 2007
INTERFAITH FAST TO END THE WAR IN IRAQ: October 8. FROM CONQUEST TO COMMUNITY, FROM VIOLENCE TO REVERENCE
Dear Friends,
Since a few days after the Virginia Tech mass murders, The Shalom Center has been working with others in the religious community toward a broadly multi-religious Call for a nationwide fast day on October 8 to help Americans move away from the policies and practices of violence, at home and overseas. This work crystallized in two approaches – one focused on ending the war in Iraq, the other on challenging the entire culture of violence that is honeycombing our society. The laser-beam focus on the war was preferred and adopted by a number of major leaders and institutions of American religious life, and is going out to many others as well.
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Please read more to join the Fast here Letters to Chief of Police, Los Angeles Mayor, President of Police Commission
Re: Immigration Rally at Mc Arthur Park – May 1, 2007
By Rev. Louis A. Chase, Hamilton United Methodist Church
President, ICUJP
Released 14 May 2007
"...It is ironic that this incident follows the15th anniversary, to the day, of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising.
The disproportionate response of the police in fully attired riot gear and a retinue of helicopters were perceived by many persons as a clear provocation to intimidate the lawful exercise of the freedom of assembly and to incite disorder among rally participants..." Read more...
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Silence Is Betrayal
By ICUJP
Released 02 March 2007
 Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, ICUJP calls on religious communities to denounce the war in Iraq and demand that it end now.
Forty years ago, on April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered a powerful and inspiring speech at Riverside Church in New York City, which has become known as Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.
In this speech, worth reading and rereading, Dr. King declared that he could no longer confine his energies to the domestic struggle for civil rights. Instead, his deep religious faith compelled him to denounce the war in Vietnam both because it was wrong and because of what it was doing to America and the rest of the world. He declared: "A time comes when silence is betrayal." Read more...
and PLEASE JOIN US on April 15: Jublilee for Justice and Peace
click here for more information Active-Duty, Reserve, and National Guard Members Call for End to US Wars and Aggression
By ICUJP Military Outreach Committee
Released 12 November 2006
As people of conscience currently serving in the U.S. military, we call for an immediate end to all the unjust and immoral U.S. wars, imperial policies and occupations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. We will follow our consciences before simply obeying any order, and we refuse to participate in war crimes. We understand that there are consequences to standing up for what we believe in, but there are graver consequences for blindly following orders. We stand in solidarity with our working-class brothers and sisters of all countries and will not fight them for the sake of the oil companies, the politicians, and the corporate profit empire. Religious communities must stop blessing war and violence. We pledge to do our part to spread this understanding, to build unity with workers, soldiers, and peace-loving people worldwide, and to dismantle the racist war system. Read more...
download this statement in Acrobat .pdf format here Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center Beilenson Hearing: Stop the Cuts.
By ICUJP Political Outreach Committee
Released 31 October 2006
WHEN:
6 November, 2006
Monday
9:30 am
WHERE:
Board of Supervisors' Hearing Room
500 West Temple Street
Los Angeles
directions
WHAT:
Proposed cuts to the services offered at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center include denial of care to an estimated 434 patients a month needing surgical care, 85 children needing pediatric care, 63 women needing obstetric care, 32 mothers and their babies needing neonatal intensive care and more...
The proposed cuts will net NO savings according to the hearing's official announcement (download here).
Please come to the hearing to voice your support for community health and the King/Drew Medical Center.
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