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  • Public Reading of John Hersey’s Hiroshima

    The Tom Paine chapter of Veterans for Peace is sponsoring, with Upper Hudson Peace Action co-sponsorship, a public reading of John Hersey’s classic book, Hiroshima, which follows the true stories of six people caught up in the atomic bombing of their city. Starting at 11:00 AM on August 6, the event will take place in…

  • Golden Rule Peace Boat visit coverage in the Albany Times Union

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  • Golden Rule Peace Boat visits Albany July 11- July 13

    In 1958 four Quaker peace activists sailed the Golden Rule toward the Marshall Islands in an attempt to halt thermonuclear weapons testing. The US Coast Guard boarded her in Honolulu and arrested her crew, causing an international outcry. Arrest of the crew and rising awareness of the dangers of radiation and nuclear war led to…

  • It’s Time to Build a Supranational System of Governance: An Indispensable Foundation for Peace

    Upper Hudson Peace Action and Peace Action New York State are pleased to invite you to a talk by Sovaida Ma’ani Ewing about a system of global governance for peace. Sovaida Ma’ani Ewing is a prolific author, speaker, and international lawyer with 20 years of experience in public and private legal practice. She is the founding director of The Center for Peace and Global Governance, a virtual think tank…

  • March for Our Lives’ Day of National Action

    Indivisible Columbia County NY will join March for Our Lives’ Day of national action, in reaction to the latest wave of gun violence. They will be holding a vigil at the gazebo in Chatham on June 11, 2022 at NY 11:00 – Noon. March for Our Lives (MFOL) was founded in the wake of the…

  • Larry Wittner updates

    Wednesday June 8, 7:00 PM Eastern Time, via Zoom Speaking on “How the Peace Movement Can Work More Effectively to End the War in Ukraine”, our speaker, Larry Wittner, is Professor of History Emeritus at SUNY/Albany and an award-winning author of numerous books on peace movements and foreign policy.  His hundreds of articles on international…

  • Recent Activity by Upper Hudson Peace Action

    Jan 12, 2022 we zoomed with a speaker from South Korea, Hyun Lee, with a masters from Columbia, who described a peaceful path out of the current tensions with North Korea and gave us a good overview of how the United States has made South Korea subservient militarily to it as well touching on our…

  • Welcome to UHPA

    UPPER HUDSON PEACE ACTION works to end wars and prevent new wars through education and public witness. We seek to abolish nuclear weapons. We support human rights, economic justice and international cooperation. Located in New York’s Capital District, we sponsor speakers, organize demonstrations, screen films, pass out leaflets, circulate petitions and address elected officials. Watch DemocracyNow!…