Chicago Area Peace Action

Chicagoland Chapter of the national organization Peace Action, a coalition of engaged citizens who share a commitment to peace through justice.

[Chicago Area Peace Action @ChiPeaceAction]

MAY DAY 2026: Beyond a one-day General Strike, we invite and support efforts to deepen our knowledge about public tools of leverage to resist and protect – tools like a SUSTAINED GENERAL STRIKE WITH SPECIFIC DEMANDS. Such actions have won rights in the past, and can do so again!

[Chicago Area Peace Action @ChiPeaceAction]

—Join the anti-war contingent in the May Day march  alongside About Face, CAPA, and CCAWR – Friday, May 1st at 1:00 PM – Union Park (corner of Ashland Ave & Randolph St), Chicago, IL 60607.
—Support the General Strike call to action: “NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, NO SHOPPING!”

[World BEYOND War @WorldBeyondWar]

⚠️ WBW Board Member John Reuwer along with 178 other participants in the @gbsumudflotilla have been kidnapped by Israel while aboard vessels carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. 21 boats were illegally intercepted in international waters between Italy and Greece. ⚠️

[World BEYOND War @WorldBeyondWar]

The interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla is an assault on international cooperation. WBW’s John Reuwer is currently at sea, challenging an illegal blockade that starves civilians. We demand that governments act now to ensure the safety of this nonviolent mission.

[Chicago Area Peace Action @ChiPeaceAction]

SUNDAY FEB. 22 @ HAYMARKET HOUSE: Join us for a special event, "Israelis in Solidarity with Palestinians," featuring Sahar Vardi, conscientous objector and antiwar activist from Jerusalem. RSVP here:--> https://t.co/QDhUx08gGm

[Martin Luther King III @OfficialMLK3]

Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and led hundreds to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Her courage and leadership reshaped the meaning of resistance and liberation and reflect the enduring strength of women. This #BlackHistoryMonth, we honor her legacy.

[Medea Benjamin @medeabenjamin]

The U.S. State Department is openly attacking peace groups like CODEPINK and The People’s Forum, smearing us as “foreign agents” and even “narco-terrorist sympathizers.” Why? Because we oppose war, ICE raids, sanctions, and endless militarism.

Stand with the voices they’re trying to silence. #PeaceIsNotACrime

[Synekura Audio @synekura_audio]

Dick Gregory on why he believed the system can't solve complex problem - and what comes next

[Chicago Area Peace Action @ChiPeaceAction]

TODAY at 6:30PM in Evanston IL - Book Launch, "Confronting Islamophobia in the Church". Join us with authors Anna Piela and Michael Woolf for this important discussion! Moderated by Sawsan Abubaker. RSVP-> https://t.co/EFkmOhGkgX
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@JudsonPress
@Advocates4Just

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

👋🏾 “We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.” #MLK

[Chicago Area Peace Action @ChiPeaceAction]

See this Instagram post by @venezuelasolidaritynetwork https://t.co/tAYQiZmD68

[CODEPINK @codepink]

🚨 CODEPINK Statement on U.S. Seizure of Oil Tanker off the Coast of Venezuela

Call It What It Is: 21st-Century Piracy

The Trump regime has crossed another line in its relentless campaign against Venezuela: seizing a massive, fully loaded Venezuelan oil tanker in Caribbean waters. This is 21st-century piracy, plain and simple, and it’s being carried out by a government that has decided bullying an entire country is acceptable foreign policy.

The tanker seizure is not an isolated incident. It comes after months of escalating U.S. aggression in the region. U.S. forces have launched more than ten strikes on small boats in the Caribbean, killing at least 87 people. Soon after those attacks, a U.S. military aircraft crossed into Venezuelan airspace, triggering national alerts and heightening fears of a wider conflict. And now the Trump regime has deployed warships to surround and confiscate one of the biggest oil tankers as it transported Venezuelan crude to Cuba.

For years, Washington has illegally sanctioned Venezuelan oil, and while it once seized Iranian fuel bound for the country, it had never gone as far as to intercept and confiscate a fully loaded Venezuelan supertanker until now. The stolen vessel is capable of carrying more than 300,00 tons of crude. This is exactly the kind of prize that foreign policy hawks begged Trump to seize during his first term. Now, with a second-term team built around hardliners like Marco Rubio, that long-planned escalation has finally become policy.

This maritime aggression is part of a much wider campaign of economic coercion and outright theft that Venezuela has endured for years. Washington has seized the country’s external assets, freezing billions abroad, taking CITGO, and even confiscating a Venezuelan government plane. Now that same pattern is playing out at sea: U.S. forces intercepting and taking the very tankers that carry Venezuela’s oil. After stripping the country of one of its largest revenue sources, the Trump regime has simply expanded the operation on land, in the air, and across the Caribbean. It’s all the same strategy: starve the country economically, attack it militarily when politically convenient, and bully it into submission.

This attack doesn’t just hurt Venezuela; it hurts Cuba, too. By seizing a tanker carrying crude to the island, the Trump regime is deliberately targeting the Cuban people, who already endure punishing US sanctions and fuel shortages.

CODEPINK condemns this dangerous escalation. The U.S. must immediately release the seized tanker and cease its blockade in the Caribbean. Latin America is not Washington’s playground; it's a Zone of Peace. The people of the region deserve sovereignty and dignity.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. Let’s call this out for what it is: an act of piracy.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Justice is Love lived out.

Justice isn’t revenge;
it’s re/alignment with Love.

Justice re/aligns culture with Love.
Justice re/aligns the climate with Love.
Justice re/aligns policies with Love.
Justice holds institutions accountable for Love.

Justice is Love we can witness.

[Chicago Area Peace Action @ChiPeaceAction]

Join us at 7 pm, Thu, 10/30, at Lake St. Church in Evanston for a screening of "Gaza: Doctors Under Attack," portraying the struggle of medics to carry on as all Gaza hospitals were under fire. Followed by discussion with MedGlobal co-founder Dr. John Kahler, who served in Gaza.

[Chicago Area Peace Action @ChiPeaceAction]

Panelists Rabbi Brant Rosen & activist Dennis Kosuth will speak at CAPA's 46th Fall Benefit: "When Politics Fail: Conscience As Resistance." Get tickets at
https://t.co/0VerSHLKD3

Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 6 pm, at the Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 Knox Ave, Chicago, IL, 60630.

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

We have free copies for anyone in prison in the United States or Canada.

[Chicago Area Peace Action @ChiPeaceAction]

Get your tickets for "When Politics Fail: Conscience As Resistance" https://t.co/0VerSHLKD3

Thu, Oct 23, 6 pm, Irish American Heritage Center

Join us to honor Andrew Ginsberg & Sawsan Abubaker, who have stood for justice and peace amidst local attempts to suppress their voices.

[Christian Smalls @Shut_downAmazon]

The Genocide won’t stop until the weapons being shipped stop 🛑