BFP in Action

Day of Action for Gaza

Boycott Chevron

Global Day of Action

Tabling at No Kings Day

 

Iran War Protest

 

  ISRAEL HAS DRAGGED THE USA INTO AN
UNJUSTIFIED, UNPROVOKED, DANGEROUS WAR

* Israel continuously violates the supposed “ceasefire” in Gaza and provokes terrible and escalating violence in the West Bank. Israel’s reign of terror on Palestine has never ended.

* Israel’s plans for the Palestinian territories include no opportunity for the Palestinian people to govern themselves, nor to live in peace with dignity.

* Netanyahu convinced Trump for the US to join Israel in an all-out war on Iran based on fabrications that Iran was about to attack Israel, that Iran was re-constituting nuclear weapons, and that the Iranian people would rise up and take back their country from the present regime. All lies!

* In just two weeks*, the “short” war on Iran has spiraled out of control with no end in sight. They bombed a girl’s elementary school, killing over 175, at least 13 US armed forces have been killed, and oil prices are skyrocketing worldwide.* The cost is already in the billions of US dollars, and now they are preparing to ask Congress for more billions..

* Israel is using this war with Iran as an excuse to bomb Lebanon, with over 800,000 displaced, and more than 800 killed including over 100 children, with fears Beirut will be bombed into oblivion. It now seems as if Israel is occupying Lebanon as it is occupying Gaza and the West Bank*

*As of this writing on March 15

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TELL US CONGRESS:

STOP FIGHTING ISRAEL’S WAR!
STOP SENDING OUR TAX DOLLARS
TO ISRAEL!

Call Your California Senators:

Adam Schiff (415 393-0707) Alex Padilla (916 448-2787)

Call District 1 House of Representatives:

James Gallagher (R) 530 895-4217 (until January 3, 2027)
Mike McGuire (D): 916 651-4002

(Gallagher and McGuire face each other in the November
election to determine who will serve a full term)
Keep them in the loop - contact them both!

                               

Tax Day April 15

Not My Tax Dollars
Https://www.notmytaxdollars.org

  • In 2025 we gave Israel $12 billion in military funding.  
  • For 2026 we have agreed to send another $3.8 billion.  Israel is our largest recipient of foreign “aid” for military funding.
  • The average individual taxpayer gives at least $25.25 in weapons to Israel 

Massive Surge in Profits for U.S. Arms Dealers
Who Profits from the dollars spent on military in Israel?

• $6.67 billion in new sales with total U.S. military aid at $21.7 for the period from October 2023 to September 2025

  • The top two U.S. weapons manufactures 
    • Boeing was first in highest profits last year, however, they do not publicly post their profits
    • Lockheed Martin, a 13% hike last year reaching 12.7 billion profi

    In California, our taxes paid $1,782,825,764 for weapons in Israel. 
    In the city of Chico, $8,469,069 of our tax dollars went to Israel. 

    Our hard earned tax dollars could have paid for:

    • 92, 451 households with free rent for one year, 439 households in Chico.
    • 294,535 families with free groceries for one year, 1,399 families in Chico.
    • 511,571 children with free or low cost healthcare for one year, 2,430 children in Chico.
    • 18,956 elementary school teachers salaries for one year, 90 teachers in Chico
    • 3,364,583 households with solar electricity produced for one year, 15,982 households in Chico
    • 47,706 student loan debt cancelled, 226 student loans cancelled.

    Peace Vigil

     

    The Chico Peace Vigil is open to all who wish to join in its mission of fostering a more peaceful world.​ As Israel’s violence against Palestine has escalated exponentially, the vigil has increasingly become a place where advocates for a free Palestine gather to protest about what is happening there. The vigil is held every Saturday at the intersection of Third and Main Streets in downtown Chico, 12:30 to 1:30 pm.
    BFP welcomes folks to join us there. We have signs, or bring your own.

     

    About the Vigil

    The Chico Peace Vigil is likely the longest-running vigil for peace in the United States. The vigil began during the U.S. cold war with the Soviet Union, and has continued almost uninterrupted to this day. In 1960, the U.S. military installed a Titan nuclear base north of Chico, with three warheads aimed at the Soviet Union. Local residents Wilhelmina Taggart, Helen Kinney, and Florence McLane feared that nuclear missiles
    located so close to town would make Chico a target for Soviet attack. They responded by going to the base weekly to pray, and awakened the local community to the dangers of nuclear weapons so close to town. The missiles were eventually removed in 1965, and the women moved their weekly vigils to downtown Chico, where other residents joined them. Since that time, every Saturday (except for a brief lapse during Covid) activists for peace have gathered at Third and Main Streets in Chico from 12:30 to 1:30, rain or shine, hot or cold, to support peace, social justice, and human rights. The messages on the signs change focus with the changing issues of the day, but they consistently
    support peace.