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Yesterday I joined an enthusiastic crowd on a sunny afternoon in the courtyard of the Federal Building in Oakland to join Rep. Barbara Lee’s rally and press conference to build support for her [...]

THANK YOU to the thousands of you who have already called the White House, and my heartfelt apologies if you had trouble with our toll-free number. Today peace groups across the country are [...]

-by Kevin Martin President Obama has repeatedly called the US occupation of Afghanistan a “war of necessity”, in contrast to the war of choice his predecessor waged (and of course is [...]

Leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and its newly formed Afghanistan Taskforce have sent a letter (pdf) to President Obama urging “a comprehensive rethinking of our military mission, [...]

The findings in a new report out today by the JASONs, a group of independent, expert scientists, call into question the need for new nuclear weapons. Tasked by the House Armed Services Committee [...]

Earlier this month, I had the privilege of hearing Afghan activist and suspended member of Parliament Malalai Joya speak in Berkeley. Joya is in the United States promoting her new book A Woman [...]

Numerous polls in recent months have shown that a majority of Americans do not think the war in Afghanistan is worth fighting and oppose sending more troops. The opposition to the war is even [...]

By Kevin Martin, Executive Director On his first trip to Japan as president, Barack Obama appears to be backing off his previously and oft-stated commitment to seeking a world free of nuclear [...]

Update: The White House has the full joint statement available at this link. President Obama has touched down in Japan. While some groups have been calling for Obama to become the first American [...]

President Obama just met yesterday with his advisers, and the reports we’re hearing indicate he is leaning toward sending 20,000 to 40,000 more troop to Afghanistan. He is going to announce his [...]