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With hawks pushing for maximum military spending and the war in Afghanistan raging, we urgently need voices for peace in Congress. In the November 8th special primary election, you have an [...]

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want the U.S. selling arms to countries that turn around and use those arms against their own people. Despite the wakeup call of the Arab Spring, [...]

This program, Worldview, with host Jerome McDonnell, is one of the best on public radio. It’s on five days a week, focusing on international affairs. I’ve known Jerome for over 20 [...]

The deficit super committee’s deadline is fast approaching, and so far there is little information about where they are leaning in coming up with a plan to reduce the deficit by $1.5 trillion. [...]

After nearly 9 years, the U.S. is withdrawing troops from Iraq. There is no doubt in my mind that this couldn’t have happened without you. Before this war even began, you responded to [...]

In more than eight years of persistent and inspiring activism, you never lost sight of our goal: to bring every last American soldier home from Iraq. Today, it was gratifying to hear President [...]

Today, President Obama announced the overdue end to the war in Iraq. We were pushing for a complete withdrawal up until the last minute, with the Pentagon and some hawks pushing for a residual [...]

After human rights groups and members of Congress raised concerns about plans to sell $53 million in weapons to the Bahraini government, the Obama administration announced that they are holding [...]

Of course it would never have begun in the first place had the peace movement had its way. The human, financial and societal costs of this U.S. war of aggression are hard to fathom. What an [...]

A vote was set on a non-binding resolution that would have put the County Council of Montgomery County, MD on record in support of a “different military strategy and an end to the wars [...]