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by Madelyn Hoffman, Executive Director, New Jersey Peace Action originally published by The Socialist On the International Day of Peace 2015 (September 21), I spoke at the First Presbyterian [...]

Peace Action board member Larry Wittner on History News Network By Lawrence S. Wittner Dr. Lawrence Wittner (http://lawrenceswittner.com) is Professor of History emeritus at SUNY/Albany. His [...]

This piece is by guest blogger John Ratliff of Massachusetts Peace Action and was originally published here. Minsk 2, the agreement signed in February 2015, was designed to end a devastating [...]

A year ago today, the Senate voted to authorize $500 million to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels to help in the fight against ISIS. One year later, the effort has become an embarrassment. [...]

If by the end of tomorrow no legislation is passed to oppose the Iran agreement, it will move forward.  Republicans have tried to ditch the accord but Democrats in the Senate have blocked them [...]

Who knows why, but the Senate is again “debating” (I’d say speechifying) the Iran nuclear accord. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) scheduled another cloture vote for 6:00 [...]

Yesterday, the peace movement won its biggest victory in recent memory. In a 58-42 vote, opponents of the nuclear deal with Iran failed to garner the 60 votes necessary to end debate and move to [...]

Dupont Circle, Washington DC, vigil (which was a celebration since the Senate vote this afternoon to uphold the Iran peace agreement). Photos by Eric Swanson, Peace Action’s Database [...]

September 10, 2015 NATION’S LARGEST PEACE AND DISARMAMENT ORGANIZATION HAILS SENATE VOTE TO UPHOLD IRAN PEACE ACCORD   Washington, DC—Peace Action, the country’s largest peace and [...]

…are still the two things one doesn’t want to watch being made (well I’ve had some very good vegan sausages lately which one probably could watch being made but that’s [...]