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Washington, DC — September 29, 2016 — Peace Action, the nation’s largest peace organization, endorsed Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH-1) for the House of Representatives in Maine’s 1st district.  [...]

Martin and Dorothie Hellman, longtime Peace Action members, have published an incredible book, A New Map for Relationships: Creating True Love at Home and Peace on the Planet, that we [...]

In an effort to both restore the checks and balances enshrined in our constitution and reduce the risk of nuclear catastrophe, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) have [...]

Washington, DC — September 23, 2016 — Peace Action, the nation’s largest peace organization, made the following statement in response to today’s first-ever CTBT resolution (number 2310) passed by [...]

Today, 27 Senators defied one of the most powerful and wealthy lobbies in Washington, the arms industry, by supporting S.J.Res.39, a resolution to block the administration’s proposed sale of [...]

Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund President Kevin Martin’s op-ed in the New Haven Register (and other outlets): Through a combination of denial, lack of empathy, fear-mongering, [...]

Washington, DC — September 20, 2016 — Peace Action, the nation’s largest peace organization, endorsed Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1) for the House of Representatives in Maine’s 1st district. “I am [...]

Peace Action Board of Directors Co-chair Larry Wittner on History News Network 9-11-16 by Lawrence S. Wittner Dr. Lawrence Wittner (http://www.lawrenceswittner.com) is Professor of History [...]

Today, Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Al Franken (D-MN), and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation, S.J.Res. 39, to block the administration’s proposed sale of $1.15 billion [...]

On Tuesday, Textron — the last U.S. weapons company making cluster bombs, a deadly indiscriminate weapon that’s made headlines in the past year for killing and maiming hundreds of civilians [...]