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Displaying a stunning lack of understanding of policy fundamentals related to his signature campaign issue, John McCain today told reporters that Iranians were "taking al-Qaeda into Iran, [...]

The tragic fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq falls in the middle of one of the most exciting election years we have seen in decades. The war in Iraq—its costs in human lives and taxpayer [...]

Peace Action West has been working with a number of other organizations to ban cluster bombs, indiscriminate weapons that rain down “bomblets” on wide areas.  The bomblets often don’t [...]

As part of one of many activities to mark the tragic 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq, Peace Action West will be tabling at the “Surge for Peace” march and rally in Walnut Creek on Saturday, [...]

I wrote last week about the forum sponsored by Resolution Peace where Peace Action West joined over 100 people to brainstorm and strategize about effective work to end the war in Iraq during this [...]

As the consensus builds for some kind of exit strategy from Iraq, Peace Action West has been working to draw more attention to the issue of residual forces. With the exception of a few bills that [...]

As outrage about the war in Iraq continues to grow, the base of support for ending the war becomes more and more broad. Each group has its own way of approaching the issue and its organizational [...]

The Bush administration, constantly implying that proponents of the war in Iraq have a monopoly on “supporting the troops,” faced intense criticism last year when the public learned about poor [...]

One of the struggles of 2007 for those of us pressuring Congress to end the war was the procedural rule in the Senate that requires 60 votes for passage of controversial measures. This week in a [...]

Yesterday, I went out to the Rossmoor Retirement Community in Walnut Creek to speak to their “Great Decisions” group about diplomacy with Iran. I had never heard of Great Decisions before and I [...]