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There has been much furor this week about Alan Greenspan’s new book, The Age of Turbulence, in which he states, "I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what [...]

Peace Action West has been working to generate support for the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act, offered by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in the Senate and Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) in [...]

In the midst of escalating tensions between the US and Iran, IAEA Director General Mohamed El-Baradei has become a somewhat controversial figure.  The Washington Post recently published a [...]

The much-anticipated testimony of General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker is upon us.  At Peace Action West, we have been working to build momentum toward the fall, as many war [...]

Noura Khouri, our Las Vegas Field Organizer, has only been on the ground for a week and we are already seeing great results in our presidential birddogging campaign.  Noura and our Deputy [...]

The US Air Force is scrambling to explain how it mistakenly flew six nuclear warheads over the United States on August 30th.  We are still in the dark as to how the warheads were loaded on [...]

Rabbi Michael Lerner of the Network of Spiritual Progressives recently released a transcript of a private conference call with members of Congress and leaders of the anti-war movement.  [...]

I reported to you last week that despite the overwhelming public support for a timeline and the facts on the ground in Iraq, the congressional leadership has been taking a more conciliatory [...]

We are approaching a critical time as Congress comes back into session with a slew of hearings on Iraq, all in preparation for the next round of votes.  Sometime in October, Congress will [...]

Around the Peace Action West office, we know one place to go for insightful commentary on US foreign policy is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.  Check out this video where Jon Stewart lays [...]