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Last weekend, I attended “Looking Back: Remembering the Victims of Nuclear Weapons – Looking Forward: Towards a Nuclear Free Future,” an event Peace Action West cosponsored to commemorate the [...]

Peace lanterns commemorate Hiroshima Day August 6th marks the 63rd anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. On Saturday, we’ll remember Nagasaki Day. In remembrance of all the victims [...]

Last week, the India Nuclear Deal inched forward when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a plan for inspecting India’s nuclear reactors. "The safeguards agreement with the [...]

It’s no wonder that Sen. McCain’s campaign has been so cagey about their planned fundraiser in San Francisco. Now that word is out, look what’s happened! No Soldier Left Behind [...]

American political culture is truly bizarre. From accusations over Obama’s religion to the overprotection of McCain’s "valiance," it’s hard not to wonder at our [...]

For months, the Bush administration has stubbornly refused to engage in direct diplomacy with Iran until it stopped its uranium enrichment – a counterproductive policy that has heightened [...]

As Sen. Obama has been busy making major pronouncements about Iraq, Sen. McCain has not been one to be outdone. You may have read Sen. Obama’s New York Times op-ed, and as you also probably [...]

Good news! Tuesday morning, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development dealt Bush’s request for the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) another defeat as it cut the $10 [...]

Journalist Seymour Hersh’s recent article in the New Yorker details covert operations by the CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) taking place in Iran and the continued escalation [...]

A new Iran sanctions bill in the House, H Con Res 362, has a clause that could be interpreted as calling for a naval blockade, which would be an act of war. While the resolution states that [...]