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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 [...]

In the next week, we will be kicking off No Soldier Left Behind, a new phase of our campaign to end the US occupation of Iraq. We are ratcheting up our work to promote a comprehensive plan to end [...]

On Tuesday, the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee continued the push back against the Bush administration’s drive for new nuclear weapons by refusing to fund the Reliable [...]

Despite the November 2007 National Intelligence Estimate concluding that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program, the Bush administration is bolstering its case for war by labeling Iran one [...]

Hostile rhetoric with Iran is heating up again and Congress’ punitive sanctions approach to dealing with Iran is only adding fuel to the fire. Peace Action West has joined with the Campaign for a [...]

Human rights supporters have reason to celebrate with the announcement that the Convention on Cluster Munitions was approved this week in Dublin by 111 nations, banning cluster bomb production [...]

Most of us look at the war on Iraq as an appalling drain on the economy, but an article yesterday in USA Today reminds us that, for some companies, it means an expanded market. One aspect not [...]

The House of Representatives is voting this afternoon or evening on nuclear weapons funding. Unfortunately, Rep. Pearce of New Mexico has introduced an amendment that would actually restore $10 [...]

1. Last week came tragic news of an Iraqi blogger’s death. A dear friend of his made a final post to his blog, letting readers know. BlogIraq is dead, May 16th, 2008 Yes. Ahmed (BlogIraq) [...]