diplomacy

Over a year ago, just as the US bombing campaign on the so-called Islamic State was beginning, Peace Action issued a call for measures we believed then, and still believe, are more effective than [...]

After years of gridlock and partisan rancor, the budget impasse may finally be broken. The President won increases in ‘non-defense’ spending as part of the deal, but the Pentagon will still [...]

Negotiations to end the ‘nonstop horror’ of the Syrian civil war have begun. Peace Action applauds the parties for finally getting to the table – better late than never – but decries [...]

Last week, with the help of our affiliates and allies, Connecticut Representative Jim Himes quickly organized a letter signed by 55 Members of Congress to President Obama calling for [...]

by Madelyn Hoffman, Executive Director, New Jersey Peace Action originally published by The Socialist On the International Day of Peace 2015 (September 21), I spoke at the First Presbyterian [...]

Peace Action board member Larry Wittner on History News Network By Lawrence S. Wittner Dr. Lawrence Wittner (http://lawrenceswittner.com) is Professor of History emeritus at SUNY/Albany. His [...]

If by the end of tomorrow no legislation is passed to oppose the Iran agreement, it will move forward.  Republicans have tried to ditch the accord but Democrats in the Senate have blocked them [...]

Who knows why, but the Senate is again “debating” (I’d say speechifying) the Iran nuclear accord. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) scheduled another cloture vote for 6:00 [...]

Dupont Circle, Washington DC, vigil (which was a celebration since the Senate vote this afternoon to uphold the Iran peace agreement). Photos by Eric Swanson, Peace Action’s Database [...]

September 10, 2015 NATION’S LARGEST PEACE AND DISARMAMENT ORGANIZATION HAILS SENATE VOTE TO UPHOLD IRAN PEACE ACCORD   Washington, DC—Peace Action, the country’s largest peace and [...]