environment

I’m speaking Thursday at 1:30 but look at the whole terrific lineup of speakers on peace, justice, human rights and environmental issues below! The Eleventh Annual University of the [...]

 http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/19167965/article-Shaky-assumptions-about-military-spending? By Betsy Crites HERALD-SUN GUEST  COLUMNIST Fear can be a great motivator – and a great [...]

A smart and inspiring appeal from the Nobel Peace Laureates Summit in Chicago, which our National Field Director Judith Le Blanc is attending on behalf of Peace Action and International Peace [...]

New Jersey Peace Action Executive Director Madelyn Hoffman in the Bloomfield Life The Pentagon cuts would account for nearly half of the total of automatic cuts mandated by the debtdeal. If the [...]

Not only is the U.S. military the largest consumer of fossil fuels and the largest polluter in the world, it knows the climate crisis is real and can drive future military conflict. Tim Rinne, [...]

The following is excerpted from recent speeches I gave at the Nebraskans for Peace annual conference in Lincoln, NE and the Chicago Area Peace Action annual dinner in Wilmette, IL. Move the [...]

This program, Worldview, with host Jerome McDonnell, is one of the best on public radio. It’s on five days a week, focusing on international affairs. I’ve known Jerome for over 20 [...]

We’ve written on this blog before about this struggle to stop constuction of a missile defense base on Jeju Island, South Korea, as well as the fight against U.S. military bases on Okinawa. [...]

The Japanese island of Okinawa is perhaps the most beautiful place I’ve ever been blessed to visit. Okinawa’s people, peaceful history (before the stationing of Japanese troups there [...]

A terrific op-ed by Betsy Crites, director of North Carolina Peace Action, in the Durham News. What do Durham and Afghanistan have in common? We are worlds apart, but we both have people who need [...]