Iraq

Peace Action West is one of over 150 groups endorsing mass mobilizations to stop the war in 11 cities throughout the US.  Come join thousands of like-minded citizens to show that our [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Oct 7 to 13: Cpl Gilberto Meza  21  Oxnard CA Cpl Zurab Choghosvili  26  (Soviet) Georgia Cpl Benjamin Dillon  22  Rootstown OH Cpl Jeremy Burris  22   Tacoma WA Frank [...]

The makers of this movie testified before Congress on the waste of taxpayer money. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cJlJudDtVE&rel=1]

Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, former commander of coalition forces in Iraq, came forward with scathing criticism of the war in Iraq, calling it “a nightmare with no end in sight.”  He focused [...]

In 1961, Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 gave a face to war profiteering with the character Milo – a mess officer during WWII. Milo secretly replaces the CO2 cartridges in the emergency life vests with [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Sep 30 to Oct 6: Sgt Randel Olguin  24  Ralls TX Spc Chirasak Vidhyarkorn  32  Queens NY Sgt Herman Murkerson Jr  35  Adger AL Sea Shayna Schnell  19  Tell City IN Sgt [...]

At Peace Action West, we have been working to push candidates to take a strong position on Iraq, advocating the withdrawal of ALL troops, not leaving behind thousands of troops for combat [...]

Last week, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill offered by Representatives Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) and John Tanner (D-TN) requiring the Secretary of Defense to present a plan [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Sep 23 to 29:: Cpl Anthony Bento 23 San Diego CA Sgt Kevin Brown 38 Harrah OK Sgt Zachary Tomczak 24 Huron SD Sgt Randy Johnson 34 Washington DC Sgt Donnie Dixon 37 [...]

This week we have all seen the horrors unfold the territory formerly known as Burma. It was renamed Myanmar in recent years by the ruling military junta.  Up until 2 weeks ago Myanmar was the [...]