Pakistan

As a parent of two teenagers, I cannot imagine the excruciating pain of losing a child in war. Of course, this is the daily reality for far too many parents in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and far [...]

Monday is the holiday marking the birthday of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of my fondest heroes, and I bet one of yours, too. “DDE” is President Dwight David [...]

Witness Against Torture www.witnesstorture.org   Press Release January 7, 2011                  Contacts: Frida Berrigan – 347-683-4928, frida.berrigan@gmail.com Jeremy Varon- [...]

The Nation magazine and its editor and publisher Katrina Vanden Heuvel have long been allies of Peace Action, giving us favorable coverage in the magazine and on its website, and also [...]

The inimitable Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies that is. Way more Phyllis than me (which is a very good thing!). Here is our take, including policy, political and movement [...]

President Obama delivered a “stay the course” on the Afghanistan-Pakistan war speech inside the White House this morning in conjunction with the release of the administration’s [...]

Against growing public opposition in the US (new poll today from Quinnipiac University – 50% against, 44% in favor of continuing the war in Afghanistan), President Obama is in Lisbon, [...]

Gandhi Statue in the middle of London’s Tavistock Square Just got back from London, where I had a spectacular time at the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament’s annual conference (yep, CND is [...]

Long-time scholar, author, professor and peace activist Larry Wittner, a member of the national Peace Action board of directors, has a new article on the state of public opinion and activism for [...]

Oct 7-10 International Days of Action to End the War in Afghanistan Join Peace Action and peace groups in the US and around the world to mark the ninth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan [...]