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Last week’s votes on the amendments to the Afghanistan war funding bill gave us an idea about the strength of the growing opposition to the war in Afghanistan.  Although the $33 billion for [...]

It’s happening now. After weeks of stalling and amidst growing dissent from the public and Congress, the House will vote on $33 billion for escalating the war in Afghanistan. Call your [...]

For the past two years, I’ve been blogging on nuclear weapons news, from our success in defeating the Bush administration’s push for new nuclear weapons to the New START treaty to cut [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mkJW2yf1Y8&feature=player_embedded] “If Americans pulled back and started paying attention to this war, it would become even less popular.” In the now [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t07d8QLIDK0&feature=player_embedded] On the eve of the anniversary of Iran’s tumultuous presidential election and its violent aftermath, many Iran [...]

The whopping $7 billion for nuclear weapons programs that was proposed for 2011 is just the tip of the iceberg in a huge funding increase for the nuclear weapons complex. Last year, Republicans [...]

If you’re in California’s Bay Area, be sure to come out for an interesting discussion with Tad Daley on how to eliminate nuclear weapons on Wednesday, May 26th. Tad Daley, J.D., [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=441Pd9Y0FaU] The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference began with big news: the US publicly released the numbers of active nuclear weapons in [...]

Every so often we find candidates who are true, unfailing champions for peace and justice. Candidates whose campaigns have an impact beyond their districts by sending a message to members of [...]

Democrats are polling dismally right now, and they’re learning all the wrong lessons. Even after their military surge, even after delaying the closure of the Guantánamo Bay prison, even [...]