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There is a lot of activity happening here in the nation’s capital calling for an end to the siege of Gaza, here is a summary with links for more information. Washington Post op-ed by U.S. [...]

by Kevin Martin Tell President Obama “Don’t Try to Put Out the Fire in Iraq With Gasoline!” Believe it or not, some are responding to the escalating violence in Iraq with calls [...]

by Lawrence S. Wittner Dr. Lawrence Wittner (http://lawrenceswittner.com) is Professor of History emeritus at SUNY/Albany. His latest book is a satirical novel about university corporatization [...]

For those of you in or near NYC, or planning to be there around the NPT PrepCom, please consider attending this conference on Saturday, May 3. Peace Action is a co-sponsor, and Field Director [...]

11/8/13 – NORTHAMPTON, MASS.–Judith LeBlanc has been recognized as a Democracy Champion by National Priorities Project (NPP). Selected as one of 32 allies and partners from across the [...]

Our former Peace Action board of directors co-chair, Bill Towe, passed recently. Here is a wonderful remembrance of Bill in the Raleigh News and Observer including quotes from his children, Maria [...]

The Island Now Thursday, September 26, 2013 By Bill San Antonio As the executive director of Peace Action, the nation’s largest grassroots disarmament organization, Kevin Martin said Tuesday he [...]

Join us next week at the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law for the annual week long Human Rights on the Hill course organized by Peace Action board [...]

We hope you can attend both these upcoming events “Dirty Wars” Opens in D.C. Weekend of June 7-9 “Dirty Wars”, the new film featuring Jeremy Scahill, is playing every day [...]

Last week we sent you an action alert urging support for our campaign to Escalate the Talk, Not the War, in Syria. We were grateful to get a strong response, and many other peace organizations [...]