Peace

If you care about peace, disarmament, just budget priorities, and promoting nonviolent social and political change in the world, here is a terrific resource for you from longtime Cleveland Peace [...]

Today there are a number of opportunities to directly engage with the Obama administration on a range of issues. It is an opportunity to raise  our concerns: 1) Making real cuts in military [...]

By Judith Le Blanc   January 17 marks the 50th anniversary of President Eisenhower’s “military industrial complex” speech. As he left the White House, Ike warned that the synthesis of the [...]

…this is from our colleague Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in Britain. CND is very much like Peace Action — feisty, venerable (we were founded in 1957, they formed a year later), [...]

A WikiWeek! By Judith Le Blanc On Nov. 29, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, I had the honor of speaking on behalf of civil society organizations to a special [...]

From our friends at the Global Fund for Women: Too often women and children bear the greatest brunt of war. Violence against women is repeatedly used to break and humiliate women, men and [...]

By now you’ve probably heard – the President of “change” and the “Nobel Peace Prize” and his administration refuse to even consider holding anyone in the [...]

One Nation Working Together for Peace!  Oct 2 Lincoln Memorial at 11 AM   On Oct 2, hundreds of thousands (yes, more than at the Glenn Beck rally!) will be at the Lincoln Memorial for One Nation [...]

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 [...]

My overall impression is there is little question the president is spinning this “end of combat operations” in Iraq because the Afghanistan war is going badly. A few other thoughts and reactions [...]