Trump Administration

This article was originally published in Foreign Policy In Focus. By Lawrence Wittner Since the advent of the Trump administration, American progressives have been aghast at its narrow, [...]

Washington, D.C. — July 23, 2018 — In response to president Trump threatening Iran with “consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before,” in all caps on Twitter, [...]

This article was originally published in Common Dreams. Three years after the signing of the Iran nuclear agreement, an array of TV monitors in downtown Vienna still carries live images from [...]

Washington, D.C. — July 12, 2018 — In response to President Trump’s statement at a NATO press conference that “there might be an escalation between us and the Iranians,” Jon Rainwater, Executive [...]

Washington, D.C.—June 13, 2018—In response to the unnecessary military attack by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Yemen’s critical port city, Hodeida, Paul Kawika Martin, Peace [...]

Washington, D.C. — June 12, 2018 — On the news of a successful first meeting between sitting leaders of the U.S. and North Korea at the summit in Singapore, with a statement in which the [...]

This article was syndicated by Peace Voice, and originally published on Counterpunch. John Bolton and Mike Pence must have known what they were doing. President Trump’s national security adviser [...]

Washington, D.C. — May 24, 2018 — President Trump cancelled the planned June 12 summit meeting with Kim Jong-un today in a letter to the North Korean leader. Kevin Martin, President of Peace [...]

Washington, D.C. — May 23, 2018 — Ahead of newly confirmed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifying Thursday at 10 AM Eastern in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jeff [...]

Washington, D.C. — May 17, 2018 — In response to the Senate voting to confirm Gina Haspel as C.I.A. Director, Paul Kawika Martin, Peace Action’s Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs, [...]