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Last week, an Iraqi governmental commission banned more than a dozen political parties and leading political figures from the upcoming March elections. Among those banned was one of Iraq’s [...]

by Jean Athey, Peace Action Montgomery County, Maryland December 29, 209 Free Gaza actions occurred all over Cairo today, and so the police, who are often in riot gear, have had a busy day—they [...]

Introduction to Credit-Through-Examination Poverty Draft Counter-recruiters use the term “Povery Draft” to refer to a broad set of circumstances that the military exploits for recruitment [...]

Peace Action’s Political Director Paul Kawika Martin and Colonel Ann Wright respond to Obama’s decision on CNN. The pair, who had just traveled to Afghanistan in October, tell the US [...]

-by Kevin Martin President Obama has repeatedly called the US occupation of Afghanistan a “war of necessity”, in contrast to the war of choice his predecessor waged (and of course is [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kevin Martin, 301-537-8244 (mobile) Paul Kawika Martin, 951-217-7285 (mobile)   NON-VIOLENT PEACE DEMONSTRATORS BRUTALIZED BY SECRET SERVICE AT WHITE HOUSE TODAY [...]

I recently participated in my first Afghanistan House Party in Takoma Park, Maryland. Our group of 12 or so people screened the films Rethink Afghanistan and followed it up with a lengthy and [...]

Check out this great article by former ACORN communications coordinator David Swanson. Among recipients of government money already convicted of serious misconduct, ACORN (had it been so [...]

New Jersey Peace Action Executive Director Madelyn Hoffman just wrote a piece for OpEdNews on the war in Afghanistan. She starts: After eight long years, the so-called “good war” in Afghanistan [...]

Yesterday and today, Mexico celebrates its 1810 and 1910 revolutions (so next year will be una fiesta muy grande!). While this is a big generalization to make, my sense from being in Mexico City [...]