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Proliferation of drone technology is a major concern that has been given far too little attention as the US ramps up its use of armed and unarmed drones. Without international standards around [...]

The Obama administration is reportedly revisiting the idea of arming rebels in Syria. Stephen Walt at Foreign Policy highlights some misconceptions about this potential approach to the conflict: [...]

The Arab Spring brought the United States’ long history of selling weapons to human rights abusers into stark relief. Protesters in Egypt pointed out tear gas canisters bearing “made [...]

We heard your message loud and clear. Thank you to all of you who participated in our poll on our work on Syria. An overwhelming number of you urged us to focus on promoting peaceful solutions in [...]

In our poll from last month, Peace Action West members voted to support peaceful solutions to the crisis in Syria, while opposing military intervention. But what are things the US and the [...]

I always appreciate an opportunity to see how thoughtful and engaged Peace Action West members are. The thousands of you who participated in our poll on how to focus our work on Syria [...]

There are 875 million guns in the world, and almost 2 bullets for every person on this planet. Apparently that’s not enough for the NRA and their right wing allies. They are working hard to [...]

It’s painfully obvious. If a government is imprisoning, torturing, and killing protesters, American weapons should never reach their hands. Then why is the administration doing a runaround [...]

 In response to push back from human rights groups and members of Congress, the Obama administration held off on an arms sale to the Bahraini government, pending an independent report on the [...]

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want the U.S. selling arms to countries that turn around and use those arms against their own people. Despite the wakeup call of the Arab Spring, [...]