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It’s astounding to watch a run-up to war come to a screeching halt. And it wouldn’t have happened without your efforts. Just a couple of weeks ago, the media was discussing a strike on Syria as [...]

67 Questions from the Progressive Caucus to President    Yesterday (Monday, September 9th), the Congressional Progressive Caucus sent the White House a list of 67 questions as a follow-up to [...]

Our pressure is working. Last week, many people thought war with Syria was inevitable—until the clamor you helped raise forced the president to put on the brakes. President Obama’s dramatic [...]

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 [...]