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Despite calls to the contrary from unsuccessful presidential candidate John McCain and other “when your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail” know-nothing war-mongers, who [...]

At a recent meeting in Washington to discuss overall peace movement strategy moving forward (more on that soon!), our colleague and friend Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies [...]

Did you know today is celebrated as the International Day of Peace? No? Don’t be embarrassed, it’s not a real big deal in the U.S., maybe because our country is nearly always making [...]

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 [...]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) took to the San Francisco Chronicle to share an important message about resolving tensions with Iran: Some argue Iran has no intention of curtailing its nuclear [...]

I have an op-ed in the paper today expanding on the problems with new legislation that is pushing the US toward war with Iran. I was in Iran in 2009 when a family invited me into their home for [...]

This week, Peace Action West joined a broad coalition of groups calling on congressional leaders to support diplomatic engagement with Iran and oppose a disastrous military intervention. The [...]

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I’m going to say that now would be a good time to engage in serious diplomacy with Iran. A new report from the IAEA has reinvigorated calls for harsh [...]

This week, the Senate is planning to vote on the international affairs budget—money for everything from nuclear nonproliferation to vaccinations to conflict prevention to feeding the poor. Some [...]

In the next few weeks, the deficit “super committee” will develop a deficit reduction plan that could set the direction of the federal budget for the next decade. There are 12 people in the room [...]