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Last week, the House of Representatives voted on the Pentagon’s bloated budget, which comes in at more than $50 billion above the caps required by sequestration. The bill was held up for a long [...]

Democrats are typically known for running scared from foreign policy, especially in a hotly contested election. In 2012, however, it was Mitt Romney who held back on global affairs in his [...]

When we asked our supporters which peace issue you most want the presidential candidates to address at the upcoming GOP and Democratic national conventions, close to 50 percent chose military [...]

Politicians drive me crazy sometimes. And most Americans are probably right there with me. But we don’t hear enough about the people in Congress who are actually doing the right thing, and are [...]

As I marched jubilantly with tens of thousands of my closest friends, one refrain on our lips was the classic, “show me what democracy looks like, THIS is what democracy looks like!” Indeed. [...]

Today the House voted on a slew of amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, a bill authorizing hundreds of billions of dollars for the Pentagon and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan [...]

I mentioned on the blog last week that April 12th was a Global Day of Action on Military Spending. People around the world planned local actions to highlight the exorbitant amount of global [...]

Apparently President Obama may be planning to cut social security, medicaid and medicare, but has still yet to seriously consider cutting a penny of defense spending. From yesterday’s Time [...]

Today people around the world are participating in a global day of action to speak out against excessive military spending. This comes on the heels of a new report showing that global military [...]

I’m glad to announce the release of Peace Action West’s 2010 Congressional Voting Record. Last year was a big one. It had its triumphs, like when determined senators pushed through [...]