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The Pentagon Budget The U.S. spends more on its military than the next ten countries combined. It is often said budgets are moral documents. What we fund and do not fund demonstrates our [...]

February 14, 2023 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear President Biden, We, the [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The next president of the United States should embrace dramatic cuts in Pentagon spending – at least $200 billion annually from the current $716 billion – and reallocation of [...]

Washington, D.C. — March 11, 2019 — In response to President Trump’s budget request for FY 2020, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the [...]

Washington, D.C. — April 17, 2018 — On Tax Day, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the following statement: “As people across the [...]

This article was originally published on CommonDreams.org. President Donald Trump’s edict for the Pentagon to hold a military parade in Washington actually makes sense in a sick way. Shouldn’t we [...]

Washington, D.C. — October 4, 2017 — In response to the vote on the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ People’s Budget, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at [...]

Washington, D.C. — July 14, 2017 — In response to the passage of the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political [...]

Washington, D.C. — June 7, 2017 — At a June 7 press conference entitled, “The People Support the People’s Budget: A Roadmap for the Resistance,” representatives of the Congressional Progressive [...]

Washington, D.C. — May 25, 2017 — In response to the Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) reintroducing the SANE Act, legislation to cut $100 billion of wasteful nuclear weapons [...]