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Last night was the first big primary night in our work to elect pro-peace candidates in November. There were a lot of tight races, and California’s new top-two primary system brought some [...]

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 [...]

Last week, Republican hawks blocked a vote on legislation to end the war because they knew it had a real chance of passing. It’s outrageous, and another sign that we need to build up the [...]

Norman Solomon wanted us to share this message with Peace Action West supporters. Raul Grijalva is a progressive champion and another of our endorsed candidates for 2012. “Send a [...]

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 [...]

The National Defense Authorization Act covers a huge range of issues, authorizing all Pentagon spending for the year. As one of the few bills guaranteed to come up for a vote, anyone and everyone [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kkh73W-vOk4] With the vast majority of Americans, including people of all political persuasions, supporting a withdrawal of [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H4sSiqK2tZ8] Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) joined the fringiest of the fringe this week with the comments he chose as a rousing [...]

Yesterday, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) held a press conference with a bipartisan group of representatives to call on President Obama to accelerate the end to the war in Afghanistan. “I believe that [...]

Congress will vote on the Afghanistan war as soon as tomorrow. This will likely be our biggest chance to push for the war’s end this year. These votes come on the heels of President Obama’s [...]