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Peace Action is not an explicitly pacifist organization as some colleagues are, on the other hand I don’t believe we’ve ever supported any US war or use of force in our 54 year [...]

TOWN HALL MEETING Taking Back the Budget Debate Sept. 20, 2011, 7:30 p.m. Silver Spring Civic Center One Veterans’ Place (Fenton & Ellsworth)   We need you to help fix the PRIORITIES [...]

Thanks to the hard work of national Peace Action board member (and University of Hawai’i Human Rights Law Center founder) Joshua Cooper, Peace Action got some serious airtime (an hour and a [...]

From our good friends at Beyond Nuclear: “Into Eternity” – A haunting look at the future of radioactive waste Beyond Nuclear is proud to announce that we are the non-theatrical NGO distributor of [...]

As the U.S. Empire declines, more indefensible and inexplicable pieces of the war machine are exposed and opposed by peace-mongers around the world. Two in the news today, both for their [...]

Busy, busy time these days for Peace Action and our colleagues, here are a few updates of interest. Our brave sisters and brothers on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla have faced threats to their lives [...]

I made notes on President Obama’s “war lite” speech the other night, intending to rebut many of his points, but it’s too easy, and also not really what I want to convey. [...]

Building a grassroots movement for peace and justice: Peace Action’s Long-Range Strategic Plan, 2011-2016 Summary and Overview   Our Vision   Peace Action is a grassroots-based national [...]

–Kevin Martin, Executive Director I was so humbled to be honored last Wednesday at a reception at the German Mission to the United Nations in New York City. The occasion was the second [...]

Devastatingly frank and difficult to read, this is from our colleagues at Stop the War UK, an article in the Independent by Stuart Alexander, whose son Sam died in Afghanistan, and a reply from [...]