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By Kevin Martin, Executive Director On his first trip to Japan as president, Barack Obama appears to be backing off his previously and oft-stated commitment to seeking a world free of nuclear [...]

President Obama’s being awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace has elicited all kinds of responses from peace activists, especially in the Peace Action family, which is great! We’ve gotten [...]

Peace Action says Obama does not deserve Nobel Peace Prize yet Washington, D.C. – Reacting to today’s announcement of President Obama as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Peace [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kevin Martin, 301-537-8244 (mobile) Paul Kawika Martin, 951-217-7285 (mobile)   NON-VIOLENT PEACE DEMONSTRATORS BRUTALIZED BY SECRET SERVICE AT WHITE HOUSE TODAY [...]

Yesterday and today, Mexico celebrates its 1810 and 1910 revolutions (so next year will be una fiesta muy grande!). While this is a big generalization to make, my sense from being in Mexico City [...]

Here is the poster for the inspired Asparagus Missile used by our sister peace group GENSUIKIN for its recent conference and other activities in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Doubt it will become the [...]

Photo in the Hiroshima Peace Museum showing the devastation after the bombing

Nagasaki is a beautiful city with mountains, rivers, tidal canals, streetcars, a vibrant, funky Chinatown neighborhood, and much more. It always (it’s my third time here) reminds me bit of San [...]

–Kevin Martin I love Japan — the people, the food, the beautiful mountains, rivers and seas. But, and I swear it’s not just the jet lag plaguing me this week, there are many aspects [...]