Afghanistan

To mark the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, we have been collecting photo stories from around the country showing how people’s lives have changed over the decade the US has been at [...]

Peace Action West is cosponsoring some great events this month around the military budget and ending the war in Afghanistan. We hope you can join us. Friday, October 15: March and rally for Jobs [...]

When the war in Afghanistan began ten years ago this week, four of my five grandchildren weren’t even born yet. The US has now been at war for their entire lives. Over that time, I have given [...]

The 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan is next week, on October 7. Have you been thinking of which story you’d like to share in our online slideshow, “Your life in the decade [...]

By Jonathan Williams Manager of Communications and Online Organizing, Peace Action, www.peace-action.org Co-founder, Civilian-Soldier Alliance – www.civsol.org Transcribed from a speech [...]

We’ll hit 10 years of war in Afghanistan on October 7th. Think about it. What does it really mean to spend an entire decade at war? A generation of American kids is too young to remember a [...]

National Peace Action Board of Directors Co-Chair Dave Pack had a letter to the editor published in the Kansas City Star last Friday. Well done, Dave! Dear Editor: Our country’s response to the [...]

With Sunday’s 10th anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11, many colleagues have written trenchant essays about that awful day and its aftermath, and the era of endless war that has ensued. I [...]

A terrific op-ed by Betsy Crites, director of North Carolina Peace Action, in the Durham News. What do Durham and Afghanistan have in common? We are worlds apart, but we both have people who need [...]

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 [...]