Afghanistan

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 [...]

We are happy to be cosponsoring an event in August with renowned activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly. If you’re in the Portland area, please come out for an inspiring night. [...]

by Kevin Martin, Executive Director Updated from a previous blog post When I first heard a report of President Obama’s decision to remove only 5,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan this year (which [...]

In his speech last month announcing plans for a disappointingly small withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, President Obama declared, America, it is time to focus on nation building here at [...]

The last week in June, Peace Action West joined with groups around Oregon to present two wonderful speakers on Afghanistan: Matthew Hoh, Director of the Afghanistan Study Group and former Marine [...]

Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Pentagon’s gargantuan $649 billion budget, at a time when other departments are facing draconian cuts. Many representatives used the bill as an [...]

Our pressure on Congress is working. And because people like you are making their voice heard, this week we have a shot at letting the president know that opposition to the war isn’t going [...]

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 [...]

A great deal of our work in recent months has been focused on pushing Congress to pressure the Obama administration to end the war in Afghanistan. We saw this pay off with the strongest vote ever [...]