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–by Kevin Martin, Executive Director Two weeks ago the House of Representatives voted 273-156 to fund and train “moderate” Syrian rebels to fight the radical terrorist group Islamic State [...]

Mike Keller, who is president of the Peace Action Education Fund and has been active for more than 30 years with Peace Action in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, prepared the following account of a [...]

For Immediate Release:  September 17, 2014   Contacts:               Paul Kawika Martin, Peace Action, 951-217-7285 cell, pmartin@peace-action.org Kevin Martin, Peace Action, 301-537-8244 [...]

Quick trivia question – on what subject was Barack Obama a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School? Birthers might say “Islam” but it was in fact Constitutional Law. So [...]

As you know midterm elections are only two months away.  Already Peace Action and our PAC has made a difference by endorsing candidates, contributing to primary elections, briefing candidates and [...]

The United States has been bombing Iraq off and on (mostly on) for about twenty-three, yes 23, years. Has it worked? Is Iraq peaceful, stable, secure? Have we eliminated potential threats to the [...]

The tragic death of Michael Brown at the hands of the Ferguson police is a reminder that the upsurge in violence is not restricted to the Middle East or any one place.  It’s right here in our own [...]

  President Obama just spoke on Iraq, here are some points from Win Without War, a coalition Peace Action helped found to oppose the Iraq war in 2002: Moments ago, the President finished a [...]

Peace Action/Peace Action Education Fund 2013 Program, Policy, Political and Organizing Accomplishments -Stopped a U.S. attack on Syria! Peace Action played a key leadership role in convening an [...]

Last week, we asked you to contact the Senate to oppose new economic sanctions on Iran, which could scuttle the promising nuclear deal and lead to the unthinkable, another Middle East war. The [...]