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We’re Peace Action, not Peace Book Club or Peace Magazine Reader, but sometimes it’s good to share books or articles that raise our issues and provoke analytical thinking or inspiration. Two such [...]

The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research’s (UNIDIR)  journal Disarmament Forum published an issue late last year devoted to views on civil society and nuclear disarmament. [...]

President Barack “Three Wars” Obama (Nixon, Reagan and even G.W. Bush could only dream of conducting three wars at once!) was unconvincing in making his case for war in Libya last [...]

–Kevin Martin, executive director, Peace Action This is something that has been rattling around my brain for a while, but recent conversations with Phyllis Bennis, Judith LeBlanc, Joseph [...]

If you care about peace, disarmament, just budget priorities, and promoting nonviolent social and political change in the world, here is a terrific resource for you from longtime Cleveland Peace [...]

Several times over the last few days I have heard US government officials espouse non-violence as a recommendation to both the protesters and the Mubarak regime in Egypt (White House Press [...]

By Judith Le Blanc   January 17 marks the 50th anniversary of President Eisenhower’s “military industrial complex” speech. As he left the White House, Ike warned that the synthesis of the [...]

Witness Against Torture www.witnesstorture.org   Press Release January 7, 2011                  Contacts: Frida Berrigan – 347-683-4928, frida.berrigan@gmail.com Jeremy Varon- [...]

A Few Hours Left in AZ. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist! It takes a movement. By Judith Le Blanc Congressman Raul  Grijalva’s Tea Party opponent, Ruth McClung, has a couple of catchy campaign [...]

2010 Elections: Follow the Money in AZ By Judith Le Blanc Yesterday the truth came out. Corporations met, discussed, and voted on the language for AZ Senate Bill 1070 (SB 1070) a law legalizing [...]