Economy

For the past year, Peace Action has collaborated with civil rights, labor and community groups to fight for The Dream that Dr. Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement fought for. The [...]

November 17, 2011, the 2-month anniversary of the start of the 99% movement, people have hit the streets in hundreds of cities across the country. This morning, thousands surrounded the New York [...]

You can’t evict the 99%. Agnes from Community Voices Heard, an East Harlem based organization of low-income people, working to improve the lives of the community said,  “Don’t [...]

NEW Peace Action Move the Money Toolkit  The US Labor Department announced that the economy created 80,000 jobs in October.  Economists say that twice that number of jobs need to be created every [...]

The following is excerpted from recent speeches I gave at the Nebraskans for Peace annual conference in Lincoln, NE and the Chicago Area Peace Action annual dinner in Wilmette, IL. Move the [...]

This program, Worldview, with host Jerome McDonnell, is one of the best on public radio. It’s on five days a week, focusing on international affairs. I’ve known Jerome for over 20 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

  By Judith Le Blanc Peace Action Field Director The Congressional Super Committee of 12, established in the deficit/budget deal is charged with proposing over a trillion dollars in cuts to [...]

  Sen. Patty Murray of Washington and Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas are getting to work. The Co-chairs of the “Super Committee” charged with coming up with the next round of [...]