Economy

By Judith Le Blanc, Peace Action Field Director Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of “The Dream” at the March on Washington in 1963. He said, ” I have a dream. It is a dream [...]

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 [...]

By Judith Le Blanc Something is missing in the swirl of news reporting on the debt ceiling deal struck on August 2 by the Congress and the President for close to $1 trillion in cuts in [...]

I’ve received a lot of email alerts this past week and they’ve all been about the same thing: stopping cuts in vital programs such as Social Security, Medicare, funding for day-care [...]

Building a grassroots movement for peace and justice: Peace Action’s Long-Range Strategic Plan, 2011-2016 Summary and Overview   Our Vision   Peace Action is a grassroots-based national [...]

Let’s Give Congress Something to Talk About By Judith Le Blanc The Congress is debating the federal budget   It is time to tell Congress what we want. The Senate is writing next [...]

By Judith Le Blanc The Congress is debating the federal budget It is time to tell Congress what we want. The Senate is writing next year’s budget now. To cast your vote take the Peace [...]

“Nobody wants to give up the gains that have been won at such hard cost. And nobody wants to give our allies an excuse to run for the exits.” Defense Secretary Robert Gates The image of our NATO [...]

Check out my letter to the editor on military spending in today’s Washington Post, and then consider this request from a wonderful young man who is a powerful brother in the Peace Action [...]