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One would never know with all the America-first chest-pounding one hears from politicans (especially most Republican presidential candidates!), but Americans are much more internationalist than [...]

Posted on Tue, Jan. 03, 2012   http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/03/v-print/3350801/the-iraq-war-was-our-greatest.html Iraq War Was the United States’ Greatest Foreign Policy Disaster  By [...]

  BY MADELYN HOFFMAN GUEST COLUMNIST Bloomfield Life, December 28, 2011   As 2011 ends, it is time to reflect upon continuing U.S. involvement in overseas wars and the impact that involvement has [...]

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 [...]

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 Yeabu Conteh CTBT– The Next Sensible Step Toward Nuclear Abolition Long part of Peace Action’s strategy for a nuclear-free world, we are renewing our efforts to secure Senate ratification of [...]

“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 [...]

By coincidence, I was with Al at two of the three actions he was arrested at mentioned in the City Council resolution. Al Fishman Presente! – Long-time Peace Activist and Socialist Memorial [...]

So the early reactions from peace activists to the mid-term elections seems to range from “catastrophic” to “really, really bad” to “coulda been even worse.” [...]

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 [...]