Global Activism

Peace Action is a longtime member of International Peace Bureau (please note that does not mean that Peace Action has officially endorsed this statement). Libya: International Peace Bureau [...]

–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 [...]

Our colleague Japanese peace and disarmament organization Gensuikyo is kicking off a new nuclear weapons abolition petition campaign, which Peace Action has endorsed. This campaign aims to build [...]

Yesterday marked the eighth anniversary of the massive February 15, 2003 demonstrations against the (at the time) impending US war on Iraq. An estimated 12 million people marched around the [...]

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 [...]

The protests in Egypt, against a dictatorship the US has supported for decades, are very inspiring. Here is an action alert from the Muslim Public Affairs Council with information on how you can [...]

Gandhi Statue in the middle of London’s Tavistock Square Just got back from London, where I had a spectacular time at the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament’s annual conference (yep, CND is [...]

By now you’ve probably heard – the President of “change” and the “Nobel Peace Prize” and his administration refuse to even consider holding anyone in the [...]

Long-time scholar, author, professor and peace activist Larry Wittner, a member of the national Peace Action board of directors, has a new article on the state of public opinion and activism for [...]