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There have been a lot of questionable reflections on the 10th anniversary of the war in Iraq. The most egregious was probably this tweet from Donald Rumsfeld, which served as a reminder to be [...]

Ten years after the tragic invasion of Iraq, Congress seems to have forgotten the lessons of that disastrous war. We told you about a new bill that would put the Senate on record urging military [...]

At a recent meeting in Washington to discuss overall peace movement strategy moving forward (more on that soon!), our colleague and friend Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies [...]

The response to our action alert asking senators to oppose a new bill that is a backdoor to war has been tremendous. Our supporters have sent almost 10,000 messages and counting. But some [...]

The political frame of our work is building a new, more peaceful, less militaristic U.S. foreign policy based on democracy, human rights, justice and sustainability. This framework can help us [...]

The run-up to war doesn’t happen overnight. It’s made up of small steps to slowly build acceptance for the idea of military action. A group of senators have introduced just such a bill that urges [...]

Imagine turning on the news and hearing a serious discussion about what your elected representatives are doing about critical issues like diplomacy with Iran and the war in Afghanistan. While [...]

Just a few points to add to Brother Matt Rothschild’s comprehensive commentary on the speech: It took the president almost 45 minutes to mention foreign policy. Understandably, he still [...]

published by Foreign Policy in Focus Towards a Foreign Policy for the 99 Percent By Kevin Martin, December 18, 2012 Relief, rather than elation, was probably the emotion most U.S. peace activists [...]

–Kevin Martin I was asked by our colleagues at the French Peace Movement (Mouvement de la Paix) to write an article a couple of weeks ago for their excellent magazine Planete Paix on the [...]